Bahrain at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Bahrain competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Fatema Hameed Gerashi, who represented Bahrain in swimming, was the youngest competitor of any event and any nationality at the Games, aged only 12., The Times, September 22, 2000 She was also, with runner Mariam Mohamed Hadi Al Hilli, one of the first ever female competitors to represent Bahrain at the Olympics - although two women had previously competed for Bahrain at the Paralympic Games in 1984., International Paralympic Committee

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 800m

• Mohamed Saleh Naji Haidara
1. Round 1 — 01:56.64 (did not advance)

Women's 100m

• Mariam Mohamed Hadi Al Hilli
1. Round 1 — 13.98 (did not advance)

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Dawood Yosuf Mohamed Jassim
1. Preliminary Heat — 1:02.45 (did not advance)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Fatema Hameed Gerashi
1. Preliminary Heat — DSQ (did not advance)

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