Zambia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Zambia
competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney
, Australia
. None of the competitors from Zambia won medals in the 2000 Olympic games.
Athletics
Men's 1,500m
Men's 5,000m
Men's 400m Hurdles
Women's 400m
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
Men's Welterweight (67 kg)
Swimming
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Women's 100m Butterfly
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
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...
. None of the competitors from Zambia won medals in the 2000 Olympic games.
AthleticsAthletics at the 2000 Summer OlympicsAt 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 1,500m
- Chungu Chipako
- Round 1 - 03:49.79 (did not advance)
Men's 5,000m
- Sam Mfula Mwape
- Round 1 - 13:41.72 (did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
- Samuel MateteSamuel MateteSamuel Matete is a retired male track and field athlete from Zambia, who competed mainly in 400 meter hurdles. Noted for his exceptionally fast finish, he was one of the world's leading hurdlers in the early 1990s, and became the first Zambian track and field world champion in 1991...
- Round 1 - 48.98
- Semifinal - 48.98 (did not advance)
Women's 400m
- Lilian Bwalya
- Round 1 - 54.77 (did not advance)
BoxingBoxing at the 2000 Summer OlympicsThe 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 Flyweight (51 kg)
- Kennedy KanyantaKennedy KanyantaKennedy Kenyanta is a Zambian boxer who won the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men's flyweight division and bronze at the 2007 AllAfrica Games as an amateur.-Amateur:...
- First Round - Lost to Bulat JumadilovBulat JumadilovBulat Jumadilov is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Men's Flyweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. Four years earlier at the 1996 Summer Olympics he also captured the silver medal...
(KAZ) on points
- First Round - Lost to Bulat Jumadilov
Men's Welterweight (67 kg)
- Ellis ChibuyeEllis ChibuyeEllis Chibuye is a boxer from Zambia.He was born in Ndola. He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country...
- First Round - Lost to Roberto Guerra Rivera (Cub) on points
SwimmingSwimming at the 2000 Summer OlympicsAt 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 200m Breaststroke
- Leonard Ngoma
- Preliminary Heat - 02:32.90 (did not advance)
Women's 100m Butterfly
- Ellen Hight
- Preliminary Heat - 01:09.34 (did not advance)