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=Introduction: = Officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games took place in Sydney, Australia. Australia is one of the few countries lucky enough to host the Olympic Games more than once. The last time Australia hosted the Games was in 1956 in Melbourne. At the games 99 nations competed, with Afganistan being the only nation that competed in the 1996 Olympics and not in the Sydney Olympics. In total 6.7 million people bought tickets for the olympics, 10,651 athletes (6,582 men, 4,069 women) competed and 31 sports (33 if you include demonstration sports) were played. In addition, thirty sports venues were used, of which fifteen had to be constructed from stratch just for the Olympics.

=**The impact of the Sydney Olympics on the Economy of Australia:** = Australia invested over 6 billion Australian dollars to prepare for the games. While the immediate revenues from ticket sales, advertising and TV fees did not recoup this investment, the benefits to Sydney, in the long term, justified the investment. According to the New South Whales Treasurey, there is "likely to be significant net economic benefits flowing from the Olympics". For instance, the publicity the Olympics brought increased and is still increasing the number of tourists entering the city, region and even the country as a whole. The publicity also opened up substantial business opportunities. In addition, Sydney is still gaining money from the advertisement the olympics brought, it is estimated that the international exposure alone, provided by the Olympics, was worth over 6.1 billion Australian dollars.

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**The impact of the Sydney Olympics on the Society of Australia:** The Olympics had a huge positive impact on the Australian Society. It brought communities in Australia together to watch the games. A good example of this was Cathy Freeman's success in winning a gold medal in the 400 metre race. Cathy Freeman was the first Aboriginal athlete ever to win a medal in an Olympic Games and her success and the support she received from all Australians helped integrate the Aboriginal people with the rest of the population.


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**The impact of the Sydney Olympics on the Environment of Australia:** Commonly known as the 'Green Olympics', the Sydney Olympics was famous for being environmentally friendly. Whenever possible existing buildings were reused and refurnished for the games and 9 out of 28 sporting competitions were held in existing venues. In addition, buildings which had to be constructed from new, incorporated recycled material in the construction. For instance, 220,000 cubic metres of concrete and rubble from the demolished homebush abattoir was reused at the Homebush Bay site. Another example is at the Athletic Centre, where 40,000 cubic metres of earth excavated during construction was reused for the creation of grassed embankments. There are also many other ways in which the sydney olympics were environmentally friendly such as conserving water.

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**Conclusion:** In summary, the Sydney Olympics has shown that these games can have a very positive economic, social and even environmental impact on a city. London and other cities holding the olympics in the future could really learn from Sydney.

=**//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">By: //**= =**//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">Patrick McEnroe //**=