2000 Summer Olympics cauldron New South Wales. The Sydney Olympic Park Cauldron is of State historic significance as the culmination of the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games on 15 September 2000. The opening ceremony is considered to be a triumph of Australian showmanship which was watched by hundreds of millions of people around the world. It is also a reminder of Sydney's success and honour in having hosted the Millennium Games. The place has a strong or special association with a person, or group of persons, of importance of cultural or natural history of New South Wales's history. The Sydney Olympic Park
Libya at the 2000 Summer Olympics number of Libyans at any one Summer Olympics was 29 at the 1980 Moscow Games. There were three male athletes in the Libyan team for the 2000 Summer Olympics, one in athletics, one in judo and one in taekwondo. The nation had been represented by judokas previously at the 1992 Games, but it was the first time that a Libyan had competed in taekwondo at the Summer Olympics which became an official Olympic sport at the 2000 Games. Adel Edeli was the only competitor in athletics for Libya at the 2000 Summer Olympics; he took part in the men's marathon