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Sydney
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Sports at the Sydney Games Synchronised diving, trampoline, taekwondo, modern pentathlon for women, triathlon and women's weightlifting were new sports at the 2000 Olympics. |
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Click the sport to find out more. |
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| Archery | Diving
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Modern Pentathlon
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Taekwondo
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| Athletics | Equestrian | Rowing | Tennis |
| Badminton | Fencing | Sailing | Triathlon
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| Baseball | Football | Shooting | Volleyball - Beach |
| Basketball | Gymnastics
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Softball | Volleyball - Indoor |
| Boxing | Handball | Swimming | Water Polo |
| Canoe/Kayak | Hockey | Synchronised Swimming | Weightlifting
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| Cycling | Judo | Table Tennis | Wrestling |
WWW Link: Official Site of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games
(Note: This is now the IOC site and not the site where we did research for our project. The IAAF link is useful.)
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The Opening Ceremony by Karen O'Reilly Before 110,000 people, a lone horse man entered Stadium Australia followed by 120 riders carrying Olympic Flags. The cultural program opened with Deep Sea Dreaming. There were hundreds of children dressed as fish and sea creatures to celebrate the Great Barrier Reef . Then Djakapurra Munyarryn and the Aborigine people celebrated their culture. Then we were given a lively history of Australia. Altogether 12,600 performers took part in 8 different segments. The final part before the parade of athletes was a band of 2,000 teenagers from around the world. 118 teams paraded behind their country's flags in alphabetical order led by Greece. North and South Korea paraded behind one flag for the first time. Sonia O'Sullivan carried the flag for Ireland. Juan
Antonio Samaranch, IOC President, made the official welcome speeches. The Games of the 27th Olympiad were officially opened by Governor General Sir William Deane. |
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Eight former Australian Olympic athletes carried the Olympic
Flag around the stadium and it was raised to the sound of the Olympic
Hymn. |
The Athletes'
Oath was read by Australian hockey team captain Rachelle Hawkes. |
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Then the Olympic Torch entered the stadium. Cathy Freeman climbed the stairs to wade through a shallow pool as if walking on water. Then she bent down to light the water with the Olympic Flame and a large ring of fire flared up around her. Slowly a cauldron saucer emerged from the pool and raised above Freemans head. The flame burned throughout the competition. |
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The Australian Anthem was played and the teams marched out of the stadium and the games of the 27th Olympiad began. |
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The Sydney Mascots by Emma
There were three mascots at the Sydney Olympics. |
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Millie
is an echidna who lives in a burrow |
Syd
the Platypus is named after
Sydney and he is a
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Olly,
as in Olympic, is a kookaburra and he lives in the tallest tree |
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Sydney 2000 Top Ten Medal Table by Nicola and Leanne |
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Medals for Sydney by Robyn
The Olympic medals that were used in Sydney were designed by Wojciech Pietranik. On the front is Nike, the Greek Goddess in a design that has been used since 1928. The other side shows Sydney Opera House, the Olympic Rings and a torch. 3100 medals were made. |
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Gold
Gold for the medals was mined in the Orange district in New South Wales. Over 10.5 kg of gold will be needed. WWW LINK: Find out more at the Olympic Minerals website |
Silver
1050kg of silver for the medals was donated by BHP and was mined in Queensland. This 22.5kg ingot was donated by the people of Broken Hill in NSW. |
Bronze
The bronze medals were made of 1c and 2c coins that were taken out of circulation when new decimal coins were issued in Australia in 1966. Bronze is made of 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 1% silver and 0.5% tin |
| The blue ribbon was made by Woolmark. It is superfine wool. | ||
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