| Comoros at the 2000 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | COM |
| NOC | Comité Olympique et Sportif des Iles Comores |
| inSydney | |
| Competitors | 2 |
| Flag bearer | Shareef Mohammed[1] |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Comoros sent a delegation to compete at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney, Australia from 15 September to 1 October 2000. This was the Indian Ocean nation's second appearance at aSummer Olympic Games, following their debut four years earlier at the1996 Atlanta Olympics. The delegation consisted of twotrack and field athletes:Hadhari Djaffar andSandjema Batouli. Both raced in the100 meters events, but neither advanced beyond the first round.
The Comité Olympique et Sportif des Iles Comores (theNational Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Comoros Islands) was recognized by theInternational Olympic Committee on 1 January 1993.[2] Comoros joined Olympic competition at the1996 Summer Olympics and have participated at everySummer Olympic Games since, though the nation has yet to debut at theWinter Olympic Games.[3] Sydney was the second appearance by the nation in a Summer Olympiad.[3] The 2000 Summer Olympics were held from 15 September to 1 October 2000; a total of 10,651 athletes represented 199 NOCs.[4] The Comoros delegation to Sydney consisted of twotrack and field athletes:Hadhari Djaffar andSandjema Batouli.[5]
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[6]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sandjema Batouli was 18 years old at the time of the Sydney Olympics and was making her only Olympic appearance.[7][8] On 23 September, she participated in the first round of thewomen's 100 metres and was drawn into heat nine. She finished the race in a time of 13.58 seconds, ninth and last in her heat, and was not able to progress to the next round.[9] In the event overall, the gold medal is vacant due to original gold medalistMarion Jones of theUnited States admitting to steroid use and forfeiting her medals and results from the Sydney Games.[10][11] Officially, the medals in the event are held byEkaterini Thanou ofGreece andTayna Lawrence (the original bronze medalist) ofJamaica sharing silver, andMerlene Ottey, also of Jamaica, the original fourth-place finisher, being awarded a bronze.[11][12] Gold was left vacant because Thanou, the original silver medalist, had her own issue with missing a drug test at the2004 Summer Olympics[11][13]
Hadhari Djaffar was 21 years old at the time of these Games. He was already a veteran of the 1996 Summer Olympics, and would later go on to represent theComoros at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[14][15] On 22 September, he participated in the first round heats of themen's 100 metres and was drawn into heat seven. He completed the race in a time of 10.68 seconds, seventh out of nine competitors in his heat.[16] His time was insufficient to advance, as 10.48 seconds was the slowest qualifying time.[16] The gold medal was eventually won in 9.87 seconds byMaurice Greene of the United States, the silver was won byAto Boldon ofTrinidad and Tobago, and the bronze was earned byObadele Thompson ofBarbados.[17][18]
| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Hadhari Djaffar | Men's 100 metres | 10.68 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Sandjema Batouli | Women's 100 metres | 13.58 | 9 | Did not advance | |||||
