Tunisia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tunisia took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The Olympics is a big event where athletes from many countries compete in many sports. Tunisia sent 47 athletes. There were 40 men and 7 women. They competed in 34 events across 10 sports. It was exciting to watch them compete and cheer for their efforts.

Competitors

This section shows how many athletes from Tunisia took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There were 47 athletes, with 40 men and 7 women. They joined in 34 different events across 10 sports.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	3	9
Boxing	5	–	5
Fencing	1	0	1
Handball	14	0	14
Judo	6	3	9
Rowing	1	1	2
Swimming	1	0	1
Table tennis	1	0	1
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	4	–	4
Total	40	7	47

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tunisia sent athletes to run and take part in field events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Both men and women from Tunisia competed in similar running and field events.

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athletes	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Soufiene Labidi	400 metres	45.84	3 Q	46.01	7	did not advance
Mohamed Habib Belhadj	800 metres	01:49.14	7	did not advance
Lotfi Turki	3000 metres steeplechase	08:34.84	8	did not advance
Tahar Mansouri	Marathon	—N/a						2:20:33	38
Hatem Ghoula	20 km walk	—N/a						1:28:16	36

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maher Ridane	Javelin throw	70.35	32	did not advance

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athletes	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Awatef Ben Hassine	400 metres	54.50	7	did not advance
Fatma Lanouar	1500 metres	04:11.87	8	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Monia Kari	Discus throw	56.32	23	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Moez Zemzeni	Bantamweight	Rigondeaux (CUB) L KO	did not advance
Naoufel Ben Rabah	Lightweight	Jackson (USA) L 7-19	did not advance
Sami Khelifi	Light-welterweight	Leonov (RUS) L 9-14	did not advance
Kamel Chater	Welterweight	BYE	Khairov (AZE) L 8-13	did not advance
Mohamed Marmouri	Light middleweight	Osumanu (GHA) W RSC	Sierra (CUB) L RSC	did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

One man from Tunisia competed in fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maher Ben Aziza	Individual foil	Mocek (POL) L 2-15	did not advance					39

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tunisia's handball team played in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The team competed in a group called Group B.

Here are the players who were on the team:

The team also played matches to decide the 9th and 10th places.

16 September

18 September

20 September

22 September

24 September

9th / 10th place

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Sweden	5	5	0	0	155	121	+34	10
France	5	3	1	1	120	104	+16	7
Spain	5	3	0	2	144	126	+18	6
Slovenia	5	2	1	2	137	127	+10	5
Tunisia	5	1	0	4	111	117	–6	2
Australia	5	0	0	5	106	178	–72	0

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tunisia had athletes in judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Both men and women competed in this sport.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Makrem Ayed	−60 kg	BYE	Adrian Robertson (AUS) W 1000–0000	Marek Matuszek (SVK) L 0000-1000	did not advance						28
Anis Lounifi	−66 kg	—N/a	Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN) L 0000-1000	did not advance							21
Hassen Moussa	−73 kg	BYE	Martin Schmidt (GER) W 0001–0000	Giuseppe Maddaloni (ITA) L 0000-1000	did not advance		Travolta Paparino Waterhouse (SAM) W 1000–0000	Vsevolods Zeļonijs (LAT) L 0000-1000	did not advance		10
Abdessalem Arous	81 kg	BYE	Graeme Randall (GBR) L 0000-1000	did not advance							18
Iskander Hachicha	90 kg	BYE	Sergey Shakimov (KAZ) W 1000-0000	Hidehiko Yoshida (JPN) L 0000-1000	did not advance						29
Sadok Khalgui	100 kg	BYE	Daniel Rusitovic (AUS) W 0010-0000	Luigi Guido (ITA) L 0000-1000	did not advance		Armen Bagdasarov (UZB) L 0000-1000	did not advance			15

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hayet Rouini	−48 kg	—N/a	Ann Simons (BEL) L 0000-0010	did not advance							23
Saida Dhahri	−63 kg	—N/a	BYE	Anja von Rekowski (GER) L 0000-0010	did not advance		BYE	Karen Roberts (GBR) W 1000-0000	Jung Sung-sook (KOR) L 0000-0010	did not advance	7
Nesria Traki	−70 kg	—N/a	Qin Dongya (CHN) W 0010-0000	Edith Bosch (NED) L 0000-0001	did not advance						20

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tunisian rowers took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There were races for both men and women in rowing.

Men

Women

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Riadh Ben Khedher	Single sculls	7:59.75	6 R	7:53.05	5 SC/D	7:47.86	6 FD	7:54.45	23

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ibtissem Trimèche	Single sculls	8:32.05	5 R	8:28.43	4 SC/D	8:30.60	3 FD	8:30.60	24

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tunisia sent male swimmers to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oussama Mellouli	400 m individual medley	04:41.97	43	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Group round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gdara Hamam	Women's singles	Group N Chang Yen-shu (TPE) L 0 – 3 Ding Yi (AUT) L 0 – 3	3	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Youssef Sbai	−69 kg	142.5	12	177.5	10	320.0	10

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tunisia sent wrestlers to compete in the Men's Greco-Roman events at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Barguaoui	58 kg	Yıldız (GER) L 0-4	Borăscu (ROU) L 0-7	Nikonorov (RUS) L 0-11	did not advance				20
Amor Bach Hamba	85 kg	Vitt (UZB) L 1-4	Aanes (NOR) L 0-12	Tsitsiashvili (ISR) L 1-11	did not advance				16
Hassene Fkiri	97 kg	Saldadze (UKR) L 0-9	Lishtvan (BLR) L 0-10	Ežerskis (LTU) L 3-6	did not advance				17
Omrane Ayari	130 kg	Rulon Gardner (USA) L 2-7	Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) L 0-4	Haykaz Galstyan (ARM) L 2-3	did not advance				15