Tunisia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tunisia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 47 competitors, 40 men and 7 women, took part in 34 events in 10 sports.[1]

Tunisia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUN
NOC	Tunisian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cnot.org.tn (in French)
in Sydney
Competitors	47 (40 men and 7 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Omrane Ayari
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Athletics

Men

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Soufiene Labidi	400 metres	45.84	3 Q	46.01	7	Did not advance
Mohamed Habib Belhadj	800 metres	01:49.14	7	Did not advance
Lotfi Turki	3000 metres steeplechase	08:34.84	8	Did not advance
Tahar Mansouri	Marathon	N/A						2:20:33	38
Hatem Ghoula	20 km walk	N/A						1:28:16	36

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maher Ridane	Javelin throw	70.35	32	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Awatef Ben Hassine	400 metres	54.50	7	Did not advance
Fatma Lanouar	1500 metres	04:11.87	8	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Monia Kari	Discus throw	56.32	23	Did not advance

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Moez Zemzeni	Bantamweight	Rigondeaux (CUB) L KO	Did not advance
Naoufel Ben Rabah	Lightweight	Jackson (USA) L 7-19	Did not advance
Sami Khelifi	Light-welterweight	Leonov (RUS) L 9-14	Did not advance
Kamel Chater	Welterweight	BYE	Khairov (AZE) L 8-13	Did not advance
Mohamed Marmouri	Light middleweight	Osumanu (GHA) W RSC	Sierra (CUB) L RSC	Did not advance

Fencing

One male fencer represented Tunisia in 2000.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maher Ben Aziza	Individual foil	Mocek (POL) L 2-15	Did not advance					39

Handball

Preliminary round

• Ali Madi
• Anouar Ayed
• Dhaker Seboui
• Haikel Meguennem
• Issam Tej
• Makrem Jerou
• Mohamed Madi
• Mohamed Messaoudi
• Mohamed Riadh Sanaa
• Oualid Ben Amor
• Ouissem Bousnina
• Ouissem Hmam
• Slim Zehani
• Sobhi Sioud

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Sweden	5	5	0	0	155	121	+34	10
France	5	3	1	1	120	104	+16	7
Spain	5	3	0	2	144	126	+18	6
Slovenia	5	2	1	2	137	127	+10	5
Tunisia	5	1	0	4	111	117	–6	2
Australia	5	0	0	5	106	178	–72	0

September 16

Spain	24-22	Tunisia

September 18

France	20-17	Tunisia

September 20

Sweden	27-18	Tunisia

September 22

Australia	24-34	Tunisia

September 24

Slovenia	22-20	Tunisia

9th / 10th place

South Korea	24–19	Tunisia

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Makrem Ayed	−60 kg	BYE	Adrian Robertson (AUS) W 1000–0000	Marek Matuszek (SVK) L 0000-1000	Did not advance						28
Anis Lounifi	−66 kg	N/A	Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN) L 0000-1000	Did not advance							21
Hassen Moussa	−73 kg	BYE	Martin Schmidt (GER) W 0001–0000	Giuseppe Maddaloni (ITA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance		Travolta Paparino Waterhouse (SAM) W 1000–0000	Vsevolods Zeļonijs (LAT) L 0000-1000	Did not advance		10
Abdessalem Arous	81 kg	BYE	Graeme Randall (GBR) L 0000-1000	Did not advance							18
Iskander Hachicha	90 kg	BYE	Sergey Shakimov (KAZ) W 1000-0000	Hidehiko Yoshida (JPN) L 0000-1000	Did not advance						29
Sadok Khalgui	100 kg	BYE	Daniel Rusitovic (AUS) W 0010-0000	Luigi Guido (ITA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance		Armen Bagdasarov (UZB) L 0000-1000	Did not advance			15

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hayet Rouini	−48 kg	N/A	Ann Simons (BEL) L 0000-0010	Did not advance							23
Saida Dhahri	−63 kg	N/A	BYE	Anja von Rekowski (GER) L 0000-0010	Did not advance		BYE	Karen Roberts (GBR) W 1000-0000	Jung Sung-sook (KOR) L 0000-0010	Did not advance	7
Nesria Traki	−70 kg	N/A	Qin Dongya (CHN) W 0010-0000	Edith Bosch (NED) L 0000-0001	Did not advance						20

Rowing

Tunisian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Riadh Ben Khedher	Single sculls	7:59.75	6 R	7:53.05	5 SC/D	7:47.86	6 FD	7:54.45	23

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ibtissem Trimèche	Single sculls	8:32.05	5 R	8:28.43	4 SC/D	8:30.60	3 FD	8:30.60	24

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oussama Mellouli	400 m individual medley	04:41.97	43	Did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Group round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gdara Hamam	Women's singles	Group N  Chang Yen-shu (TPE) L 0 – 3  Ding Yi (AUT) L 0 – 3	3	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Youssef Sbai	−69 kg	142.5	12	177.5	10	320.0	10

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Barguaoui	58 kg	Yıldız (GER) L 0-4	Borăscu (ROU) L 0-7	Nikonorov (RUS) L 0-11	Did not advance				20
Amor Bach Hamba	85 kg	Vitt (UZB) L 1-4	Aanes (NOR) L 0-12	Tsitsiashvili (ISR) L 1-11	Did not advance				16
Hassene Fkiri	97 kg	Saldadze (UKR) L 0-9	Lishtvan (BLR) L 0-10	Ežerskis (LTU) L 3-6	Did not advance				17
Omrane Ayari	130 kg	Rulon Gardner (USA) L 2-7	Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) L 0-4	Haykaz Galstyan (ARM) L 2-3	Did not advance				15

References

1. "Tunisia at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports