2000 Olympic Medal Count

Historical Medals

The 2000 Summer Olympics were held in Sydney, Australia from 15 September to 1 October 2000. 10,651 athletes from 199 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 300 events in 28 different sports.

Medal Count

The United States won the most medals overall with 93, including 37 gold medals. Other countries with high medal counts included Russia (88 medals, 27 gold), Germany (54 medals, 13 gold), China (50 medals, 28 gold), and Australia (50 medals, 16 gold).

A total of 80 countries won at least one medal, and 22 countries won at least one gold medal. Cameroon, Colombia, Latvia, Mozambique, and Slovenia won a gold medal for the first time in their Olympic histories, while Barbados and Kuwait won their first Olympic medals of any kind.