| Archery |
| MEN |
| Individual |
Michele Frangilli, Italy |
 Lionel Torres, France |
 Ilario Di Buo', Italy |
| Frangilli and Torres have alternated as world No. 1 this year |
| Team |
| Italy |
| Australia |
| South Korea |
| Host countries (South Korea, Spain and the U.S.) have won last three Olympic titles |
| WOMEN |
| Individual |
| Kim Soon Yung, SouthKorea |
| Kim Nam Soon, South Korea |
| Alison Williamson, Great Britain |
| Watch for 18-year-old phenom Karen Scavotto from Connecticut |
| Team |
| South Korea |
| Italy |
| Germany |
| South Koreans are unbeaten at Games since event's debut in '88 |
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| Badminton |
| MEN |
| Singles |
| Taufik Hidayat, Indonesia |
| Hendrawan, Indonesia |
| Peter Gade Christensen, Denmark |
| Hidayat, 19, is nation's teen idol |
| Doubles |
| Wijaya & Gunawan, Indonesia |
| Ha & Kim, South Korea |
| Subagja & Mainaky, Indonesia |
| Pairs from Asia have won all 17 Olympic doubles medals |
| WOMEN |
| Singles |
| Gong Zhichao, China |
| Camilla Martin, Denmark |
| Dai Yun, China |
| Martin and fiancé Peter Gade Christensen are first the couple of Danish sports |
| Doubles |
| Ge & Gu, China |
| Ra & Chung, South Korea |
| Huang & Yang, China |
| Defending gold medalists Ge Fei and Gu Jun teamed up at age nine |
| MIXED |
| Doubles |
| Kim & Ra, South Korea |
| Liu & Ge, China |
| Kusharyanto & Timur, Indonesia |
| South Korean duo won medals in '96, but with different partners |
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| Baseball |
| Japan |
| Cuba |
| U.S. |
| Japan has eight of its top pros |
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| Basketball |
| MEN |
| U.S. |
| Russia |
| Yugoslavia |
| No Shaq? No Kobe? No Duncan? No worries |
| WOMEN |
| U.S. |
| Australia |
| Russia |
| Americans are 23-1, with three gold medals and one bronze, in last four Olympics |
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| Boxing |
| 48 kg (106 lbs.) |
| Brian Viloria, U.S. |
| Maikro Romero, Cuba |
| Ivan Calderon, Puerto Rico |
| Valeri Sydorenko, Ukraine |
| Viloria, a.k.a. the Hawaiian Punch, avenged 4-1 April loss to Calderon with easy win in August |
| 51 kg (112 lbs.) |
| Bulat Dzhumadilov, Kazakhstan |
| Volodimir Sydorenko, Ukraine |
| Omar Narváez, Argentina |
| Daniel Ponce, Mexico |
| Dzhumadilov lost 12-11 to Cuba's Maikro Romero in '96 final |
| 54 kg (119 lbs.) |
| Agasi Agaguloglu, Turkey |
| Raimkul Malakhbekov, Russia |
| Raicu Crinu Olteanu, Romania |
| Clarence Vinson, U.S. |
| Vinson weighed 55 pounds for his first bout, when he was eight |
| 57 kg (126 lbs.) |
| Ricardo Juarez, U.S. |
| Ramazan Palyani, Turkey |
| Falk Huste, Germany |
| Tulkunbay Turgunov, Uzbekistan |
| Juarez was destined to box -- his middle name is Rocky |
| 60 kg (132 lbs.) |
| Mario Kindelán, Cuba |
| Cristián Bejarano, Mexico |
| David Jackson, U.S. |
| Alexander Maletin, Russia |
| This has been Cuba's worst class |
| 63.5 kg (140 lbs.) |
| Mahammatkodir Abdullayev, Uzbekistan |
| Alexander Leonov, Russia |
| Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico |
| Diógenes Luna, Cuba |
| Abdullayev, a Muslim, kneels and bows to the east after a win |
| 67 kg (148 lbs.) |
| Bulent Ulusoy, Turkey |
| Roberto Guerra, Cuba |
| Francisco Calderon, Colombia |
| Parkpoom Changponak, Thailand |
| With Juan Hernández's move to 71 kg, this class is wide open |
| 71 kg (156 lbs.) |
| Juan Hernández, Cuba |
| Marian Simion, Romania |
| Adnan Catic, Germany |
| Jermain Taylor, U.S. |
| Hernández has won four world titles, but only silver in Olympics |
| 75 kg (165 lbs.) |
| Jorge Gutiérrez, Cuba |
| Utkirbek Haydarov, Uzbekistan |
| Zsolt Erdei, Hungary |
| Jeff Lacy, U.S. |
| Australia's Paul Miller could win medal before home folks |
| 81 kg (179 lbs.) |
| Alexander Lebziak, Russia |
| Troy Amos Ross, Canada |
| Isael Alvarez, Cuba |
| Hugo Garay,Argentina |
| U.S. team dropped world champion Michael Simms for bad behavior |
| 91 kg (201 lbs.) |
| Félix Savón, Cuba |
| Michael Bennett, U.S. |
| Soultan Ibraghimov, Russia |
| Vladimir Schanturia, Georgia |
| Ex-con Bennett won '99 worlds without fighting the great Savón |
| 91+ kg (201+ lbs.) |
| Calvin Brock, U.S. |
| Alexis Rubalcaba, Cuba |
| Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov, Kazakhstan |
| Paolo Vidoz, Italy |
| The 6'2" Brock has a finance degree and works as a banker |
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| Canoe/Kayak |
| MEN |
| Canoe singles 500 meters |
| Andreas Dittmer, Germany |
| Martin Doktor, Czech Republic |
| Gyorgy Kozmann, Hungary |
| In 1996 Dittmer won gold in canoe pairs 1,000 meters |
| Canoe singles 1,000 meters |
| Martin Doktor, Czech Republic |
| Andreas Dittmer, Germany |
| Steve Giles, Canada |
| Doktor's orders: Devour Mom's dumplings before major events |
| Canoe pairs 500 meters |
| Jedraszko & Baraszkiewicz, Poland |
| Pulai & Novak, Hungary |
| Kovalev & Kostoglod, Russia |
| Since '84 the 12 medalists in this event have been from 11 countries |
| Canoe pairs 1,000 meters |
| Kovalev & Kostoglod, Russia |
| Pricop & Popescu, Romania |
| Buday & Buday, Canada |
| Buday brothers' father, Tamás, won two canoeing bronze medals for Hungary in 1976 |
| Canoe singles slalom (whitewater) |
| Michal Martikan, Slovakia |
| Juraj Mincik, Slovakia |
| Nico Bettge, Germany |
| In 1996, Martikan, then 17, won Slovakia's first Olympic gold ever |
| Canoe pairs slalom (whitewater) |
| Hochschorner & Hochschorner, Slovakia |
| Jiras & Mader, Czech Republic |
| Kolomanski & Staniszewski, Poland |
| Peter and Pavol Hochschorner are 21-year-old twins |
| Kayak singles 500 meters |
| Akos Vereckei, Hungary |
| Petar Merkov, Bulgaria |
| Knut Holmann, Norway |
| Holmann has won a medal at every worlds and Olympics since 1990 |
| Kayak singles 1,000 meters |
| Knut Holmann, Norway |
| Lutz Liwowski, Germany |
| Michael Kalganov, Israel |
| In Atlanta, Liwowski missed winning a medal in the 1,000 by .3 of a second |
| Kayak pairs 500 meters |
| Twardowski & Wysocki, Poland |
| Trim & Collins, Australia |
| Rauhe & Wieskötter, Germany |
| Polish and Australian duos each have won world titles |
| Kayak pairs 1,000 meters |
| Riszdorfer & Baca, Slovakia |
| Schäfer & Winter, Germany |
| Twardowski & Wysocki, Poland |
| Slovakians defeated Poles by just .2 of a second to win last year's world championship |
| Kayak fours 1,000 meters (whitewater) |
| Hungary |
| Germany |
| Romania |
| Cuba blocked defector Angel Perez from taking seat he had earned in U.S. four |
| Kayak singles slalom (whitewater) |
| Paul Ratcliffe, Great Britain |
| Scott Shipley, U.S. |
| Thomas Schmidt, Germany |
| Gentleman Shipley lent boat to Bosnian paddler at '96 Games |
| WOMEN |
| Kayak singles 500 meters |
| Caroline Brunet, Canada |
| Josefa Idem, Italy |
| Katrin Borchert, Australia |
| Borchert won silver medal for her native Germany in Barcelona |
| Kayak pairs 500 meters |
| Pastuszka & Sokolowska, Poland |
| Brunet & Furneaux, Canada |
| Fischer & Wagner, Germany |
| Atlanta silver medalist Caroline Brunet carries flag for Canada in opening ceremonies |
| Kayak fours 500 meters |
| Hungary |
| Germany |
| Poland |
| Germany's Birgit Fischer, 38, has won eight Olympic medals since 1980 |
| Kayak singles slalom (whitewater) |
| Elena Kaliska, Slovakia |
| Mandy Planert,Germany |
| Rebecca Bennett-Giddens, U.S. |
| Bennett-Giddens's husband, Eric, was kayaker at '96 Games |
