Macedonia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Macedonia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Republic of Macedonia
IOC code	MKD
NOC	FYR Macedonian Olympic Committee
Website	www.mok.org.mk (Macedonian)
in Sydney
Competitors	10 (6 men, 4 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Lazar Popovski
Medals Ranked 71st	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 1 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1920–1988) Independent Olympic Participants (1992)

The Republic of Macedonia^[1] competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Officially under the name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Macedonia won its first ever Olympic medal on the final day of competition. Magomed Ibragimov won a bronze medal in wrestling. It was Macedonia's only medal of the 2000 Olympics.

The at-the-time president of Macedonia, Boris Trajkovski, was in Sydney during the Olympic Games and attended the Opening Ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
03 ! Bronze	Mogamed Ibragimov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 85 kg	000000002016-10-01-00001 October

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Vančo Stojanov
  • Heat: 01:47.71 (did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres

• Daniela Kuleska
  • Heat: 04:33.50 (did not advance)

Canoeing

Men's slalom K-1

• Lazar Popovski
  • Qualifying: 266.60 (Run 1: 132.23, 0 points, Run 2: 130.37, 4 points, 17th place, did not advance)

Shooting

Women's 50 metre rifle three positions

• Divna Pešić
  • Qualification: 561 points (190 Prone, 190 Standing, 181 Kneeling) (36th overall, did not advance)

Women's 10 metre air rifle

• Divna Pešić
  • Qualification: 384 points (44th overall, did not advance)

Swimming

Men's 100 metre butterfly

• Aleksandar Miladinovski
  • Heat: 55.62 (did not advance)

Men's 200 metre butterfly

• Zoran Lazarevski
  • Heat: 02:01.30 (did not advance)

Men's 200 metre individual medley

• Aleksandar Miladinovski
  • Heat: 02:07.45 (did not advance)

Women's 200 metre freestyle

• Vesna Stojanovska
  • Heat: 02:05.58 (did not advance)

Women's 400 metre freestyle

• Vesna Stojanovska
  • Heat: 04:19.69 (did not advance)

Women's 800 metre freestyle

• Mirjana Boševska
  • Heat: 08:46.39 (did not advance)

Women's 200 metre butterfly

• Mirjana Boševska
  • Heat: 02:12.59 (did not advance)

Women's 400 metre individual medley

• Mirjana Boševska
  • Heat: 04:48.08 (did not advance)

Wrestling

Men's freestyle 76 kg

• Nasir Gadžihanov
  • Pool 6
    • Won with Radion Kertanti (SVK) (3-2)
    • Won with Yosmany Romero (CUB) (3-0)
    • Lost to Alexander Leipold (GER) (2-5)
  • 2nd in pool, did not advance (8 TP, 7 CP, 7th place)

Men's freestyle 85 kg

• Mogamed Ibragimov → Bronze Medal
  • Pool 1
    • Won with Davyd Bichinashvili (UKR) (3-1)
    • Won with Tatsuo Kawai (JPN) by fall
  • 1st in pool, qualified (7 TP, 7 CP)
  • Quarter-finals
    • Won with Charles Burton (USA) (4-2)
  • Semi-finals
    • Lost to Adam Saitiev (RUS) (0-3)
  • Third place
    • Won with Amir Reza Khadem (IRN) (4-1)

Notes

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site