Global Lehigh Strategic Initiatives (without descriptions)
Sydney 2000
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2. This games, officially known as the
games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an
international multi-sport event which was
celebrated between 15 September and
1 October.
10.651 athletes participated (6.582 men
y 4.069 women) from 199 countries
competing in 28 sports and 300
specialties.
3.
4. At the opening ceremony, the athlete
Cathy Freeman was the first native to
light the Olympic flame and the second
woman to do, after the Mexican
Enriqueta Basilio.
199 nations participated in the Games,
creating a new brand.
For the first time, North Korea and South
Korea marched under one flag during
the Opening Ceremony.
5.
6. athletics
badminton
basketball
handball
baseball
boxing
cycling
riding
football
gymnastics
Hockey
judo
swimming
canoeing
modern
Pentathlon
rowing
Jumping
softball
Archery
Triathlon
volleyball
water polo
7. Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belgium, Cyprus,
Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia,
Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Romania,
Russia, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland,
Ukraine, Yugoslavia.