Editing 2000 Summer Olympics (section)

==In popular culture==

* In [[Tom Clancy]]'s thriller ''[[Rainbow Six (novel)|Rainbow Six]]'' and its [[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video game)|video game adaptation]], the 2000 Olympic Games are the setting of a plot by [[Eco-terrorism|eco-terrorists]] who plan to spread a deadly [[biological agent]] through Stadium Australia's cooling system.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/03/tom-clancy-top-five-novels|title=Tom Clancy: The top five novels|author=John Dugdale|date=3 October 2013|work=The Guardian|access-date=27 March 2018|archive-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327144927/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/03/tom-clancy-top-five-novels|url-status=live}}</ref>

* In [[Morris Gleitzman]]'s children's book ''[[Toad Rage]]'', a cane toad travels to Sydney in a bid to become the Olympic mascot.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/08/08/second-grade-rules-amber-brownby-paula-danziger/|title=Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown By Paula Danziger|date=8 August 2004|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=27 March 2018|archive-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327212139/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-08-08/entertainment/0408070092_1_books-palm-tree-read|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[The Games (Australian TV series)|''The Games'']] was an [[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC]] [[mockumentary]] television series that ran in 1998 and 2000. The series satirized corruption and cronyism in the Olympic movement, bureaucratic ineptness in the New South Wales public service, and unethical behaviour within politics and the media. An unusual feature of the show was that the characters shared the same name as the actors who played them.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Buckmaster |first=Luke |date=2023-03-28 |title=The Games: Clarke and Dawe's Sydney Olympics mockumentary deserves a gold medal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/29/the-games-clarke-and-dawes-sydney-olympics-mockumentary-deserves-a-gold-medal |access-date=2024-02-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* In the universe of the ''[[Cyberpunk (role-playing game)|Cyberpunk]]'' tabletop role-playing game, the 2000 Olympics were never held due to bankruptcy and a boycott by nations supporting Aboriginal land claims.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pondsmith |first=Mike |date=1994 |title=Pacific Rim Sourcebook |publisher=R. Talsorian Games |url=https://archive.org/details/cyberpunk-2020-pacific-rim-sourcebook/mode/2up }}</ref>