ABSTRACT
The Sydney Olympics was heralded by many, including Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as the best Games ever. From a British perspective, the Games were certainly successful in terms of medals won, but perhaps the plaudits were meant in a wider context: the Games appeared to run smoothly, sportsmen and women appeared complimentary – certainly nothing comparable to the transport and accommodation problems encountered in Atlanta – and relatively few competitors ‘cheated’.1
