| Dates: |
September 15 - october 1, 2000 |
| N.O.C. participants: |
199 |
| Number of sports: |
28 |
| Number of contests: |
300 |
| Number of athletes: |
10651 |
| Men: |
6582 |
| Women: |
4069 |
| Volonteers: |
46967 |
| Media: |
16033 |
| Opening: |
Sir William Deane, Australia General Gouvernor |
| Oath: |
Rechelle Hawkes |
| Oath juges: |
Peter Kerr |
| Number of torch bearer: |
0 |
| Last torch bearer: |
Cathy Freeman |
| Bids towns: |
Berlin (GER), Istanbul (TUR), Manchester (GBR), Beijing (CHN) |
THE XXVIIth SUMMER GAMES 
