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The governing body of the event, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), reported that it determined Dong Fangxiao to be 14 during the 2000 Olympics. The minimum age for competition was 16. The FIG invalidated the results of the competition in relation to the disqualified athlete.
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The 2000 Summer Olympics were held in Sydney, Australia, from 15 September to 1 October 2000. 10,651 athletes from 199 National Olympic Committees (NOC) countries participated. The competition was made up of 300 events in 28 sports were held; 165 events were opened to men, 127 were opened to women and 10 were mixed events
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 2,134 participating athletes from 193 countries. There were a total number of 2,134 participating athletes from 193 countries.
It was the 22nd edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. The final, played at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney, Australia, attracted the Olympic Games Football attendance record of 104,098 which broke the previous record of 101,799 set at the Rose Bowl for the gold medal match of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Her 1999 World Championships and 2000 Olympic results were struck from the records, and in April 2010, nearly ten years after the event, the IOC officially disqualified China, who had originally won the bronze medal in the women's team event.
The swimming program for 2000 was expanded from 1996, with the inclusion of the semifinal phase in each of the events except for some special cases. Long-distance swimming events (400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle, and 400 m individual medley) and all relays still maintained the old format with only two phases: heats and final.
IAAF results day one: 100 m, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400 m. Retrieved 27 January 2007. IAAF results day two: 110 m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500 m. Retrieved 27 January 2007. IAAF results: Final standings. Retrieved 27 January 2007. IAAF (27 September 2000). "Decathlon – Day 1 (event report)". IAAF 2000 Olympic ...