| September 29 |
| Boxing |
| Light Flyweight 48kg |
 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 |
| Bantamweight 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 |
| Lightweight 60 kg (132 lbs.) |
| Mario Kindelán, Cuba |
| Cristián Bejarano, Mexico |
| David Jackson, U.S. |
| Alexander Maletin, Russia |
| This has been Cuba's worst class |
| Welterweight 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 |
| Middleweight 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 |
| Heavyweight 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 |
| Canoe/Kayak Sprint |
| Men's 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 |
| Men's 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 |
| Men's 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 |
| Polish and Australian duos each have won world titles |
| Men's 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 |
| Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 meters (whitewater) |
| Hungary |
| Germany |
| Romania |
| Cuba blocked defector Angel Perez from taking seat he had earned in U.S. four |
| Gentleman Shipley lent boat to Bosnian paddler at '96 Games |
| Women's Kayak Fours 500 Meters |
| Hungary |
| Germany |
| Poland |
| Germany's Birgit Fischer, 38, has won eight Olympic medals since 1980 |
| Cycling |
| Men's Individual Time Trial (road) |
| Lance Armstrong, U.S. |
| Jan Ullrich, Germany |
| Oscar Freire Gómez, Spain |
| Course with 90 turns in 28 miles favors Texan over Teuton |
| Women's Individual Time Trial (road) |
| Leontien Van Moorsel, the Netherlands |
| Zulfia Zabirova, Russia |
| Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli, France |
| Longo-Ciprelli, a 12-time world champ, will turn 42 in October |
| Equestrian |
| Individual dressage |
| Anky van Grunsven, the Netherlands |
| Isabell Werth, Germany |
| Nadine Capellmann, Germany |
| Turnabout: Werth edged Van Grunsven for gold in Atlanta |
| Field Hockey |
| Women's |
| Australia |
| The Netherlands |
| New Zealand |
| Aussie Hockeyroos, '96 champs, have nine players back |
| Modern Pentathlon |
| Men's |
| Andrejus Zadneprovskis, Lithuania |
| Gabor Balogh, Hungary |
| Sebastien Deleigne, France |
| Chad Senior, a great swimmer but poor fencer, is best U.S. hope |
| Sailing |
| Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn) Fleet Races |
| Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Poland |
| Fredrik Lööf, Sweden |
| Iain Percy, Great Britain |
| Kusznierewicz was named World Sailor of the Year in 1999 |
| Open Double Handed Keelboat (Star) |
| Reynolds & Liljedahl, U.S. |
| Beashel & Giles, Australia |
| MacDonald & Bjorn, Canada |
| Colin Beashel, bronze medalist in '96, is competing in fifth Games |
| Open Three Person Keelboat (Soling) |
| Roy Heiner, the Netherlands |
| Jeff Madrigali, U.S. |
| Hans Wallén, Sweden |
| Jochen Schümann, 46, of Germany is trying for fourth gold |
| Soccer |
| Men's |
| Brazil |
| Spain |
| Nigeria |
| This has been only international title to elude Brazilians |
| Synchronized Swimming |
| Team Free Routine |
| Russia |
| Japan |
| U.S. |
| Don't miss the Americans' spectacular new double tower lift |
| Taekwondo |
| Men's 68kg - 80kg |
| Victor Garibay, Mexico |
| Muhammed Dahmani, Denmark |
| Marcel More, Slovenia |
| Garibay dropped 30 pounds to avoid facing South Korea's Kim Je Kyung at 80+ ... |
| Women's 57kg - 67kg |
| Ireane Ruiz, Spain |
| Lee Sun Hee, South Korea |
| Mirjam Muskens, the Netherlands |
| Former junior high hoops coach Barbara Kunkel, from Tacoma, has a chance in deep division |
| Track and Field |
| Women's Hammer Throw |
| Tibor Gécsek, Hungary |
| Igor Astapkovich, Belarus |
| Vasiliy Sidorenko, Russia |
| Now 6'2", Ellerbe was 6 feet tall by the eighth grade |
| Men's Pole Vault |
| Michael Stolle, Germany |
| Maksim Tarasov, Russia |
| Dmitriy Markov, Australia |
| Tarasov won in '92 but failed to make Russian team in '96 |
| Women's Long Jump |
| Marion Jones, U.S. |
| Fiona May, Italy |
| Tatyana Kotova, Russia |
| Jones's day: raggedy form, chopped steps, foul, foul, 24 feet |
| Men's 3,000 Meter Steeplechase |
| Bernard Barmasai, Kenya |
| Reuben Koskei, Kenya |
| Brahim Boulami, Morocco |
| World champ Christopher Koskei failed to make Kenyan team |
| Men's 1,500 Meters |
| Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco |
| Noah Ngeny, Kenya |
| Bernard Lagat, Kenya |
| World-record holder El Guerrouj tripped, finished last in '96 final |
| Volleyball |
| Women's |
| Cuba |
| Russia |
| China |
| Cubans won '96 gold, but coach was axed for criticizing his team's training facilities in Cuba |
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