| September 30 |
| Basketball |
| Men's |
 U.S. |
 Russia |
 Yugoslavia |
| No Shaq? No Kobe? No Duncan? No worries |
| Women's |
| U.S. |
| Australia |
| Russia |
| Americans are 23-1, with three gold medals and one bronze, in last four Olympics |
| Boxing |
| Flyweight 51kg |
| Bulat Dzhumadilov, Kazakhstan |
| Volodimir Sydorenko, Ukraine |
| Omar Narváez, Argentina |
| Daniel Ponce, Mexico |
| Dzhumadilov lost 12-11 to Cuba's Maikro Romero in '96 final |
| Featherweight 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 |
| Light Welterweight 63.5 kg (140 lbs.) |
| Mahammatkodir Abdullayev, Uzbekistan |
| Alexander Leonov, Russia |
| Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico |
| Abdullayev, a Muslim, kneels and bows to the east after a win |
| Light Middleweight 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 |
| Light Heavyweight 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 |
| Super Heavyweight 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 |
| Canoe/Kayak Sprint |
| Men's 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 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 |
| Men's 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 |
| Men's Kayak Pairs 500 Meters |
| Twardowski & Wysocki, Poland |
| Trim & Collins, Australia |
| Rauhe & Wieskötter, Germany |
| Women's Kayak Singles 500 Meters |
| Caroline Brunet, Canada |
| Josefa Idem, Italy |
| Katrin Borchert, Australia |
| Borchert won silver medal for her native Germany in Barcelona |
| Women's 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 |
| Diving |
| Men's Platform |
| Dmitri Sautin, Russia |
| Tian Liang, China |
| Robert Newbery, Australia |
| Mark Ruiz, 21, is best U.S. hope for individual diving medal |
| Equestrian |
| Individual Jumping |
| Rodrigo Pessoa, Brazil |
| Ludger Beerbaum, Germany |
| Jerry Smit, Italy |
| Pessoa is only rider to win three straight World Cup finals |
| Field Hockey |
| Men's |
| The Netherlands |
| Germany |
| Australia |
| Dutch beat Germans 2-1 for Champions Trophy in June |
| Gymnastics Rhythmic |
| Women's Group Competition |
| Greece |
| Russia |
| Belarus |
| Greeks were second to Russians at last world championship |
| Women's Individual All-Around |
| Alina Kabayeva, Russia |
| Yulia Raskina, Belarus |
| Eva Serrano, France |
| Uzbekistan-born Kabayeva seems to have rubber band for spine |
| Handball |
| Men's |
| Sweden |
| Russia |
| Spain |
| Spanish star Iñaki Urdangarín is King Juan Carlos's son-in-law |
| Women's |
| Norway |
| Austria |
| Denmark |
| Norway beat France 25-24 in double overtime of last world final |
| Taekwondo |
| Men's Over-80 kilograms |
| Pascal Gentil, France |
| Yahia Alam, Egypt |
| Nelson Saenz Miller, Cuba |
| ... but Kim was injured early last month and will miss the Games |
| Women's Over-67 kilograms |
| Myriam Baverel, France |
| Natasa Vezmar, Croatia |
| Adriana Carmona, Venezuela |
| Baverel avenges '99 Olympic qualifier loss to Vezmar |
| Track and Field |
| Women's 10,000 meters |
| Derartu Tulu, Ethiopia |
| Gete Wami, Ethiopia |
| Berhane Adere, Ethiopia |
| Barcelona champ Tulu went from shepherd to national hero |
| Women's High Jump |
| Kajsa Bergqvist, Sweden |
| Inga Babakova, Ukraine |
| Monica Iagar-Dinescu, Romania |
| Only Bergqvist has cleared two meters indoors and out this year |
| Women's 4x100-meter Relay |
| U.S. |
| Jamaica |
| Bahamas |
| With Marion Jones hurt, U.S. lumbered to fourth at '99 worlds |
| Women's Javelin Throw |
| Trine Hattestad,Norway |
| Tanja Damaske, Germany |
| Tatyana Shikolenko,Russia |
| Hattestad was once a top B-league player in team handball |
| Men's 4x100-meter Relay |
| U.S. |
| Canada |
| Great Britain |
| Mo Greene and his mates avenge Atlanta Games loss to Canada's Donovan Bailey and Co. |
| Women's 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 |
| Men's 5,000 meters |
| Ali Saidi-Sief, Algeria |
| Mohammed Mourhit, Belgium |
| Brahim Lahlafi, Morocco |
| Moroccan-born Mourhit won cross-country worlds in March |
| Women's 4x400-meter Relay |
| Germany |
| U.S. |
| Russia |
| U.S. women have never won an Olympic 4x4 on foreign soil |
| Men's 4x400-meter relay |
| U.S. |
| Jamaica |
| South Africa |
| U.S. foursomes have run nine fastest times in history |
| Volleyball |
| Men's |
| Italy |
| Russia |
| The Netherlands |
| Italians lost 17-15 fifth-game thriller to Dutch in '96 final |
| Wrestling Freestyle |
| 54 kg (119 lbs.) |
| Wilfredo Garcia, Cuba |
| Namik Abdullayev, Azerbaijan |
| Adham Achilov, Uzbekistan |
| Watch 1998 world champion Sammie Henson of U.S. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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