Editing Obadele Thompson (section)

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[[File:Mens 100m medalists, Sydney2000.jpg|thumb|Thompson (right) posing with the other 100&nbsp;m Olympic medallists]]
Obadele reached the zenith of his athletic career in 2000. After rounding into form on European track circuit, he injured his big toe while placing second to [[Maurice Greene (athlete)|Maurice Greene]] in the 100 m at the Monaco Golden League meeting,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-golden-league/2000/herculis-zepter-2348/men/100-metres/final/result#resultheader|title=IAAF: 100 Metres Result {{!}} Herculis Zepter {{!}} iaaf.org|website=iaaf.org|access-date=2018-02-21}}</ref> forcing him to return to the US for treatment six weeks before the 2000 Sydney Games. He returned to competition ten days before the Games to set a 200 m personal best of 19.97 sec. in [[Yokohama|Yokohama, Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/second-best-all-time-for-lebedeva-in-yokohama|title=IAAF: Second best all-time for Lebedeva in Yokohama{{!}} News {{!}} iaaf.org|website=iaaf.org|access-date=2018-02-21}}</ref> At the Games, he won the bronze medal in the 100 m in 10.04 sec. behind Greene (9.87 sec.) and Boldon (9.99 sec.) and placed fourth in the 200 m, although he and Boldon both ran 20.20 sec.

His bronze medal was Barbados' first and only Olympic medal and only the second Olympic medal won by a Barbadian athlete (at the 1960 Rome Olympics, Barbadian [[Jim Wedderburn]] won bronze with three Jamaicans on the [[West Indies Federation]] 4 x 400 metres relay team).

By season end, ''Track & Field News'' ranked Thompson #3 in the world in the 100 and 200 metres,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/Rankings/01-m100Rank.pdf|title=Track & Field News World Rankings – Men's 100}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/Rankings/02-m200Rank.pdf|title=Track & Field News World Rankings – Men's 200}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> while the [[International Association of Athletics Federations|International Association of Athletic Federations]] (IAAF) ranked him #3 in the 100 m and #2 in the 200 m.