Modern Sydney · event 9 of 14

2000

The Olympics. Widely reckoned the best-run of the modern era. Cathy Freeman lights the cauldron and wins the 400 metres.

The Modern Sydney era

  1. 1947 onwards
  2. 1957
  3. 1966
  4. 1967
  5. 1973
  6. 1971–1974
  7. 1978
  8. 1992
  9. 2000
  10. 2007
  11. 2014–2021
  12. 2015
  13. 2023
  14. August 2024

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