2000 in the sport of athletics

This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2000.

The primary athletics competition for the 2000 season was at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

World

 * Olympic Games
 * Summer Paralympics
 * World Cross Country Championships
 * World Half Marathon Championships
 * Grand Prix Final
 * IAAF Golden League
 * World Junior Championships

Regional

 * African Championships
 * Asian Championships
 * Balkan Games
 * Commonwealth Youth Games
 * South American Cross Country Championships
 * European Indoor Championships
 * European Cross Country Championships
 * European Cup
 * European Race Walking Cup
 * Ibero-American Championships

National

 * 2000 Lithuanian Athletics Championships

Men
None this year

Deaths

 * March 7 &mdash; Masami Yoshida (41), Japanese javelin thrower (b. 1958)
 * August 7 &mdash; Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (49), Finnish sprinter (b. 1951)