• Russia's Sergey Kliugin competes in the high jump. Kliugin won the gold medal. See photo.
• France's Miguel Martinez rides his bike to win the gold medal in the men's Cross Country. See photo.
• Russia's Svetlana Timochinina spins during her dive in the finals of women's 10-meter platform diving. See photo.
• Naoko Takahashi of Japan wins the women's marathon final with a new Olympic record time of 2:23:14. See photo.
• Tereza Marinova of Bulgaria, competes in the triple jump. Marinova won the gold medal in the event. See photo.
• Ralf Leberer, of Germany, lies on the track after falling short of the finish line (at right) during a heat of round 1 of the men's 110m hurdles. See photo.
• Italian water polo driver Leonardo Sottani wearing a tattoo depicting a devil listens to his coach during the men's preliminary round against Russia. See photo.
• China's Wang Nan mugs for photographers after being presented with her gold medal for women's singles table tennis. Wang defeated fellow countrywoman Li Ju, 3-2. See photo.

• Silver medallists of Australia (L-R) Michael Klim, Geoff Huegill, Regan Harrison, and Matthew Welsh place toy kangaroos on their podium following the men's 4 X 100 m medley relay. The event, won by the United States, was the last of the swimming program at Sydney's Olympics. See photo.
• The United States basketball team watches as the New Zealand basketball team performs a Haka, a traditional war dance to show respect to opponents, following their game against the United States. See photo.
• US Maurice Greene (2R) wins the men's 100m final followed by Barbados' Obadele Thompson (L) and Great Britain's Dwaine Chambers (2L) and Darren Campbell (R). Greene won in a time of 9.87 seconds from Trinidad's Ato Boldon and Barbados' Thompson. See photo.
• Maurice Greene celebrates as he crosses the finish line after winning the men's 100 meters. At left is Jonathan Drummond of the United States and at right is Obadele Thompson of Barbados. See photo.
• Maurice Greene celebrates. See photo.
• Maurice Greene (L) and Trinidad's Ato Boldon embrace after the men's 100m final. See photo.
• Maurice Greene kisses his shoes after crossing the finish line to win the gold medal in the men's 100m race. See photo.
• Maurice Greene throws his shoes into the crowd. See photo.
• Maurice Greene bites his gold medal. See photo.
• US Marion Jones (R) greets her brother Albert (L) after winning the women's 100m final Jones won in a time of 10.75 seconds from Ekaterini Thanou of Greece in second and Tanya Lawrence of Jamaica in third. See photo.
• Jan Zelezny of the Czech Republic, competes in the final of the javelin. Zelezny won the gold medal. See photo.
• Dutch swimmer Inge de Bruijn shows off her gold medal in the women's 50 meter freestyle after the awards ceremony. See photo.
• Australian water polo coach Istvan Gorgenyi (R) is dragged by player Yvette Higgins into the water after Australia beat the United States in the women's water polo gold medal match. Australia won 4-3. See photo.
• Russian players celebrate after beating the Netherlands in the women's water polo bronze medal game. Russia won 4-3. See photo.
• Steven Redgrave of Great Britain waves to fans after winning the men's coxless four rowing event. Great Britain won the gold medal ahead of Italy and Australia. It is the fifth Olympic gold medal for Redgrave. See photo.
• Cuba manager Servio Borges (39) keeps pitcher Jose Ibar, left, and United States batter Ernie Young separated after Ibar hit Young in the back in the fourth inning during Cuban 6-1 win over the United States in the men's preliminary baseball match. See photo.

September 22

• Gary Hall Jr. (R) and Anthony Ervin of the USA show their gold medals after finishing the 50m freestyle final in an exact tie for first place. The two finished with a time of 21.98 seconds, making it the first gold medal tie in the history of Olympic men's swimming. See photo.
• Canada's Kwaku Boateng prepares for his high jump qualifying round. See photo.
• Zhichao Gong of China, makes a leaping hit, during her women's badminton finals match against Camilla Martin of Denmark. Gong won the match, 2-0, to win the gold medal. See photo.
• USA's Adam Nelson shouts after placing second to win a silver medal the men's Shot Put final. Finland's Arsi Harju won the gold and USA's John Godina took the bronze medal. See photo.
• Mexico's Noe Hernandez (R) hugs team mate Bernardo Segura after the pair finished in third and first position respectively in the men's 20 km walk final. Segura was disqualified for running, and the gold medal was awarded to Poland's Robert Korzeniowski, with silver taken by Hernandez. See photo.
• Dutch swimmer Inge de Bruijn smiles after setting a new world record during a semifinal of the women's 50 m freestyle competition. De Bruijn's new record time was 24.13 seconds. See photo.
• Trampoline gold medalist Irina Karavaeva, of Russia, performs her compulsory portion of the final round on the trampoline. It is the first time the trampoline is an Olympic event. See photo.
• Olexander Cheronos of Ukraine, left, and Dimitri Polyarush of Belarus warm up prior to participating in the first men's trampoline competition. Russia's Alexandre Moskalenko won the gold medal. See photo.

September 21

• Canadian pairs rowers Henry Hering (L) and Phil Graham collapse on a dock following their Men's Coxless Pair semi-final. The pair failed to qualify for the final, finishing fourth. See photo.
• Uruguay's Henry Gramajo and his horse Potencial fly over the Darug Bulada jump during the cross-country test for the Individual Three-Day Event. The combination was eliminated from the competition after the jump. See photo.
• Russian Serguei Alifirenko kisses his pistol after winning the gold medal in the Men's Rapid Fire Pistol Final. See photo.
• Denmark's Michael Sogaard, left, flies high in the air to return the shuttlecock as his partner Rikke Olsen stands by during the Olympics mixed doubles badminton bronze medal match against Britain's Simon Archer and Joanne Goode. See photo.
• Indonesia's Candra Wijaya flies his country's colors as he races around the court following his men's badminton doubles final victory over Korea. See photo.
• Korea's Kim Soo-Nyung takes aim during competition in the women's team archery event. Kim and her team-mates won the gold medal, beating Ukraine in the final. See photo.
• Slovakia's Jaroslav Jerabek falls during the men's keirin repechage as Japan's Yuichiro Kamiyama (83) Greece's Lampros Vasilopoulos (70) and Spain's David Cabrero ride on at Dunc Gray Velodrome in Sydney for the track cycling event. See photo.
• Gary Neiwand of Australia hold his 17-months-old daughter Coutney in his arm after winning the silver medal in the men's Keirin cycling event. See photo.
• Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan performs a floor routine during the women's all-around final. Romania won all three medals with Raducan taking gold, Simona Amanar the silver and Maria Olaru the bronze. See photo.
• French Olympic sprinter Marie-Jose Perec, center, is shown at the Singapore airport, after having spent most of the day there being questioned about an incident in which a member of her entourage assaulted a television cameraman. Perec fled the Sydney Olympics, where she had been scheduled to defend her Olympic titles in the 400 and 200 meter sprints, late Wednesday evening under a cloud of mystery as she claimed that she had received threats to her safety at her Sydney Hotel. See photo.
• This family of ducks has greeted athletes and spectators of the rowing events every morning, including today at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith, Australia. See photo.

September 20

• German swimmer Franziska van Almsick hugs a pole after her sole medal winning race of the Sydney Olympic Games, the women's 4 X 200 m freestyle relay. Van Almsick and her German team mates picked up a bronze medal from the event, the United States won the gold medal and Australia won silver. See photo.
• A Japanese football fan carrying the national flag on a ball-shaped hat leaves the stadium after their team lost 0-1 to Brazil in their Olympic football first round group D match in Brisbane, Australia. See photo.
• China's Gu Jun, top, returns a shot as partner Ge Fei stands by in their quarterfinal women's doubles badminton match. Gu and Fe defeated Indonesia's Eti Tantra and Chynthia Tuwankotta, 2-0. See photo.
• Gold medal winning team of Pavol, left, and Peter Hochschorner, of Slovakia, negotiate the course, at the Whitewater Stadium in Penrith, Australia. See photo.
• Belarus gymnast Ivan Ivankov competes on the rings during the men's all-around. See photo.
• Misty Hyman of the United States, left, is embraced by teammate Kaitlin Sandeno after she won the gold medal in teh 200m butterfly. Hyman set an Olympic record with a time of 2:05.88. See photo.
• Japan's Hidehiko Yoshida grimaces in pain as he is being prepared to be brought out of the stadium in a stretcher following an injury to his right arm during the men's 90 kg qualifying judo match. See photo.
• Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands, swims toward the pool exit after winning her semifinal heat of the 200m freestyle. De Bruijn set a world record with a time of 1:53.77. See photo.
• Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands, celebrates after winning the 100m freestyle. See photo.
• U.S. swimmers (from left) Samantha Arsenault, Diana Munz, and Lindsay Benko cheer as their teammate Jenny Thompson finishes the final leg of the women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay to win the gold medal. See photo.
• Nigeria's Ruth Ogbeifo drops a barbell and falls backwards during an attempt in the snatch category of the women's 75 kg weightlifting event. Ogbeifo won the silver medal. See photo.

September 19

• An unidentified streaker is taken away by the police from the field during the women's preliminary football match between Australia and Brazil. Brazil beat Australia 2-1. See photo.
• Australia's Amanda Phillips struggles at the start of a lift in the clean and jerk event of the women's 63 kg weightlifting finals. See photo.
• Song Ah Sim from Hong Kong keeps her eye on the ball while serving against Ugandan Mary Musoke in the table tennis competition. See photo.
• Japan's Makoto Takimoto, blue, throws Korea's Cho In-Chul during the men's 81 kilogram judo gold medal match. Takimoto won the gold medal. See photo.
• He Ying of China takes aim during the women's individual 1/8 eliminations round in archery. He, paired against Kim Nam-Soon of South Korea, failed to make it to the quarterfinals. See photo.
• Dutch swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband reacts after setting a new world record in the men's 100 m freestyle semifinal. Van den Hoogenband's record time was 47.84 seconds. See photo.
• Romania's Simona Amanar performs on the beam during the women's team final of artistic gymnastics. Romania won the gold medal, Russia took the silver and China won the bronze. See photo.

September 18

• China's Li Xiaopeng performs on the parallel bars in the men's team final of Gymnastics Artistics. Chinese team won the gold medal. See photo.
• Australia's Sarah Straton, left, gives hand signals to partner Annette Huygens-Tholen, during their Olympic Women's Beach Volleyball match against Germany's Maike Friedrichsen and Danja Muesch on Bondi Beach, Sydney. The German pair won the match. See photo.
• Germany's men's team pursuit athletes cycle in line to set a new Olympic track record over 4000 meters in four minutes 1.810 seconds at the Dunc Gray velodrome during their quarterfinal heat. See photo.
• Japan's Masaru Fuse falls off of his horse Voyou Du Roc at the Eureka Stockade jump during the cross-country part of the Three-Day Event at the Olympics at the Sydney International Equestrian Center at Horsley Park. Fuse remounted and finished the course. See photo.
• Spain's Isabel Fernandez, back, throws Cuba's Driulys Gonzalez during the women's 57 judo final. Gonzalez won the match and the gold medal while the Cuban kept the silver. See photo.
• China's Yang Xia lifts 100kg in the snatch to set a new world record during the women's weightlifting. Yang Xia is competing in the 53kg group. See photo.
• Netherland's Pieter van den Hoogenband (L) and Australian Ian Thorpe look at the clock after the men's 200m freestyle final. Van den Hoogenband clocked 1:45.35 seconds to tie the world record he set yesterday. Thorpe got the silver medal with a time of 1:45.83 seconds. See photo.
• Tony Estanguet of France in action during the final of the Canoe/Kayak slalom. Estanguet won the gold medal ahead of Slovakian Michal Martikan, silver and his compatriot Jutaj Mincik who took the bronze. See photo.

September 17

• Competitors in the men's triathlon swim past the Sydney Opera House during the first leg of the race. Canadian Simon Whitfield won the gold medal German Stephan Vuckovic took the silver medal and Jan Rehula (Czech Republic) got the bronze medal. See photo.
• Ray Allen of the United States dunks off an allyoop pass during the second half of their preliminary basketball game against China. U.S. beat China 119-72. See photo.
• Dutch swimmer Inge de Bruijn celebrates after setting a new world record in the women's 100 meter butterfly competition. De Bruijn set a new world record time of 56.61 seconds. See photo.
• The Olympic flag flies at half-staff, marking the death of IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch's wife, at the main stadium. Maria Teresa Salisahcs-Rowe died Saturday as Samaranch flew home to Spain to be with her. See photo.

September 16

• Winner of the women's Olympic triathlon Brigitte McMahon of Switzerland stands triumphantly over second place finisher Michellie Jones of Australia at the finish line. McMahon won by two seconds. See photo.
• Australia's Ian Thorpe celebrates after setting a new world record to win the gold medal in the 400m men's freestyle at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Thorpe set a new world record time of 03:41:33. See photo.
• Pavel Kolobkov (front) of Russia celebrates his gold medal win against Hugues Obry (Rear) of France in the men's individual epee final. Obry's silver medal is France's 100th Olympic medal in the epee fencing event. See photo.

September 15 - Opening Ceremony

• Spectators applaud the athletes as they stand in the center of the 110,000-seat Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony, September 15, 2000. Athletes from 199 nations are participating in the XXVII Summer Olympic Games which will continue until October 1. See photo.
• Australian dancers perform at the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. See photo.
• Dancers perform at the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony. See photo.
• B. Bat-Erdene, who will compete in the judo event, carries the Mongolian flag as he enters Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony. See photo.
• For the first time in Olympic history, athletes from North and South Korea joined hands and marched together under one flag, during the opening ceremony. The flag bearers, North Korea's Jang Choo Pak and South Korea's Eun-Soon Chung (R), hold their united flag as they march with athletes from 199 nations in the stadium. See photo.
• IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch delivers a speech during the Opening Ceremony. See photo.
• Officials raise the Olympic flag during the opening ceremony. See photo.
• Australia's Cathy Freeman, world record holder of the women's 400m race, lights the Olympic flame (1). See photo.
• Australia's Cathy Freeman, world record holder of the women's 400m race, lights the Olympic flame (2). See photo.
• Australia's Cathy Freeman, world record holder of the women's 400m race, lights the Olympic flame (3). See photo.
• Australia's Cathy Freeman, world record holder of the women's 400m race, lights the Olympic flame (4). See photo.
• Australia's Cathy Freeman, world record holder of the women's 400m race, lights the Olympic flame (5). See photo.