Philippines at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The Philippines was represented at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia by the Philippine Olympic Committee.

Philippines at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Philippines
IOC code	PHI
NOC	Philippine Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ph
in Sydney
Competitors	20 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Donald Geisler[1][2]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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In total, 20 athletes including 11 men and nine women represented the Philippines in nine different sports including archery, athletics, boxing, diving, equestrian, rowing, shooting, swimming and Taekwondo.

Competitors

In total, 20 athletes represented the Phillipnes at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia across nine different sports.^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	1	1	2
Boxing	4	—	4
Diving	1	1	2
Equestrian	0	1	1
Rowing	1	0	1
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	2	2	4
Taekwondo	2	2	4
Total	11	9	20

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In total, one Filipino athlete participated in the archery events – Jennifer Chan in the women's individual.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jennifer Chan	Women's individual	613	52	Altinkaynak (TUR) (12) L 143–160	did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In total, two Filipino athletes participated in the athletics events – Eduardo Buenavista in the men's 3,000 m steeplechase and Lerma Elmira Bulauitan in the women's 100 m.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eduardo Buenavista	3,000 m steeplechase	9:13.71	14	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lerma Elmira Bulauitan	100 m	12.08	5	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In total, four Filipino athletes participated in the boxing events – Romeo Brin in the light welterweight category, Arlan Lerio in the flyweight category, Danilo Lerio in the light flyweight category and Larry Semillano in the lightweight category.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Danilo Lerio	Light flyweight	—	Lozano (ESP) L 17–25	did not advance
Arlan Lerio	Flyweight	Asiku (UGA) W RSC	Rzany (POL) L 18–18+	did not advance
Larry Semillano	Lightweight	Kotelnyk (UKR) L RSC	did not advance
Romeo Brin	Light Welterweight	Bykovsky (BLR) L 5–8	did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In total, two Filipino athletes participated in the diving events – Zardo Domenios in the men's 3 m springboard and Sheila Mae Perez in the women's 3 m springboard.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Zardo Domenios	3 m springboard	300.42	44	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Sheila Mae Perez	3 m springboard	223.65	32	did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In total, one Filipino athletes participated in the equestrian events – Toni Leviste in the Individual jumping.^[3]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Toni Leviste	Ghandy	Individual jumping	14.75	=47 Q	20.75	35.50	=61 Q	20	55.50	61	did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In total, one Filipino athlete participated in the rowing events – Benjamin Tolentino in the men's single sculls.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Benjamin Tolentino	Men's single sculls	7:29.86	5 R	7:29.03	4 C/D	7:29.86	4 D	7:22.31	18

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In total, one Filipino athletes participated in the shooting events – Rasheya Jasmin Luis in the women's 10 metre air rifle.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Rasheya Jasmin Luis	Women's 10 metre air rifle	384	44	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In total, four Filipino athletes participated in the swimming events – Marie-Lizza Danila in the women's 100 m backstroke, Jenny Rose Guerrero in the women's 100 m breaststroke and the women's 200 m breaststroke, Miguel Mendoza in the men's 400 m freestyle and Juan Carlos Piccio in the men's 1,500 m freestyle and the men's 400 m individual medley.^[3]

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In total, four Filipino athletes participated in the taekwondo events – Roberto Cruz in the men's –58 kg category, Eva Marie Ditan in the women's –49 kg category, Donald Geisler in the men's –80 kg category and Jasmin Strachan in the women's –57 kg category.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Roberto Cruz	Men's –58 kg	Sagastume (GUA) W 4–(minus-1)	Taraburelli (ARG) L 5–7	did not advance
Donald Geisler	Men's –80 kg	Livaja (SWE) L 4–4+	did not advance
Eva Marie Ditan	Women's –49 kg	Güvenc (TUR) L 1–6	did not advance
Jasmin Strachan	Women's –57 kg	Trần Hiếu Ngân (VIE) L 3–8	did not advance		Sankar (TRI) W 5+–5	Tosun (TUR) L 3–9	did not advance

See also

• Philippines at the 2000 Summer Paralympics