Bahrain

Bahrain

' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

in Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

Australia

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Fatema Hameed Gerashi

Fatema Hameed Gerashi

Fatema Hameed Gerashi, born in 1987 or 1988, is a Bahraini swimmer.She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, competing in the women's 50 metres freestyle race. At the age of 12, she was the youngest competitor of any event and any nationality at the Sydney Games...

, who represented Bahrain in swimming, was the youngest competitor of any event and any nationality at the Games, aged only 12. She was also, with runner Mariam Mohamed Hadi Al Hilli

Mariam Mohamed Hadi Al Hilli

Mariam Mohamed Hadi Al Hilli is a Bahraini Olympic athlete, who specialises in the 100 metres sprint. She was one of the two Bahraini women to participate in the Sydney Olympics in 2000 on behalf of the Middle Eastern island, the other being Fatema Hameed Gerashi...

, one of the first ever female competitors to represent Bahrain at the Olympics - although two women had previously competed for Bahrain

Bahrain at the Paralympics

Bahrain made its Paralympic Games début the same year as its Olympic début, at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York, sending a delegation to compete in track and field...

 at the Paralympic Games

Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...

 in 1984.

Athletics

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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.-Men's events:...

Men's 800m

• Mohamed Saleh Naji Haidara
  1. Round 1 — 01:56.64 (did not advance)

Women's 100m

• Mariam Mohamed Hadi Al Hilli
  Mariam Mohamed Hadi Al Hilli
  Mariam Mohamed Hadi Al Hilli is a Bahraini Olympic athlete, who specialises in the 100 metres sprint. She was one of the two Bahraini women to participate in the Sydney Olympics in 2000 on behalf of the Middle Eastern island, the other being Fatema Hameed Gerashi...
  
  
  1. Round 1 — 13.98 (did not advance)

Swimming

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Dawood Yosuf Mohamed Jassim
  1. Preliminary Heat — 1:02.45 (did not advance)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Fatema Hameed Gerashi
  Fatema Hameed Gerashi
  Fatema Hameed Gerashi, born in 1987 or 1988, is a Bahraini swimmer.She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, competing in the women's 50 metres freestyle race. At the age of 12, she was the youngest competitor of any event and any nationality at the Sydney Games...
  
  
  1. Preliminary Heat — DSQ (did not advance)