At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres	9.87	9.99	10.04
200 metres	20.09	20.14	20.20
400 metres	43.84	44.40	44.70
800 metres	1:45.08	1:45.14	1:45.16
1500 metres	3:32.07 (OR)	3:32:32	3:32.44
5000 metres	13:35.49	13:36.20	13:36.47
10000 metres	27:18.20	27:18.29	27:19.75
110 metre hurdles	13.00	13.16	13.22
400 metre hurdles	47.50	47.53	47.81
3000 metre steeplechase	8:21.43	8:21.77	8:22.15
4×100 metre relay	Jon Drummond Bernard Williams Brian Lewis Maurice Greene Tim Montgomery* Kenneth Brokenburr*	37.61	Vicente de Lima Edson Ribeiro André da Silva Claudinei da Silva Claudio Souza*	37.90	Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda Ivan Garcia Freddy Mayola José Angel Cesar	38.04
4×400 metre relay	vacant		Clement Chukwu Jude Monye Sunday Bada Enefiok Udo-Obong Nduka Awazie* Fidelis Gadzama*	2:58.68	Michael Blackwood Greg Haughton Christopher Williams Danny McFarlane Sanjay Ayre* Michael McDonald*	2:58.78
20 km walk	1:18.59 (OR)	1:19.03	1:19.27
50 km walk	3:42.22	3:43.40	3:44.36
Marathon	2:10.11	2:10.31	2:11.10
Long jump	8.55 m	8.49 m	8.31 m
High jump	2.35 m	2.32 m	2.32 m
Triple jump	17.71 m	17.47 m	17.46 m
Pole vault	5.90 m	5.90	5.90
Shot put	21.29 m	21.21 m	21.20 m
Discus throw	69.30 m	68.50 m	68.19 m
Javelin throw	90.17 m (OR)	89.85 m	88.67 m
Hammer throw	80.02 m	79.64 m	79.17 m
Decathlon	8641	8606	8595

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

100 metres	vacant		11.12	11.18
200 metres	vacant		22.27	22.28
400 metres	49.11	49.58	49.72
800 metres	1:56.15	1:56.64	1:56.80
1500 metres	4:05.10	4:05.15	4:05.27
5000 metres	14:40.79 (OR)	14:41.02	14:42.23
10000 metres	30:17.49 (OR)	30:22.48	30:22.88
100 metre hurdles	12.65	12.68	12.76
400 metre hurdles	53.02	53.45	53.57
4×100 metre relay	Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson Eldece Lewis*	41.95	Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey Merlene Frazer*	42.13	vacant
4×400 metre relay	vacant		Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Deon Hemmings Lorraine Graham Charmaine Howell* Michelle Burgher*	3:23.25	Yuliya Sotnikova Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Irina Privalova Natalya Nazarova* Olesya Zykina*	3:23.46
20 km walk	1:29.05 (OR)	1:29.33	1:30.23
Marathon	2:23.14 (OR)	2:23.22	2:24.45
Long jump	6.99 m	6.92 m	vacant
High jump	rowspan=2	rowspan=2|2.01 m	rowspan=2	rowspan=2|2.01 m	rowspan=2|1.99 m
Triple jump	15.20 m	15.00 m	14.96 m
Pole vault	4.60 m (OR)	4.55 m	4.50 m
Shot put	20.56 m	19.92 m	19.62 m
Discus throw	68.40 m	65.71 m	65.20 m
Javelin throw	68.91 m (OR)	67.51 m	66.18 m
Hammer throw	71.16 m	69.77 m	69.28 m
Heptathlon	6584	6531	6527

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Notes

Medal table

1		6	4	4	14
2		4	1	3	8
3		4	0	0	4
4		3	4	5	12
5		2	3	2	7
6		2	2	2	6
		2	2	2	6
8		2	1	2	5
9		2	0	3	5
10		1	3	0	4
11		1	2	2	5
12		1	2	0	3
13		1	1	2	4
14		1	1	0	2
		1	1	0	2
		1	1	0	2
17		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
25		0	4	3	7
26		0	2	0	2
		0	2	0	2
28		0	1	3	4
29		0	1	2	3
30		0	1	1	2
		0	1	1	2
32		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
38		0	0	2	2
39		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1

See also

• 2000 in athletics (track and field)

References

• Athletics Australia