Kammala wannan jumla: Fatou Dieng tana da shekaru 16 a lokacin wasannin Olympics na Sydney, kuma tana yin wasan Olympics ne kawai. Ita ce mace ta farko da Mauritania ta taba turawa gasar Olympics. A ranar 23 ga watan Satumba, ta shiga zagaye na farko na zagaye na biyu na zagaye na biyu na zagaye na biyu.
mata mita 100, kuma an jawo shi zuwa zagaye na bakwai. Ta gama tseren a cikin dakika 13.69, na tara kuma na ƙarshe a cikin zafinta, kuma sama da dakika biyu a baya ga wanda ya lashe zafin, Chandra Sturrup na Bahamas. A cikin taron gabaɗaya, lambar zinare ba ta da komai saboda asalin lambar zinare Marion Jones ta Amurka ta yarda da amfani da steroid kuma ta rasa lambobin yabo da sakamakon wasannin Sydney. A hukumance, lambobin yabo a cikin taron suna hannun Ekaterini Thanou na Girka da Tayna Lawrence (wanda ya lashe lambar tagulla ta asali) na Jamaica suna raba azurfa, kuma Merlene Ottey, ita ma ta Jamaica, wacce ta kammala na huɗu, an ba ta tagulla. An bar zinare babu kowa saboda Thanou, wanda ya lashe lambar azurfa ta asali, tana da nata matsalar rashin gwajin kwayoyi a wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2004