PATROCINIO SIMÓN RUIZ-PEINADO4º EUROPEAN SECTIONS PHYSICAL EDUCATION

THE MODERM OLYMPIC GAMES

INDEXo 1. Introductiono 2. The Olympic Torcho 3. Mascotso 4. Participating Nationso 5. Sportso 6. Medals Tableo 7. Highlighto 8. Spaino 9. Conclusion

INTRODUCTION

After the organizational failure of Atlanta 1996, in these games the organization was an obsession and can say it was perfect.

We can consider as the best games ever, the twenty-first century began well.

Facilities were built of an enviable quality, an international airport.

In these games, Greenpeace members organized a part the games; they use sunlight energy to power the Olympic village.

THE OLYMPIC TORCH The Olympic torch of these games in nearly

four months visited 12 states of Oceania, New Zealand and all the geography of Australia.

On 15 September came to the Olympic Stadium and the last relay was Cathy Freeman, she lit the cauldron installed it on a waterbed beginning at this edition of the Olympic Games.

MASCOTS In this Olympics Games, there wasn’t a

mascot but there were three, Olly, Syd and Millie.

PARTICIPATING NATIONS

SPORTS•Archery •Athletics•Baseball•Basketball•Badminton•Boxing•Canoe/Kayak•Cycling•Diving •Equestrian•Fencing•Football( soccer)•Gymnastics•Handball•Hockey •Judo•Modern Pentathlon•Rowing•Sailing

•Shooting•Softball•Swimming•Synchronized swimming•Table tennis•Taekwondo•Tennis•Triathlon•Volleyball•Water polo•Weightlifting•Wrestling

MEDALS TABLE

HIGHLIGHT• The American athlete Marion Jones won three gold medals and two

bronze.

• Maurice Green, gold medal 100 meters

• The spectacular Czech Jan Zelezny with its third consecutive gold in the javelin.

SPAIN

321 competitors

216 men and 105 women, took part in 165 events in 27 sports.

Spain competed at the Olympics Games in Sydney 2000

GOLD

Cycling, men's points race

Gymnastics, men's long horse vault

Joan LlanerasIsabel Fernández

Gervasio Deferr

Judo, women's lightweight (57 kg)

SILVER

Boxing, light flyweight (48 kg)

Soccer, men's team competition

Rafael Lozano Gabriel Esparza

Taekwondo, men's 58 kg division

Soccer Team

BRONZE

Athletics, women's 20 km walk

Cycling, women's cross-country (mountain bike)

María Vasco Handball Team

Handball, men's team competition

Margarita Fullana

BRONZE

Swimming, women's 100 m backstroke

Tennis, men's doubles

Nina Zhivanevskay

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Alex Corretja and Albert Costa

• Finally, these games can that have been the most profitable in history.

• The opening ceremony was a spectacle of fire and water with the participation of a large number of artists and was seen by some four billion people.

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