| September 27 |
| Baseball |
| Men's |
 Japan |
 Cuba |
 U.S. |
| Japan has eight of its top pros |
| Diving |
| Men's 3m Springboard Synchronized Final |
| Xiao & Xiong, China |
| Newbery & Pullar, Australia |
| Sautin & Dobroskok, Russia |
| Xiong Ni, ranked eighth in China, was surprise team selection |
| Women's 10m Springboard Synchronized Final |
| Li & Sang, China |
| Heymans & Montminy, Canada |
| Wilkinson & Keim, U.S. |
| Platform ace Jenny Keim, subbing for Sara Reiling, takes bronze |
| Equestrian |
| Team Jumping Final |
| Switzerland |
| Germany |
| U.S. |
| Americans and Swedes field first all-female jumping teams in Olympic history |
| Taekwondo |
| Men's 58kg |
| Chih Hsiung Huang, Taiwan |
| Gabriel Esparza, Spain |
| Juan Moreno, U.S. |
| The 29-year-old Moreno came back from six-year layoff in '98 for sport's Olympic debut |
| Women's 49kg |
| Kay Poe, U.S. |
| Chia Chun-hung, Taiwan |
| Fadime Helvacioglu, Germany |
| Poe is two for two against Chia in the past year |
| Tennis |
| Men's Singles |
| Gustavo Kuerten, Brazil |
| Magnus Norman, Sweden |
| Lleyton Hewitt, Australia |
| Youngster Hewitt is coming off a strong showing at U.S. Open |
| Women's Doubles |
| Williams & Williams, U.S. |
| Martínez & Sánchez-Vicario, Spain |
| Testud & Halard-Decugis, France |
| Williams sisters' biggest test was Lisa Raymond's arbitration bid to claim Serena's spot on team |
| Track and Field |
| Women's 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 |
| Men's 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 |
| Women's Discus Throw |
| Franka Dietzsch, Germany |
| Natalya Sadova, Russia |
| Anastasia Kelesidou, Greece |
| Throwin' Samoan Seilala Sua eyes just second American medal in this event since '32 |
| Men's 400-meter Hurdles |
| Llewellyn Herbert, South Africa |
| Angelo Taylor, U.S. |
| Eric Thomas, U.S. |
| Yanks haven't missed 400 medal at a boycott-free Games since 1920 |
| Women's 400-meter Hurdles |
| Irina Privalova, Russia |
| Tetyana Tereshchuk, Ukraine |
| Sandra Glover, U.S. |
| Privalova spirnted to bronze in 100 in Barcelona |
| Women's 20km Walk Final |
| Liu Hongyu, China |
| Wang Yan, China |
| Tatyana Gudkova, Russia |
| Chen Yueling won '92 10-km gold for China; now she walks for U.S. |
| Wrestling Greco-Roman |
| 130 kilograms |
| Alexander Karelin, Russia |
| Sergei Mourieko, Bulgaria |
| Hector Milian, Cuba |
| Karelin has never lost an international match |
| 58 kilograms |
| Kim In Sub, South Korea |
| Yuri Melnichenko, Kazakhstan |
| Armen Nazarian, Bulgaria |
| Nazarian won the gold medal at 52 kg in '96 for Armenia |
| 69 kilograms |
| Filiberto Ascuy, Cuba |
| Song Sang Pil, South Korea |
| Csaba Hirbik, Hungary |
| Song sings a sad song as Ascuy moves down from 76 kg |
| 85 kilograms |
| Luis Mendez, Cuba |
| Thomas Zander, Germany |
| Sergei Tsvir, Russia |
| Raatbek Sanatbayev could win Kyrgyzstan's only medal in Sydney |
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