The opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia included lighting the Olympic flame by Cathy Freeman and official oaths by Rechelle Hawkes and Peter Kerr. The Olympic village was located at the Sydney Olympic Stadium, a controversial design. Highlights included Ian Thorpe winning three gold medals and one silver in swimming for Australia at age 17, and Marion Jones winning five medals in athletics including three gold for the United States. David Douillet of France successfully defended his Olympic judo title.

1. Olympic Games 2000 The fascination goes on

2. Table of content Opening ceremony Olympic village Highlights Sports View of Sydney

3. Opening ceremony Lighting the Olympic Flame by: Cathy Freeman (athletics) symbolized desire, to reconsiliate people of Australia

5. Olympic Oath by: Rechelle Hawkes (hockey) Official Oath by: Peter Kerr (water polo) Official opening of the Games by: Sir William Deane, Governor General of Australia Opening ceremony

9. At the beginning a little view on Sydney

13. Olympic village

14. Stadiun / Sydney

15. Olympic village The Sydney Olympic Stadium "looks like a Pringles potato chip, does not break new ground, and is not iconic enough." - Philip Cox Stadium Australian in Sydney Designed by Bligh Voller Nied with the London-based Lobb Partnership

16. Stadiun / Sydney

17. Sports Aquatics Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoe / kayak Cycling Equestrian Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

23. Athletics Olympic sport since 1896 also called track and field running faster, jumping higher and throwing further one of the most popular Olympic sports

25. Basketball Olympic sport since 1936

26. Highlights THE 17-YEAR-OLD HERO Ian Thorpe (AUS-swimming) 17 years old, won the gold medal in the 400m freestyle won the 4x100m freestyle another gold medal with the 4x200m freestyle with Australian relay team silver medal in the 200m freestyle

27. Marion Jones (USA-athletics) first woman winning five medals in athletics in the same Olympics began with a crushing victory in the 100m scored an easy win in the 200m won the bronze in the long jump & the 4x100m relay, ran for the 4x400m relay squad, won the gold medal FIVE MEDALS AT ONE OLYMPICS

28. DOUILLET WINS AGAIN David Douillet (FRA-judo) had shoulder and back problems which kept him away from the tatamis for more than a year won his second consecutive Olympic title beating Shinichi Shinohara (JPN) at the end of an eventful final

29. Last Impressions

30. A Presentation by Roland Peyerl and Marcel Schöne Thanks for your attention ! © Marcel Schöne