Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 310 competitors, 181 men and 129 women, took part in 179 events in 23 sports. These were the first Summer Olympics in which the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB in a highly successful attempt to unify all the competing athletes across all the sports and events and boost team morale. Going into the games following their exceptionally poor performance in Atlanta widespread expectations of the team were low.

The Sydney Games was at the time the best performance by Great Britain in the Summer Olympic Games since 1920, with British competitors winning a total of 28 medals, 11 of which were gold. This represented a vast improvement in performance over the previous Summer Olympics in 1996, in which Great Britain won only one gold medal and 15 in total, and was the first of five consecutive Summer Olympics in which Great Britain would not only dramatically increase its overall performance and expectations but also see them dramatically increase its overall Summer Olympics medal tally. This was also the first Summer Olympic Games where British competitors benefited from £58.9m of National Lottery funding when it was introduced in 1997.

Medallists

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Multiple medallists
The following Team GB competitors won multiple medals at the 2000 Olympic Games.

Archery
The three British archers had a combined record of 3-3.

Athletics

 * Key
 * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
 * Q = Qualified for the next round
 * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
 * NR = National record
 * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
 * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round


 * Men
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Decathlon


 * Women
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Heptathlon

Badminton

 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Road

 * Men


 * Women

Track

 * Sprint


 * Pursuit

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final


 * Keirin


 * Time trial


 * Omnium

Diving

 * Men


 * Women

Fencing
Three fencers, two men and one woman, represented Great Britain in 2000.

Gymnastics
Lisa Mason, Annika Reeder, Emma Williams, Sharna Murray, Kelly Hackman & Paula Thomas represented Great Britain. The Team placed 10th which was the highest placing attained by GBR Women's Artistic Gymnastics at an Olympic Games.

Artistic

 * Men


 * Women
 * Team


 * Individual finals

Men's tournament

 * Squad

Head coach: Barry Dancer


 * 1) Simon Mason (GK)
 * 2) David Luckes (GK)
 * 3) Jon Wyatt (c)
 * 4) Julian Halls
 * 5) Tom Bertram
 * 6) Craig Parnham
 * 7) Guy Fordham
 * 8) Ben Sharpe
 * 9) Mark Pearn
 * 10) Jimmy Wallis
 * 11) Brett Garrard
 * 12) Bill Waugh
 * 13) Daniel Hall
 * 14) Michael Johnson
 * 15) Calum Giles
 * 16) David Hacker


 * Group stage


 * 5th–8th classification


 * Crossover


 * 5th–6th place final

Women's tournament

 * Squad

Head coach: Chris Spice


 * 1) Carolyn Reid (GK)
 * 2) Hilary Rose (GK)
 * 3) Kirsty Bowden
 * 4) Jane Smith
 * 5) Melanie Clewlow
 * 6) Christina Cullen
 * 7) Kath Johnson
 * 8) Lucilla Wright
 * 9) Jane Sixsmith
 * 10) Rhona Simpson
 * 11) Denise Marston-Smith
 * 12) Helen Richardson
 * 13) Fiona Greenham
 * 14) Pauline Stott (c)
 * 15) Kate Walsh
 * 16) Mandy Nicholson


 * Group stage


 * 7th–10th classification


 * Crossover


 * 7th–8th place final

Judo

 * Men


 * Women

Rowing

 * Men

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
 * Women

Sailing
Great Britain competed in ten of the eleven Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics. They won three gold medals and two silver medals.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Open
 * Fleet racing


 * Match racing

Swimming

 * Men

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats. * Competed in the heats only


 * Women

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Tennis

 * Men


 * Women

Triathlon
The three British triathletes that finished the inaugural Olympic triathlon placed highly, with none lower than fifteenth place and two in the top ten. However, three more British athletes did not finish the competition.