Host City Selection
Sydney won the right to host the Games on 24 September 1993, after being selected over Beijing, Berlin, Istanbul and Manchester in four rounds of voting, at the 101st IOC Session in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
| 2000 Summer Olympics bidding results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | NOC Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |
| Sydney | Australia | 30 | 30 | 37 | 45 | |
| Beijing | China | 32 | 37 | 40 | 43 | |
| Manchester | Great Britain | 11 | 13 | 11 | — | |
| Berlin | Germany | 9 | 9 | — | — | |
| Istanbul | Turkey | 7 | — | — | — | |
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