British Virgin Islands at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee was recognized by the International Olympic Committee on 31 December 1981.[1] The British Virgin Islands joined Olympic competition at the 1984 Winter Olympics, and have participated in every Summer Olympic Games since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.[2] Sydney was therefore their fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics.[2] The Islands have never won an Olympic medal.[2] The 2000 Summer Olympics were held from 15 September to 1 October 2000; a total of 10,651 athletes represented 199 National Olympic Committees.[3] The delegation to Sydney consisted of a single athlete, Keita Cline.[4] He was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.[2]

Keita Cline was 25 years old at the time of the Sydney Olympics; the US Virgin Islands native had previously represented the British Virgin Islands at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he participated in the 4 × 100 metres relay and the long jump.[5] His only event was the men's 200 meters, and on 27 September he was drawn into heat four of nine of the first round.[6] The top three in a heat, plus the next five overall fastest athletes advanced to the quarterfinals.[6] He finished his heat in a time of 21.42 seconds, seventh and last in his heat, and was eliminated, the slowest qualifying time being 20.95 seconds.[6] The gold medal was eventually won by Konstantinos Kenteris of Greece in a time of 20.09 seconds, the silver was won by Darren Campbell of Great Britain, and the bronze by Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago.[7]

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only