Virgin Islands at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Virgin Islands at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg
IOC code ISV
NOC Virgin Islands Olympic Committee
Website www.virginislandsolympics.com
in Sydney
Competitors9 (6 men and 3 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Ameerah Bello
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The United States Virgin Islands was represented at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia by the Virgin Islands Olympic Committee.

Contents

In total, nine athletes including six men and three women represented the United States Virgin Islands in five different sports including athletics, equestrian, sailing, shooting and swimming.

Competitors

In total, nine athletes represented the United States Virgin Islands at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia across five different sports. [1]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 123
Equestrian 011
Sailing 202
Shooting 202
Swimming 101
Total639

Athletics

In total, three United States Virgin Islander athletes participated in the athletics events – Ameerah Bello in the women's 100 m and the women's 200 m, Flora Hyacinth in the women's long jump and Jeff Jackson in the men's 110 m hurdles. [1]

The heats for the women's 100 m took place on 22 September 2000. Bello finished fifth in her heat in a time of 11.64 seconds. She did not advance to the quarter-finals. [2]

The heats for the men's 110 m hurdles took place on 24 September 2000. Jackson finished sixth in his heat in a time of 14.05 seconds as he advanced to the quarter-finals as one of the fastest losers. The quarter-finals took place later the same day. Jackson finished eighth in his quarter-final in a time of 14.17 seconds. He did not advance to the semi-finals. [3]

The heats for the women's 200 m took place on 27 September 2000. Bello did not start her heat. [4]

The qualifying round for the women's long jump took place on 27 September 2000. Hyacinth contested qualifying group A. Her best jump of 6.08 m saw her ranked 17th in her qualifying group. She did not advance to the final and finished 32nd overall. [5]

Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Jeff Jackson Men's 110 m hurdles 14.0531 q14.1731did not advance
Ameerah Bello Women's 100 m 11.6445did not advance
Women's 200 m DNSdid not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Flora Hyacinth Women's long jump 6.0832did not advance

Equestrian

In total, one United States Virgin Islander athlete participated in the equestrian events – Gigi Hewitt in the individual jumping. [1]

The qualifying round for the individual jumping took place from 25–28 September 2000. Hewitt completed rounds one and two but did not finish round three. She ended with total faults of 100.5 and did not advance to the final, finishing 69th overall. [6]

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotal
Round 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound B
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Gigi Hewitt Genevieve Individual 24.063Q16.0040.0066QRT100.5069did not advance100.5069

Sailing

In total, two United States Virgin Islander athletes participated in the sailing events – Ben Beer in the finn and Paul Stoeken in the men's mistral. [1]

The 11 races in the men's mistral competition took place from 17–24 September 2000. Stoeken achieved his best result in race 11 finishing 21st. Overall, he finished with a net 236 points and placed 32nd. [7]

The 11 races in the finn competition took place from 23–30 September 2000. Beer achieved his best result in race four finishing 13th. Overall, he finished with a net 185 points and placed 24th. [8]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Paul Stoeken Mistral 232737313230242827252123632
Ben Beer Finn 202422132120262623222018524

Shooting

In total, two United States Virgin Islander athletes participated in the shooting events – Bruce Meredith in the men's 50 m rifle prone and Chris Rice in the men's 50 m pistol and the men's 10 m air pistol. [1]

The men's 10 m air pistol took place on 16 September 2000. In the preliminary round, Rice scored 560 across the six rounds. He did not advance to the final and finished 39th overall. [9]

The men's 50 m pistol took place on 19 September 2000. In the preliminary round, Rice scored 548 across the six rounds. He did not advance to the final and finished joint 27th overall. [10]

The men's 50 m rifle prone took place on 21 September 2000. In the preliminary round, Meredith scored 584 across the six rounds. He did not advance to the final and finished 46th overall. [11]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Bruce Meredith 50 m rifle prone 58446did not advance
Chris Rice 50 m pistol 54827did not advance
10 m air pistol 56039did not advance

Swimming

In total, one United States Virgin Islander athlete participated in the swimming events – George Gleason in the men's 100 m freestyle, the men's 200 m freestyle and the men's 200 m individual medley. [1]

The heats for the men's 200 m freestyle took place on 17 September 2000. Gleason finished third in his heat in a time of one minute 54.64 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to advance to the semi-finals. [12]

The heats for the men's 100 m freestyle took place on 19 September 2000. Gleason finished third in his heat in a time of 52 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to advance to the semi-finals. [13]

The heats for the men's 200 m individual medley took place on 20 September 2000. Gleason finished second in his heat in a time of two minutes 8.25 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to advance to the semi-finals. [14]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
George Gleason 100 m freestyle 52.0042did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:54.6439did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:08.2542did not advance

See also

References

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