Medal Picks

TRACK AND FIELD

U.S. OUTLOOK: Mired under a cloud from the BALCO drug scandal, the strong team still includes 28 members who have won world or Olympic individual titles.

Men

100 meters

[Gold] Maurice Greene, U.S.
[Silver] Shawn Crawford, U.S.
[Bronze]Francis Obikwelu, Portugal
Obikwelu ran in the 2000 Olympics for his native Nigeria.

200 meters

[Gold] Shawn Crawford, U.S.
[Silver]Konstadinos Kederis, Greece
[Bronze]Usain Bolt, Jamaica
The cat-quick Crawford calls himself Cheetah Man.

400 meters

[Gold]Alleyne Francique, Grenada
[Silver] Jeremy Wariner, U.S.
[Bronze]Otis Harris, U.S.
Americans have won medals in this at every nonboycotted Olympics since '24.

800 meters