The People's Republic of China competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The team excluded athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, after the territory's return to Chinese rule in 1997, and which competed separately as Hong Kong, China. 271 competitors, 91 men and 180 women, took part in 163 events in 28 sports. China finished for the first time in the top 3 with 28 gold medals. China also broke the record for the most gold medals won by Asian countries at a single Summer Olympics (28), which was previously set by Japan in 1964 (16) and by China in 1992 (16) and 1996 (16).

Medalists

Results by event

Unless otherwise indicated, all results are derived from the Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad.

Archery

Defending silver medalist He Ying was defeated by one of the Korean women in the round of 16.

Individual events

Teams

Athletics

Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Women's field

Badminton

Men

Singles

Doubles

Women

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Basketball

Men's

Results

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Track

Diving

China won ten medals at the diving competition — five gold medals and five silver medals. Fu Mingxia, who had retired after the 1996 Olympics, came back to win a gold and silver medal and became the first woman to win five Olympic medals.

Fencing

Thirteen fencers, six men and seven women, represented China in 2000.

Football

The Chinese women's team finished fifth overall in the competition.

Women's tournament

Gymnastics

Men's artistic

Women's artistic

The Chinese women's gymnastics team won the bronze medal but their medals were stripped ten years later, in 2010, due to Dong Fangxiao's age at the time of the competition. Their bronze medals were awarded to the United States' team.

Hockey

Women's team competition

Key:

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

One man and three women competed for the People's Republic of China in the sailing competition at the 2000 Olympics, in three events. Men's Mistral Women's Mistral Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

Shooting

Softball

Women's team competition

Swimming

Men

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, China was represented by two women.

Volleyball

Women's

Head coach: Hu Jin

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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