GAMES OF THE XXVII OLYMPIAD, THE {2000 SYDNEY OLYMPICS}: DAY 2 {PART 1 OF 4} (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 2000 summer Games of the XXVII Olympiad from Sydney. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics: Anchor sports commentator Bob Costas presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights. Sports commentator Al Trautwig highlights Michellie Jones (Australia) and covers first ever Olympic women's triathlon. Trautwig profiles Sheila Taormina (USA) and Loretta Harrop (Australia). Sports commentator Ernie Johnson provides a retrospective of the career of weightlifter Halil Mutlu (Turkey). Johnson covers the men's 56kg weightlifting clean and jerk event. Halil Mutlu (Turkey) wins the gold medal with a score of 305; Wenxiong Wu (China) wins the silver medal with a score of 287.5; and Xiangxiang Zhang (China) wins the bronze medal with a score of 287.5. Sports commentators Rowdy Gaines and Dan Hicks cover the women's 400-meter individual swimming medley finals. Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) wins the gold medal with a time of 4:33:59; Yasuko Tajima (Japan) wins the silver medal with a time of 4:35:96; and Beatrice Caslaru (Romania) wins the bronze medal with a time of 4:37:18. Gaines and Hicks profile swimmer Ian Thorpe (Australia). Gaines and Hicks provide coverage of the men's 400-meter freestyle swimming final. Ian Thorpe (Australia) wins the gold medal with a time of 3:40:59; Massimiliano Rosolino (Italy) wins the silver medal with a time of 3:43:40; and Klete Keller (USA) wins the bronze medal with a time of 3:47:00. Sports commentator Jim Gray interviews Thorpe about his gold medal win. Trautwig interviews Jones about her triathlon event. Gaines and Hicks interview swimmer Jenny Thompson (USA). Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Visa credit cards; and McDonald’s restaurants.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: September 16, 2000
- RUNNING TIME: 01:33:13
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 112000
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Olympic Games, 2000, Summer, Sydney; Olympics; Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Triathlon, individual women; Weightlifting, 56kg men; Swimming, 400m individual medley women; Swimming, 400m freestyle men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Budweiser
- TV - Commercials - Coca-Cola
- TV - Commercials - Kodak
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's
- TV - Commercials - Olympics.com by IBM
- TV - Commercials - UPS
- TV - Commercials - Visa
CREDITS
- Bob Costas … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Al Trautwig … Sports Commentator
- Ernie Johnson … Sports Commentator
- Dan Hicks … Sports Commentator
- Rowdy Gaines … Sports Commentator
- Jim Gray … Sports Commentator
- Halil Mutlu … Athlete
- Xiangxiang Zhang … Athlete
- Wenxiong Wu … Athlete
- Ian Thorpe … Athlete
- Massimiliano Rosolino … Athlete
- Klete Keller … Athlete
- Michellie Jones … Athlete
- Sheila Taormina … Athlete
- Loretta Harrop … Athlete
- Yana Klochkova … Athlete
- Yasuko Tajima … Athlete
- Beatrice Caslaru … Athlete
- Jenny Thompson … Athlete