Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics with two golds and three in overall. The men's rowing events became most notable for Great Britain's Steve Redgrave, who won his fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal for the coxless four. He first won at Los Angeles in 1984, followed by gold medals in 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000, a record span of 16 years between his first and last gold medal. It was also his sixth overall Olympic medal, having won the bronze in 1988 for the coxed pair. At age 38, Redgrave also became the oldest male rower to win an Olympic gold medal, until he was surpassed
China at the Olympics table tennis, China again won all four golds in table tennis. Chen Zhong won China's first taekwondo gold medal in "women's +67kg". Jiang Cuihua won bronze in "women's track time trial", China's first medal in cycling. No ball-games team entered the final four, the worst performance China's since Olympic history. China won 32 golds and ranked 2nd at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece. Liu Xiang became the first Chinese male athlete to win gold medal in an Olympic track event, "110 m hurdles", equaling the world record of 12.91 seconds. He became the China's flag bearer at the