Zambia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Zambia
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.

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 1,500m
  • Chungu Chipako
    1. Round 1 - 03:49.79 (did not advance)


Men's 5,000m
  • Sam Mfula Mwape
    1. Round 1 - 13:41.72 (did not advance)


Men's 400m Hurdles
  • Samuel Matete
    Samuel Matete
    Samuel 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...

    1. Round 1 - 48.98
    2. Semifinal - 48.98 (did not advance)


Women's 400m
  • Lilian Bwalya
    1. Round 1 - 54.77 (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 Flyweight (51 kg)
  • Kennedy Kanyanta
    Kennedy Kanyanta
    Kennedy 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:...

    1. First Round - Lost to Bulat Jumadilov
      Bulat Jumadilov
      Bulat 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


Men's Welterweight (67 kg)
  • Ellis Chibuye
    Ellis Chibuye
    Ellis Chibuye is a boxer from Zambia.He was born in Ndola. He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country...

    1. First Round - Lost to Roberto Guerra Rivera (Cub) on points

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 200m Breaststroke
  • Leonard Ngoma
    1. Preliminary Heat - 02:32.90 (did not advance)


Women's 100m Butterfly
  • Ellen Hight
    1. Preliminary Heat - 01:09.34 (did not advance)
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