The 2000 Summer Olympics, or the Millennium Games, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in the New South Welsh capital of Sydney. Hailed as the "best Olympic Games ever", it was the first to be held in Australia since the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. The top five medal-takers of the Sydney Olympics were the United States, Russia, China, Australia and Germany.
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