2000s in Sports

Five Olympic Games were held in this decade

2000 XXVII Summer Olympics - Sydney, Australia (most gold medal wins USA)
2002 XIX Winter Olympics - Salt Lake City, USA (most gold medal wins Norway)
2004 XXVIII Summer Olympics - Athens, Greece (most gold medal wins USA)
2006 XX Winter Olympics - Turin, Italy (most gold medal wins Germany)
2008 XXIX Summer Olympics - Beijing, China (most gold medal wins China)

Famous quotes containing the word sports:

    There be some sports are painful, and their labor
    Delight in them sets off. Some kinds of baseness
    Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters
    Point to rich ends.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)