Suomen Olympiakomitea

SYDNEY 2000

• 15 September – 1 October 2000
• 300 official medal events.
• 10,648 competitors from 200 countries.
• Finnish team: 71 athletes (70 participated in official events).

For the first time since 1984 Finland won more than one gold medal at Olympic summer Games. Both two Finnish gold medals came from unexpected quarters. Arsi Harju beat the American favourites in the shot put final, while in Sydney harbour Thomas Johanson and Jyrki Järvi became the first Olympic champions of the new 49er class of sailing. Juha Hirvi’s silver in the three positions rifle competition was Finland’s first Olympic shooting medal in 16 years. The fourth Finnish medal in Sydney was won by the wrestler Marko Yli-Hannuksela. By contrast, medal hopes were not realised in swimming, weightlifting and cycling.

Medal Standings

		G	S	B	Total
1	USA	36	24	32	92
2	Russia	32	28	28	88
3	China	28	16	14	58
4	Australia	16	25	17	58
5	Germany	13	17	26	56
6	France	13	14	11	38
7	Italy	13	8	13	34
8	Netherlands	12	9	4	25
9	Cuba	11	11	7	29
10	Great Britain	11	10	7	28
11	Romania	11	6	9	26
12	South Korea	8	10	10	28
13	Hungary	8	6	3	17
14	Poland	6	5	3	14
15	Japan	5	8	5	18
16	Bulgaria	5	6	2	13
17	Greece	4	6	3	13
18	Sweden	4	5	3	12
19	Norway	4	3	3	10
20	Ethiopia	4	1	3	8
21	Ukraine	3	10	10	23
22	Kazakhstan	3	4	0	7
23	Belarus	3	3	11	17
24	Canada	3	3	8	14
25	Spain	3	3	5	11
26	Turkey	3	0	2	5
27	Iran	3	0	1	4
28	Czech Republic	2	3	3	8
29	Kenya	2	3	2	7
30	Denmark	2	3	1	6
31	Finland	2	1	1	4
32	Austria	2	1	0	3
33	Lithuania	2	0	3	5
34	Azerbaidzhan	2	0	1	3
35	Slovenia	2	0	0	2
36	Switzerland	1	6	2	9
37	Indonesia	1	3	2	6
38	Slovakia	1	3	1	5
39	Mexico	1	2	3	6
40	Algeria	1	1	3	5
41	Uzbekistan	1	1	2	4
42	Latvia	1	1	1	3
	Yugoslavia	1	1	1	3
44	Bahamas	1	1	0	2
45	New Zealand	1	0	3	4
46	Estonia	1	0	2	3
	Thailand	1	0	2	3
48	Croatia	1	0	1	2
49	Mozambique	1	0	0	1
	Colombia	1	0	0	1
	Cameroon	1	0	0	1
52	Brazil	0	6	6	12
53	Jamaica	0	4	3	7
54	Nigeria	0	3	0	3
55	South Africa	0	2	3	5
	Belgium	0	2	3	5
57	Argentina	0	2	2	4
58	Morocco	0	1	4	5
	Chinese Taipei	0	1	4	5
60	North Korea	0	1	3	4
61	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	1	2
	Moldova	0	1	1	2
	Saudi Arabia	0	1	1	2
64	Ireland	0	1	0	1
	Vietnam	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
67	Georgia	0	0	6	6
68	Costa Rica	0	0	2	2
	Portugal	0	0	2	2
70	Barbados	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
	Iceland	0	0	1	1
	Macedonia	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Qatar	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
	Chile	0	0	1	1

FINNISH MEDALS

2000 Sydney	2 gold 1 silver 1 bronze
Gold:
Shot put M	Arsi Harju
Sailing, 49er class	Thomas Johanson - Jyrki Järvi
Silver:
Small-bore rifle shooting 3 x 40 shots	Juha Hirvi
Bronze:
Greco-Roman wrestling 76 kg	Marko Yli-Hannuksela

M Men
W Women