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Medal Picks
Brian Cazeneuve
September 11, 2000
Who will take home gold, silver and bronze in each of the Games' 300 events? And who will be worth watching, win or lose?
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September 11, 2000

Medal Picks

Who will take home gold, silver and bronze in each of the Games' 300 events? And who will be worth watching, win or lose?

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[Gold]Ed Moses, U.S.
[Silver]Roman Sloudnor, Russia
[Bronze]Pat Calhoun, U.S.
Converted golfer Moses finds this water to be no hazard

200-meter breaststroke

[Gold]Dimitri Komornikov, Russia
[Silver]Yohan Bernard, France
[Bronze]Kyle Salyards, U.S.
Anyone's race: Ten swimmers are within a second

100-meter butterfly

[Gold]Michael Klim, Australia
[Silver]Geoff Huegill, Australia
[Bronze]Lars Frolander, Sweden
Another squeaker: Top times this year for these three are .04 apart

200-meter butterfly

[Gold]Tom Malchow, U.S.
[Silver]Franck Esposito, France
[Bronze]Denis Sylantyev, Ukraine
Michael Phelps, 15, youngest male swimmer since 1932 to make U.S. team, is medal threat

200-meter individual medley

[Gold]Attila Czene, Hungary
[Silver]Massimiliano Rosolino, Italy
[Bronze]Matthew Dunn, Australia
Czene smoked the field in Atlanta—from lane 1

400-meter individual medley

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