Games of the XXVII Olympiad

Host city	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Motto	Share the Spirit
Nations	199
Athletes	10,651 (6,582 men, 4,069 women)
Events	300 in 28 sports (40 disciplines)
Opening	15 September
Closing	1 October
Opened by	Governor-General Sir William Deane
Cauldron	Cathy Freeman
Stadium	Stadium Australia
Summer
← Atlanta 1996 Athens 2004 →
Winter
← Nagano 1998 Salt Lake 2002 →

The 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony at Stadium Australia, on 15 September 2000.

The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, took place in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from September 15, 2000 until October 1, 2000.

A map showing the countries that competed in the 2000 Olympics.

199 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) were in the Sydney Games. Four were in the Olympics for the first time. These were Timor-Leste, Eritrea, Micronesia and Palau.