Medal Picks

[Gold]U.S.
[Silver] Australia
[Bronze] Russia
Expect the U.S. to break its own world record, set last summer.

Women

50-meter freestyle

[Gold]Inge dc Bruijn, Netherlands
[Silver] Libby Lenton, Australia
[Bronze]Michelle Englesman, Australia
De Bruijn won four medals (three gold) in Sydney.

100-meter freestyle

[Gold] Libby Lenton, Australia
[Silver]Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands
[Bronze]Jodie Henry, Australia
Lenton broke de Bruijn's world record at the Australian trials in March.

200-meter freestyle

[Gold]Alena Popchanka, Belarus
[Silver]Yang Yu, China
[Bronze]Melanie Marshall, Great Britain
Germany's Franziska van Almsick won medals in '92 and '96 and could again.

400-meter freestyle

[Gold]Hannah Stockbauer, Germany
[Silver]Camelia Potec, Romania
[Bronze]Eva Risztov, Hungary
Stockbauer admits to being the world's most nervous swimmer.