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Sydney won the bid to host the 2000´s Olympics against Beijing, Berlin, Istanbul, and Manchester.

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It was deserved for Australia due to its continuous support of the Olympic movement, as one of the few nations that had never missed an Olympic Games, along with Greece, Great Britain, Switzerland and France.

Thus, Games were scheduled between September 15 and October 1, springtime in the southern hemisphere to ensure warm weather.

199 nations were present, with the absence of Afghanistan, banned due to the Taliban regime, and the presence of 4 athletes of East Timor competing under the Olympic Flag as their country was still unrecognised.

Although the town of Sydney is hilly, marathon´s organising committee designed a point-to-point course, going from North Sidney Oval to the Olympic Stadium, with only a few hills and turns, and the last 500 metres within the stadium.

Women´s race was scheduled for September 24 at 9.00.

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