Turkmenistan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Turkmenistan was represented at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia by the National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan.

In total, eight athletes including four men and four women represented Turkmenistan in six different sports including athletics, judo, shooting, table tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.

In total, eight athletes represented Turkmenistan at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia across six different sports.^[1]

In total, two Turkmenistani athletes participated in the athletics events – Viktoriya Brigadnaya in the women's triple jump and Chary Mamedov in the men's discus throw.^[1]

The qualifying round for the women's triple jump took place on 22 September 2000. Brigadnaya contested qualifying group A. Her best jump of 13.96 m saw her ranked 13th overall – just 2 cm shy of a place in the final.^[2]

The qualifying round for the men's discus throw took place on 24 September 2000. Mamedov contested qualifying group A. He made no mark after posting fouls on his three attempts.^[3]

In total, two Turkmenistani athletes participated in the judo events – Galina Atayeva in the women's –48 kg category and Nasiba Surkiýewa in the women's –78 kg category.^[1]

The women's −48 kg category took place on 16 September 2000. Atayeva lost her first round match by yuko to Cha Hyon-hyang of South Korea. In the repechage, she lost by ippon to Sarah Nichilo-Rosso of France.^[4]

The women's −78 kg category took place on 21 September 2000. Surkiýewa lost her first round match by ippon to Tang Lin of China. In the repechage, she lost by ippon to Sambuugiin Dashdulam of Mongolia.^[5]

In total, one Turkmenistani athlete participated in the shooting events – Igor Pirekeyev in the men's 50 m rifle prone.^[1]

The men's 50 m rifle prone took place on 21 September 2000. In the preliminary round, Pirekeyev scored 597 across the six rounds and was joint third. In the final, he scored a further 102.2 for a total score of 699.2 as he finished seventh.^[6]

In total, one Turkmenistani athlete participated in the table tennis events – Aida Steshenko in the women's singles.^[1]

The preliminary round of the women's singles took place from 17–19 September 2000. Steshenko contested group E against Zita Molnár of Hungary and Xu Jing of Chinese Taipei. She lost her first match against Molnár 21–8 21–10 21–14 and then lost her second match against Jing 21–11 21–9 21–11. She finished third in the group and did not advance.^[7]

In total, one Turkmenistani athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Ümürbek Bazarbaýew in the men's −62 kg category.^[1]

The men's −62 kg category took place on 17 September 2000. Bazarbaýew lifted 125 kg in the snatch^[8] but made no valid lift in the clean and jerk and was classified as did not finish.^[9][10]

In total, one Turkmenistani athlete participated in the wrestling events – Nepes Gukulow in the men's Greco-Roman −58 kg category.^[1]

The round one pools for the men's Greco-Roman −58 kg took place on 25 and 26 September 2000. Gukulow contested pool five against Brett Cash of Australia, Armen Nazaryan of Bulgaria and Makoto Sasamoto of Japan. Guklow lost his first match against Nazaryan before losing his second match against Sasamoto. He finished the pool with a victory against Cash as he finished third and did not advance.^[11]

• sports-reference
• The Results, International Olympic Committee
• Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games, Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
• Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games, Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
• The Results, Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
• International Olympic Committee Web Site