| Luxembourg at the 2000 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | LUX |
| NOC | Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Sydney | |
| Competitors | 6 in 4 sports |
| Flag bearer | Lara Heinz |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Luxembourg was represented at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia by the Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee.
In total, six athletes represented Luxembourg in four different sports including swimming, table tennis, tennis and triathlon.
Three Luxembourger athletes participated in the swimming events – Alwin de Prins in the men's 100 m breaststroke, Luc Decker in the men's 100 m butterfly and Lara Heinz in both the women's 50 m and 100 m freestyle. [1]
The heats for the men's 100 m breaststroke took place on 16 September 2000 at 4:45 pm. De Prins contested heat five and started in lane three. He finished third in his heat in a time of 1 minutes 4.37 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the semi-finals. [2]
The heats for the women's 100 m freestyle took place on 20 September 2000 at 3:02 pm. Heinz contested heat three and started in lane two. She finished fourth in her heat in a time of 58.55 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the semi-finals. [3]
The heats for the men's 100 m butterfly took place a day later on 21 September 2000 at 4:22 pm. Decker contested heat three and started in lane six. He finished fourth in his heat in a time of 56.1 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the semi-finals. [4]
The heats for the women's 50 m freestyle took place a day later on 22 September 2000 at 3:02 pm. Heinz contested heat six and started in lane five. She finished fifth in her heat in a time of 26.55 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the semi-finals. [5]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Alwin de Prins | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.37 | 39 | Did not advance | |||
| Luc Decker | 100 m butterfly | 56.10 | 47 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Lara Heinz | 50 m freestyle | 26.55 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m freestyle | 58.55 | 37 | Did not advance | ||||
Two Luxembourger athletes participated in the table tennis events – Ni Xialian in both the women's singles and women's doubles and Peggy Regenwetter who partnered Ni in the women's doubles. [1]
Ni and Regenswetter received a bye in the group stage for the women's doubles. The first round took place on 19 September 2000 and Ni and Regenwetter lost 16–21, 21–13, 19–21, 21–18, 21–13 to Miao Miao and Shirley Zhou of Australia. [6]
Ni received a bye in the group stage for the women's singles. Round one took place on 20 September 2000 and Ni defeated Csilla Bátorfi of Hungary 24–22, 21–10, 19–21, 21–23, 21–14. Round two took place the following day but Ni lost 21–15, 21–11, 21–15 to Li Ju of China. [7]
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ni Xialian | Women's singles | BYE |  Bátorfi (HUN)W 3–2 |  Li J (CHN)L 0–3 | Did not advance | |||||
| Ni Xialian Peggy Regenwetter | Women's doubles | BYE |  Miao / Zhou (AUS) L 2–3 | Did not advance | ||||||
One Luxembourger athlete participated in the tennis events – Anne Kremer in the women's singles. [1]
The first round of the women's singles took place on 20 September 2000. Kremer defeated Iva Majoli in straight sets – 6–2, 6–4. The second round took place the following day and Kremer lost in three sets to seventh seed Amanda Coetzer of South Africa, 4–6 6–3, 6–4. [8]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Anne Kremer | Women's singles |  Majoli (CRO)W 6–2, 6–4 |  Coetzer (RSA)L 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | ||||
One Luxembourger athlete participated in the triathlon events – Nancy Kemp-Arendt in the women's race. [1]
The women's triathlon took place on 16 September 2000 at 10 am. Kemp-Arendt completed the race in a time of 2 hours, 3 minutes and 14.94 seconds to finish 10th overall. [9]
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Kemp-Arendt | Women's | 19:15.18 | 27.60 | 1:05:17 | 26.30 | 37:48.86 | 2:03:14.94 | 10 |
