Medal Picks

200-meter breaststroke
• Leisel Jones, Australia
• Rebecca Soni, U.S.
• Megumi Taneda, Japan
Jones battled depression after twice missing gold in Athens.

100-meter butterfly
• Libby Trickett, Australia
• Jessicah Schipper, Australia
• Inge Dekker, Netherlands

U.S.-record holder Coughlin didn't swim this event at trials.

200-meter butterfly
• Jessicah Schipper, Australia
• Yuko Nakanishi, Japan
• Otylia Jedrzejczak, Poland
Jedrzejczak won '05 worlds despite illegal one-hand touch.

200-meter individual medley
• Stephanie Rice, Australia
• Katie Hoff, U.S.
• Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe
At age 10, Hoff asked Phelps, then 14, for an autograph.

400-meter individual medley
• Katie Hoff, U.S.
• Stephanie Rice, Australia
• Hannah Miley, Great Britain
Hoff broke Rice's record at trials.

4 × 100-meter freestyle relay
• Australia
• U.S.
• Netherlands
Aussies' Trickett could win five golds in Beijing.

4 × 200-meter freestyle relay
• U.S.
• Great Britain
• France
U.S. women have never lost this event at the Olympics.

4 × 100-meter medley relay
• Australia
• U.S.
• China
If Coughlin could swim multiple legs, U.S. would have a shot.

10-km open-water marathon
• Larisa Ilchenko, Russia
• Cassie Patten, Great Britain
• Natalie du Toit, South Africa
Du Toit, whose left leg was amputated, makes history.