The People's Republic of China competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

The team excluded athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, after the territory's return to Chinese rule in 1997, and which competed separately as Hong Kong, China.

[2] Defending silver medalist He Ying was defeated by one of the Korean women in the round of 16.

The Chinese women's gymnastics team won the bronze medal but their medals were stripped ten years later, in 2010, due to Dong Fangxiao's age at the time of the competition.

One man and three women competed for the People's Republic of China in the sailing competition at the 2000 Olympics, in three events.