<P> The final medal tally was led by the United States, followed by Russia and China with host Australia at fourth place overall . Several World and Olympic records were broken during the games . With little or no controversies, the games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of competition amongst nations across the world . </P> <P> Sydney won the right to host the Games on 24 September 1993, after being selected over Beijing, Berlin, Istanbul and Manchester in four rounds of voting, at the 101st IOC Session in Monte Carlo, Monaco . The Australian city of Melbourne had lost out to Atlanta for the 1996 Summer Olympics four years earlier . Beijing lost its bid to host the games to Sydney in 1993, but was later awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics in July 2001, and it would eventually be awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics twenty - two years later in 2015 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> 2000 Summer Olympics bidding results </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> City </Th> <Th> NOC Name </Th> <Td> Round 1 </Td> <Td> Round 2 </Td> <Td> Round 3 </Td> <Td> Round 4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sydney </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> 45 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Beijing </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> 43 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Manchester </Td> <Td> Great Britain </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Berlin </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Istanbul </Td> <Td> Turkey </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> 2000 Summer Olympics bidding results </Th> </Tr>

Sydney won the right to host the 2000 olympics after defeating which city by just two votes