Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics information
Sporting event delegation
Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code
GBR
NOC
British Olympic Association
in Sydney
Competitors
310 (181 men, 129 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearers
Matthew Pinsent (opening) Steve Redgrave (closing)
Medals Ranked 10th
Gold
11
Silver
10
Bronze
7
Total
28
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games
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.[1] 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.[2]
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^"Historical Funding Figures - UK Sport". uksport.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
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