2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship, Overview
The Division I tournament began on 17 February 2000 in Changchun City, China. North Korea had gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in the Division II tournament at the 1999 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship. North Korea won the tournament after winning all three of their games and claimed their second title, their first coming in 1987. Following their win North Korea gained promotion for the following year to Division I of the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship, Overview
South Korea finished second after losing one game to North Korea and China finished third after losing to North Korea and South Korea. Australia who finished last also suffered the largest defeat of the tournament against China, losing 0 – 10. Han Jong of North Korea finished as the top scorer for the tournament with five points including four goals and an assist.


2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship, Overview
The Division II tournament began on 25 March 2000 in Bangkok, Thailand. The under-18 team of Mongolia made their debut appearance at the Championships and in international competition. New Zealand won the tournament after winning two of their games and drawing their game against Chinese Taipei and gained promotion to Division I for the 2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship. Chinese Taipei finished second behind New Zealand on goal difference and Thailand finished third after finishing above Mongolia only on goal difference. Philip Chou of Chinese Taipei finished as the top scorer for the tournament with eight points including seven goals and an assist.


2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship, Division I, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship, Division I, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship, Division II, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship, Division II, Leading goaltenders
Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2000 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
The 2000 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 4th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place in Hradec Králové and Choceň, Czech Republic, with the gold-medal game played on July 15, 2000.


2000 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Qualification, Group II
Italy later withdrew from the World Championship, and was replaced by Hungary.


2000 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, Qualification, Southern Hemisphere Group
Namibia was originally supposed to take part in the tournament. Chile eventually qualified for the World Championship, replacing Canada (who withdrew due to lack of funding for the trip)


2000 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2000 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 3–9, 2000 in the Ontario towns of Mississauga, Barrie, Kitchener, London, Niagara Falls, Oshawa and Peterborough, Canada. Final games were played at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. Team Canada won their sixth consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States.


2000 IIHF Women's World Championship
In one of the closest finals competed, Canada took the tournament with a 2–1 final win, in overtime. Finland picked up their sixth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Sweden.


2000 IIHF Women's World Championship
This year's tournament also counted as qualification for the Salt Lake Olympics. With six automatic berths available, all four semi-finalists were assured Olympic participation. In the consolation round China defeated Germany and Russia defeated Japan, to join them.


2000 IIHF Women's World Championship, Teams
With the promotion and relegation format now in use, the top seven nations were joined by Japan, the winner of Group B in 1999.


2000 IIHF Women's World Championship, World Championship Group A
The eight participating teams were divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams played each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group proceeded to the Final Round, while the remaining teams played in the Consolation Round.


2000 IIHF Women's World Championship, World Championship Group B
World Championship Group B was played again with an eight team tournament which was hosted by Latvia in Liepāja and Riga. Kazakhstan won the tournament winning the final stage round robin by 3 points to win the competition and to ensure their Promotion to the main World Championship in 2001.


2000 IIHF World Championship
The 2000 IIHF World Championship was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia from 29 April to 14 May.


2000 IIHF World Championship, Qualification
This was the final year for qualifying rounds (except 'Far East'). Five teams advanced out of the eight that participated in the two European groups. The top two from each group played in the World Championship, and the third place teams played off against each other for the final spot. Both groups were played November 11–14, 1999.


2000 IIHF World Championship, Preliminary round
Like the previous two years, sixteen nations played in four groups of four. However this year the format was modified so that the top three teams from each group would advance to a group of six, carrying forward the results against the teams who advanced with them. The nations from the first and fourth pools were grouped together, likewise the second and third pools. The fourth placed teams were put in a group together to contest relegation.


2000 IIHF World Championship, Relegation round, Group G
The relegation round is composed of the four teams that placed last in Groups A through D.  They play in a round-robin fashion, with the last placed team that is not the far east qualifier, being relegated to the Division I group in next year's World Championships.


2000 IIHF World Championship, Relegation round, Group G
France is relegated to Division I.  Japan will play together with China and Korea in 2001 IIHF World Championship Far East Qualification Tournament


2000 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.


2000 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2000 IIHF World Championship Final
The 2000 IIHF World Championship Final was an ice hockey match that took place on 14 May 2000 at the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to determine the winner of the 2000 IIHF World Championship. The Czech Republic defeated Slovakia 5–3 to win its second championship.


2000 IIHF World Championship Final, Background
The game marked the first time the two former member-nations of Czechoslovakia would meet each other Final, after becoming independent in 1993, just about seven years before. It also was the first time independent Slovakia would reach the finals of the IIHF World Championships, jumping up from a previous best placement of seventh, achieved in both 1999 and 1998. For the independent Czech Republic, it was its third-ever finals participation after their gold medal wins in both 1996 and 1999.


2000 IIHF World Championship Final, Venue
The Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg was determined to host the final of the championship. Previously at the tournament, the venue hosted the both semi-finals and the bronze medal match. In the final, the attendance was 12,350, 100.4 percent of its total capacity.


2000 IIHF World Championship Final, The Match, Summary
Michal Sýkora started the scoring for the Czech Republic six minutes into the game, assisted by Martin Procházka and Václav Varaďa. Just over three minutes later, Tomáš Vlasák buried a centering pass from Petr Buzek. Procházka added another for the Czechs at 12:25 of the first, assisted by Vlasák and Pavel Patera.


2000 IIHF World Championship Final, The Match, Summary
7:43 into the second period, Martin Štrbák scored to put the Slovaks on the board, assisted by Radoslav Suchý. The Czechs suffered some penalty problems, accumulating ten minor penalties, with five coming in the second period alone, though due to the strong play of their goaltender Roman Čechmánek, the team held their lead.


2000 IIHF World Championship Final, The Match, Summary
Jan Tomajko scored at 3:45 into the final period to put the Czechs up 4–1, and this would hold as the game-winning goal. Miroslav Hlinka and Miroslav Šatan both scored late goals for Slovakia to make the game 4–3, with Šatan's goal giving him the tournament scoring title over Jiří Dopita. Robert Reichel's goal with just over one minute left in the game ended any hopes of a Slovak comeback, securing the Czech Republic's third gold medal at the World Championships in the span of just five years.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Czech Republic
Goaltenders: Roman Čechmánek, Dušan Salfický, Vladimír Hudáček. Defencemen: Petr Buzek, František Kučera, Michal Sýkora, Martin Štěpánek, Ladislav Benýšek, František Kaberle, Radek Martínek. Forwards: Jiří Dopita, Robert Reichel, Jan Tomajko, David Výborný, Tomáš Vlasák, Václav Prospal, Pavel Patera, Martin Procházka, Martin Havlát, Václav Varaďa, Michal Broš, Petr Čajánek, Martin Špaňhel. Coaches: Josef Augusta, Vladimír Martinec.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Slovakia
Goaltenders: Pavol Rybár, Ján Lašák, Miroslav Lipovský. Defencemen: Ľubomír Sekeráš, Ivan Droppa, Stanislav Jasečko, Zdeno Chára, Peter Podhradský, Ľubomír Višňovský, Martin Štrbák, Radoslav Suchý. Forwards: Miroslav Šatan, Ľubomír Hurtaj, Richard Kapuš, Peter Bartoš, Vlastimil Plavucha, Miroslav Hlinka, Ján Pardavý, Peter Pucher, Michal Hreus, Ľubomír Vaic, Ronald Petrovický, Ľuboš Bartečko, Michal Handzuš. Coach: Ján Filc.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Finland
Goaltenders: Pasi Nurminen, Ari Sulander, Vesa Toskala. Defencemen: Aki Berg, Jere Karalahti, Jyrki Lumme, Toni Lydman, Antti-Jussi Niemi, Janne Niinimaa, Petteri Nummelin. Forwards: Antti Aalto, Raimo Helminen, Jukka Hentunen, Olli Jokinen, Tomi Kallio, Niko Kapanen, Juha Lind, Ville Peltonen, Kimmo Rintanen, Toni Sihvonen, Esa Tikkanen, Marko Tuomainen, Tony Virta. Coach: Hannu Aravirta.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Canada
Goaltenders: José Théodore, Fred Brathwaite, Jamie Ram. Defencemen: Patrick Traverse, Chris Phillips, Jeff Finley, Adrian Aucoin, Larry Murphy, Robyn Regehr, Yannick Tremblay, Ed Jovanovski. Forwards: Peter Schaefer, Brendan Morrison, Mike Johnson, Trevor Letowski, Brad Isbister, Mike Sillinger, Dean McAmmond, Martin Lapointe, Jamal Mayers, Steve Sullivan, Kris Draper, Curtis Brown, Todd Bertuzzi, Ryan Smyth. Coaches: Tom Renney, Butch Goring, Mike Pelino


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, United States
Goaltenders: Robert Esche, Damian Rhodes, Karl Goehring. Defencemen: Phil Housley, Eric Weinrich, Chris Luongo, Mike Mottau, Chris O'Sullivan, Ben Clymer, Hal Gill. Forwards: Mike Peluso, Brian Gionta, Steve Konowalchuk, Chris Tancill, Steve Heinze, Jason Blake, Sean Haggerty, Jeff Halpern, Darby Hendrickson, Jeff Nielsen, Derek Plante, David Legwand, Eric Boguniecki. Coaches: Lou Vairo.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Switzerland
Goaltenders: Martin Gerber, Reto Pavoni. Defencemen: Patrick Sutter, Olivier Keller, Edgar Salis, Mark Streit, Julien Vauclair, Mathias Seger, Martin Steinegger, Rolf Ziegler. Forwards: Gian-Marco Crameri, Patrick Fischer, Marcel Jenni, Thomas Ziegler, Ivo Rüthemann, Reto Von Arx, Flavien Conne, Alain Demuth, Michel Riesen, Patric Della Rossa, Claudio Micheli, Michel Zeiter, Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann. Coaches: Ralph Krueger.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Sweden
Goaltenders: Andreas Hadelöv, Mikael Tellqvist, Tommy Salo. Defencemen: Peter Andersson, Ricard Persson, Rikard Franzén, Mattias Norström, Björn Nord, Mikael Magnusson, Daniel Tjärnqvist. Forwards: Kristian Gahn, Per-Johan Axelsson, Daniel Sedin, Mikael Hakanson, Samuel Påhlsson, Peter Nordström, Henrik Sedin, Jörgen Jönsson, Kristian Huselius, Fredrik Lindquist, Jonas Rönnqvist, Fredrik Modin, Michael Nylander. Coaches: Stephan Lundh, Hardy Nilsson.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Latvia
Goaltenders: Artūrs Irbe, Sergejs Naumovs. Defencemen: Kārlis Skrastiņš, Rodrigo Laviņš, Andrejs Maticins, Normunds Sējējs, Viktors Ignatjevs, Atvars Tribuncovs, Igors Bondarevs. Forwards: Aleksandrs Beļavskis, Aleksandrs Ņiživijs, Aleksandrs Semjonovs, Juris Opuļskis, Aleksandrs Kercs, Leonids Tambijevs, Vjačeslavs Fanduļs, Grigorijs Panteļejevs, Harijs Vītoliņš, Janis Sprukts, Sergejs Seņins, Artis Ābols, Aigars Cipruss, Herberts Vasiļjevs. Coaches: Haralds Vasiļjevs.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Belarus
Goaltenders: Andrei Mezin, Leonid Fatikov. Defencemen: Sergei Stas, Oleg Khmyl, Ruslan Salei, Oleg Romanov, Igor Matushkin, Yuri Krivokhiza, Alexander Makritski, Vladimir Kopat. Forwards: Vladimir Tsyplakov, Andrei Kovalev, Alexei Kalyuzhny, Alexander Andrijevski, Andrei Skabelka, Viktor Karachun, Vasily Pankov, Vitali Valui, Dmitry Starostenko, Dmitry Pankov, Dmitri Dudik, Alexander Galchenyuk. Coaches: Anatoli Varivonchik.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Norway
Goaltenders: Rob Schistad, Vidar Wold. Defencemen: Mats Trygg, Tommy Jakobsen, Svein Enok Nørstebø, Johnny Nilsen, Ketil Wold, Martin Sellgren. Forwards: Trond Magnussen, Per-Åge Skrøder, Tore Vikingstad, Martin Knold, Ole Eskild Dahlstrom, Marius Trygg, Morten Fjeld, Joakim Saether, Sjur Robert Nilsen, Pål Johnsen, Mads Hansen, Anders Fredriksen, Geir Svendsberget, Stig Vesterheim. Coaches: Leif Boork.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Russia
Goaltenders: Ilja Bryzgalov, Yegor Podomatsky. Defencemen: Maxim Galanov, Sergei Gonchar, Alexander Khavanov, Igor Kravchuk, Andrej Markov, Dmitri Mironov, Alexei Zhitnik. Forwards: Maxim Afinogenov, Pavel Bure, Alexander Kharitonov, Alexei Yashin, Valeri Kamensky, Andrei Kovalenko, Viktor Kozlov, Alexei Kudashov, Andrei Nikolishin, Oleg Petrov, Alexander Prokopiev, Maxim Sushinski, Alexei Zhamnov. Coaches: Alexander Yakushev, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Vladislav Tretyak.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Italy
Goaltenders: Andrea Carpano, Mike Rosati. Defencemen: Carlo Lorenzi, Armin Helfer, Christopher Bartolone, Leo Insam, Georg Comploi, Ingemar Gruber, Michele Strazzabosco. Forwards: Bruno Zarrillo, Mario Chitaroni, Dino Felicetti, Vezio Sacratini, Lucio Topatigh, Lino De Toni, Maurizio Mansi, Stefano Margoni, Manuel De Toni, Roland Ramoser, Stefan Zisser, Joe Busillo, Armando Chelodi. Coaches: Adolf Insam.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Austria
Goaltenders: Reinhard Divis, Claus Dalpiaz, Michael Suttnig. Defencemen: Thomas Searle, Gerhard Unterluggauer, Martin Ulrich, Herbert Hohenberger, Dominic Lavoie, Andre Lakos, Peter Kasper. Forwards: Christoph Brandner, Dieter Kalt, Simon Wheeldon, Matthias Trattnig, Martin Hohenberger, Artur Marczell, Christian Perthaler, Wolfgang Kromp, Günther Lanzinger, Mario Schaden, Gregor Baumgartner, Philipp Lukas, Gerald Ressmann. Coaches: Ron Kennedy.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Ukraine
Goaltenders: Igor Karpenko, Yevgeni Brul, Vadim Selivertsov. Defencemen: Olexander Savitsky, Dmitri Yakushin, Gennady Razin, Vyacheslav Zavalnyuk, Serhiy Klymentiev, Artem Ostroushko, Oleg Polkovnikov. Forwards: Vitaliy Lytvynenko, Olexander Matviychuk, Serhiy Varlamov, Vadym Shakhraychuk, Borys Protsenko, Konstantin Kalmikov, Vasyl Bobrovnikov, Valentyn Oletsky, Bogdan Savenko, Ruslan Bezchasny, Andrei Voyush, Olexander Yakovenko, Olexei Lazarenko. Coaches: Anatoliy Bogdanov.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, France
Goaltenders: Cristobal Huet, Patrick Rolland, Fabrice Lhenry. Defencemen: Denis Perez, Baptiste Amar, Karl Dewolf, Vincent Bachet, Gregory Dubois, Jean-Christophe Filippin, Jean-Marc Soghomonian. Forwards: Arnaud Briand, Maurice Rozenthal, Benoit Bachelet, Philippe Bozon, Stephane Barin, Jonathan Zwikel, Laurent Meunier, Richard Aimonetto, Francois Rozenthal, Yorick Treille, Anthony Mortas, Robert Ouellet, Pierre Allard. Coach: Stephane Sabourin.


2000 IIHF World Championship rosters, Rosters, Japan
Goaltenders: Dusty Imoo, Shinichi Iwasaki. Defencemen: Yutaka Kawaguchi, Takayuki Kobori, Akihito Isojima, Tatsuki Katayama, Hiroyuki Miura, Kengo Ito, Fumitaka Miyauchi, Makoto Kawashima. Forwards: Ryan Kuwabara, Kiyoshi Fujita, Chris Yule, Tomohito Kobayashi, Yasunori Iwata, Matthew Kabayama, Yosuke Kon, Takahito Suzuki, Taro Nihei, Yutaka Ono, Hideji Tsuchida, Masakazu Sato. Coach: Steve Tsujiura.


2000 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2000 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Kloten and Weinfelden, Switzerland. The championships ran between April 14 and April 24, 2000. Games were played at Eishalle Schluefweg in Kloten and Sportanlage Güttingersreuti in Weinfelden. Finland defeated Russia 3–1 in the final to win the gold medal, while Sweden defeated Switzerland 7–1 to capture the bronze medal.


2000 IIHF World U18 Championships, Championship results, Relegation Round
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:


2000 IIHF World U18 Championships, Championship results, Final standings
Belarus is relegated to Division I for the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
The 2nd IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was held between March 20, 2000 and March 25, 2000 at the E Center in West Valley City, Utah, United States. The same place where would host the same sport two years later as the first test event for the Paralympic Winter Games in 2002. Participating countries: Canada, Estonia, Japan, Norway, Sweden and United States.


2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, Final Rankings
Canada beat Norway 2-1 to win the gold medal. The game went into overtime and more than 6,000 fans cheered on as Canada’s Shawn Matheson scored the winning goal. The victory gave Canada, the country that created the sport, its first gold medal in sledge hockey, and avenged a gold-medal loss to Norway at the 1998 Paralympics in Nagano. Sweden grabbed the bronze by beating Japan 5-1, while Estonia squared off with the United States to take 5th place.


2000 ISSF World Cup
For the 2000 ISSF World Cup in the seventeen Olympic shooting events, the World Cup Final was held in October 2000 in Nicosia, Cyprus for the shotgun events, and in November 2000 in Munich, Germany for the rifle, pistol and running target events.


2000 ITF Men's Circuit
The 2000 ITF Men's Circuit was the 2000 edition of the third tier tour for men's professional tennis. In 2000 there were 39 Satellite Circuits for men in 21 countries and 249 Futures tournaments for men in 55 countries. Each Satellite Circuit and Futures tournament was organised and run by the National Association of the country in which the event took place.


2000 ITF Men's Circuit, ITF Satellite circuits
Each Satellite Circuit comprises three tournaments plus a Masters playoff at which prize money and ranking points are awarded. Below are listed the winners of each Satellite Circuit, with the ATP Tour ranking points won (based on the total number of circuit points during the tour weeks).


2000 ITF Men's Circuit, ITF Futures
Single-week Futures tournaments were played for the third time in 2000, having been established in 1998.


2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
The 2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: IX Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was the ninth edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estádio Célio de Barros in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 20 and 21 May. With a total of 308 athletes, the number of competitors was the lowest since 1990. The Spanish team (29 athletes) was much smaller than previous delegations as most of the Spaniards chose to focus on the 2000 Sydney Olympics instead. Other national teams used the competition as a chance to gain an Olympic qualifying mark.


2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
The host nation Brazil easily topped the medal table by winning 18 gold medals and a total haul of 45 medals. The next best performing nation was Spain, which took six golds and 21 medals during the two-day championships. Cuba and Colombia won five golds each, while Argentina and Mexico had the third and fourth largest totals, with eleven and ten medals respectively. Fourteen of the 20 nations that participated reached the medal podium.


2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
Brazil dominated the men's track events and Hudson de Souza completed an 800/1500 metres double. Cuban men provided the highlights of the men's field events, where Michael Calvo won the triple jump with a jump of 17.05 m and Emeterio González had a javelin throw over eighty metres (both championship marks). In the women's track events, reigning Olympic champion Fernanda Ribeiro broke the 5000 m championship record and Soraya Telles became the first female Ibero-American champion in the steeplechase (a contest which meant that the 44-event programme was equal between the sexes for the first time). The 10,000 m track walk saw Rosario Sánchez knock almost a minute of the meet record, while runner-up Geovana Irusta set a South American record behind her.


2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
Although the level of performances was generally lower than at earlier editions, eight championships records were set. Two national records were also beaten; Elena Guerra improved the 1500 m Uruguayan record and Érika Olivera set a new Chilean record for the 5000 metres. The Brazilian men's 4×100 m relay team gave the performance of the competition with their winning time of 38.24 seconds, which was a South American record and an Ibero-American record.


2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
Several athletes present at the competition went on to win medals on the Olympic stage later that year: Mexican Noé Hernández won the 20 km walk silver medal, Fernanda Ribeiro took an Olympic bronze over 10,000 m, while both the Brazilian and Cuban 4×100 m relay teams reached the Olympic podium. Future world champion Naide Gomes won São Tomé and Príncipe's first ever medal with her runner-up performance in the heptathlon.


2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, Participation
A total of 20 delegations were sent from the 28 member nations of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo, with 297 athletes being present at the competition. Recently joined members Angola, Cape Verde and Equatorial Guinea were all absent in 2000. Costa Rica, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic were other regular participants who did not take part in the championships.


2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results
These are the results of the 2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics which took place on May 20–21, 2000 on Estádio Célio de Barros in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


2000 Iceland earthquakes
The 2000 Iceland earthquakes struck southern Iceland on June 17 and 21. There were no fatalities but three people suffered minor injuries and there was considerable damage to infrastructure. The two earthquakes were the first major seismic activity in Iceland for 88 years. The recorded magnitude of both of the main quakes was 6.5 Mwc.


2000 Iceland earthquakes, Tectonic setting
Iceland lies on the spreading axis of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) where it is influenced by the Iceland hotspot, a major mantle upwelling. The active spreading axis of the MAR is moving westward with respect to the hotspot. This means that the active rifts above the hotspot have progressively jumped towards the east, causing the development of two major transform zones in the north and south of the island. To the south the zone is the South Iceland Seismic Zone (SISZ), which has a west–east trend and is about 20 km wide. Most earthquakes in this zone are associated with movement on north–south trending right lateral strike-slip faults, although there is also evidence of WSW–ENE trending faults.


2000 Iceland earthquakes, Tectonic setting
According to historical records, there have been 33 damaging earthquakes in the SISZ from the 11th century up to June 2000, with the latest  being in 1896 and 1912.


2000 Iceland earthquakes, Earthquakes
The first of the earthquakes occurred at 15:40 UTC on 17 June at a depth of 6.3 km. The magnitude estimated by the Icelandic Meteorological Office was 6.4 Mw , assuming a single fault, although such a model did not fit all the available data. The extent of aftershocks defined a 16 km long north-south fault rupture, continuing down to 10 km. The causative fault was the Árnes Fault and a large number of surface fissures were mapped along this structure in the days following the event.


2000 Iceland earthquakes, Earthquakes
The second earthquake occurred at 00:51 UTC on 21 June at a depth of 5.1 km. The extent of aftershocks defined an 18 km fault rupture down to 8 km depth. The causative fault was the Hestfjall Fault. Surface fissures were developed over a distance of about 25 km.


2000 Icelandic Cup
The Visa-Bikar 2000 was the forty-first season of the Icelandic national football cup.


2000 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The 2000 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the fifth staging of the Icelandic Men's League Cup. 36 teams took part.


2000 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The competition started on 3 March 2000  and concluded on 4 September 2000 with Grindavík beating Valur 4-0 in the final.


2000 Icelandic presidential election
Presidential elections were scheduled to be held in Iceland in 2000. However, incumbent President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson was the only candidate, and the election was uncontested.


2000 Idaho Vandals football team
The 2000 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Tom Cable, the Vandals were 5–6 overall and 3–2 in Big West Conference play.


2000 Idaho Vandals football team
Idaho played only one of their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho. The other three home games were at Martin Stadium at Washington State University in nearby Pullman, Washington.


2000 Idaho Vandals football team
In the Battle of the Palouse, Idaho defeated neighboring Washington State for the second straight year; the previous two victories in this series were 35 years earlier and also in consecutive years under different head coaches: 1964 (Dee Andros) and 1965 (Steve Musseau).


2000 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft
Two Vandal seniors were selected in the 2001 NFL Draft, which lasted seven rounds (246 selections).


2000 Idea Prokom Open
The 2000 Prokom Polish Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Sopot, Poland that was part of the Tier III  category of the 2000 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the Polish Open and took place from 17 July until 23 July 2000. Second-seeded Anke Huber won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


2000 Idea Prokom Open, Finals, Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual /  Paola Suárez defeated  Åsa Carlsson /  Rita Grande, 7–5, 6–1


2000 Idea Prokom Open – Doubles
In the doubles matches of the 2000 Idea Prokom Open, Laura Montalvo and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Montalvo teamed up with Gala León García and were eliminated in quarterfinals. Suárez teamed up with Virginia Ruano Pascual and successfully defended her title, by defeating Åsa Carlsson and Rita Grande 7–5, 6–1 in the final.


2000 Idea Prokom Open – Singles
Conchita Martínez was the defending champion, but was forced to retire in her quarterfinals match against Gala León García.


2000 Idea Prokom Open – Singles
Anke Huber won the title by defeating Gala León García 7–6(7–4), 6–3 in the final.


2000 Idea Prokom Open – Singles, Seeds
The first two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner, who was in his fourth season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 5–6 and failed to make a bowl game.


2000 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, Primary election
For the primary election, turnout was 25.91%, with 1,748,279 votes cast.


2000 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, General election
For the general election, turnout was 69.18%, with 4,932,192 votes cast.


2000 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States President
Illinois voted for the Democratic ticket of Al Gore and Joe Lieberman.


2000 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
All 20 of Illinois' seats in the United States House of Representatives  were up for election in 2000.


2000 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
No seats switched parties, with the composition of Illinois' House delegation remaining 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans.


2000 Illinois elections, State elections, State Senate
Some of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 2000. Republicans retained control of the chamber.


2000 Illinois elections, State elections, State House of Representatives
All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 2000. Democrats retained control of the chamber.


2000 Illinois elections, Local elections
Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election
The 2000 United States House of Representatives election for the 1st district in Illinois took place on November 7, 2000 to elect a representative from Illinois's 1st congressional district for the 107th United States Congress. Incumbent Democratic Representative Bobby Rush faced a primary challenge from Illinois Senator and future President Barack Obama. Rush defeated Obama 61 percent to 30 percent, with other candidates combining for the remaining nine percent. Rush later defeated his Republican opponent, Raymond Wardingley, 88 percent to 12 percent, ensuring his reelection. Subsequent to this election, Obama was elected to the Senate in 2004, and later elected President in 2008.


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election, District
Illinois's 1st congressional district is a minority-majority district. At the time of the election, 65 percent of its constituents were African American. In redistricting after the 1990 United States Census, the district was extended into the suburbs for the first time in 90 years, but a majority of the districts' residents (70%) lived in Chicago. A strongly Democratic district, only twice since 1966 has a Republican candidate for United States Congress received over 20% of the vote.


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election, Background
Rush was involved in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. He was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and a former member and founder of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. After coordinating a medical clinic that treated sickle cell anemia, Rush served as an alderman and was first elected to represent Illinois's 1st district in 1992. Rush ran for Mayor of Chicago against Richard M. Daley in 1999 and lost, receiving only 28% of the vote, making him appear electorally vulnerable.


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election, Background
Obama, at age 38, was a lecturer at the University of Chicago and a two-term state Senator. Though friends, including Terry Link, his colleague in the Illinois Senate, warned Obama against challenging Rush, as there was no obvious reason to displace him to the voters, Obama ran anyway because of his frustration with what he claimed was Republican obstructionism in the Illinois Legislature and the feeling Rush was representing the district less well as he could. Also challenging Rush were Donne Trotter, a state senator, and George Roby, a police officer. Raymond Wardingley, a perennial candidate who worked as a clown, ran unopposed for the Republican nomination.


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election, Obama's campaign
Obama entered the race in late September 1999, six months before the primary, stating that Rush represented "a politics that is rooted in the past, a reactive politics that isn’t good at coming up with concrete solutions." He promised to build consensus and lead coalitions involving people outside of the black community to reduce crime, improve health care coverage, promote economic development and expand educational opportunities.


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election, Obama's campaign
Early polling showed Rush's name recognition started off at 90 percent, with Obama's at 11 percent. Rush had 70 percent approval, while Obama had 8 percent approval. In the head to head matchup, forty-seven percent of the people polled favored Rush, 10 percent favored Obama, and 5 percent supported Trotter, who is also African American. Most of Obama's support came from White Americans.


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election, Obama's campaign
In mid-October, Rush's son, Huey, was murdered, leading Obama to put his campaign on hold. Governor George Ryan called the Illinois Legislature to a special session to re-enact a package of gun-safety bills, a pet issue of Rush, which had been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. Obama supported the package, but the session dragged on towards Christmas. Obama annually spent the Christmas vacation in Hawaii with his family visiting his grandmother, who raised him. Obama left Illinois, expecting the session would continue into January.


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election, Obama's campaign
However, a crucial vote took place earlier than expected, failing by five votes with Obama and others absent. Obama came under fire for missing the vote though he said he would have flown back sooner, but his 18-month-old daughter was sick. Meanwhile, Rush received an outpouring of sympathy that aided his campaign.


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election, Obama's campaign
As Obama lived in Hyde Park, a more affluent neighborhood with a higher percentage of White voters than the rest of the district, the narrative of the race became "the Black Panther against the professor." Obama frequently came off as uptight. Rush criticized Obama: "Barack Obama went to Harvard and became an educated fool. We’re not impressed with these folks with these Eastern elite degrees. Barack is a person who read about the civil-rights protests and thinks he knows all about it." Trotter said, "Barack is viewed in part to be the white man in blackface in our community." Though the Chicago Tribune endorsed Obama, many, including local officials, President Bill Clinton, and Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic Party nominee for President, endorsed Rush. Then-State Representative Tom Dart supported Obama and organized on his behalf in the 19th ward.


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election, Obama's campaign
Obama raised enough money to remain competitive with Rush. However, he neither connected with the working-class African Americans of the district nor provided a convincing reason for them to vote against Rush. Obama later wrote: "Less than halfway into the campaign, I knew in my bones that I was going to lose. Each morning from that point forward I awoke with a vague sense of dread, realizing that I would have to spend the day smiling and shaking hands and pretending that everything was going according to plan."


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election, Results, Primary elections
Rush defeated Obama in the primary election, held on March 21, 2000, by a 2-to-1 margin. Wardingley won the Republican Party nomination.


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election, Aftermath
Obama later said he got "my rear end handed to me" in his loss to Rush and acknowledged his own hubris. However, many analysts believe that Obama's loss helped him to learn from his mistakes, which enabled him to run more successful campaigns in 2004 and 2008. Obama was seen as a stiff policy wonk, and he used the experience to hone his ability to connect with voters.


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election, Aftermath
According to Chicago City Council member Toni Preckwinkle, an early Obama supporter, Obama "took a hard look at himself after that campaign and became a much better campaigner, more at ease on the campaign trail." He put more effort into his campaign, hiring David Axelrod as his chief political strategist. Also, Obama increased his focus on the Illinois Senate, improving his legislative accomplishments.


2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election, Aftermath
In 2004, Obama was the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention. After his speech, political pundits speculated about his future as a possible presidential candidate. After being elected to the United States Senate that year, and amid much speculation in the media regarding his future plans, Obama announced that he would seek the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination in February 2007 and went on to defeat fellow senator Hillary Clinton in one of the closest presidential nomination races in American history. He then defeated John McCain, also a senator, in the general election to become President of the United States. He was re-elected in 2012.


2000 Independence Bowl
The 2000 Sanford Independence Bowl, part of the NCAA football bowl games, took place on December 31, 2000 at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The competing teams were the Mississippi State Bulldogs, representing the Southeastern Conference, and the Texas A&M Aggies from the Big 12 Conference.


2000 Independence Bowl
The game was later referred to as "The Snow Bowl", as a snowstorm (rare for the Shreveport area) began just before kickoff, blanketing the field in powder, and continued throughout the entire game.


2000 Independence Bowl
Mississippi State won the bowl in overtime, 43–41 against their future SEC rival.


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
Prior to the game, the Bulldogs (8–4) had not scored in overtime in regular-season losses to Louisiana State and Arkansas. And things looked bleak for Mississippi State after Texas A&M's Ja'Mar Toombs rambled 25 yards for a touchdown on the first play of overtime.


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
But defensive tackle Willie Blade blocked the extra point. Eugene Clinton grabbed the ball and lateraled to Julius Griffith, who went the distance to cut the deficit to 41-37.


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
"They were blocking down on me, but I kept fighting and fighting to get through and finish the play," Blade said.


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
On the Bulldogs' first play from scrimmage, Madkin turned a busted play into a 19-yard gain. After Dontae Walker lost a yard, Madkin went up the middle from the 7-yard line to give Mississippi State its second straight bowl win after four consecutive losses.


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
"All I know is that I broke containment and I was trying to stretch (the ball) out as far as I could," Madkin said. "I knew I had scored when my teammates started to jump on me."


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
Playing in a steady snow that obscured the yard markers and made footing treacherous, Madkin completed 9-of-19 passes for 71 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Walker carried 16 times for 143 yards and three scores.


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
"There might have been a different football game under normal conditions, but our team just never gave up," said Mississippi State coach Jackie Sherrill, who held the same post at Texas A&M from 1982-88. "I was surprised both teams scored as many points as we did in the snow."


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
Toombs set a Texas A&M bowl record with 35 carries for 193 yards and three TDs. The yardage was the second-highest total in Aggies' bowl history, trailing only the 276 Curtis Dickey rolled up in the 1978 Hall of Fame Bowl.


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
"I haven't given the records any thought," Toombs said. "I'm a team guy and my only concern is the team."


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
Trailing 21–20 after three quarters, Texas A&M grabbed the lead on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Mark Farris to Bethel Johnson. Richard Whitaker ran for the two-point conversion and Toombs scored on a 13-yard run to give the Aggies a 35–21 cushion.


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
Just over a minute later, Walker broke off a 32-yard touchdown. With less than three minutes remaining, safety Marco Minor intercepted Farris at the Aggies' 4-yard line. Madkin threw a three-yard TD toss to Donald Lee to tie it with 90 seconds left.


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
"I saw our defensive line going in pretty hard and my guy stopped," Minor said. "So I just stepped in front of him as soon as possible to make a play. That's what I did."


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
Whitaker and Toombs ran for first-quarter touchdowns to stake Texas A&M to a 14–0 lead. The Bulldogs tied it in the second as Walker raced 40 yards for a score (video) and Madkin found Dicenzo Miller for a five-yard TD.


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
The Aggies took a 20–14 lead into the locker room after Farris and Robert Ferguson hooked up for a 42-yard touchdown. Texas A&M has lost four straight and seven of its last eight bowl appearances.


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
"People talked all week about how evenly matched Texas A&M and Mississippi State were. At the end of 60 minutes of play, the score was tied, and when the game was over, only two points separated the teams so they were obviously right," Aggies coach R.C. Slocum said. "It's a bitter feeling for us and I'm sure Mississippi State is feeling pretty good on their side."


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
Sherrill, the winningest coach in Mississippi State history, improved to 2–4 in bowl games with the Bulldogs and 8-6 overall. Slocum, who has won 78 percent of his games at Texas A&M, fell to 2–8 in bowls.


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
About 30 minutes before kickoff snow blew into Shreveport with strong wind whipping from one end zone to the other. The game started with the synthetic grass field a mix of green and white. By the second quarter, the turf was blanketed by snow. Plows were used during timeouts to make the goal lines, end lines and hash marks visible.


2000 Independence Bowl, Game summary
As the snow fell throughout the game, at times it came down so hard it made watching the game like looking through television static. Many of the 36,974 fans at Independence Stadium left at halftime.


2000 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held in 2000, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held  to elect respectively 3 seats from Delhi and 1 seat from Sikkim, 58 members from 15 states  and 3 members from Kerala  a  for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.


2000 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections
Elections were held in 2000 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.


2000 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections, Members elected
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2000. They are members for the term 2000-2006 and retire in year 2006, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.


2000 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Bye-elections
The following bye elections were held in the year 2000.


2000 Indian Wells Masters
The 2000 Indian Wells Masters (also known as Tennis Masters Series Indian Wells) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the Indian Wells Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2000 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2000 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the newly built Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States, from March 6 through March 20, 2000.


2000 Indian Wells Masters
The men singles draw was headlined by ATP No. 1, Australian Open titlist, Masters Cup finalist, 1995 runner-up Andre Agassi, Masters Cup winner, 1995 Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras and Australian Open runner-up Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Also competing in the field were Dubai winner Nicolas Kiefer, Santiago titlist Gustavo Kuerten, Magnus Norman, Marcelo Ríos and Nicolás Lapentti.


2000 Indian Wells Masters, Champions, Men's Doubles
Alex O'Brien /  Jared Palmer defeated  Paul Haarhuis /  Sandon Stolle 6–4, 7–6(7–5)


2000 Indian Wells Masters, Champions, Women's Doubles
Lindsay Davenport /  Corina Morariu defeated  Anna Kournikova /  Natasha Zvereva, 6–2, 6–3


2000 Indian Wells Masters – Men's Doubles
Wayne Black and Sandon Stolle were the defending champions, but did not partner together this year. Black partnered Andrew Kratzmann, losing in the first round. Stolle partnered Paul Haarhuis, losing in the final.


2000 Indian Wells Masters – Men's Doubles
Alex O'Brien and Jared Palmer won the title, defeating Haarhuis and Stolle 6–4, 7–6(7–5) in the final.


2000 Indian Wells Masters – Men's Singles
Mark Philippoussis was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Thomas Enqvist.


2000 Indian Wells Masters – Men's Singles
Álex Corretja won the title, defeating Enqvist 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2000 Indian Wells Masters – Women's Doubles
The Women's Doubles Tournament at the 2000 Indian Wells Masters took place between March 10 and March 19 on the outdoor hard courts of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States. Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu won the title, defeating Anna Kournikova and Natasha Zvereva in the final.


2000 Indian Wells Masters – Women's Singles
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mary Pierce.


2000 Indian Wells Masters – Women's Singles
Lindsay Davenport won the title, defeating Martina Hingis in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–0.


2000 Indian Wells Masters – Women's Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2000 Indiana Fever season
The 2000 Indiana Fever season was their 1st season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).


2000 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 2000 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Cam Cameron in his fourth year as head coach.


2000 Indiana gubernatorial election
The 2000 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Governor Frank O'Bannon, a Democrat, was re-elected over Republican David M. McIntosh with 57% of the vote. Libertarian Andrew Horning also ran and received 2% of the vote. O'Bannon's victory was the fourth consecutive election in which a Democrat was elected Governor of Indiana, the longest winning streak for that party in the state since the Civil War. As of 2021, this is the last time a Democrat was elected Governor of Indiana.


2000 Indiana gubernatorial election, Primaries, Republican
Congressman David M. McIntosh faced John Price in the May 2 Primary Election. Former gubernatorial candidate George Witwer had previously declined to run and instead endorsed McIntosh. McIntosh's central campaign theme was a 25% cut in property taxes, which drew ire from many of his opponents. McIntosh also called for replacing the ISTEP Plus standardized test and merit-based evaluations of teachers in his "Kids First" education plan, released on March 3, 2000.


2000 Indiana gubernatorial election, Primaries, Republican
Price's campaign was based largely on his "Price Plan", a 70-page booklet outlining a 27-step program for running the state government. In the Primary election, Price was defeated soundly by McIntosh, who won 71% of the vote.


2000 Indiana gubernatorial election, Primaries, Democratic
Incumbent Governor Frank O'Bannon ran unopposed for his party's nomination. He won 272,213 votes statewide and 100% of the vote.


2000 Indiana gubernatorial election, Primaries, Other Candidates
Libertarian Andrew Horning entered the gubernatorial race on March 23, pledging to eliminate state property taxes. Horning had run for Mayor of Indianapolis in 1999 and received four percent of the vote. Horning pitched himself as an alternative to the two major parties, both of which he blamed for "the embarrassing state of education in Indiana".


2000 Indiana gubernatorial election, General Election, Campaign
Throughout the campaign, McIntosh made his proposed 25% tax cut his signature issue. O'Bannon attacked the plan as potentially harmful to education, which was his top talking point during the fall campaign. O'Bannon unveiled a $310 million education plan on July 19 which drew scorn from both sides because of the inclusion of lottery money in the proposed funding. Despite this, O'Bannon maintained a steady lead over his opponent, with a September 1 poll showing him leading McIntosh by 21 points. This was partially credited to public distrust of McIntosh's tax policies, with polls showing "deep skepticism" of the proposed 25% cut, according to the Indianapolis Star.


2000 Indiana gubernatorial election, General Election, Results
O'Bannon won the election with 57% of the vote. McIntosh trailed far behind at 42%, with Horning carrying just 2% of the vote.


2000 Indianapolis 500
The 84th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 28, 2000. After four years of an ongoing organizational dispute and "split" in Indy car racing, Chip Ganassi Racing became the first major CART-based team to compete at the race since 1995. The Ganassi team of Jimmy Vasser and Juan Pablo Montoya competed as a one-off entry, and were well received by fans and fellow competitors. Both drivers were quickly up to speed with the IRL regulars, and were expected to be favorites in both qualifying and on race day. Also making a heralded return to Indianapolis was two-time winner Al Unser Jr. who had switched full-time to the IRL in 2000.


2000 Indianapolis 500
During qualifying, defending IRL champion Greg Ray took the pole position. However, on race day, reigning CART champion Juan Pablo Montoya dominated the race. Montoya led 167 laps, and cruised to victory, becoming the first rookie winner since Graham Hill in 1966. It was the first of two Indy victories for Montoya (2000, 2015). Buddy Lazier, the 1996 winner, and eventual season champion, finished second, his second runner-up finish at Indy, and fifth consecutive top ten.


2000 Indianapolis 500
The 2000 race was the first to feature two female starters in the field, Lyn St. James and Sarah Fisher. The start of the race was delayed over three hours due to rain. The green flag dropped at 2:10 p.m. EST, and the race was completed shortly after 5 p.m. Seven minutes after the checkered flag, the rain returned, and doused the victory lane celebration.


2000 Indianapolis 500
The first 65 laps of the race were run under green flag conditions, a new Indy 500 record at the time. Montoya became only the fourth winner to complete the race in under three hours, and at 167.607 mph, it was the fastest Indy 500 since 1991. At the end of the season, Montoya promptly departed Indy car racing for Formula One, then went to NASCAR. He would not return for his second Indy start until 2014.


2000 Indianapolis 500
The race was sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and was part of the 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series season.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race schedule
* Includes days where trackactivity was significantlylimited due to rain


2000 Indianapolis 500, Rule changes
During a yellow flag caution period, when the field is one lap away from going back to green flag conditions, the pace car would now drop off the track in turn one, and the race leader would pace the field back to the green flag and the ensuing restart. This was an effort to prevent any chance of the leader(s) accidentally passing the pace car on a restart (which happened to Scott Goodyear in the 1995 race).


2000 Indianapolis 500, Rule changes
A year later, this would be combined with the "wave around" rule.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Time trials
Time trials were scheduled for two days in 2000, May 20–21. During practice, IRL regulars generally topped the speed charts, with different names leading nearly each day. Jimmy Vasser and Juan Pablo Montoya were quickly up to speed in the IRL machines, and each managed to lead one day of practice. Both were considered contenders for the front row. Greg Ray (223.948 mph) set the fastest lap of the week on "Fast Friday."


2000 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole day - Saturday May 20
Pole qualifying began at 11 a.m. The weather was cool and cloudy. Al Unser, Jr. (220.293 mph) was the first car in the field. At 12:07 p.m., Eliseo Salazar took over the top spot with a run of 223.231 mph. Salazar remained on top for over an hour, as most cars waved off, awaiting better conditions.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole day - Saturday May 20
At 1:19 p.m., Juan Pablo Montoya took to the track. His run of 223.372 mph took over the provisional pole position. Greg Ray pulled his car out of line due to handling issues, and Team Menard announced they would go out later. Jimmy Vasser went out next, and at 221.976 mph, he was not able to join his Ganassi teammate on the front row.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole day - Saturday May 20
Later in the day, conditions improved slightly, and several cars returned to the track. At 3:49 p.m., Greg Ray completed his run at 223.471 mph, and secured the pole position. The front row of Ray, Montoya, and Salazar was separated by only 0.173 second, the closest such margin in Indy history. The front row shaped up such that the reigning champions of IRL (Ray) and CART (Montoya) would line up 1st-2nd.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole day - Saturday May 20
A total of 23 cars qualified for the field. Lyn St. James wrecked on her first attempt, flipping the car up on its side in the south chute. Also into the wall were Jimmy Kite, Scott Harrington, rookie Memo Gidley and veteran Hideshi Matsuda. None of the drivers were injured.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole day - Saturday May 20
Sarah Fisher (220.237 mph) qualified 19th, becoming the third female driver in Indy history.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump day - Sunday May 21
The second and final day of time trials opened with ten spots remaining. Raul Boesel was the first car out, and at 222.113 mph, he would be the fastest driver of the afternoon. After two wave-offs on Saturday, Billy Boat wrecked on his first attempt on Sunday. He would be forced to find a backup car.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump day - Sunday May 21
The field was filled to 33 cars by 5:50 p.m. Among the drivers who completed attempts were Jimmy Kite, Davey Hamilton, and popular hometown rookie Andy Hillenburg. Independent driver and co-owner Hillenburg was fielding a "throwback" entry named the Sumar Special, a gesture to the car driven by Pat O'Connor which won the pole position in 1957.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump day - Sunday May 21
Billy Boat secured a backup car with the Foyt team, but the car (#41, previously driven by Roberto Guerrero) only had one attempt left. After stalling three times trying to pull away, Boat's first two laps were fair. The car stalled on the third lap, and his speed dropped to 150 mph. It picked up for the final lap, and he ran it at 198 mph. His four lap average was 192.105 mph, by far the slowest car in the field, and he was the first car on the bubble.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump day - Sunday May 21
Lyn St. James and Dick Simon Racing reorganized after Saturday's crash, and she qualified comfortably. She bumped Boat with 25 minutes left in the day. With less than a minute until the 6 o'clock gun, Billy Boat climbed into another Foyt backup, (#11) a car that had not been driven all week. Boat managed a run of 218.872 mph out of the unproven machine. He shockingly bumped his way into the field as time expired.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump day - Sunday May 21
Davy Jones attempted a comeback after breaking his neck in 1997, but he was bumped.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Pre-race and rain delay
On Saturday May 27, the day before the Indy 500, Juan Pablo Montoya and Jimmy Vasser participated in the CART Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Nazareth Speedway. The race had been scheduled for April 11, but snow postponed it until the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Montoya finished 4th, and Vasser 7th.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Pre-race and rain delay
Jason Leffler, who qualified 17th at Indy, traveled to Charlotte on Saturday to participate in the NASCAR Busch Series Carquest Auto Parts 300. Leffler finished 21st at Charlotte. Also in Charlotte for part of the week was Robby Gordon, who was preparing to attempt the Indy 500/Coca-Cola 600 "Double Duty." Gordon required a provisional starting position for Charlotte, and he would line up 42nd. P. J. Jones was scheduled to stand by for Gordon at Charlotte if he could not make it in time for the start.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Pre-race and rain delay
On race day, Sunday May 28, the morning dawned warm and sunny, but rain was in the forecast. At 10:07 a.m., rain started to fall, and the start of the race was delayed. After three brief periods of showers, at approximately 12:40 p.m., the rain stopped and held off just long enough to complete the race. Track-drying efforts began, and at 2:01 p.m. EST, Mari Hulman George gave the command to start engines, and the field pulled away.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, First half
At the start, polesitter Greg Ray took the lead. Juan Pablo Montoya settled into second, and Robby Gordon third. A fast pace over the first 20 laps saw Ray dominate, with Montoya aggressively dicing through traffic, holding a close second place.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, First half
On lap 27, the leaders went four-wide through traffic, and Montoya took the lead for the first time. There would only be 6 laps that he would not be in front for the rest of the race. A few laps later, all the leaders were into the pits for the first round of green flag pit stops. On lap 33 Montoya emerged with the lead, and began to flex some strength. His lead grew from 11.9 seconds on lap 34 to over 21 seconds on lap 55.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, First half
A blistering pace over the first 60 laps saw thus far zero yellow flags. The average speed at lap 60 (150 miles) was an all-time record 207.101 mph. Montoya held a 30-second lead over second place Jimmy Vasser. On lap 66, however, Greg Ray became caught up in a wind gust, and his car pushed into the outside wall exiting turn two. Al Unser, Jr. hit a piece of debris, and punctured the radiator, causing him to drop out. It was the first caution of the day, setting a new modern era Indy record (66 laps) before the first yellow.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, First half
Montoya now lead Robby Gordon and Buddy Lazier. After the restart, however, Lyn St. James crashed into the outside wall in turn 1. Sarah Fisher was collected in the incident, and also crashed.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, First half
At the halfway point, Montoya still led. Vasser was second, about 5 seconds behind.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Second half
In the second half Juan Pablo Montoya continued to dominate. His teammate Jimmy Vasser, however, started to drop down the top ten. Buddy Lazier and Jeff Ward were now in the top three, all chasing Montoya.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Second half
On lap 143, Greg Ray returned to the track after lengthy repairs. His return did not last long, as he smacked the outside wall in turn two - close to the same place he crashed earlier - and he was finally out of the race. Ray became the fourth polesitter (Woodbury, Carter, and Guerrero) to finish last.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Second half
The green came back out on lap 150, with Montoya first and Lazier close behind in second. Rookie Sam Hornish, Jr. crashed on lap 158, but most of the leaders did not pit. On the restart on lap 162, Lazier made a run for the lead in turn one, but Montoya held him off.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Finish
Stan Wattles brought out the final yellow flag on lap 174 for a blown engine. Montoya and Lazier pitted, which allowed Jimmy Vasser to take over the lead. The green came out with 23 laps to go.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Finish
Vasser's lead did not last long, as Montoya got by him on lap 180. Lazier caught up to Vasser and passed him for second. Lazier set the fastest lap of the race (218.494 mph) on lap 198, but Montoya was too far ahead. Montoya pulled away and won the Indianapolis 500 in his first start by 7.1839 seconds over 1996 winner Buddy Lazier.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Box score
W  = former Indianapolis 500 winner;  R  = Indianapolis 500 rookie


2000 Indianapolis 500, Legacy
After the 2000 CART season, Juan Pablo Montoya signed with Williams, and thus did not return to defend his Indianapolis 500 championship in 2001. Later, Montoya switched to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and did not race again in the Indianapolis 500 until 2014. He has also raced in the U.S. Grand Prix, Brickyard 400, and Brickyard Grand Prix, all held at IMS. He won the 99th edition of the Indianapolis 500 in 2015.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Legacy
The 2000 Indy 500 marked a turning point in the ongoing, five-year "split" between IRL and CART. While neither side was prepared to make concessions towards a unification or buyout, it became evident that sponsors in the CART series desired to have their teams participate in the Indianapolis 500 to benefit from the increased exposure. Ganassi's arrival, and subsequent domination of the event led other CART-based teams to follow suit. Penske Racing considered an entry for 2000, but decided against it due to lack of preparation time.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Legacy
Furthermore, at the time, they only owned Riley & Scott chassis, which were deemed uncompetetive. Instead, Roger Penske and Tim Cindric lent support to Jason Leffler's car at Treadway Racing. The following year additional teams (namely Penske and Team Green) returned to Indianapolis with competitive efforts. By 2004, nearly all of the major teams from CART/Champ Car had either entered singly at Indy, or defected completely to the Indy Racing League. Despite these moves, a formal unification would not take place until 2008.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Legacy
CART-based Walker Racing also "crossed picket lines" to enter the 2000 race, but received little publicity for doing so. Noticeably neither of the team's full-time CART drivers (Bryan Herta and Shinji Nakano), were part of the effort. The attention for Walker was instead focused on their new driver, rookie Sarah Fisher, who would become a popular fixture in the IRL in the years to come.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Legacy, Statistics
Juan Pablo Montoya won the race from the 2nd starting position. It was the first time a driver had won from the middle of the front row since Mario Andretti in 1969. From 1911–1969, the second starting position statistically produced the most race winners (10 total), more so than even the pole position (which had produced only 7 winners at that time), a reflection of the Andretti curse. Montoya broke a 30-year streak of losses by the second starting position, including many years where the no. 2 starter failed to even finish the race. As of 2020 the second starting position has not produced any additional race winners, a win-loss record of 1-50.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Legacy, Statistics
Second place finisher Buddy Lazier (the 1996 winner) was the only car towards the end of the race that was in striking distance of Montoya, but a combination of slower pit stops and difficulties in traffic, thwarted any chance of victory. It was Lazier's second runner-up finish in three years, and fifth straight finish in the top 7. Lazier, however, would go on to win the 2000 IRL championship.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Legacy, Statistics
Greg Ray (67 laps) fell just seven laps short of breaking Bill Homeier's record of 74 laps for the last place finisher.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Legacy, Statistics
With Goodyear announcing in October 1999 that it was leaving the sport of open wheel racing indefinitely, the Speedway lost one of its fixtures in 2000. The Goodyear Blimp had flown over the Indy 500 in most years from 1925–1999, but was absent in 2000, in what was believed to be the first time in decades.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The race was carried live on the Indy Racing Radio Network. Mike King served as chief announcer. The broadcast was moved into a brand new studio on the 9th floor of the newly completed Pagoda control tower. The race was heard on 549 affiliates. Due to the rain delay, the broadcast came on-air for one hour, then signed off to wait out the delay. Hourly updates were aired, then the broadcast came back to cover the pre-race ceremonies and race in its entirety.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Several minor changes were made to the crew. Ken Double worked his final 500 on the network. Mark Jaynes moved from the pits to take over the turn three location vacated by one-year member Kevin O'Neal. Larry Rice and Mike Lewis joined the crew as pit reporters. This would be Rice's only year on the network. Vince Welch, formerly a pit reporter, left the crew and eventually would join ABC television. This was the last year of the Statistician position. Starting on 2001 there were no more full field rundowns every 25 laps.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Bob Lamey who joined the crew in 1988, and had become a fixture in turn 4, would be on the crew for the final time in 2000. Guests interviewed in the broadcast booth included Secretary of Defense William Cohen, John F. Fielder (BorgWarner), David Seuss (Northern Light), Kevin Forbes (IMS), Mark Miller (Nokia), and Ira Kisver (Pennzoil).


2000 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Chief Announcer: Mike KingDriver expert: Johnny RutherfordStatistician: Howdy BellHistorian: Donald DavidsonCommentary: Chris Economaki


2000 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Turn 1: Jerry BakerTurn 2: Ken DoubleTurn 3: Mark JaynesTurn 4: Bob Lamey


2000 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The race was carried live flag-to-flag coverage in the United States on ABC Sports. Al Michaels returned as host, with Bob Jenkins as announcer. Arie Luyendyk, who had announced his first retirement, joined the broadcast as analyst, alongside Tom Sneva.


2000 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
After a one-year absence, Jack Arute returned as a pit reporter, and Leslie Gudel was added as a fourth pit reporter. Back in the ABC studios, Robin Roberts had a small role as Wide World of Sports studio host.


2000 Indianapolis Colts season
The 2000 season was the Indianapolis Colts' 48th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 17th in Indianapolis. They finished second in the AFC East with a 10–6 record, but lost in overtime to their division rival Miami Dolphins in the wildcard round of the playoffs.


2000 Indianapolis Colts season
As in the previous season, the Colts once again sent Peyton Manning, Edgerrin James and Marvin Harrison to the Pro Bowl at the end of the season.


2000 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2
This was the first time the Raiders had ever visited Indianapolis, with their previous away game against the Colts having occurred as far back as 1975. This anomaly was due to old NFL scheduling formulas in place prior to 2002, whereby teams had no rotating schedule opposing members of other divisions within their own conference, but instead played interdivisional conference games according to position within a season's table.


2000 Indianapolis Colts season, Playoffs
The team earned a Wild Card berth to the playoffs as the No. 6 seed and traveled to Miami to face the Dolphins. The Dolphins turned the ball over three times in the first half as the Colts staked a 14–0 lead by halftime. Miami then outscored the Colts 17–3 in the second half to send it to overtime. The Colts had a chance to win the game with a 49-yard FG but Mike Vanderjagt's kick was wide right. The Dolphins then marched 61 yards in 11 plays, ending with a Lamar Smith game-winning touchdown.


2000 India–Bangladesh floods
2000 India–Bangladesh floods (Bengali: ২০০০ সালের ভারত-বাংলাদেশ বন্যা), also known as the flood of 2000 occurred in the districts of West Bengal, India and the India-Bangladesh border districts of Khulna Division in 2000. In the sudden flood, people left their houses and took shelter in refuge camps.


2000 India–Bangladesh floods, Cause of flood
Heavy rains took place during the monsoon season of 2000. This resulted in excess water accumulated in the Farakka Barrage built on the Ganges. This led the barrage authority to open the lockgate barrage in late August. As a result, the submersible water came running through the river Padma and the water entered the Jalangi river. This is why water was carried with water to reach the rivers of Nadia. After this, the Jangari dam broke down by flooding on Nadia.


2000 India–Bangladesh floods, Cause of flood
The flooding waters of running Ichamati River and flooding the North 24 Pargana district in West Bengal and Khulna Division in Bangladesh. Apart from this, water from Padma was flooded with many  districts of Khulna division and two districts of Barisal division. The flooding was more dangerous due to sediments in the Ichamati River, Kobadak River, Bhoirab River, Rupsa River, Choita River and Jamuna River in this area. This flood lasted for about one month.


2000 India–Bangladesh floods, Relief camp
People kept coming home and moved to the nearest safe place. The relief camp was opened for the poorly managed people. In India and Bangladesh, the number of such relief workers was more than thousands. Relief camps were opened at government institutions and schools to supply of food and drinking water to the flood affected people. Apart from the various volunteer organizations like Ramkrishna Mission and Math, various local clubs ran away with relief to the flood victims.


2000 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
The 2000 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the 35th edition of the World Championship  The final was held on 11/12 March, 2000 in Assen in the Netherlands.


2000 Individual Long Track World Championship
The 2000 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 30th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.


2000 Individual Long Track World Championship
The world title was won by Kelvin Tatum of England.


2000 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship
The 2000 European Individual Speedway Junior Championship was the third edition of the Championship.


2000 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


2000 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
The 2000 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 24th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. The event was won by Andreas Jonsson of Sweden and he also gained qualification to the Speedway Grand Prix Challenge.


2000 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, World final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


2000 Individual Speedway Latvian Championship
The 1998 Latvian Individual Speedway Championship was the 26th Latvian Individual Speedway Championship season. The final took place on 30 September 2000 in Daugavpils, Latvia.


2000 Individual Speedway Latvian Championship, Results
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


2000 Indonesia Open (badminton)
The 2000 Sanyo Indonesia Open in badminton was held in Jakarta, from July 19 to July 23, 2000. It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was US$150,000.


2000 Indonesian census
The Indonesia 2000 census or Indonesia Census 2000 was carried out with the fix-date 2000-06-30 and counted 203 million people, a revised figure of 206,264,595 people with estimates was deemed official. In some provinces, notably then secessionist Aceh, estimates had to be made, and the census was criticized internationally for significant underreporting.


2000 Indonesian census
The census also asked for ethnicity. 101 ethnic groups were identified, but there are probably thousands.


2000 Indonesian census
Between the year 2000 and 2010, there were various surveys conducted, including the 2007 nationwide Socio-economic survey.


2000 Indonesian census
The latest census conducted in Indonesia was the Indonesia 2010 Census, in which preliminary results have been trickling in.


2000 Indy Lights season
The 2000 Indy Light season (more commonly known as the 2000 CART Dayton Indy Lights Championship) was the 15th season of Indy Lights. The season consisted of 12 races with all of the races being supporter races for the 2000 CART season. The season would be dominated by Kiwi driver, Scott Dixon who captured six race victories to win the championship by nine points over American driver, Townsend Bell with Casey Mears coming in third.


2000 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Long Beach race
Held April 16 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Jonny Kane won the pole.


2000 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Milwaukee race
Held June 5 at The Milwaukee Mile. Scott Dixon won the pole.


2000 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Detroit race
Held June 18 at Belle Isle Raceway. Jonny Kane won the pole.


2000 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Portland race
Held June 25 at Portland International Raceway. Townsend Bell won the pole.


2000 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Michigan race
Held July 22 at Michigan International Speedway. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.


2000 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Chicago race
Held July 30 at The Chicago Motor Speedway. Chris Menninga won the pole.


2000 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Mid-Ohio race
Held August 13 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Jason Bright won the pole.


2000 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Vancouver race
Held September 3 at Pacific Place. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.


2000 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Laguna Seca race
Held September 10 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Casey Mears won the pole.


2000 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Gateway race
Held September 17 at The Gateway International Raceway. Townsend Bell won the pole.


2000 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Houston race
Held October 1 at The Houston Street Circuit. Casey Mears won the pole.


2000 Indy Lights season, Race summaries, Fontana race
Held October 29 at The California Speedway. Felipe Giaffone won the pole.


2000 Indy Lights season, Final points standings, Driver
For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).


2000 Indy Lights season, Complete Overview
R15=retired, but classified NS=did not start NT=no time set in qualifying


2000 Indy Racing League
The 2000 Indy Racing Northern Light Series was another season that saw a high level of parity, as only one driver, champion Buddy Lazier, won more than a single race. It also saw the beginning of the jump from CART as Al Unser Jr. moved to the series full-time and Chip Ganassi Racing came over to run the Indy 500, which it won with driver Juan Pablo Montoya. It was also the final season for the Riley & Scott chassis, which also saw its first series win in 2000.


2000 Indy Racing League
A planned race at Cleveland was cancelled on September 9, 2000, and reverted to a CART event.


2000 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Delphi Indy 200
This race was held January 29 at Walt Disney World Speedway. Greg Ray won the pole.


2000 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, MCI WorldCom Indy 200
This race was held March 19 at Phoenix International Raceway. Greg Ray won the pole.


2000 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Vegas Indy 300
This race was held April 22 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mark Dismore won the pole.


2000 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, 84th Indianapolis 500
The Indy 500 was held May 28 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Greg Ray sat on pole.


2000 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Casino Magic 500
This race was held June 11 at Texas Motor Speedway. Buddy Lazier won the pole.


2000 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Radisson 200
This race was held June 18 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Greg Ray won the pole.


2000 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Midas 500 Classic
This race was held July 15 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Greg Ray won the pole.


2000 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Belterra Resort Indy 300
The inaugural Indy Racing League event was held August 27 at Kentucky Speedway. Scott Goodyear won the pole.


2000 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Race summaries, Excite 500
This race was held October 15 at Texas Motor Speedway. Greg Ray won the pole.


2000 Indy Racing League, Season Summary, Final points standings
Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (3 points), the second best qualifier (2 points), the third best qualifier (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (2 point).


2000 Insight.com Bowl
The 2000 Insight.com Bowl was the 12th edition of the bowl game. It featured the Iowa State Cyclones and the Pittsburgh Panthers.


2000 Insight.com Bowl
Pitt scored first on a 72-yard touchdown pass from John Turman to Antonio Bryant, taking an early 7–0 lead. Iowa State answered with a 23-yard pass from Sage Rosenfels to Chris Anthony, tying the game at 7, at the end of the 1st quarter.


2000 Insight.com Bowl
In the second quarter, Joe Woodley scored on a 1-yard touchdown run for ISU making it 13–7. Ennis Haywood added a 3-yard touchdown run making it 20-7. Sage Rosenfels threw his second touchdown pass of the game, a 9 yarder to Chris Anthony, as Iowa State made it 27–7 at halftime.


2000 Insight.com Bowl
In the third quarter, Pitt quarterback Rod Rutherford scored on a 2-yard touchdown run, making it 27–14. John Turman later threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Bryant making it 27–20.


2000 Insight.com Bowl
In the fourth quarter, Iowa State's JaMaine Billups scored on a 72-yard punt return, bringing Iowa State to 34–20. Pitt's Nick Lotz kicked a 25-yard field goal, cutting the deficit to 34–23. Kevan Barlow scored on a 3-yard touchdown run, but the 2-point conversion attempt failed, leaving the score at 34–29. Iowa State's Carl Gomez kicked a 41-yard field goal to cap the scoring at 37–29.


2000 Insight.com Bowl
Sage Rosenfels and Reggie Hayward got the MVPs. This was Iowa State's first bowl victory in school history after four previous losses.


2000 Intercontinental Cup
The 2000 Intercontinental Cup, officially the 2000 Toyota European / South American Cup for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match played on 28 November 2000 between Real Madrid, winners of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League, and Boca Juniors, winners of the 2000 Copa Libertadores. The match was played at the neutral venue of the National Stadium in Tokyo in front of 52,511 fans. Martín Palermo was named as man of the match.


2000 Intercontinental Cup, Match details
Assistant referees: Liu Tiejun (China PR) Noboru Ishiyama (Japan)Fourth official: Naotsugu Fuse (Japan)


2000 Intercontinental Final
The 2000 Intercontinental Final was the twenty-second running of the Intercontinental Final and was the second last qualifying stage for Motorcycle speedway riders to qualify for the 2001 Speedway Grand Prix series. The Final was run on 12 August at the Holsted Speedway Center in Holsted, Denmark.


2000 International Formula 3000 Championship
The 2000 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-fourth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also sixteenth season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. It featured the 2000 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship which was contested over ten rounds from 8 April to 26 August 2000. Bruno Junqueira won the Drivers’ Championship and D2 Playlife Super Nova won the Teams’ title.


2000 International Formula 3000 Championship
For 2000, the FIA imposed an upper limit of 15 teams of 2 cars each, with one of the places reserved for the winning team of the 1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship; therefore, 7 bottom-ranked teams of 1999 would not have been eligible to advance to the next year. Portman-Arrows team collapsed midway through the 1999 championship, and 6 formerly competing teams were initially excluded from the 2000 championship.


2000 International Formula 3000 Championship
In between the seasons, RSM Marko managed to buy the Oreca's slot (at the same time adopting the name Red Bull Junior Team), Arden merged with Draco, and Coloni bought the slot from Team Martello, the winners of the Italian championship; therefore, only Monaco Motorsport, GP Racing and Durango were left behind. Additionally, West Competition was renamed to mySap.com, and the second Super Nova squad (former Den Blå Avis) continued to operate under the name of Petrobras Junior Team.


2000 International Formula 3000 Championship
As the FIA was changing the operational structure of Formula 3000 for the latter to be more of a proper seeder and supporting series for Formula One, a few F3000 teams announced their collaboration with Formula One teams. European Formula was confirmed as a junior team for Arrows instead of the de-funct Portman team, Team Astromega announced partnership with Minardi, and Super Nova announced two partnerships: with Benetton, as D2 Super Nova, and with Williams, as Petrobras Junior Team (former Den Blå Avis).


2000 International Formula 3000 Championship
Additionally, mySap.com was officially recognized as the McLaren junior team, Red Bull Junior Team retained the status of a junior team for Sauber, and Apomatox continued to run under Prost as Gauloises Formula. Although Arden's Darren Manning spent the full year as a BAR test driver, the BAR team opted not to work with Arden, and Ferrari, Jordan, and Jaguar also did not maintain active partnerships with any of the Formula 3000 teams.


2000 International Formula 3000 Championship, Drivers and teams
The following drivers and teams contested the 2000 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.


2000 International Formula 3000 Championship, Drivers and teams
All cars were Lola B99/50s powered by Zytek V8 engines.


2000 International Formula 3000 Championship, Complete overview
R20=retired, but classified R=retired NC=not classified NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify NT=no time set in qualifying DIS(2)=disqualified after finishing in second place (6)DIS=disqualified after finishing sixth in qualifying


2000 International League season
The 2000 International League season took place from April to September 2000.


2000 International League season
The Indianapolis Indians defeated the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons to win the league championship.


2000 International League season, Playoffs, Division series
North Division Champion Buffalo (86-59) faced Wild Card winner, Scranton (85-60). Winner: Scranton


2000 International League season, Playoffs, Division series
South Division Champion Durham (81-62) faced West Division Champion Indianapolis (81-63). Winner: Indianapolis


2000 International League season, Playoffs, Championship series
Indianapolis faced the Memphis Redbirds from the Pacific Coast League in the Triple-A World Series.


2000 International League season, Playoffs, Championship series
Indianapolis won the series 3 games to one. This would be the last World Series held until 2006 when the two league agreed on a one game playoff to determine the Triple A Champion.


2000 International Rules Series
The 2000 International Rules Series was the seventh annual International Rules Series and the third time that a test series of international rules football has been played between Ireland and Australia since the series resumed in 1998.


2000 International Rules Series
The series was played in Ireland over two test matches and was won by Australia, who recorded a clean sweep by winning both test matches and defeating the host nation on an aggregate margin of 123–98 points. The win was Australia's first since the series recommenced under the two test format in 1998 and was notable for the fact that it produced a then record crowd for a home international for any Irish team, in the second test.


2000 International Rules Series, Series overview
Coming into the series, Ireland were defending champions and had won both of the series' played in 1998 and 1999. Captained by James Hird however, the Australian side scored a memorable win in the first test match, coming from 9 points down at half time and 6 points down at three quarter time, despite the fact the only goal of the match came from the home side's Graham Geraghty in the second quarter. Despite Ireland maintaining its advantage of 5–15 points for much of the match, as the Irish publication Hogan Stand wrote, "the homesters visibly tired [and]...Australia proceeded to add 14 points in a charge for the finishing line. In contrast, Ireland could only manage just one point."


2000 International Rules Series, Series overview
The second test was dominated by Australia, with Sydney Swans forward Michael O'Loughlin scoring 17 points in a dominant display up forward. The Australians "swamped" Ireland in the first quarter, taking a 20–6 lead at quarter time, before O'Loughlin and Justin Leppitsch each scored goals in the second quarter to extend Australia's lead to a whopping 28 points at half time. To their credit, Ireland clawed back to 14 points down eight minutes into the last quarter, through two overs to Dermot Earley and one to Seamus Moynihan. But Australia had enough fitness on their side to see out the win, thanks to late overs to Blake Caracella and Adam Yze, who kicked three overs apiece for the match.


2000 International Rules Series, Series overview
Essendon premiership captain and Australian captain James Hird was awarded the Jim Stynes Medal as best afield throughout the series. Hird was named amongst the best players both matches and he remains the only Australian player in AFL history to lead a team to both premiership and national success in the one year.


2000 International Rules Series, Squads, Ireland squad
Cormac Sullivan, Finbar Cullen, Darren Fay, Sean Marty Lockhart  Sean Og de Paor, Eoin Sexton, Anthony Rainbow, Seamus Moynihan  Anthony Tohill, Paidraig Joyce, Trevor Giles (C), Dermot Earley, Larry Reilly  Graham Geraghty, Peter Canavan, Gerard Cavlan, Mark Crossan Eoin Gormley, Kieran McGeeney, Paul McGrane, Ciaran McManus, Brian Stynes


2000 International Rules Series, Squads, Australian squad
Jason Akermanis,Justin Blumfield,Craig Bradley,Nathan Brown,Wayne Campbell,Blake Caracella,Trent Croad,Simon Goodwin,Damien Hardwick,Brent Harvey,Chris Heffernan,James Hird (C),Brad Johnson,Andrew Kellaway (GK),David King,Steven King,Justin Leppitsch,Andrew McLeod,Michael O'Loughlin,Luke Power,Brett Ratten,Mark Ricciuto,Rohan H. Smith,Scott West,Shane Woewodin,Adem Yze


2000 International Rules Series, Matches, First test (8 October)
Overs: Earley 2, B. Stynes 2, Calvan 2, Reilly, Geraghty, Canavan, Moran, Rainbow


2000 International Rules Series, Matches, First test (8 October)
Overs: Leppitsch 4, Caracella 4, Harvey, Hird, Blumfield, Smith, Brown, Croad


2000 International Rules Series, Matches, Second test (15 October)
Overs: Earley 4, B. Stynes 2, McManus, Rainbow, Cullen, Tohill, Geraghty, Giles


2000 International Rules Series, Matches, Second test (15 October)
Overs: O'Loughlin 3, Caracella 3, Yze 3, Leppitsch, McLeod, Riccuito, Power, West, Croad


2000 Internationaux de Strasbourg
The 2000 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2000 WTA Tour. The tournament took place at the Centre Sportif de Hautepierre in Strasbourg, France, from 22 May until 27 May 2000. Sixth-seeded Silvija Talaja won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


2000 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Finals, Doubles
Sonya Jeyaseelan /  Florencia Labat defeated  Kim Grant /  María Vento 6–4, 6–3


2000 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo
The 2000 Torneo Internazionali Femminili di Palermo was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Palermo, Italy that was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2000 WTA Tour. It was the 13th edition of the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo and took place from 10 July until 16 July 2000. Unseeded Henrieta Nagyová won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.


2000 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Finals, Doubles
Silvia Farina Elia /  Rita Grande defeated  Ruxandra Dragomir /  Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6–4, 0–6, 7–6(8–6)


2000 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Doubles
Tina Križan and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to tournament winners Silvia Farina and Rita Grande.


2000 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Doubles
Silvia Farina and Rita Grande won the title by defeating Ruxandra Dragomir and Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–4, 0–6, 7–6(8–6) in the final.


2000 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Singles
Anastasia Myskina was the defending champion, but lost in first round to Justine Henin.


2000 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Singles
Henrieta Nagyová won the title by defeating Pavlina Nola 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses
In the United States, the 2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses (held January 24) were the first major test of the leading contenders for the Democratic Party's nomination as its candidate for the 2000 presidential election.


2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, Campaign
Vice President Al Gore was seen as the frontrunner for the nomination. Bill Bradley was seen as a non-threat. Al Gore campaigned in Des Moines, Iowa in May 1999. Bradley, knowing he was the outsider, campaigned tirelessly. Gore successfully painted Bradley as aloof and indifferent to the plight of farmers in rural America. The Vice President received the endorsement from the Governor of Iowa Tom Vilsack and Senator Tom Harkin and had a tremendous lead over Senator Bradley. But a devastating loss for the Gore camp was when Bradley got the endorsement of the Des Moines Register. Bradley started to gain momentum and the race become closer. A week before the caucus polls had it 40% to 49% in Gore’s favor. On January 23, 2000, a day before the primary polls had Al Gore winning by 2 or 3 points.


2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, 2000 results
Al Gore won 93 of Iowa's 99 counties. Gore even beat Bradley in the Des Moines area. This Caucus had low voter turnout. Bill Bradley lost the rest of the primaries by large margins and Al Gore would eventually lose the general election to Governor of Texas George W. Bush.


2000 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
The 2000 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the second season for head coach Kirk Ferentz.


2000 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
Despite being 42-point underdogs, Iowa marched for a touchdown on their opening possession to take a 7-0 lead. Later in the first half, the Hawkeyes closed within 14-13 after Nate Kaeding's second field goal. Nebraska stretched the margin with a long touchdown pass on the final play of the first half and two touchdowns in the final 1:27 of the game.


2000 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Michigan State
The Hawkeyes snapped a 13-game losing streak in capturing Coach Ferentz's first Big Ten win.


2000 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Penn State
This was the first of five consecutive Hawkeye victories (and 8 of 9) in the series.


2000 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Northwestern
The Hawkeyes never trailed in knocking off the #12/#18 Wildcats. It was the first time in three years that Iowa had won consecutive games.


2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses
The 2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses took place on January 24, 2000. The Iowa Republican caucuses are an unofficial primary, with the delegates to the state convention selected proportionally via a straw poll. The Iowa caucuses marked the traditional formal start of the delegate selection process for the 2000 United States presidential election.


2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses
Prior to the 2000 caucuses, as in previous election cycles with a competitive presidential race, an unofficial Ames Straw Poll was held, on August 14, 1999. The official one, electing delegates to the state convention, was held on January 24, 2000, the same day as the Democratic contest. In the Ames Straw Poll, George W. Bush finished first with 31% of the vote. In the January 2000 caucuses, Bush again finished first with 41% of the vote.


2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, January 2000 procedure
Unlike the Democratic caucus, the Republican Party does not use voting rounds or have minimum requirements for a percent of votes. The Republican version is done with a straw vote of those attending the caucus. This vote is sometimes done by a show of hands or by dividing themselves into groups according to candidate. However, officially it is done with voters receiving a blank piece of paper with no names on it, and the voter writing a name and placing it in a ballot box.


2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, January 2000 procedure
Following the straw poll, delegates are then elected from the remaining participants in the room, as most voters leave once their vote is cast. All delegates are officially considered unbound, but media outlets either apportion delegates proportionally or apportion them in terms of winner-take-all by counties. In precincts that elect only one delegate, the delegate is chosen by majority vote and the vote must be by paper ballot. The state party strongly urges that delegates reflect the results of the preference poll, but there is no obligation that they do so.


2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, The Ames Straw Poll
The 2000 Ames straw poll was held at Iowa State University (Ames)'s Hilton Coliseum on August 14, 1999. This was primarily a fundraising event for the state's Republican Party, and only Iowa residents who paid the $25 price for a ticket were eligible to vote. Tickets were available through the various presidential campaigns and the Iowa Republican Party's headquarters.


2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, The Ames Straw Poll
In general, the candidates bought large blocks of tickets and gave them out for free to whoever agreed to go and vote for that candidate. The candidates also rented buses to transport voters to Ames.


2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, The Ames Straw Poll
George W. Bush finished first with 31% of the vote, followed by Steve Forbes (21%), Elizabeth Dole (14%), and Gary Bauer (9%). Eight other candidates shared the remaining 25% of the vote.


2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, Results of the January 2000 caucuses
Three candidates won majorities or pluralities in the individual counties: George W. Bush, Steve Forbes, and Gary Bauer. The McCain campaign chose to skip the Iowa caucuses and instead campaign in New Hampshire, where McCain would win a landslide victory eight days later.


2000 Iowa Senate election
The 2000 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2000 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in half of the state senate's districts--the 25 even-numbered state senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate, with half of the seats up for election each cycle. A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the year 2000 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly


2000 Iowa Senate election
The primary election on June 6, 2000 determined which candidates appeared on the November 7, 2000 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here. General election results can be obtained here.


2000 Iowa Senate election
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 30 seats to Democrats' 20 seats.


2000 Iowa Senate election
To reclaim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 6 Senate seats.


2000 Iowa Senate election
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 2000 general election with the balance of power remaining unchanged with Republicans holding 30 seats and Democrats having 20 seats.