Macedonia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Macedonia at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Flag of Macedonia.svg
IOC code MKD
NOC Olympic Committee of North Macedonia
Website www.mok.org.mk  (in Macedonian)
in Sydney
Competitors10 (6 men, 4 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Lazar Popovski
Medals
Ranked 71st
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia (1920–1988)
Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants (1992)

The Republic of Macedonia [1] competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, officially under the name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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Macedonia won its first ever Olympic medal on the final day of competition. Magomed Ibragimov won a bronze medal in wrestling. It was Macedonia's only medal of the 2000 Olympics.

The at-the-time president of Macedonia, Boris Trajkovski, was in Sydney during the Olympic Games and attended the Opening Ceremony.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mogamed Ibragimov Wrestling Men's freestyle 85 kg 1 October

Athletics

Men
Track
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Vančo Stojanov 800 m 1:47.715Did not advance
Women
Track
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Daniela Kuleska 1500 m 4:33.5013Did not advance

Canoeing

AthleteEventFirst roundSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lazar Popovski Men's slalom K–1 500 m 2:66.6017 QDid not advance

Shooting

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScorePositionScorePosition
Divna Pešić Women's 50 m rifle three positions 56136Did not advance
Women's 10 m air rifle 38444Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Aleksandar Miladinovski 100 m butterfly 55.6241Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:07.4538Did not advance
Zoran Lazarovski 200 m butterfly 2:01.3029Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mirjana Boševska 800 m freestyle 8:46.3918n/aDid not advance
200 m butterfly 2:12.5920Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:48.0817n/aDid not advance
Vesna Stojanovska 200 m freestyle 2:05.5829Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:19.6931n/aDid not advance

Wrestling

Freestyle
AthleteEventPool MatchesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nasir Gadžihanov −76 kg Flag of Slovakia.svg  Kertanti  (SVK)
W 3-2
Flag of Cuba.svg  Romero  (CUB)
W 3-0
Flag of Germany.svg  Leipold  (GER)
L 2-5
Did not advance7
Magomed Ibragimov −85 kg Flag of Ukraine.svg  Bichinashvili  (UKR)
W 1-1
Flag of Japan.svg  Kawai  (JPN)
W 6-5
n/aFlag of the United States.svg  Burton  (USA)
W 4-2
Flag of Russia.svg  Saitiev  (RUS)
L 0-3
Flag of Iran.svg  Khadem  (IRI)
W 4-1
Bronze medal icon.svg

Notes

  1. Officially under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", short "FYR Macedonia"

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