This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2000.

The primary athletics competition for the 2000 season was at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Major events

World

Regional

National

• 2000 Lithuanian Athletics Championships

World records

Men

  None this year

Women

Event	Athlete	Nation	Performance	Meeting	Place	Date
20,000 metres	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	1:05:26.6		Borgholzhausen, Germany	3 September
3000 m steeplechase	Cristina Iloc-Casandra	Romania	9:43.64		Bucharest, Romania	7 August
3000 m steeplechase	Cristina Iloc-Casandra	Romania	9:40.20		Reims, France	30 August
4 × 200 metres relay	LaTasha Jenkins LaTasha Colander-Richardson Nanceen Perry Marion Jones	United States	1:27.46		Philadelphia, USA	29 April
Pole vault	Stacy Dragila	United States	4.62 m		Atlanta, USA	3 March
Pole vault	Stacy Dragila	United States	4.63 m		Sacramento, USA	23 July
Javelin Throw (new)	Trine Hattestad	Norway	68.22 m		Rome, ITA	30 June
Javelin Throw (new)	Trine Hattestad	Norway	69.48 m		Oslo, NOR	28 July

Awards

Men

2000 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Jan Železný (CZE)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
European Athlete of the Year Award	Jan Železný (CZE)
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Michael Johnson (USA)

Women

2000 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Marion Jones (USA)[1]
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Marion Jones (USA)
European Athlete of the Year Award	Trine Hattestad (NOR)
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Marion Jones (USA)

Men's Best Year Performances

Marathon

400m Hurdles

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Angelo Taylor (USA)	47.50
2.	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA)	47.53
3.	Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)	47.81
4.	Eric Thomas (USA)	47.94
5.	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	48.01

3,000m Steeplechase

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Bernard Barmasai (KEN)	8:02.76
2.	Brahim Boulami (MAR)	8:02.90
3.	Ali Ezzine (MAR)	8:03.57
4.	Kipkirui Misoi (KEN)	8:03.74
5.	Reuben Kosgei (KEN)	8:03.92

Pole Vault

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Jeff Hartwig (USA)	6.03 m
2.	Michael Stolle (GER)	5.95 m
3.	Lawrence Johnson (USA)	5.90 m
	Pavel Gerasimov (RUS)
	Maksim Tarasov (RUS)
	Danny Ecker (GER)
	Nick Hysong (USA)

Hammer Throw

Decathlon

Women's Best Year Performances

100 metres

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marion Jones (USA)	10.78
2.	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)	10.86
3.	Ekateríni Thánou (GRE)	10.91
	Inger Miller (USA)
5.	Zhanna Block (UKR)	10.93

200 metres

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marion Jones (USA)	21.94
2.	Inger Miller (USA)	22.09
3.	Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)	22.27
4.	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	22.28
5.	Beverly McDonald (JAM)	22.35

Half Marathon

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	1:07:07

Marathon

100m Hurdles

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Gail Devers (USA)	12.33
2.	Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM)	12.52
3.	Glory Alozie (NGR)	12.54
4.	Michelle Freeman (JAM)	12.57
	Melissa Morrison (USA)

400m Hurdles

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Irina Privalova (RUS)	53.02
2.	Sandra Glover (USA)	53.33
3.	Deon Hemmings (JAM)	53.45
4.	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	53.53
5.	Daimí Pernía (CUB)	53.68

3,000m Steeplechase

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Cristina Casandra (ROM)	9:40.20
2.	Yekaterina Volkova (RUS)	9:52.40
3.	Anzhelika Averkova (UKR)	9:54.10
4.	Daniela Petrescu (ROM)	9:54.86
5.	Luminita Gogârlea (ROM)	9:56.99

High Jump

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Monica Iagăr (ROM)	2.02 m
2.	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	2.01 m
	Yelena Yelesina (RUS)
	Venelina Veneva (BUL)
	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)

Pole Vault

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Stacy Dragila (USA)	4.63 m
2.	Anzhela Balakhonova (UKR)	4.56 m
3.	Tatiana Grigorieva (AUS)	4.55 m
4.	Kellie Suttle (USA)	4.53 m
5.	Emma George (AUS)	4.50 m
	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)
	Daniela Bártová (CZE)
	Yelena Belyakova (RUS)
	Nicole Humbert (GER)
	Vala Flosadóttir (ISL)

Hammer Throw

Heptathlon

RANK	2000 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Eunice Barber (FRA)	6842
2.	Denise Lewis (GBR)	6831
3.	Yelena Prokhorova (RUS)	6765
4.	Natalya Roshchupkina (RUS)	6633
5.	Natalya Sazanovich (BLR)	6527

Deaths

• March 7 — Masami Yoshida (41), Japanese javelin thrower (b. 1958)
• August 7 — Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (49), Finnish sprinter (b. 1951)