the sydney 2000 olympic and paralympic games - Australian Sports ...

PART FOUR : NSW GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GAMES SUPPORT SERVICES
• Planning, management and operation of the Games Doping Control Program. A total of 2,100 doping
tests for the Games competition and a further 700 out-of-competition tests were conducted. Blood
erythropoietin (EPO) tests were introduced for the first time at an Olympic Games.
• Providing medical care to athletes, members of the Olympic Family, spectators, staff, volunteers,
contractors and media.
• Providing communications and logistical support to National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and
the IOC.
• Providing language services for maintenance of the two official languages (English and French) and
meeting communication needs of all members of the Olympic Family. For the Sydney Games, 88
interpreters were contracted, a significant number of which were recruited from overseas, and
together with 898 specialist volunteers were assigned across competition venues, Main Press Centre,
Athletes Village and Olympic Family hotels.
Games Workforce
Total expenditure incurred by the Games Workforce Division was $79.1 million.
The Division had overall responsibility for planning, recruitment and training of paid and temporary staff,
volunteers and contractors; workforce administration, communications and development and
implementation of workforce policies and procedures; staff deployment and personnel-related services at
venues; transition to Paralympics; and designing, procuring and distributing uniforms.
There were over 80,000 staff, volunteers and contractors engaged during the Olympic Games. The
recruitment, training and deployment of these resources represented the most complex and extensive
peace time personnel challenge that Australia has witnessed. Furthermore the Sydney 2000 Workforce
was widely acclaimed for its outstanding contribution to the success of the Games, particularly the
efforts of the 46,000 volunteers for the Olympic Games and a further 15,000 volunteers for the
Paralympic Games.
Villages
SOCOG worked with OCA in the planning, development management, fitout and operations at the
Olympic, Media and Technical Officials Villages. Total gross expenditure was $191.8 million. Almost $41
million in revenue was generated, principally from residents at the Media Village.
Athletes Village
The Athletes Village was open from 2 September to 4 October 2000 and was the first in Games history to
provide for all athletes and team officials in the one location. The Village accommodated over 15,000
athletes and officials and was immediately adjacent to Sydney Olympic Park.
The Village fully met athletes residential requirements delivering wholesome, fresh, familiar food,
comfortable accommodation and clean facilities as well as providing for their transport, security, retail,
recreation, entertainment, medical and informational needs.
High quality food was provided at two dining outlets. The Main Dining Hall seated 4,900 people at a time
and covered 14,800 square metres. The Casual Dining Facility seated 500 people in the Residential Zone
and 200 in the International Zone.
There were 1,500 items each day on four menus – international, vegetarian, halal and kosher. During the
Games’ peak, 62,000 meals a day were served. Two million litres of bottled water, 150,000 litres of milk,
110,000 kg of beef, 82,000 kg of seafood and 10,000 kg of pasta were consumed over the course of the
Games. The 250 chefs at the Village were recruited from across Australia and the world.
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