Sydney Olympics 2000 – participating countries | Parramatta History and Heritage

Sydney Olympics 2000 (Image source: Topend sports)

By Neera Sahni

Sydney Olympics 2000 or the Millennium Olympic Games/Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was the second time the Summer Olympics were held in Australia, and the Southern Hemisphere, the first being in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1956.

There were 10,651 (4,069 women, 6,582 men) athletes from 199 countries and participated in 300 events. List of the participating countries is as follows:

1	Albania	71	Great Britain	141	Papua New Guinea
2	Algeria	72	Greece	142	Paraguay
3	American Samoa	73	Grenada	143	Peru
4	Andorra	74	Guam	144	Philippines
5	Angola	75	Guatemala	145	Poland
6	Antigua and Barbuda	76	Guinea	146	Portugal
7	Argentina	77	Guinea-Bissau	147	Puerto Rico
8	Armenia	78	Guyana	148	Qatar
9	Aruba	79	Haiti	149	Romania
10	Australia	80	Honduras	150	Russian
11	Austria	81	Hong Kong	151	Rwanda
12	Azerbaijan	82	Hungary	152	Saint Kitts and Nevis
13	Bahamas	83	Iceland	153	Saint Lucia
14	Bahrain	84	India	154	St Vincent and Grenada
15	Bangladesh	85	Indonesia	155	Samoa
16	Barbados	86	Iran	156	San Marino
17	Belarus	87	Iraq	157	Sao Tome and Principe
18	Belgium	88	Ireland	158	Saudi Arabia
19	Belize	89	Israel	159	Senegal
20	Bermuda	90	Italy	160	Serbia and Montenegro
21	Benin	91	Jamaica	161	Seychelles
22	Bhutan	92	Japan	162	Sierra Leone
23	Bolivia	93	Jordan	163	Singapore
24	Bosnia and Herzog.	94	Kazakhstan	164	Slovakia
25	Botswana	95	Kenya	165	Slovenia
26	Brazil	96	Korea, North	166	Solomon Islands
27	British Virgin Islands	97	Korea, South	167	Somalia
28	Brunei	98	Kuwait	168	South Africa
29	Bulgaria	99	Kyrgyzstan	169	Spain
30	Burkina Faso	100	Laos	170	Sri Lanka
31	Burundi	101	Latvia	171	Sudan
32	Cambodia	102	Lebanon	172	Surinam
33	Cameroon	103	Lesotho	173	Swaziland
34	Canada	104	Liberia	174	Sweden
35	Cape Verde	105	Libya	175	Switzerland
36	Cayman Islands	106	Liechtenstein	176	Syria
37	Central Africa	107	Lithuania	177	Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)
38	Chad	108	Luxembourg	178	Tajikistan
39	Chile	109	Rep. of Macedonia	179	Tanzania
40	China	110	Madagascar	180	Thailand
41	Colombia	111	Malawi	181	Togo
42	Comoros	112	Malaysia	182	Tonga
43	Congo, Rep. of the	113	Maldives	183	Trinidad and Tobago
44	Congo, Dem. Rep. of	114	Mali	184	Tunisia
45	Cook Islands	115	Malta	185	Turkey
46	Costa Rica	116	Mauritania	186	Turkmenistan
47	Cóte d´lvoire	117	Mauritius	187	Uganda
48	Croatia	118	Mexico	188	Ukraine
49	Cuba	119	Micronesia, Fed. States	189	United Arab Emirates
50	Cyprus	120	Moldova, Rep. of	190	United States
51	Czech Republic	121	Monaco	191	Uruguay
52	Denmark	122	Mongolia	192	Uzbekistan
53	Djibouti	123	Morocco	193	Vanuatu
54	Dominica	124	Mozambique	194	Venezuela
55	Dominican Republic	125	Myanmar, Union of	195	Vietnam
56	Ecuador	126	Namibia	196	Virgin Islands
57	Egypt	127	Nauru	197	Yemen
58	El Salvador	128	Nepal	198	Zambia
59	Equatorial Guinea	129	Netherlands	199	Zimbabwe
60	Eritrea	130	Netherlands Antilles
61	Estonia	131	New Zealand
62	Ethiopia	132	Nicaragua
63	Fiji	133	Niger
64	Finland	134	Nigeria
65	France	135	Norway
66	Gabon	136	Oman
67	Gambia	137	Pakistan
68	Georgia	138	Palau
69	Germany	139	Palestine
70	Ghana	140	Panama

Neera Sahni, Research Services Leader, Parramatta Heritage Centre, City of Parramatta, 2020

References:

http://olympic-museum.de/part_count/olympic-games-participating-countries-2000.php

https://www.olympic.org/sydney-2000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics