2000 SUMMER PARALYMPICS

'XI Paralympic Games'
Nations participating	127
Athletes participating	3843 (2867 men, 979 women)
Events	551 in 20 sports
Opening ceremony	October 18
Closing ceremony	October 29
Officially opened by	William Deane
Paralympic Torch	Louise Sauvage
Stadium	Stadium Australia

136 Countries participated on the 2000 Paralympics. Many of the same venues of the Sydney Olympics were used, including the Olympic Stadium, Stadium Australia.
The mascot for the 2000 Paralympics was "'Lizzie'" the Frill-necked Lizard.^[1]
Australian artist Kylie Minogue sang "''Waltzing Matilda''" and "''Celebration''" at the Opening Ceremony.
The Australian group, The Seekers, sang their hit song "''The Carnival Is Over''" as the finale to the Closing Ceremony. Judith Durham, who had a broken hip, sang from a wheelchair.

'Rank'	'NPC Name'	'Gold'	'Silver'	'Bronze'	'Total'
1	Australia	63	39	47	149
2	Great Britain	41	43	47	131
3	Spain	39	30	38	107
4	Canada	38	33	25	96
5	United States	36	39	34	109
6	China	34	22	17	73
7	France	30	28	28	86
8	Poland	19	22	12	53
9	South Korea	18	7	7	32
10	Germany	15	42	38	95
11	Czech Republic	15	15	13	43
12	Japan	13	17	11	41
13	South Africa	13	12	13	38
14	Russia	12	11	12	35
15	Netherlands	12	9	9	30
16	Iran	12	4	7	23
17	Mexico	10	12	12	34
18	Italy	9	8	10	27
19	Denmark	8	8	14	30
20	Switzerland	8	4	8	20
21	Hong Kong	8	3	7	18
22	Nigeria	7	1	5	13
23	Egypt	6	11	11	28
24	Brazil	6	10	6	22
25	New Zealand	6	8	4	18
26	Portugal	6	5	4	15
27	Tunisia	6	4	1	11
28	Belarus	5	8	10	23
29	Sweden	5	6	10	21
30	Thailand	5	4	2	11
31	Ireland	5	3	1	9
32	Hungary	4	5	14	23
33	Greece	4	4	3	11
34	Cuba	4	2	2	8
35	Ukraine	3	20	14	37
36	Slovakia	3	5	5	13
37	Israel	3	2	1	6
38	Algeria	3	0	0	3
39	Austria	2	7	6	15
40	Norway	2	6	7	15
41	Iceland	2	0	2	4
42	Belgium	1	4	4	9
43	Finland	1	3	6	10
44	Chinese Taipei	1	2	4	7
45	Estonia	1	1	3	5
46	Kenya	1	1	2	4
47	Azerbaijan	1	1	0	2
47	Peru	1	1	0	2
47	Azerbaijan	1	1	0	2
49	Côte d'Ivoire	1	0	1	2
50	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
50	Jordan	1	0	0	1
50	Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1
53	Faroe Islands	0	3	1	4
53	United Arab Emirates	0	3	1	4
55	Argentina	0	2	3	5
56	Slovenia	0	2	2	4
57	Lithuania	0	2	1	3
58	Kuwait	0	1	4	5
59	Bahrain	0	1	1	2
59	Panama	0	1	1	2
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1	0	1
61	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
63	Latvia	0	0	3	3
64	Libya	0	0	1	1
64	Palestine	0	0	1	1
64	Philippines	0	0	1	1
64	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
64	Venezuela	0	0	1	1

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References

1. A Brief History of the Olympic and Paralympic Mascots

See also

★ 2000 Summer Olympics

★ Cheating at the Paralympic Games

External links

★ Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games - archived websites in PANDORA