Tonga at the 2000 Summer Olympics Tonga at the 2000 Summer Olympics Tonga sent a delegation to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia from 15 September to 1 October 2000. Sydney was Tonga's fifth consecutive appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. The Tongan delegation to Sydney consisted of two track and field athletes; Toluta'u Koula and Ana Siulolo Liku; and weightlifter Tevita Kofe Ngalu. Neither of the track athletes advanced beyond the first round of their events, while Ngalu came 13th in the men's 105 kg category. The Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee was recognized by the International Olympic Committee on
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