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Brian Cazeneuve's
2004 Olympic Medal Picks
Swimming
U.S. OUTLOOK: The men's team, made up of Michael Phelps, Gary Hall Jr. and half of Texas, hasn't been this solid since 1976. Headed by vets Jenny Thompson and Amanda Beard, the women's team has five members returning from a strong 2000 squad.
Men's 50-meter freestyle
Gold U.S. Gary Hall Jr.
Silver South Africa Roland Schoeman
Bronze Russia Alexander Popov
Watch for Hall to arrive at the pool deck in boxing trunks and a boxing robe.
Men's 100-meter freestyle
Gold Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband
Silver Russia Alexander Popov
Bronze U.S. Jason Lezak
Pieter's mother, Astrid Verver, swam to silver at the '71 European championships.
Men's 200-meter freestyle
Gold Australia Ian Thorpe
Silver Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband
Bronze U.S. Michael Phelps
This event is the biggest question for Phelps, who could win it or miss a medal.
Men's 400-meter freestyle
Gold Australia Ian Thorpe
Silver Australia Grant Hackett
Bronze U.S. Klete Keller
Aussie Craig Stevens ceded his spot to Thorpe, who false-started at the trials.
Men's 1,500-meter freestyle
Gold Australia Grant Hackett
Silver U.S. Larsen Jensen
Bronze Great Britain David Davies
Hackett has won every major 1,500 race since 1999 by at least five seconds.
Men's 100-meter backstroke
Gold U.S. Aaron Peirsol
Silver Australia Matt Welsh
Bronze U.S. Lenny Krayzelburg
Aaron's sister, Hayley, won a world silver in the non-Olympic 1,500 free last year.
Men's 200-meter backstroke
Gold U.S. Aaron Peirsol
Silver Great Britain Gregor Tait
Bronze France Simon Dufour
Phelps passed on this race (and a likely silver) after Peirsol beat him at trials.
Men's 100-meter breaststroke
Gold U.S. Brendan Hansen
Silver Japan Kosuke Kitajima
Bronze Great Britain Darren Mew
Hansen's world record (59.30) broke the minute barrier for U.S. swimmers.
Men's 200-meter breaststroke
Gold U.S. Brendan Hansen
Silver Japan Kosuke Kitajima
Bronze Australia Jim Piper
Hansen was third in both breaststroke events at the 2000 trials.
Men's 100-meter butterfly
Gold U.S. Ian Crocker
Silver U.S. Michael Phelps
Bronze Ukraine Andrii Serdinov
Crocker (gold) and Phelps (silver) both broke the world record at '03 worlds.
Men's 200-meter butterfly
Gold U.S. Michael Phelps
Silver Japan Takashi Yamamoto
Bronze Poland Pawel Korzeniowski
Phelps, then 15, swam this as his only event at the Sydney Games.
Men's 200-meter individual medley
Gold U.S. Michael Phelps
Silver Brazil Thiago Pereira
Bronze Trinidad & Tobago George Bovell
Phelps has the seven fastest times in history.
Men's 400-meter individual medley
Gold U.S. Michael Phelps
Silver Hungary Laszlo Cseh
Bronze Italy Alessio Boggiatto
Phelps lowered his world record to 4:08.41 at last month's Olympic trials.
Men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay
Gold U.S.
Silver Australia
Bronze South Africa
It's wide open. Italy and world champion Russia could easily win a medal.
Men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay
Gold Australia
Silver U.S.
Bronze Italy
The Aussies drowned the Yanks by 5.59 seconds to win Sydney gold.
Men's 4×100-meter medley relay
Gold U.S.
Silver Australia
Bronze Russia
Expect the U.S. to break its own world record, set last summer.
Women's 50-meter freestyle
Gold Netherlands Inge de Bruijn
Silver Australia Libby Lenton
Bronze Australia Michelle Englesman
De Bruijn won four medals (three gold) in Sydney.
Women's 100-meter freestyle
Gold Australia Libby Lenton
Silver Netherlands Inge de Bruijn
Bronze Australia Jodie Henry
Lenton broke de Bruijn's world record at the Australian trials in March.
Women's 200-meter freestyle
Gold Belarus Alena Popchanka
Silver China Yang Yu
Bronze Great Britain Melanie Marshall
Germany's Franziska van Almsick won medals in '92 and '96 and could again.
Women's 400-meter freestyle
Gold Germany Hannah Stockbauer
Silver Romania Camelia Potec
Bronze Hungary Eva Risztov
Stockbauer admits to being the world's most nervous swimmer.
Women's 800-meter freestyle
Gold Germany Hannah Stockbauer
Silver Japan Sachiko Yamada
Bronze U.S. Diana Munz
Munz fractured three vertebrae in a 1999 car crash.
Women's 100-meter backstroke
Gold U.S. Natalie Coughlin
Silver Germany Antje Buschschulte
Bronze France Laure Manaudou
Coughlin won the 2001 worlds despite hitting the lane line for most of the race.
Women's 200-meter backstroke
Gold Russia Stanislava Komarova
Silver Great Britain Katy Sexton
Bronze Japan Reiko Nakamura
Nobody is close to the 2:06.62 swum by Hungary's Krisztina Egerszegi in 1991.
Women's 100-meter breaststroke
Gold Australia Leisel Jones
Silver U.S. Amanda Beard
Bronze China Luo Xuejuan
Beard, then 14, carried her teddy bear with her to the awards stand in 1996.
Women's 200-meter breaststroke
Gold U.S. Amanda Beard
Silver China Qi Hui
Bronze Australia Leisel Jones
Jones's world record last month lasted three days before Beard broke it.
Women's 100-meter butterfly
Gold Australia Petria Thomas
Silver Netherlands Inge de Bruijn
Bronze Slovakia Martina Moravcova
Thomas missed the 2003 season after shoulder reconstruction.
Women's 200-meter butterfly
Gold Poland Otylia Jedrzejczak
Silver Australia Petria Thomas
Bronze Hungary Eva Risztov
Jedrzejczak is a three-time European champion in this event.
Women's 200-meter individual medley
Gold Ukraine Yana Klochkova
Silver U.S. Amanda Beard
Bronze Germany Teresa Rohmann
Beard swam the year's fastest time (2:12.02) at the U.S. trials.
Women's 400-meter individual medley
Gold Ukraine Yana Klochkova
Silver U.S. Katie Hoff
Bronze Hungary Eva Risztov
Hoff trains at a satellite pool of Michael Phelps's Baltimore club.
Women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay
Gold Australia
Silver U.S.
Bronze China
Australia has won this race once, at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
Women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay
Gold Australia
Silver U.S.
Bronze Germany
East Germany's world record of 7:55.47 has stood since 1987.
Women's 4×100-meter medley relay
Gold Australia
Silver U.S.
Bronze China
This race could yield Jenny Thompson's ninth career Olympic gold -- all in relays.
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