# Canonical recap data for 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney (2000)
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slug: sydney-olympics-2000
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/2000/sydney-olympics-2000"
title: 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney
subtitle: Sydney 2000 showcased the Southern Hemisphere hosting the Games and became emblematic of early-21st-century Olympic spectacle with unprecedented digital broadcast integration.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 2000-09-15
endDate: 2000-10-01
datePrecision: day
year: 2000
decade: 2000
country:
name: Australia
slug: australia
summaryShort: The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It marked the second time the Summer Olympic
summaryLong: The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It marked the second time the Summer Olympics were held in Australia, and in the Southern Hemisphere, the first being in Melbourne, in 1956.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Nancy_Johnson_%28sport_shooter%29_5.jpg/1280px-Nancy_Johnson_%28sport_shooter%29_5.jpg"
heroImageCredit: DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert A. Whitehead, U.S. Air Force. (Released) · via Wikipedia
importance: 74
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics"
  title: 2000 Summer Olympics
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
metaDescription: The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were
wikidataQid: Q8544
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20031219184439/http://en.wikipedia.org:80/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics"
  capturedAt: 2003-12-19
  label: 2000 Summer Olympics
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics"
