Editing 2000 Summer Olympics (section)

=== Emblem ===
The overall branding of the Games was designed by Melbourne-based FHA Image Design; the emblem—nicknamed the "Millennium Man"—consists of a stylised, multi-coloured depiction of a torch-bearer in motion, with arms and legs resembling [[boomerang]]s, and a smoke trail resembling the roof of the [[Sydney Opera House]] (a motif that had also been used in the logo for Sydney's bid). The firm's then-creative director Richard Henderson explained that they aimed for the emblem be simple enough for a child to draw, avoid "quaint", overused imagery such as [[kangaroo]]s and [[koala]]s, and "engender [the] pride in Australian creative quality and optimism for the new millennium that the Games would herald".<ref name="Millennium Man">{{cite journal |last1=White |first1=Leanne |date=9 June 2011 |title=The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Bid: Marketing Indigenous Australia for the Millennium Games |url=https://www.academia.edu/4678375 |url-status=live |journal=The International Journal of the History of Sport |volume=28 |issue=10 |page=1455 |doi=10.1080/09523367.2011.578341 |s2cid=144221442 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815075442/https://www.academia.edu/4678375 |archive-date=15 August 2021 |access-date=17 August 2014 |ref=Millennium Man}}</ref><ref name="Desktop Mag">{{cite magazine |date=27 September 2012 |title=Top Ten Australian Logos – 8th |url=http://desktopmag.com.au/features/top-ten-australian-logos-8/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208225805/http://desktopmag.com.au/features/top-ten-australian-logos-8/ |archive-date=8 December 2014 |access-date=26 November 2014 |magazine=Desktop |publisher=Desktop Magazine |ref=Desktop Mag}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Sydney 2000 Olympic Games image guidelines |date=1998 |url=https://library.olympics.com/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/59883/sydney-2000-olympic-games-image-guidelines-sydney-organizing-committee-for-the-olympic-games?_lg=en-GB |access-date=2025-03-29 |publisher=Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games}}</ref>