Djibouti at the 2000 Summer Olympics
| Djibouti at the 2000 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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| IOC code | DJI | ||||||||
| NOC | Comité National Olympique Djiboutien | ||||||||
| in Sydney | |||||||||
| Competitors | 2 (1 man and 1 woman) in 1 sport | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Djama Robleh | ||||||||
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Djibouti competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The country's participation at Sydney marked its fifth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, United States. The delegation included two track and field athletes; Omar Daher Gadid in the men's marathon and Roda Ali Wais in the women's 800 metres. Gadid failed to finish the marathon, while Wais did not progress past the first round of her event.
Background
Djibouti participated in five Summer Olympics between its debut at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, United States, and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The nation had competed at all Olympics since its debut, with Hussein Ahmed Salah winning Djibouti's only medal by 2000,[1] in the men's marathon at the 1988 Games in Seoul, South Korea.[2] As of 2000, the highest number of Djibouti competing at a Games was eight at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
The Djibouti team for the 2000 Summer Olympics featured Omar Daher Gadid in the men's marathon, who had previously competed in the 10,000 metres at the 1992 Games.[3]
Athletics
The sole female Djibouti athlete at the 2000 Games was Roda Ali Wais.[4] She set a new record for her nation upon competing, being the youngest athlete to represent Djibouti, at the age of 16 years and 162 days.[5] She competed in the second heat of the women's 800 metres on 22 September. She finished last in the heat of eight athletes, with a time of two minutes and 31.74 seconds. This was over 24 seconds adrift of Romania's Elena Iagăr (two minutes and 7.56 seconds). Only the top two athletes from the heat qualified, and so Wais' competition ended with that single run.[6]
Omar Daher Gadid was the only male athlete competing for Djibouti at the 2000 Summer Olympics,[4] in the men's marathon on 1 October. In a field of 100 runners, 19 did not complete the race including Gadid. The medals were shared between athletes from African nations with the gold and bronze going to Ethiopia's Gezahgne Abera (two hours, ten minutes and 11 seconds) and Tesfaye Tola (two hours, 11 minutes and ten seconds) respectively, and the silver won by Eric Wainaina from Kenya (two hours, ten minutes and 31 seconds).[7]
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Road & track
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Omar Daher Gadid | Men's marathon | N/A | Did not finish | ||||
| Roda Ali Wais | Women's 800 metres | 2:31.71 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
References
- 1 2 "Djibouti". Sports Reference. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "Ahmed Salah". Sports Reference. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "Omar Daher Gadid". Sports Reference. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- 1 2 "Djibouti at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "Djibouti". USA Today. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Round One". Sports Reference. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Marathon". Sports Reference. Retrieved 26 November 2016.