Vietnam at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Vietnam at the Olympic Games
Flag of Vietnam – Flag bearers IOC code  VIE NOC Vietnam Olympic Committee Website www.voc.org.vn (Vietnamese) (English)
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	7 in 4 sports
Officials	3
Medals Rank: 64	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012

Vietnam competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The Vietnam Sports Contingent participated in Sydney with fifteen members including (seven athletes, five coaches and three officials) in four sports: athletics, swimming, shooting and taekwondo. The Asian nation won its first ever Olympic medal at these Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Tran Hieu Ngan	Taekwondo	women's (57 kg)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100m

• Luong Tich Thien
  1. Round 1 — 10.85 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Hurdles

• Vu Bich Huong
  1. Round 1 - 13.61 (did not advance)

Shooting

• Nguyen Trung Hieu

Swimming

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Nguyen Ngoc Anh
  1. Preliminary Heat — 02:29.54 (did not advance)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Nguyen Thi Huong
  1. Preliminary Heat — 05:26.56 (did not advance)

Taekwondo

• Mai Nguyen thi Xuan
• Tran Hieu Ngan

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site