2000 in the sport of athletics

This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2000.

The primary athletics competition for the 2000 season was at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

• 2000 Lithuanian Athletics Championships

  None this year 

Event	Athlete	Nation	Performance	Meeting	Place	Date
20,000 metres	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	1:05:26.6		Borgholzhausen, Germany	3 September
3000 m steeplechase	Cristina Iloc-Casandra	Romania	9:43.64		Bucharest, Romania	7 August
3000 m steeplechase	Cristina Iloc-Casandra	Romania	9:40.20		Reims, France	30 August
4 × 200 metres relay	LaTasha Jenkins LaTasha Colander-Richardson Nanceen Perry Marion Jones	United States	1:27.46		Philadelphia, USA	29 April
Pole vault	Stacy Dragila	United States	4.62 m		Atlanta, USA	3 March
Pole vault	Stacy Dragila	United States	4.63 m		Sacramento, USA	23 July
Javelin Throw (new)	Trine Hattestad	Norway	68.22 m		Rome, ITA	30 June
Javelin Throw (new)	Trine Hattestad	Norway	69.48 m		Oslo, NOR	28 July

2000 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Jan Železný (CZE)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
European Athlete of the Year Award	Jan Železný (CZE)
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Michael Johnson (USA)

2000 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Marion Jones (USA)[1]
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Marion Jones (USA)
European Athlete of the Year Award	Trine Hattestad (NOR)
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Marion Jones (USA)

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Angelo Taylor (USA)	47.50
2.	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA)	47.53
3.	Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)	47.81
4.	Eric Thomas (USA)	47.94
5.	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	48.01

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Bernard Barmasai (KEN)	8:02.76
2.	Brahim Boulami (MAR)	8:02.90
3.	Ali Ezzine (MAR)	8:03.57
4.	Kipkirui Misoi (KEN)	8:03.74
5.	Reuben Kosgei (KEN)	8:03.92

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Jeff Hartwig (USA)	6.03 m
2.	Michael Stolle (GER)	5.95 m
3.	Lawrence Johnson (USA)	5.90 m
	Pavel Gerasimov (RUS)
	Maksim Tarasov (RUS)
	Danny Ecker (GER)
	Nick Hysong (USA)

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marion Jones (USA)	10.78
2.	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)	10.86
3.	Ekateríni Thánou (GRE)	10.91
	Inger Miller (USA)
5.	Zhanna Block (UKR)	10.93

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marion Jones (USA)	21.94
2.	Inger Miller (USA)	22.09
3.	Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)	22.27
4.	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	22.28
5.	Beverly McDonald (JAM)	22.35

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	1:07:07

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Gail Devers (USA)	12.33
2.	Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM)	12.52
3.	Glory Alozie (NGR)	12.54
4.	Michelle Freeman (JAM)	12.57
	Melissa Morrison (USA)

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Irina Privalova (RUS)	53.02
2.	Sandra Glover (USA)	53.33
3.	Deon Hemmings (JAM)	53.45
4.	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	53.53
5.	Daimí Pernía (CUB)	53.68

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Cristina Casandra (ROM)	9:40.20
2.	Yekaterina Volkova (RUS)	9:52.40
3.	Anzhelika Averkova (UKR)	9:54.10
4.	Daniela Petrescu (ROM)	9:54.86
5.	Luminita Gogârlea (ROM)	9:56.99

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Monica Iagăr (ROM)	2.02 m
2.	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	2.01 m
	Yelena Yelesina (RUS)
	Venelina Veneva (BUL)
	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Stacy Dragila (USA)	4.63 m
2.	Anzhela Balakhonova (UKR)	4.56 m
3.	Tatiana Grigorieva (AUS)	4.55 m
4.	Kellie Suttle (USA)	4.53 m
5.	Emma George (AUS)	4.50 m
	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)
	Daniela Bártová (CZE)
	Yelena Belyakova (RUS)
	Nicole Humbert (GER)
	Vala Flosadóttir (ISL)

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Eunice Barber (FRA)	6842
2.	Denise Lewis (GBR)	6831
3.	Yelena Prokhorova (RUS)	6765
4.	Natalya Roshchupkina (RUS)	6633
5.	Natalya Sazanovich (BLR)	6527

• March 7 — Masami Yoshida (41), Japanese javelin thrower (b. 1958)
• August 7 — Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (49), Finnish sprinter (b. 1951)

• ARRS