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Medal Picks
SI's Brian Cazeneuve projects who will win every medal
| Track and Field |
| MEN |
| 100 meters |
 Maurice Greene, U.S. |
 Bruny Surin, Canada |
 Francis Obikwelu, Nigeria |
| Victory here will mean much green for Greene |
| 200 meters |
| John Capel, U.S. |
| Ato Boldon, Trinidad |
| Francis Obikwelu, Nigeria |
| Capel's 19.85 is fastest non-altitude-aided time this year |
| 400 meters |
| Michael Johnson, U.S. |
| Alvin Harrison, U.S. |
| Alejandro Cárdenas, Mexico |
| Yanks haven't missed 400 medal at a boycott-free Games since 1920 |
| 800 meters |
| Wilson Kipketer, Denmark |
| Djabir Saïd-Guerni, Algeria |
| André Bucher, Switzerland |
| He has three world titles, but this is the first Olympics for Kenyan-born Kipketer |
| 1,500 meters |
| Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco |
| Noah Ngeny, Kenya |
| Bernard Lagat, Kenya |
| World-record holder El Guerrouj tripped, finished last in '96 final |
| 3,000-meter steeplechase |
| Bernard Barmasai, Kenya |
| Reuben Koskei, Kenya |
| Brahim Boulami, Morocco |
| World champ Christopher Koskei failed to make Kenyan team |
| 5,000 meters |
| Ali Saidi-Sief, Algeria |
| Mohammed Mourhit, Belgium |
| Brahim Lahlafi, Morocco |
| Moroccan-born Mourhit won cross-country worlds in March |
| 10,000 meters |
| Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia |
| Paul Tergat, Kenya |
| John Korir, Kenya |
| Gebrselassie-Tergat clash makes this the glamour distance race |
| Marathon |
| Abdelkader El Mouaziz, Morocco |
| Lee Bong Ju, South Korea |
| António Pinto, Portugal |
| Traditionally tactical Olympic race could help Australia's Steve Moneghetti grab a medal |
| 110-meter hurdles |
| Allen Johnson, U.S. |
| Anier García, Cuba |
| Colin Jackson, Great Britain |
| Johnson repeats, but will he knock down eight of 10 hurdles as he did in Atlanta? |
| 400-meter hurdles |
| Llewellyn Herbert, South Africa |
| Angelo Taylor, U.S. |
| Eric Thomas, U.S. |
| Herbert will end streak of four straight U.S. golds in this event |
| 4x100-meter relay |
| U.S. |
| Canada |
| Great Britain |
| Mo Greene and his mates avenge Atlanta Games loss to Canada's Donovan Bailey and Co. |
| 4x400-meter relay |
| U.S. |
| Jamaica |
| South Africa |
| U.S. foursomes have run nine fastest times in history |
| 20-km walk |
| Roman Rasskazov, Russia |
| Vladimir Andreyev, Russia |
| Jefferson Pérez, Ecuador |
| Pérez, the '96 Olympic champion, works out at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. |
| 50-km walk |
| Valeriy Spitsyn, Russia |
| Robert Korzeniowski, Poland |
| Curt Clausen, U.S. |
| U.S. walkers haven't fared better than bronze since 1920 |
| High jump |
| Vyacheslav Voronin, Russia |
| Charles Austin, U.S. |
| Konstantin Matusevich, Israel |
| Back from cocaine exile, world-record holder Javier Sotomayor of Cuba is wild card |
| Long jump |
| Iván Pedroso, Cuba |
| James Beckford, Jamaica |
| Kareem Streete-Thompson, Cayman Islands |
| U.S.-born, raised in the Caymans, Streete-Thompson jumped internationally for U.S. in '93 |
| Triple jump |
| Jonathan Edwards, Great Britain |
| Charles Friedek, Germany |
| Rostislav Dimitrov, Bulgaria |
| Vicar's son Edwards gets higher calling: to top step of medals stand |
| Pole vault |
| Michael Stolle, Germany |
| Maksim Tarasov, Russia |
| Dmitriy Markov, Australia |
| Tarasov won in '92 but failed to make Russian team in '96 |
| Shot put |
| Adam Nelson, U.S. |
| C.J. Hunter, U.S. |
| Yuriy Belonog, Ukraine |
| Andy Bloom from Knoxville, Tenn., could give U.S. 1-2-3 sweep for seventh time in history |
| Discus |
| Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania |
| Lars Riedel, Germany |
| Adam Setliff, U.S. |
| Riedel won four straight world titles from 1991 through '97 |
| Hammer throw |
| Tibor Gécsek, Hungary |
| Igor Astapkovich, Belarus |
| Vasiliy Sidorenko, Russia |
| Gécsek missed '96 Games because of steroid suspension |
| Javelin |
| Aki Parviainen, Finland |
| Jan Zelezny, Czech Republic |
| Kostas Gatsioudis, Greece |
| Zelezny, who had pitching tryout with Braves, can throw a baseball from warning track to mound |
| Decathlon |
| Tomás Dvorák, Czech Republic |
| Erki Nool, Estonia |
| Roman Sebrle, Czech Republic |
| Dvorák is golden, especially with Dan O'Brien out with foot injury, but can he reach 9,000 points? |
| WOMEN |
| 100 meters |
| Marion Jones, U.S. |
| Inger Miller, U.S. |
| Ekaterini Thanou, Greece |
| Jones has run history's seven fastest non-Flo-Jo times |
| 200 meters |
| Marion Jones, U.S. |
| Inger Miller, U.S. |
| Debbie Ferguson, Bahamas |
| Miller's dad, Lennox, won two medals in 100 for Jamaica; only father-daughter track medalists |
| 400 meters |
| Cathy Freeman, Australia |
| Ana Guevara, Mexico |
| Katharine Merry, Great Britain |
| Freeman, an Aborigine, is an Australian icon |
| 800 meters |
| Maria Mutola, Mozambique |
| Olga Raspopova, Russia |
| Stephanie Graf, Austria |
| Mutola went to high school in Eugene, Ore., on an IOC grant |
| 1,500 meters |
| Regina Jacobs, U.S. |
| Gabriela Szabo, Romania |
| Suzy Favor Hamilton, U.S. |
| Unless '96 champ Svetlana Masterkova's poor form is a ruse |
| 5,000 meters |
| Gabriela Szabo, Romania |
| Ayelech Worku, Ethiopia |
| Sonia O'Sullivan, Ireland |
| In '96 favorite O'Sullivan dropped out with intestinal disorder |
| 10,000 meters |
| Derartu Tulu, Ethiopia |
| Gete Wami, Ethiopia |
| Berhane Adere, Ethiopia |
| Barcelona champ Tulu went from shepherd to national hero |
| Marathon |
| Tegla Loroupe, Kenya |
| Lidia Simon, Romania |
| Naoko Takahashi, Japan |
| Born in maize field, Loroupe now adorns Kenyan postage stamps |
| 100-meter hurdles |
| Gail Devers, U.S. |
| Glory Alozie, Nigeria |
| Delloreen Ennis-London,Jamaica |
| Two-time 100 sprint champ Devers finally wins gold in her best event |
| 400-meter hurdles |
| Irina Privalova, Russia |
| Tetyana Tereshchuk, Ukraine |
| Sandra Glover, U.S. |
| Privalova spirnted to bronze in 100 in Barcelona |
| 4x100-meter relay |
| U.S. |
| Jamaica |
| Bahamas |
| With Marion Jones hurt, U.S. lumbered to fourth at '99 worlds |
| 4x400-meter relay |
| Germany |
| U.S. |
| Russia |
| U.S. women have never won an Olympic 4x4 on foreign soil |
| 20-km walk |
| Liu Hongyu, China |
| Wang Yan, China |
| Tatyana Gudkova, Russia |
| Chen Yueling won '92 10-km gold for China; now she walks for U.S. |
| High jump |
| Kajsa Bergqvist, Sweden |
| Inga Babakova, Ukraine |
| Monica Iagar-Dinescu, Romania |
| Only Bergqvist has cleared two meters indoors and out this year |
| Long jump |
| Marion Jones, U.S. |
| Fiona May, Italy |
| Tatyana Kotova, Russia |
| Jones's day: raggedy form, chopped steps, foul, foul, 24 feet |
| Triple jump |
| Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia |
| Olena Govorova, Ukraine |
| Tereza Marinova, Bulgaria |
| World bronze medalist Marinova appears recovered from foot injury that cost her much of '99 |
| Pole vault |
| Stacy Dragila, U.S. |
| Emma George, Australia |
| Anzhela Balakhonova, Ukraine |
| Dragila and George have broken or tied the world record a total of 13 times since 1995 |
| Shot put |
| Svetlana Krivelyova, Russia |
| Astrid Kumbernuss, Germany |
| Larisa Peleshenko, Russia |
| Krivelyova edges Germany's three-time world champ |
| Discus |
| Franka Dietzsch, Germany |
| Natalya Sadova, Russia |
| Anastasia Kelesidou, Greece |
| Throwin' Samoan Seilala Sua eyes just second American medal in this event since '32 |
| Hammer throw |
| Mihaela Melinte, Romania |
| Olga Kuzenkova, Russia |
| Dawn Ellerbe, U.S. |
| Now 6'2", Ellerbe was 6 feet tall by the eighth grade |
| Javelin |
| Trine Hattestad,Norway |
| Tanja Damaske, Germany |
| Tatyana Shikolenko,Russia |
| Hattestad was once a top B-league player in team handball |
| Heptathlon |
| Eunice Barber, France |
| Denise Lewis, Great Britain |
| Yelena Prokhorova, Russia |
| Barber twice competed in Olympics for Sierra Leone |
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| Triathlon |
| MEN |
| Simon Lessing, Great Britain |
| Hamish Carter, New Zealand |
| Dmitri Gaag, Kazakhstan |
| South African native Lessing was antiapartheid activist |
| WOMEN |
| Michellie Jones, Australia |
| Nicole Hackett, Australia |
| Carol Montgomery, Canada |
| Montgomery will also compete on track at 10,000 meters |
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| Volleyball |
| MEN |
| Indoor |
| Italy |
| Russia |
| The Netherlands |
| Italians lost 17-15 fifth-game thriller to Dutch in '96 final |
| Beach |
| Zé Marco & Ricardo, Brazil |
| Emanuel & Loiola, Brazil |
| Prosser & Zahner, |
| American team of Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana, No. 9 in the world, could pull off a surprise |
| WOMEN |
| Indoor |
| Cuba |
| Russia |
| China |
| Cubans won '96 gold, but coach was axed for criticizing his team's training facilities in Cuba |
| Beach |
| May & McPeak, U.S. |
| Behar & Shelda, Brazil |
| Davis & Johnson Jordan, U.S. |
| Healthy again, Misty May and Holly McPeak peak on Bondi |
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| Water Polo |
| MEN |
| Hungary |
| Spain |
| Italy |
| Balanced Hungarians have the sport's most lethal bench |
| WOMEN |
| The Netherlands |
| Australia |
| U.S. |
| Holland has won medals at all 17 major women's competitions in the sport's history |
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| Weightlifting |
| MEN |
| 56 kg (123 lbs.) |
| Halil Mutlu, Turkey |
| Wang Shin-yuan, Taiwan |
| Adrian Jigau, Romania |
| Mutlu has nine world, European and Olympic titles since '94 |
| 62 kg (137 lbs.) |
| Naim Suleymanoglu, Turkey |
| Nikolaj Pesalov, Croatia |
| Sevdalin Minchev, Bulgaria |
| All three prospective medalists are Bulgarian-born, including Turkey's amazing Pocket Hercules |
| 69 kg (152 lbs.) |
| Galabin Boevski, Bulgaria |
| Wan Jianhui, China |
| Sergei Lavrenov, Belarus |
| Boevski holds world records in snatch and clean and jerk |
| 77 kg (170 lbs.) |
| Zlatan Vanev, Bulgaria |
| Zhan Xugang, China |
| Saelem Nayef Badr, Qatar |
| Former Bulgarian Badr gives Qatar second-ever medal, after bronze in men's 1,500 in '92 |
| 85 kg (187 lbs.) |
| Pyrros Dimas, Greece |
| Marc Huster, Germany |
| Shahin Nasirinia, Iran |
| Dimas won gold in 1992 and '96 after leaving his native Albania |
| 94 kg (207 lbs.) |
| Kakhi Kakiashvilis, Greece |
| Szymon Kolecki, Poland |
| Alexei Petrov, Russia |
| Petrov avoided ban after ex-flame admitted giving him steroids without his knowledge |
| 105 kg (231.5 lbs.) |
| Denys Gotfrid, Ukraine |
| Alan Tsagaev, Bulgaria |
| Yevgeni Tchigishev, Russia |
| Gotfrid is current world champ |
| 105+ kg (231.5+ lbs.) |
| Ronny Weller, Germany |
| Andrei Chemerkin, Russia |
| Hossein Rezazadeh, Iran |
| Since wife was killed and his skull fractured in '89 car wreck, Weller has won two medals |
| WOMEN |
| 48 kg (106 lbs.) |
| Sri Indriyani, Indonesia |
| Kaori Niyanagi, Japan |
| Donka Mincheva, Bulgaria |
| Mincheva still recovering from appendectomy last month |
| 53 kg (117 lbs.) |
| Li Feng-ying, Taiwan |
| Sanamacha Chanu, India |
| Bt Winarni, Indonesia |
| Chanu emerged with upset win at Asian championships in May |
| 58 kg (128 lbs.) |
| Chen Yanqing, China |
| Ri Song Hui, North Korea |
| Soraya Jiménez, Mexico |
| In 1998 and '99 Chinese set 19 of 21 world records in this class |
| 63 kg (139 lbs.) |
| Chen Yui-lien, Taiwan |
| Xiong Meiyin, China |
| Valentina Popova, Russia |
| Chen Yanqing, now at 58 kg, won Asian title at this weight in May |
| 69 kg (152 lbs.) |
| Sun Tianni, China |
| Milena Trendafilova, Bulgaria |
| Erzsebet Markus, Hungary |
| Sun holds world marks at 75 kg |
| 75 kg (165 lbs.) |
| Xu Jiao, China |
| Kim Soon Hee, South Korea |
| Ruth Ogbeifo, Nigeria |
| National appeal financed knee treatment for Ogbeifo this year |
| 75+ kg (165+ lbs.) |
| Ding Meiyuan, China |
| Agata Wrobel, Poland |
| Cheryl Haworth, U.S. |
| The 17-year-old Haworth lifts as much as 50,000 total pounds in a daily workout |
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| Wrestling |
| FREESTYLE |
| 54 kg (119 lbs.) |
| Wilfredo Garcia, Cuba |
| Namik Abdullayev, Azerbaijan |
| Adham Achilov, Uzbekistan |
| Watch 1998 world champion Sammie Henson of U.S. |
| 58 kg (128 lbs.) |
| Harun Dogan, Turkey |
| Ali Reza Dabier, Iran |
| Terry Brands, U.S. |
| Brands didn't make '96 team, but his twin, Tom, grabbed gold |
| 63 kg (139 lbs.) |
| Elbrus Tedeev, Ukraine |
| Serafim Barzakov, Bulgaria |
| Jang Jae Sung, South Korea |
| At last three worlds, Cary Kolat of U.S. was second, third and fourth |
| 69 kg (152 lbs.) |
| Araik Gevorgian, Armenia |
| Lincoln McIlravy, U.S. |
| Daniel Igali, Canada |
| Igali upset former University of Iowa star McIlravy in final at the 1999 world championships |
| 76 kg (167.5 lbs.) |
| Bouvaisar Saitiev, Russia |
| Alexander Leipold, Germany |
| Moon Eui Jae, South Korea |
| Saitiev's younger brother, Adam, is the favorite at 85 kg |
| 85 kg (187 lbs.) |
| Adam Saitiev, Russia |
| Yoel Romero, Cuba |
| Ali Ozen, Turkey |
| Les Gutches took bronze at '99 worlds but lost at U.S. trials |
| 97 kg (214 lbs.) |
| Sagid Murtazaliev, Russia |
| Marek Garmulewicz, Poland |
| Ali Reza Heidari, Iran |
| Rasul Khadem won this class in '96 for Iran's first gold medal in any sport since 1968 |
| 130 kg (287 lbs.) |
| Kerry McCoy, U.S. |
| David Musulbes, Russia |
| Alexis Rodriguez, Cuba |
| McCoy stunned world champion Stephen Neal at U.S. trials |
| GRECO-ROMAN |
| 54 kg (119 lbs.) |
| Lazaro Rivas, Cuba |
| Alfred Termkrtchyan, Germany |
| Sin Kwon Ho, South Korea |
| Rivas was named Greco-Roman Wrestler of the Year in '99 |
| 58 kg (128 lbs.) |
| Kim In Sub, South Korea |
| Yuri Melnichenko, Kazakhstan |
| Armen Nazarian, Bulgaria |
| Nazarian won the gold medal at 52 kg in '96 for Armenia |
| 63 kg (139 lbs.) |
| Mkkhitar Manukian, Kazakhstan |
| Seref Eroglu, Turkey |
| Varterez Samurgashev, Russia |
| Manukian defeated Eroglu in each of last two world finals |
| 69 kg (152 lbs.) |
| Filiberto Ascuy, Cuba |
| Song Sang Pil, South Korea |
| Csaba Hirbik, Hungary |
| Song sings a sad song as Ascuy moves down from 76 kg |
| 76 kg (167.5 lbs.) |
| Nazmi Avluca, Turkey |
| Bachtiar Baiseitov, Kazakhstan |
| Yvon Riemer, France |
| This class has had four No. 1's in the last four years |
| 85 kg (187 lbs.) |
| Luis Mendez, Cuba |
| Thomas Zander, Germany |
| Sergei Tsvir, Russia |
| Raatbek Sanatbayev could win Kyrgyzstan's only medal in Sydney |
| 97 kg (214 lbs.) |
| Gogi Koguachvili, Russia |
| Andrzej Wronski, Poland |
| Mikael Ljungberg, Sweden |
| Koguachvili's first Olympic gold complements his five world titles |
| 130 kg (287 lbs.) |
| Alexander Karelin, Russia |
| Sergei Mourieko, Bulgaria |
|
Hector Milian, Cuba |
| Karelin has never lost an international match |
Issue date: September 11, 2000
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