| Cycling at the XI Paralympic Games | |
|---|---|
 Paralympic Cycling | |
| Venue | Centennial Parklands (road cycling) Dunc Gray Velodrome (track cycling) |
| Competitors | 202 from 25 nations |
Cycling at the 2000 Summer Paralympics consisted of 27 events in two disciplines, road cycling and track cycling.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia (AUS) | 10 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 |  Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 |  South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 | |
Australia (22) Austria (9)
Barbados (1) Belarus (4)
Belgium (2)
Brazil (2) Canada (10) Czech Republic (6) France (18) Germany (13) Great Britain (8) Italy (9) Japan (7) Netherlands (3) New Zealand (2) Norway (6)
Portugal (1)
Singapore (2) Slovakia (4) South Africa (2) South Korea (4) Spain (23) Switzerland (8) United States (35)
Venezuela (1)
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