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The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, held from 15 September through 1 October, were a complete success and confirmed the Summer Olympic games as the most important and popular sport event in the world. More than 10000 athletes from 200 countries participated. Millions of visitors were attracted to the host country and billions of people watched the games on television all over the world.
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Lozano, S., Villa, G., Guerrero, F., Cortés, P. (2015). Measuring the Performance of Nations at The Summer Olympics Using Data Envelopment Analysis. In: Wright, M. (eds) Operational Research Applied to Sports. OR Essentials. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137534675_10
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