2000 Summer Olympics

Sydney 2000 opened the new millennium of Olympic competition. Kenya sent 56 athletes and won 7 medals, with Paul Tergat's 10,000m silver decided by the closest winning margin in Olympic history for the event.

First Olympic Games of the new millennium; Kenya sent 56 athletes; Kenya won 7 medals; Paul Tergat and Haile Gebrselassie produced a historic 10,000m finish.