Philippines at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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The Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

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
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

.

Archery
Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at Sydney International Archery Park in Sydney, Australia with ranking rounds on 16 September and regular competition held from 17 September to 20 September...

After a 12 year absence from Olympic archery, the Philippines sent one woman to the 2000 edition of the tournament. She lost her first match.
Women's individual
Jennifer Chan
1/32 eliminations Lost to Elif Altinkaynak 
Turkey
160-143

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 3,000m Steeplechase
  • Eduardo Buenavista
    Eduardo Buenavista
    Eduardo Buenavista is a Filipino long-distance runner and two-time Olympian. He holds the Philippine record for multiple long distance events.His best marathon time is 2:18:44 hours...

    1. Round 1 - 09:13.71 (did not advance)


Women's 100m
  • Lerma Elmira Bulauitan
    Lerma Gabito
    Lerma Elmira Bulauitan-Gabito is a Filipino long jumper. Her personal best jump is 6.56 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Colombo....

    1. Round 1 - 12.08 (did not advance)

Boxing
Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...

Men's Light Flyweight (-48 kg)
  • Danilo Lerio
    • Round 1 - Bye
    • Round 2 - Lost to Rafael Lozano Munoz of Spain (did not advance)


Men's Flyweight (-51 kg)
  • Arlan Lerio
    • Round 1 - Defeated Jackson Asiku of Uganda
    • Round 2 - Lost to Andrzej Rzany
      Andrzej Rzany
      Andrzej Rżany is a boxer from Poland.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native European country...

       of Poland (did not advance)


Men's Lightweight (-60 kg)
  • Larry Semillano
    • Round 1 - Lost to Andriy Kotelnyk
      Andriy Kotelnyk
      Andriy "Andreas" Kotelnyk is a Ukrainian boxer who won the Lightweight Silver Medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics...

       of Ukraine (did not advance)


Men's Light Welterweight (-63.5 kg)
  • Romeo Brin
    • Round 1 - Lost to Sergey Bykovsky
      Sergey Bykovsky
      Sergey Bykovsky is a boxer from Belarus, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Light Welterweight division at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark, alongside Bulgaria's Radoslav Suslekov....

       of Belarus (did not advance)

Diving
Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events...

Men's 3 Metre Springboard
  • Zardo Domenios
    1. Preliminary - 300.42 (44th place, did not advance)


Women's 3 Metre Springboard
  • Sheila Mae Perez
    Sheila Mae Perez
    Sheila Mae Perez, born in 1986, is a Filipina Olympic diver. Reuters describes her as "one of the best divers in Southeast Asia".Perez was brought up in a poor family in Davao City...

    1. Preliminary - 223.65 (32nd place, did not advance)

Equestrian
Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The Equestrian Events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics included Dressage, Eventing, and Show Jumping. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions.-Medals:-Event Summary:-Riders:*Imtiaz Anees*David O'Connor *Andrew Hoy*Mark Todd...

Mixed Jumping Individual
  • Toni Leviste
    Toni Leviste
    Marie Antoinette Sarangaya "Toni" Leviste , is a Filipina equestrian athlete. Leviste represented the Philippines in international competitions, such as the FEI World Cup Show, the Southeast Asian Games, the Asian games and the Summer Olympics...

    • ranked 61st of 71

Rowing
Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Final results for the Rowing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics:The event is probably most noted for Steve Redgrave's winning his fifth Olympic gold medal in as many games in the British men's coxless four. However, there were a number of other dramatic races. Both the men's and women's single...

Men’s Single Sculls
  • Benjamin Tolentino
    • 18th out of 23

Shooting
Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....

Women's Air Rifle - 10m
  • Jasmin Luis
    • tied for 44th of 49

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 400m Freestyle
  • Miguel Mendoza
    1. Preliminary Heat - 04:00.66 (did not advance)


Men's 1500m Freestyle
  • Juan Carlos Piccio
    1. Preliminary Heat - 15:51.57 (did not advance)


Men's 400m Individual Medley
  • Juan Carlos Piccio
    1. Preliminary Heat - 04:30.17 (did not advance)


Women's 100m Breaststroke
  • Jenny Rose Guerrero
    1. Preliminary Heat - 01:15.14 (did not advance)


Women's 200m Breaststroke
  • Jenny Rose Guerrero
    1. Preliminary Heat - 02:38.10 (did not advance)


Women's 100m Backstroke
  • Marie-Lizza Danila
    1. Preliminary Heat - 01:06.48 (did not advance)

Taekwondo
Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo was contested as an official sport at the Olympic Games for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It had previously been a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992. Medals were awarded in four weight classes each for men and women...

Men's Flyweight
  • Roberto Cruz
    Roberto Cruz
    Roberto de la Cruz is a former Filipino professional boxer. Cruz won the WBA World Light Welterweight title in a career that spanned from 1955 to 1968.-Professional career:...

    • won preliminary match 4-(minus-1) vs. Guatemala; lost quarterfinals 7-5 vs. Argentina


Men's Featherweight
  • Donald Geisler
    Donald Geisler
    Donald David Geisler III is a Filipino taekwondo athlete of German-American descent, who represented the Philippines in the Olympics in the years 2000 and 2004. He is a 1998 Asian Games and World Cup Taekwondo Silver medalist. He is now officially retired from playing taekwondo...

    • lost first round via superiority (after 4-4 score) vs. Sweden


Women's Flyweight
  • Eva Marie Ditan
    • lost preliminary match 6-1 vs. Turkey


Women's Featherweight
  • Jennifer Strachan
    • bye, preliminary match; lost quarterfinals 8-3 vs. Vietnam; lost repechage 9-3 vs. Turkey
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