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Badminton

WOMEN

Singles

Jun Jae Youn, South Korea, def. Charmaine Reid, Canada, 11-4, 11-5; Shao Chieh Cheng, Taiwan, def. Wan Ting Ling, Hong Kong, 11-9, 11-8; Mia Audina Tjiptawan, Netherlands, def. Nigella Saunders, Jamaica, 11-4, 11-1; Seo Yoon Hee, South Korea, def. Hongyan Pi, France, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7; Gong Ruina, China, def. Li Li, Singapore, 11-9, 11-4; Salakjit Ponsana, Thailand, def. Miho Tanaka, Japan, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8; Mi Zhou, China, def. Huaiwen Xu, Germany, 9-11, 11-5, 11-2; Ning Zhang, China, def. Marina Andrievskaya, Sweden, 4-11, 11-3, 11-7; Petya Nedeltcheva, Bulgaria, def. Tine Rasmussen, Denmark, 8-11, 11-7, 13-11; Chen Wang, Hong Kong, def. Lorena Blanco, Peru, 11-1, 11-4; Kelly Morgan, Britain, def. Lenny Permana, Australia, 11-5, 11-3; Jie Yao, Netherlands, def. Yanmei Jiang, Singapore, 11-6, 11-8; Camilla Martin, Denmark, def. Kanako Yonekura, Japan, 11-4, 11-7; Kaori Mori, Japan, def. Anu Weckstrom, Finland, 11-5, 11-4; Tracey Hallam, Britain, def. Juliane Schenk, Germany, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9; Aparna Popat, India, def. Michelle Edwards, South Africa, 11-6, 11-3.

Basketball

WOMEN

Group A

W L Pts

Australia	1 0 2
Brazil	1 0 2
Russia	1 0 2
Greece	0 1 1
Japan	0 1 1
Nigeria	0 1 1

Group B

W L Pts
 

China	1 0 2
Spain	1 0 2
United States	1 0 2
Czech Republic	0 1 1
South Korea	0 1 1
New Zealand	0 1 1

Yesterday's results

Australia 85, Nigeria 73

China 71, South Korea 54

United States 99, New Zealand 47

Brazil 128, Japan 62

Russia 69, Greece 62

Spain 80, Czech Republic 78, OT

Summary

United States 99, New Zealand 47

United States — S. Swoopes 5-10 2-2 14, L. Leslie 6-11 1-1 13, T. Catchings 2-9 2-4 6, T. Thompson 4-7 3-3 11, D. Staley 0-0 0-0 0, S. Johnson 1-5 1-1 3, S. Bird 3-5 0-0 6, R. Riley 3-5 0-0 6, D. Taurasi 4-8 1-2 12, Y. Griffith 3-6 3-7 9, K. Smith 0-0 0-0 0, S. Cash 6-10 7-7 19. Totals 37-76 20-27 99.

New Zealand — A. Marino 3-15 4-6 13, D. Loffhagen 2-10 5-7 9, G. Farmer 1-4 3-4 5, A. Kerr 3-9 1-2 8, L. Walker 0-2 0-0 0, R. Cotton 0-4 1-2 1, K. Wielens 0-1 0-0 0, M. Compain 0-7 2-2 2, T. Tupu 2-6 0-0 4, S. Farmer 1-2 1-2 3, J. Ofsoski 0-0 0-2 0, J. Tini 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 13-61 17-27 47.

United States	28 35 16 20 — 99
New Zealand	13 11 15 8 — 47

Three-point goals — United States 5-11 (S. Swoopes 2-2, T. Thompson 0-1, S. Johnson 0-1, S. Bird 0-2, D. Taurasi 3-5) New Zealand 4-17 (A. Marino 3-7, D. Loffhagen 0-2, A. Kerr 1-1, L. Walker 0-1, K. Wielens 0-1, M. Compain 0-4, T. Tupu 0-1). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — United States 58 (D. Staley 3, S. Bird 3) New Zealand 28 (D. Loffhagen 1, A. Kerr 1, L. Walker 1). Assists — United States 10 (D. Taurasi 9) New Zealand 3 (D. Loffhagen 7). Total Fouls — United States 26 New Zealand 21.

Beach Volleyball

MEN

Bjorn Berg and Simon Dahl, Sweden beat Jorre Kjemperud and Vegard Hoidalen, Norway, 21-13, 21-18; Markus Dieckmann and Jonas Reckermann, Germany beat Raul Papaleo and Ramon Hernandez, Puerto Rico, 21-14, 21-13; Stefan Kobel and Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland beat John Child and Mark Heese, Canada, 28-26, 21-18; Mariano Baracetti and Martin Conde, Argentina beat Miguel Maia and Joao Brenha, Portugal, 13-21, 21-16, 15-5; Gershon Rorich and Colin Eric Innes Pocock, South Africa beat Pavlos Beligratis and Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greece, 21-16, 24-26, 15-10; Julien Prosser and Mark Williams, Australia beat Dain Blanton, Laguna Beach, Calif., and Jeff Nygaard, Madison, Wis., 21-16, 21-14.

WOMEN

Summer Lochowicz and Kerri Pottharst, Australia beat Jia Tian and Fei Wang, China, 21-18, 21-18; Okka Rau and Stephanie Pohl, Germany beat Lu Wang and Wenhui You, China, 21-17, 21-18; Guylaine Dumont and Annie Martin, Canada beat Nicole Schnyder Benoit and Simone Kuhn, Switzerland, 21-16, 21-13; Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson, Australia beat Tzvetelina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria, 21-16, 21-12; Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, Calif., and Elaine Youngs, El Toro, Calif. beat Kathrine Maaseide and Susanne Glesnes, Norway, 21-14, 21-14; Vasiliki Karantasiou and Effrosyni Sfyri, Greece beat Mayra Aide Garcia Lopez and Hilda Gaxiola Alvarez, Mexico, 21-17, 21-13.

Boxing

75 Kg

Nabil Kassel, Algeria, beat Glaucelio Abreu, Brazil, 41-36; Andre Dirrell, Flint, Mich., beat Dabateer Ha, China, 25-18; Yordani Despaigne Herrera, Cuba, beat Jean Pascal, Canada, 36-24; Karoly Balzsay, Hungary, beat Mohamed Sahraoui, Tunisia, 29-24; Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov, Russia, beat Christopher Camat, Philippines, 35-13; Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbekistan, beat Serdar Ustuner, Turkey, 34-16; Andy Lee, Ireland, beat Alfredo Angulo Lopez, Mexico, 38-23; Hassan Ndam Njikam, Cameroon, beat Juan Jose Ubaldo, Dominican Republic, +22-22; Javid Taghiyev, Azerbaijan, beat Georgios Gazis, Greece, 32-31; Suriya Prasathinphimai, Thailand, beat Joseph Lubega, Uganda, 30-21; Lukas Wilaschek, Germany, beat Jamie Pittman, Australia, 24-23; Oleg Mashkin, Ukraine, beat Khotso Godfrey Motau, South Africa, 25-22.

81 Kg

Abdelhani Kensi, Algeria, beat Song Hak Sung, South Korea, 25-19; Utkirbek Haydarov, Uzbekistan, beat Isaac Ekpo, Nigeria, 21-11; Ihsan Yildirim Tarhan, Turkey, beat Soulan Pownceby, New Zealand, Superiority-3, 01:23; Beibut Shumenov, Kazakhstan, beat Aleksy Kuziemski, Poland, 34-22; Trevor Stewardson, Canada, beat Flavio Furtado, Cape Verde Islands, 36-20; Ahmed Ismail, Egypt, beat Shohrat Kurbanov, Turkmenistan, 44-22; Elias Pavlidis, Greece, beat Taylor Mabika, Gabon, 32-17; Ali Ismayilov, Azerbaijan, beat Washington Silva, Brazil, 27-22; Yuping Lei, China, beat Pierre Celestin Yana, Cameroon, 24-16; Andriy Fedchuk, Ukraine, beat Jitendra Kumar, India, Stopped-2, 02:00; Magomed Aripgadjiev, Belarus, beat Ramiro Goben Reducindo Radilla, Mexico, 29-10; Edgar Ramon Munoz Mata, Venezuela, beat Mario Sivolija, Croatia, 31-23.

Cycling

Men's Road Race

GOLD — 1. Paolo Bettini, Italy, 5:41:44.

SILVER — 2. Sergio Paulinho, Portugal, 5:41:45, 1 second time.

BRONZE — 3. Axel Merckx, Belgium, 5:41:52, 8 seconds.

4. Erik Zabel, Germany, 5:41:56, 12 seconds behind.

5. Andrej Hauptman, Slovenia, same time.

6. Kim Kirchen, Luxembourg, same time.

7. Roger Hammond, Britain, same time.

8. Frank Hoj, Denmark, same time.

U.S. Finishers

18. Tyler Hamilton, Marblehead, Mass., same time.

24. George Hincapie, Greenville, S.C., same time.

28. Robert Julich, Glenwood Springs, Colo., same time.

NR. Jason McCartney, Coralville, Iowa, DNF.

Diving

MEN

Synchronized 10m Platform

GOLD — 1. China (Liang Tian; Jinghui Yang), 383.88.

SILVER — 2. Britain (Peter Waterfield; Leon Taylor), 371.52.

BRONZE — 3. Australia (Mathew Helm; Robert Newbery), 366.84.

4. Ukraine (Roman Volodkov; Anton Zakharov), 357.66.

5. Canada (Philippe Comtois; Alexandre Despatie), 351.90.

6. Russia (Dmitry Dobroskok; Gleb Galperin), 348.60.

7. Greece (Sotirios Trakas; Ioannis Gavriilidis), 331.44.

8. United States (Mark Ruiz, Orlando, Fla.; Kyle Prandi, Strongsville, Ohio), 325.44.

WOMEN

Synchronized 3m Springboard

GOLD — 1. China (Minxia Wu; Jingjing Guo), 336.90.

SILVER — 2. Russia (Vera Ilina; Julia Pakhalina), 330.84

BRONZE — 3. Australia (Irina Lashko; Chantelle Newbery), 309.30.

4. Britain (Tandi Gerrard; Jane Smith), 302.25.

5. Mexico (Laura Aleida Sanchez Soto; Paola Milagros Espinosa Sanchez), 286.92.

6. Germany (Ditte Kotzian; Conny Schmalfuss), 279.69.

7. Canada (Blythe Hartley; Emilie Heymans), 276.90.

8. Greece (Diamantina Georgatou; Sotiria Koutsopetrou), 270.33.

Fencing

MEN'S INDIVIDUAL SABRE

Bronze Medal Bout

Vladislav Tretiak, Ukraine, beat Dmitri Lapkes, Belarus, 15-11, :53.

Gold Medal Bout

Aldo Montano, Italy, beat Zsolt Nemcsik, Hungary, 15-14, :56.

Field Hockey

WOMEN

Netherlands 6, South Africa 2

China 3, Japan 0

Germany 2, Australia 1

Argentina 4, Spain 0

Soccer

MEN

Preliminary Round

Group A

W L T GF GA Pts

Mali	1 0 1 2 0 4
South Korea	1 0 1 3 2 4
Mexico	0 1 1 0 1 1
Greece	0 1 1 2 4 1

Group B

W L T GF GA Pts

Paraguay	1 0 0 4 3 3
Ghana	0 0 1 2 2 1
Italy	0 0 1 2 2 1
Japan	0 1 0 3 4 0

Group C

W L T GF GA Pts

Argentina	2 0 0 8 0 6
Australia	1 0 1 6 2 4
Tunisia	0 1 1 1 3 1
Serbia-Montenegro	0 2 0 1 11 0

Group D

W L T GF GA Pts

Iraq	1 0 0 4 2 3
Costa Rica	0 0 1 0 0 1
Morocco	0 0 1 0 0 1
Portugal	0 1 0 2 4 0

Yesterday's results

South Korea 1, Mexico 0

Argentina 2, Tunisia 0

Mali 2, Greece 0

Australia 5, Serbia-Montenegro 1

Today's games

Costa Rica vs. Iraq at Karaiskaki Stadium, Athens, 10:30 a.m.

Morocco vs. Portugal at Pankritio Stadium, Heraklio, 10:30 a.m.

Paraguay vs. Ghana at Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, 10:30 a.m.

Japan vs. Italy at Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos, 10:30 a.m.

WOMEN

Preliminary Round

Group A

W L T GF GA Pts

Nigeria	1 0 0 1 0 3
Japan	1 1 0 1 1 3
Sweden	0 1 0 0 1 0

Group B

W L T GF GA Pts

Germany	1 0 0 8 0 3
Mexico	0 0 1 1 1 1
China	0 1 1 1 9 1

Group C

W L T GF GA Pts

United States	2 0 0 5 0 6
Brazil	1 1 0 1 2 3
Australia	1 1 0 1 1 3
Greece	0 2 0 0 4 0

Yesterday's results

United States 2, Brazil 0

Mexico 1, China 1, tie

Australia 1, Greece 0

Nigeria 1, Japan 0

Sumnmary

United States 2, Brazil 0

United States	0 2 — 2
Brazil	0 0 — 0

Second Half — 1. United States, M. Hamm, 58:00 (PK). 2. United States, A. Wambach, 77:00. Yellow Cards — A. Wambach, United States, 49:00; Monica, Brazil, 58:00; B. Chastain, United States, 88:00; C. Rampone, United States, 88:00. Referees — Dagmar Damkova, Czech Republic; Christine Frai, Germany; Emilia Parviainen, Finland; Nelly Viennot, France

Gymnastics

MEN

Team Qualfication

1. Japan, 39.049 (Q). 2. United States, 38.486 (Q). 3. Romania, 38.149 (Q). 4. China, 38.761 (Q). 5. Ukraine, 37.749 (Q). 6. Russia, 38.136 (Q). 7. South Korea, 38.674 (Q). 8. Germany, 38.473 (Q). 9. France, 38.561 (Q). 10. Spain, 35.762 (Q). 11. Canada, 36.999 (Q). 12. Italy, 36.112 (Q).

All Around Qualification

1. Paul Hamm, Waukesha, Wis., 58.061; 2. Yang Tae Young, South Korea, 57.924; 3. Hiroyuki Tomita, Japan, 57.649; 4. Marian Dragulescu, Romania, 57.436; 5. Yernar Yerimbetov, Kazakhstan, 57.424; 6. Ioan Silviu Suciu, Romania, 57.398; 7. Wei Yang, China, 57.374; 8. Roman Zozulia, Ukraine, 57.273; 9. Alexei Bondarenko, Russia, 56.936; 10. Isao Yoneda, Japan, 56.924; 11. Kim Dae Eun, South Korea, 56.811; 12. Pavel Gofman, Israel, 56.723; 13. Ruslan Myezyentsev, Ukraine, 56.711; 14. Rafael Martinez, Spain, 56.636; 15. Benoit Caranobe, France, 56.635; 16. Luis Vargas, Puerto Rico, 56.587; 17. Igors Vihrovs, Latvia, 56.423; 18. Eric Lopez Rios, Cuba, 56.398; 19. Brett McClure, Mill Creek, Wash., 56.323; 20. Georgi Grebenkov, Russia, 56.148.

Floor Exercise Qualification

1. Marian Dragulescu, Romania, 9.762 (Q); 2. Gervasio Deferr, Spain, 9.750 (Q); 3. Kyle Shewfelt, Canada, 9.737 (Q); 4. Isao Yoneda, Japan, 9.725 (Q); 4. Morgan Hamm, Waukesha, Wis., 9.725 (Q); 4. Paul Hamm, Waukesha, Wis., 9.725 (Q); 7. Daisuke Nakano, Japan, 9.725 (Q); 8. Naoya Tsukahara, Japan, 9.725; 9. Guard Young, Oklahoma City, 9.700; 10. Blaine Wilson, Columbus, Ohio, 9.700; 11. Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgaria, 9.700 (Q); 12. Yang Tae Young, South Korea, 9.700 (Q); 13. Yernar Yerimbetov, Kazakhstan, 9.687 (Q); 14. Ri Jong Song, North Korea, 9.675 (Q).

Pommel Horse Qualification

1. Marius Daniel Urzica, Romania, 9.812 (Q); 2. Takehiro Kashima, Japan, 9.812 (Q); 3. Haibin Teng, China, 9.800 (Q); 4. Victor Cano, Spain, 9.750 (Q); 4. Hiroyuki Tomita, Japan, 9.750 (Q); 6. Runar Alexandersson, Iceland, 9.737 (Q); 7. Xu Huang, China, 9.737 (Q); 7. Paul Hamm, Waukesha, Wis., 9.737 (Q); 9. Ioan Silviu Suciu, Romania, 9.712 (Q); 10. Thomas Andergassen, Germany, 9.712 (Q); 11. Morgan Hamm, Waukesha, Wis., 9.700 (Q).

Rings Qualification

1. Dimosthenis Tampakos, Greece, 9.850 (Q); 2. Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgaria, 9.812 (Q); 3. Matteo Morandi, Italy, 9.775 (Q); 4. Yuri Chechi, Italy, 9.762 (Q); 5. Pierre Yves Beny, France, 9.750 (Q); 6. Hiroyuki Tomita, Japan, 9.750 (Q); 7. Alexander Safoshkin, Russia, 9.750 (Q); 8. Andreas Schweizer, Switzerland, 9.737 (Q); 9. Roman Zozulia, Ukraine, 9.725 (Q); 10. Wei Yang, China, 9.712 (Q); 11. Xu Huang, China, 9.712 (Q).

Parallel Bars Qualification

1. Daisuke Nakano, Japan, 9.800 (Q); 2. Hiroyuki Tomita, Japan, 9.787 (Q); 3. Xiao-Peng Li, China, 9.787 (Q); 4. Ivan Ivankov, Belarus, 9.762 (Q); 5. Paul Hamm, Waukesha, Wis., 9.762 (Q); 6. Yann Cucherat, France, 9.750 (Q); 7. Valeri Goncharov, Ukraine, 9.737 (Q); 8. Yernar Yerimbetov, Kazakhstan, 9.725 (Q); 9. Johan Mounard, France, 9.725 (Q); 10. Roman Zozulia, Ukraine, 9.712 (Q); 11. Jason Gatson, Upland, Calif., 9.712 (Q).

Horizontal Bar Qualification

1. Isao Yoneda, Japan, 9.800 (Q); 2. Igor Cassina, Italy, 9.775 (Q); 3. Daisuke Nakano, Japan, 9.775 (Q); 4. Qin Xiao, China, 9.750 (Q); 5. Paul Hamm, Waukesha, Wis., 9.750 (Q); 6. Hisashi Mizutori, Japan, 9.737; 7. Alexei Nemov, Russia, 9.737 (Q); 7. Morgan Hamm, Waukesha, Wis., 9.737 (Q); 9. Fabian Hambuechen, Germany, 9.737 (Q); 9. Takehiro Kashima, Japan, 9.737; 9. Yang Tae Young, South Korea, 9.737 (Q); 9. Valeri Goncharov, Ukraine, 9.737 (Q); 13. Vlasios Maras, Greece, 9.725 (Q).

Vault Qualification

1. Xiao-Peng Li, China (9.800, 9.800), 9.800; 2. Alexei Bondarenko, Russia (9.825, 9.675), 9.750; 3. Evgeni Sapronenko, Latvia (9.650, 9.762), 9.706; 4. Marian Dragulescu, Romania (9.762, 9.562), 9.662; 5. Kyle Shewfelt, Canada (9.687, 9.612), 9.649; 6. Gervasio Deferr, Spain (9.637, 9.625), 9.631; 7. Filip Yanev, Bulgaria (9.625, 9.625), 9.625; 8. Robert Gal, Hungary (9.550, 9.537), 9.543; 9. Benoit Caranobe, France (9.612, 9.400), 9.506; 10. Razvan Dorin Selariu, Romania (9.500, 9.437), 9.468.

Judo

MEN'S 60 KG

Bronze Medal Contest 1

Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar, Mongolia, beat Kenji Uematsu, Spain, Golden Score.

Bronze Medal Contest 2

Choi Min Ho, South Korea, beat Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh, Iran, Ippon, Seoi-nage, 0:53.

Gold Medal Contest

Tadahiro Nomura, Japan, beat Nestor Khergiani, Georgia, Waza-ari.

WOMEN'S 48 KG

Bronze Medal Contest 1

Julia Matijass, Germany, beat Maria Karagiannopoulou, Greece, Ippon, Uchi-mata, 2:51.

Bronze Medal Contest 2

Feng Gao, China, beat Alina Alexandra Dumitru, Romania, Ippon, Yoko-shiho-gatame, 5:00.

Gold Medal Contest

Ryoko Tani, Japan, beat Frederique Jossinet, France, Waza-ari.

Rowing

MEN

SINGLE SCULLS

Heat 1

1. Tim Maeyens, Belgium, 7:17.68 (Q); 2. Andre Vonarburg, Switzerland, 7:23.43 (Q); 3. Hiu Fung Law, Hong Kong, 7:28.16 (Q); 4. Ming Hui Wang, Taiwan, 7:29.99 (Q); 5. Daniel Sosa Bertoni, Paraguay, 7:52.50 (Q).

Heat 2

1. Vaclav Chalupa, Czech Republic, 7:13.84 (Q); 2. Craig Jones, Australia, 7:19.71 (Q); 3. Davor Mizerit, Slovenia, 7:24.60 (Q); 4. Aly Aly Ibrahim, Egypt, 7:36.60 (Q); 5. Oscar Vasquez Ochoa, Chile, 7:38.04 (Q).

Heat 3

1. Santiago Fernandez, Argentina, 7:22.52 (Q); 2. Raphael Hartl, Austria, 7:34.61 (Q); 3. Vladimir Chernenko, Uzbekistan, 7:38.27 (Q); 4. Mohamed Aich, Algeria, 7:41.85 (Q); 5. Paulose Pandari Kunnel, India, 8:00.11 (Q).

Heat 4

1. Olaf Tufte, Norway, 7:12.53 (Q); 2. Ian Lawson, Britain, 7:24.01 (Q); 3. Anderson Nocetti, Brazil, 7:26.81 (Q); 4. Gustavo Salcedo, Peru, 7:29.06 (Q); 5. Leandro Salvagno, Uruguay, 7:43.91 (Q).

Group 5

1. Marcel Hacker, Germany, 7:17.55 (Q); 2. Yuleidys Cascaret Iznaga, Cuba, 7:19.45 (Q); 3. Dirk Lippits, Netherlands, 7:21.19 (Q); 4. Hui Su, China, 7:23.19 (Q); 5. Ham Jung Wook, South Korea, 7:50.39 (Q).

Group 6

1. Jueri Jaanson, Estonia, 7:13.74 (Q); 2. Ivo Yanakiev, Bulgaria, 7:28.97 (Q); 3. Matteo Stefanini, Italy, 7:31.54 (Q); 4. Ibrahim Githaiga, Kenya, 8:13.33 (Q).

PAIRS

Group 1

1. Australia (Drew Ginn; James Tomkins), 6:55.04 (Q); 2. Serbia-Montenegro (Nikola Stojic; Mladen Stegic), 6:58.11 (Q); 3. Britain (Toby Garbett; Rick Dunn), 6:58.95 (Q); 4. Argentina (Walter Naneder; Marcos Morales), 7:02.29 (Q); 5. Slovenia (Matija Pavsic; Andrej Hrabar), 7:05.36 (Q).

Group 2

1. South Africa (Donovan Cech; Ramon di Clementi), 6:57.06 (Q); 2. Croatia (Sinisa Skelin; Niksa Skelin), 7:01.28 (Q); 3. United States (Luke Walton, Poway, Calif.; Artour Samsonov, Stoneham, Mass.), 7:11.81 (Q); 4. Czech Republic (Adam Michalek; Petr Imre), 7:26.19 (Q).

Group 3

1. New Zealand (Nathan Twaddle; George Bridgewater), 6:54.75 (Q); 2. Canada (Dave Calder; Christopher Jarvis), 6:56.23 (Q); 3. Italy (Giuseppe de Vita; Dario Lari), 7:03.12 (Q); 4. Germany (Tobias Kuehne; Jan Herzog), 7:14.16 (Q).

DOUBLE SCULLS

Group 1

1. France (Sebastien Vieilledent; Adrien Hardy), 6:45.76 (Q); 2. Czech Republic (Milan Dolecek Jr; Ondrej Synek), 6:50.67 (Q); 3. Australia (Brendan Long; Peter Hardcastle), 6:52.34 (Q); 4. Germany (Rene Bertram; Christian Schreiber), 6:58.22 (Q); 5. Cuba (Yosbel Martinez Hechevarria; Yoennis Hernandez Arruez), 7:02.95 (Q).

Group 2

1. Italy (Rossano Galtarossa; Alessio Sartori), 6:40.82 (Q); 2. Britain (Matthew Wells; Matthew Langridge), 6:48.13 (Q); 3. United States (Aquil Abdullah, Washington; Henry Nuzum, Chapel Hill, N.C.), 6:52.34 (Q); 4. Poland (Michal Jelinski; Adam Wojciechowski), 7:00.38 (Q); 5. Hungary (Akos Haller; Gabor Bencsik), 7:05.20 (Q).

Group 3

1. Slovenia (Luka Spik; Iztok Cop), 6:45.26 (Q); 2. Norway (Nils-Torolv Simonsen; Morten Adamsen), 6:49.90 (Q); 3. Estonia (Leonid Gulov; Tonu Endrekson), 6:58.80 (Q); 4. Lithuania (Kestutis Keblys; Einaras Siaudvytis), 7:07.13 (Q).

FOURS

Group 1

1. Canada (Cameron Baerg; Thomas Herschmiller; Jake Wetzel; Barney Williams), 6:26.38 (Q); 2. Poland (Jaroslaw Godek; Mariusz Daniszewski; Artur Rozalski; Rafal Smolinski), 6:30.72 (Q); 3. Czech Republic (Jakub Makovicka; Jan Schindler; Petr Vitasek; Karel Neffe Jr), 6:31.23 (Q); 4. Croatia (Damir Vucicic; Igor Boraska; Petar Milin; Marko Dragicevic), 6:34.05 (Q); 5. Romania (Daniel Mastacan; Florin Corbeanu; Ovidiu Cornea; Gheorghita Munteanu), 6:40.16 (Q).

Group 2

1. Britain (Steve Williams; James Cracknell; Ed Coode; Matthew Pinsent), 6:20.85 (Q); 2. Italy (Lorenzo Porzio; Dario Dentale; Luca Agamennoni; Raffaello Leonardo), 6:22.58 (Q); 3. Slovenia (Tomaz Pirih; Janez Klemencic; Gregor Sracnjek; Miha Pirih), 6:25.36 (Q); 4. United States (Garrett Klugh, Los Angeles; Michael Wherley, Sun Praire, Wis.; Jamie Schroeder, Wilmete, Ill.; Wolfgang Moser, Moultonboro, N.H.), 6:30.01 (Q).

Group 3

1. Australia (Dave McGowan; Robert Jahrling; Thomas Laurich; David Dennis), 6:21.97 (Q); 2. New Zealand (Donald Leach; Mahe Drysdale; Carl Meyer; Eric Murray), 6:22.91 (Q); 3. Germany (Jochen Urban; Sebastian Thormann; Philipp Stueer; Bernd Heidicker), 6:33.14 (Q); 4. Russia (Sergeij Matveyev; Vladimir Volodenkov; Evgenij Jigulin; Alexander Litvinchev), 6:36.93 (Q).

WOMEN

SINGLE SCULLS

Group 1

1. Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, Germany, 7:35.20 (Q); 2. Carolina Luethi, Switzerland, 7:49.88 (Q); 3. Femke Dekker, Netherlands, 7:55.50 (Q); 4. Rocio Rivarola Trappe, Paraguay, 8:03.85 (Q); 5. Lee Yoon Hui, South Korea, 8:04.48 (Q); 6. Doaa Moussa, Egypt, 8:26.87 (Q).

Group 2

1. Mirka Knapkova, Czech Republic, 7:25.23 (Q); 2. Sonia Waddell-Scown, New Zealand, 7:36.15 (Q); 3. Soraya Jadue Ariaza, Chile, 7:58.28 (Q); 4. Analia Marin, Argentina, 8:01.56 (Q); 5. Pere Karoba, Indonesia, 8:04.76 (Q); 6. Ibtissem Trimech, Tunisia, 8:15.87 (Q).

Group 3

1. Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch, Belarus, 7:45.22 (Q); 2. Jennifer Devine, Seattle, 7:55.15 (Q); 3. Suli Mu, China, 7:58.92 (Q); 4. Fabiana Beltrame, Brazil, 8:02.89 (Q); 5. Phuttharaksa Nikree, Thailand, 8:24.03 (Q); 6. Elena Usarova, Uzbekistan, 8:32.56 (Q).

Group 4

1. Rumyana Neykova, Bulgaria, 7:35.66 (Q); 2. Irina Fedotova, Russia, 7:51.71 (Q); 3. Frida Svensson, Sweden, 7:54.29 (Q); 4. Nuria Dominguez Asensio, Spain, 7:55.60 (Q); 5. Martha Aurora Garcia Mayo, Mexico, 8:07.32 (Q); 6. Chien Ju Chiang, Taiwan, 8:15.

PAIRS

Group 1

1. Belarus (Yuliya Bichyk; Natallia Helakh), 7:27.73 (Q); 2. Britain (Katherine Grainger; Cath Bishop), 7:34.66 (Q); 3. Germany (Maren Derlien; Sandra Goldbach), 7:44.00 (Q); 4. France (Sophie Balmary; Virginie Chauvel), 7:49.70 (Q); 5. United States (Sarah Jones, Stanwood, Wash.; Kate Mackenzie, Novi, Mich.), 7:53.78 (Q).

Group 2

1. Romania (Georgeta Damian-Andrunache; Viorica Susanu), 7:29.74 (Q); 2. Canada (Darcy Marquardt; Buffy-Lynne Williams), 7:42.36 (Q); 3. Bulgaria (Mila Tancheva; Anna Chuk), 7:52.45 (Q); 4. China (Huanling Cong; Xueling Feng), 7:53.30 (Q); 5. New Zealand (Juliette Haigh; Nicky Coles), 9:37.53 (Q).

DOUBLE SCULLS

Group 1

1. New Zealand (Georgina Evers-Swindell; Caroline Evers-Swindell), 7:25.57 (Q); 2. Britain (Sarah Winckless; Elise Laverick), 7:29.75 (Q); 3. Ukraine (Nataliya Guba; Svitlana Mazii), 7:39.02 (Q); 4. France (Caroline Delas; Gaelle Buniet), 7:41.23 (Q); 5. Russia (Olga Samulenkova; Julia Kalinovskaya), 7:54.75 (Q).

Group 2

1. Germany (Peggy Waleska; Britta Oppelt), 7:28.89 (Q); 2. Bulgaria (Anet Jacgueline Buschmann; Miglena Markova), 7:35.46 (Q); 3. Romania (Camelia Mihalcea; Simona Strimbeschi), 7:39.32 (Q); 4. Australia (Donna Martin; Jane Robinson), 7:41.20 (Q); 5. Italy (Elisabetta Sancassani; Gabriella Bascelli), 7:46.66 (Q).

Sailing

MEN

470

After two races

1. Britain (Nick Rogers; Joe Glanfield) (2, 3), 5.0; 2. Brazil (Alexandre Paradeda; Bernardo Arndt) (5, 1), 6.0; 3. United States (Paul Foerster, Rockwall, Texas; Kevin Burnham, Miami Beach, Fla.) (1, 8), 9.0; 4. Japan (Kazuto Seki; Kenjiro Todoroki) (3, 7), 10.0; 5. Ukraine (Eugen Braslavets; Igor Matvienko) (10, 4), 14.0; 6. Greece (Andreas Kosmatopoulos; Konstantinos Trigkonis) (9, 6), 15.0; 7. France (Gildas Philippe; Nicolas le Berre) (14, 2), 16.0; 8. Netherlands (Sven Coster; Kalle Coster) (4, 21), 25.0; 9. South Korea (Kim Daeyoung; Jung Sung Ahn) (6, 19), 25.0; 10. Russia (Dmitry Berezkin; Mikhail Krutikov) (8, 17), 25.0.

Finn

After two races

1. Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Poland (3, 1), 4.0; 2. Aimilios Papathanasiou, Greece (1, 5), 6.0; 3. Karlo Kuret, Croatia (6, 2), 8.0; 4. Rafael Trujillo, Spain (8, 3), 11.0; 5. Guillaume Florent, France (7, 7), 14.0; 6. Dean Barker, New Zealand (5, 10), 15.0; 7. Ali Enver Adakan, Turkey (2, 15), 17.0; 8. Kevin Hall, Ventura, Calif. (11, 6), 17.0; 9. Jonas Hoegh Christensen, Denmark (16, 4), 20.0; 10. Joao Signorini, Brazil (15, 9), 24.0.

WOMEN

Yngling

After two races

1. France (Anne le Helley; Elodie Lesaffre; Marion Deplanque) (3, 2), 5.0; 2. Netherlands (Annelies Thies; Annemieke Bes; Petronella de Jong) (8, 1), 9.0; 3. Britain (Shirley Robertson; Sarah Webb; Sarah Ayton) (5, 4), 9.0; 4. Russia (Ekaterina Skudina; Tatiana Lartseva; Diana Krutskikh) (6, 5), 11.0; 5. United States (Carol Cronin, Jamestown, R.I.; Liz Filter, Stevenville, Md.; Nancy Haberland, Annapolis, Md.) (2, 10), 12.0; 6. Ukraine (Ruslana Taran; Ganna Kalinina; Svitlana Matevusheva) (10, 3), 13.0; 7. Spain (Monica Azon; Graciela Pisonero; Marina Sanchez) (7, 7), 14.0; 8. Denmark (Dorte Jensen; Helle Jespersen; Christina Borregaard Otzen) (1, 14), 15.0; 9. Germany (Kristin Wagner; Anna Hoell; Veronika Lochbrunner) (9, 8), 17.0; 10. Greece (Aikaterini Giakoumidou; Eleni Dimitrakopoulou; Eftychia Mantzaraki) (12, 6), 18.0.

470

After two races

1. Greece (Sofia Bekatorou; Aimilia Tsoulfa) (1, 2), 3.0; 2. Spain (Natalia Via Dufresne; Sandra Azon) (2, 4), 6.0; 3. Slovenia (Vesna Dekleva; Klara Maucec) (3, 5), 8.0; 4. France (Ingrid Petitjean; Nadege Douroux) (8, 3), 11.0; 5. Denmark (Susanne Ward; Michaela Meehan) (11, 1), 12.0; 6. Russia (Vlada Ilienko; Natalia Gaponovich) (7, 6), 13.0; 7. New Zealand (Shelley Hesson; Linda Dickson) (6, 8), 14.0; 8. Canada (Jennifer Provan; Nikola Girke) (4, 13), 17.0; 9. Britain (Christina Bassadone; Katherine Hopson) (5, 14), 19.0; 10. Sweden (Therese Torgersson; Vendela Zachrisson) (9, 10), 19.0; 11. Argentina (Maria Fernanda Sesto; Paula Reinoso) (15, 7), 22.0; 12. Australia (Jenny Armstrong; Belinda Stowell) (14, 12), 26.0; 13. United States (Katie McDowell, Barrington, R.I.; Isabelle Kinsolving, New York) (12, 16), 28.0; 14. Germany (Stefanie Rothweiler; Monika Leu) (13, 15), 28.0; 15. Hungary (Marta Weores; Anna Payr) (21, 9), 30.0.

Shooting

MEN

10m Air Pistol

GOLD — 1. Yifu Wang, China (590, 100.0), 690.0.

SILVER — 2. Mikhail Nestruev, Russia (591, 98.8), 689.8.

BRONZE — 3. Vladimir Isakov, Russia (584, 100.3), 684.3.

4. Tanyu Kiriakov, Bulgaria (583, 100.4), 683.4.

5. Jin Jong Oh, South Korea (582, 100.9), 682.9.

6. Kim Hyon Ung, North Korea (583, 99.0), 682.0.

7. Norayr Bakhtamyan, Armenia (582, 99.9), 681.9.

8. Kim Jong Su, North Korea (582, 99.2), 681.2.

U.S. Finishers

13t. Daryl Szarenski, Saginaw, Mich. (579), 579.0.

36t. Jason Turner, Colorado Springs (571), 571.0.

Trap

Qualification-Day 1

1. Giovanni Pellielo, Italy, 74; 2. Alexei Alipov, Russia, 74; 3. Bret Erickson, Bennington, Neb., 73; 4. Petri Nummela, Finland, 73; 5. Stephane Clamens, France, 73; 6. Ahmed Almaktoum, United Arab Emirates, 73; 7. Francisco Boza, Peru, 73; 8. Lance Bade, Vancouver, Wash., 73; 9. Khaled Almudhaf, Kuwait, 72; 9. Francesco Amici, San Marino, 72; 9. Derek Burnett, Ireland, 72; 9. Michael Diamond, Australia, 72; 9. Wung Yew Lee, Singapore, 72; 9. Naser Meqlad, Kuwait, 72; 9. Adam Vella, Australia, 72.

WOMEN

10m Air Rifle

GOLD — 1. Li Du, China (398, 104.0), 502.0.

SILVER — 2. Lioubov Galkina, Russia (399, 102.5), 501.5.

BRONZE — 3. Katerina Kurkova, Czech Republic (398, 103.1), 501.1.

4. Yinghui Zhao, China (398, 102.8), 500.8.

5. Tatiana Goldobina, Russia (397, 102.5), 499.5.

6. Sonja Pfeilschifter, Germany (396, 102.7), 498.7.

7. Laurence Brize, France (396, 101.9), 497.9.

8. Suma Shirur, India (396, 101.2), 497.2.

U.S. Finishers

9t. Emily Caruso, Fairfield, Conn. (396), 396.0.

14t. Hattie Johnson, Athol, Idaho (394), 394.0.

Softball

W L

Australia	1 0
Canada	1 0
China	1 0
United States	1 0
Greece	0 1
Italy	0 1
Japan	0 1
Taiwan	0 1

At Olympic Softball Stadium

Yesterday's results

Australia 4, Japan 2

United States 7, Italy 0 (5)

Canada 2, Taiwan 0

China 5, Greece 0

Today's games

Japan vs. Taiwan, 11:30 a.m.

China vs. Italy, 2 a.m.

United States vs. Australia, 7 a.m.

Canada vs. Greece, 9:30 a.m.

Box score

United States 7, Italy 0 (5)

Italy AB R H BI BB SO

M. Gambella, SS	3 0 0 0 0 2
E. Trevisan, C	3 0 1 0 0 2
D. Castellani, DP	2 0 0 0 0 1
F. Francolini, CF	2 0 1 0 0 1
N. Anter, 3B	2 0 0 0 0 2
J. Spediacci, 1B	1 0 0 0 1 0
S. Del Mastio, 2B	2 0 1 0 0 0
S. Bardini, LF	1 0 0 0 1 1
N. Cimin, RF	2 0 0 0 0 1
Total	18 0 3 0 2 10

United States AB R H BI BB SO

N. Watley, SS	4 1 4 2 0 0
L. O'Brien-Amico, 1B	1 0 0 0 0 0
C. Bustos, 3B	3 0 0 1 0 1
L. Fernandez, DP	2 0 1 1 1 0
S. Nuveman, C	3 0 0 0 0 0
L. Jung, 2B	3 1 1 0 0 0
K. Kretschman, RF	2 2 2 0 0 0
J. Mendoza, LF	3 2 2 2 0 0
L. Berg, CF	3 1 1 1 0 0
Total	24 7 11 7 1 1
Italy	0 0 0 0 0 — 0 3 2
United States	1 3 0 0 3 — 7 11 0

LOB — Italy 5, United States 8. 2B — N. Watley, L. Jung, K. Kretschman. 3B — N. Watley, J. Mendoza. S — L. O'Brien-Amico (2).

Italy IP H R ER BB SO

L. Malerich, L	1 5 4 4 0 1
N. Di Salvio	3.1 6 3 3 1 0

United States IP H R ER BB SO

J. Finch, W	3 0 0 0 1 5
L. Harrigan	1.1 3 0 0 1 3
C. Osterman	0.2 0 0 0 0 2

PB — S. Nuveman. Umpires — Third, Wayne Saunders, New Zealand; Home, Santos Vasquez, Puerto Rico; First, Haruhi Goto, Japan; Second, Neville Lawrance, Australia. A — 1,845.

Swimming

MEN

400 IM

GOLD — Michael Phelps III, Towson, Md., 4:08.26.

SILVER — 2. Erik Vendt, North Easton, Mass., 4:11.81.

BRONZE — 3. Laszlo Cseh, Hungary, 4:12.15.

4. Alessio Boggiatto, Italy, 4:12.28.

5. Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia, 4:14.49.

6. Ioannis Kokkodis, Greece, 4:18.60.

7. Jiro Miki, Japan, 4:19.97.

8. Travis Nederpelt, Australia, 4:20.08.

400 Freestyle

GOLD — 1. Ian Thorpe, Australia, 3:43.10.

SILVER — 2. Grant Hackett, Australia, 3:43.36.

BRONZE — 3. Klete Keller, Phoenix, 3:44.11.

4. Larsen Jensen, Bakersfield, Calif., 3:46.08.

5. Massimiliano Rosolino, Italy, 3:46.25.

6. Yuri Prilukov, Russia, 3:46.69.

7. Spyridon Gianniotis, Greece, 3:48.77.

8. Takeshi Matsuda, Japan, 3:48.96.

100 Breaststoke

Qualification

Semifinals

1. Kosuke Kitajima, Japan, 1:00.03 (Q); 2. Brendan Hansen, Haverton, Pa., 1:00.25 (Q); 3. Mark Gangloff, Akron, Ohio, 1:00.81 (Q); 4. Darren Mew, Britain, 1:00.89 (Q); 5. James Gibson, Britain, 1:00.99 (Q); 6. Hugues Duboscq, France, 1:01.15 (Q); 7. Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakhstan, 1:01.16 (Q); 8. Jens Kruppa, Germany, 1:01.19 (Q); 9. Oleg Lisogor, Ukraine, 1:01.21 (Q); 10. Roman Sludnov, Russia, 1:01.65 (Q); 11. Eduardo Fischer, Brazil, 1:01.84 (Q); 12. Richard Bodor, Hungary, 1:01.91 (Q); 13. Jarno Pihlava, Finland, 1:01.99 (Q); 14. Thijs van Valkengoed, Netherlands, 1:02.03 (Q); 15. Dmitry Komornikov, Russia, 1:02.05 (Q); 16. Rene Kolonko, Germany, 1:02.09 (Q).

WOMEN

400 IM

GOLD — 1. Yana Klochkova, Ukraine, 4:34.83.

SILVER — 2. Kaitlin Sandeno, Lake Forest, Calif., 4:34.95.

BRONZE — 3. Georgina Bardach, Argentina, 4:37.51.

4. Eva Risztov, Hungary, 4:39.29.

5. Joanna Melo, Brazil, 4:40.00.

6. Nicole Hetzer, Germany, 4:40.20.

7. Nam Yoo Sun, South Korea, 4:50.35.

8. Vasiliki Angelopoulou, Greece, 4:50.85.

4 X 100 Free Relay

GOLD — 1. Australia (Alice Mills, 54.75; Lisbeth Lenton, 53.57; Petria Thomas, 54.67; Jodie Henry, 52.95), 3:35.94.

SILVER — 2. United States (Kara Lynn Joyce, Ann Arbor, Mich., 54.74; Natalie Coughlin, Concord, Calif., 53.83; Amanda Weir, Lawrenceville, Ga., 54.05; Jennifer Thompson, Dover, N.H., 53.77), 3:36.39.

BRONZE — 3. Netherlands (Chantal Groot, 55.45; Inge Dekker, 54.66; Marleen Veldhuis, 54.11; Inge de Bruijn, 53.37), 3:37.59.

4. Germany (Antje Buschschulte, 54.67; Petra Dallmann, 54.79; Daniela Gotz, 53.99; Franziska van Almsick, 54.49), 3:37.94.

5. France (Solenne Figues de Saint Marie, 55.36; Celine Couderc, 55.20; Aurore Mongel, 55.72; Malia Metella, 53.95), 3:40.23.

6. Britain (Melanie Marshall, 55.42; Kathryn Evans, 54.33; Karen Pickering, 55.58; Lisa Chapman, 55.49), 3:40.82.

7. Sweden (Josefin Lillhage, 55.77; Johanna Sjoberg, 55.90; Therese Alshammar, 54.18; Anna-Karin Kammerling, 55.37), 3:41.22.

8. China (Jiaru Cheng, 56.20; Yanwei Xu, 55.19; Yu Yang, 56.08; Yingwen Zhu, 55.43), 3:42.90.

100 Butterfly

Qualification

Semifinals

1. Petria Thomas, Australia, 57.47 (Q); 2. Otylia Jedrzejczak, Poland, 57.84 (Q); 3. Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands, 58.47 (Q); 4. Martina Moravcova, Slovakia, 58.48 (Q); 5. Jess Schipper, Australia, 58.57 (Q); 6. Jennifer Thompson, Dover, N.H., 58.77 (Q); 7. Junko Onishi, Japan, 59.22 (Q); 8. Rachel Komisarz, Louisville, Ky., 59.38 (Q); 8. Malia Metella, France, 59.38 (Q); 10. Ambra Migliori, Italy, 59.47 (Q); 11. Franziska van Almsick, Germany, 59.53 (Q); 12. Zhou Yafei, China, 59.62 (Q); 13. Natalia Soutiaguina, Russia, 59.76 (Q); 14. Alena Popchanka, Belarus, 59.77 (Q); 15. Mette Jacobsen, Denmark, 59.81 (Q); 16. Anna-Karin Kammerling, Sweden, 59.84 (Q).

Table Tennis

MEN

SINGLES

First round

Torben Wosik (33), Germany, beat Mohamed Gueye (62), Senegal, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4; Song Liu (41), Argentina, beat Shu Arai (46), Japan, 11-7, 7-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-4; Sharath Kamal Achanta (49), India, beat Mohamed Boudjadja (61), Algeria, 11-4, 12-10, 11-6, 11-13, 11-7; Monday Merotohun (52), Nigeria, beat Momo Babungu (63), DR Congo, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8; Min Yang (35), Italy, beat Kien Quoc Doan (53), Vietnam, 11-5, 11-13, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5; William Henzell (51), Australia, beat Khoa Nguyen (56), San Jose, Calif., 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9; Ju Lin (48), Dominican Republic, beat Ryo Yuzawa (40), Japan, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-9; Tomasz Krzeszewski (37), Poland, beat Hugo Hoyama (43), Brazil, 12-10, 11-4, 11-4, 11-8; Koji Matsushita (34), Japan, beat Trevor Brown (58), Australia, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9, 11-3; Ilija Lupulesku (44), Chicago, beat Juan Papic (55), Chile, 11-2, 11-4, 11-5, 11-2; O Il (47), North Korea, beat Jose Luxindula (64), DR Congo, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4, 11-7; Zhiwen He (36), Spain, beat Panagiotis Gionis (42), Greece, 11-7, 13-11, 11-4, 11-13, 15-13; Thiago Monteiro (45), Brazil, beat Mohammedreza Akhlagh Pasand (59), Iran, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9, 11-7, 11-5; Segun Toriola (39), Nigeria, beat Pablo Tabachnik (57), Argentina, 12-10, 11-8, 11-13, 11-3, 11-8; Aleksandar Karakasevic (38), Serbia-Montenegro, beat Khalid Al-Harbi (60), Saudi Arabia, 11-9, 11-3, 11-3, 11-5; Srdjan Milicevic (50), Bosnia-Herzegovina, beat Russell Lavale (54), Australia, 10-12, 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 18-16, 13-11.

WOMEN

SINGLES

First round

Tawny Banh (48), San Gabriel, Calif., beat Yoon Ji Hye (47), South Korea, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 16-14, 3-11, 11-8, 11-6; Laura Negrisoli (36), Italy, beat Fabiola Ramos (54), Venezuela, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6, 8-11, 11-3; Nanthana Komwong (43), Thailand, beat Mouma Das (51), India, 11-6, 11-7, 11-3, 12-10; Marina Kravchenko (44), Israel, beat Archontoula Volakaki (49), Greece, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; Funke Oshonaike (52), Nigeria, beat Berta Rodriguez (53), Chile, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9; Silvija Erdelji (38), Serbia-Montenegro, beat Nesrine Ben Kahia (64), Tunisia, 11-3, 11-1, 11-3, 11-7; Miao Miao (39), Australia, beat Marisol Espineira (58), Peru, 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6; I-Hua Huang (42), Taiwan, beat Leila Boucetta (61), Algeria, 11-8, 11-3, 11-4, 11-8; Jian Fang Lay (41), Australia, beat Cornelia Vaida (37), Croatia, 12-10, 11-5, 11-6, 13-11; Maria Fazekas (34), Hungary, beat Manzura Inoyatova (59), Uzbekistan, 11-6, 11-7, 11-3, 11-7; Jasna Reed (45), Chicago, beat Renata Strbikova (35), Czech Republic, 9-11, 6-11, 15-13, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9; Xue Wu (46), Dominican Republic, beat Oksana Fadeeva (40), Russia, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9; Petra Cada (50), Canada, beat Olfa Guenni (62), Tunisia, 11-4, 11-7, 11-4, 11-7; Nikoleta Stefanova (33), Italy, beat Asma Menaifi (63), Algeria, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6; Zeina Shaban (56), Jordan, beat Iizzwa Medina (57), Honduras, 4-11, 8-11, 4-11, 1-11, DQ; Cecila Otu Offiong (60), Nigeria, beat Ligia Silva Santos (55), Brazil, 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 12-10, 11-8.

Team Handball

MEN

Group A

W L T Pts

Russia	1 0 0 2
Spain	1 0 0 2
Croatia	1 0 0 2
Iceland	0 1 0 0
Slovenia	0 1 0 0
South Korea	0 1 0 0

Group B

W L T Pts

France	1 0 0 2
Germany	1 0 0 2
Hungary	1 0 0 2
Brazil	0 1 0 0
Egypt	0 1 0 0
Greece	0 1 0 0

Yesterday's results

Spain 31, South Korea 30

Hungary 33, Egypt 28

Russia 28, Slovenia 25

Germany 28, Greece 18

Croatia 34, Iceland 30

France 31, Brazil 17

Volleyball

WOMEN

Group A

W L Pts

Brazil	1 0 2
Greece	1 0 2
Italy	1 0 2
Japan	0 1 1
Kenya	0 1 1
South Korea	0 1 1

Group B

W L Pts

China	1 0 2
Germany	1 0 2
Russia	1 0 2
Cuba	0 1 1
Dominican Republic	0 1 1
United States	0 1 1

Yesterday's results

Germany 3, Cuba 2 (20-25, 24-26, 25-22, 25-15, 17-15)

Russia 3, Dominican Republic 0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-16)

Brazil 3, Japan 0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-21)

Greece 3, Kenya 0 (25-7, 25-22, 25-14)

Italy 3, South Korea 0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-19)

China 3, United States 1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18)

Summary

China 3, United States 1

(25-21, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18)

China — Spiker-H. Yang (19-44); Blocker-K. Feng (3-16); Server-L. Wang (2-18); Scorer-H. Yang (20-73).

United States — Spiker-L. Tom (10-30); Blocker-H. Bown (4-15); Server-L. Tom (2-17); Scorer-L. Tom (14-57).

Referees — Jarmo Salonen, Finland; Fotios Lekkas, Greece.

Weightlifting

WOMEN'S 48 kg

GOLD — 1. Nurcan Taylan, Turkey, (1, 97.50-215; 2, 112.50-248), 210.00 kg.-463 pounds.

SILVER — 2. Zhuo Li, China, (2, 92.50-204; 3, 112.50-248), 205.00-452.

BRONZE — 3. Aree Wiratthaworn, Thailand, (3, 85.00-187; 1, 115.00-254), 200.00-441.

4. Aye Khine Nan, Myanmar, (5, 82.50-182; 4, 107.50-237), 190.00-419.

5. Namecrakpam Kunjarani Devi, India, (7, 82.50-182; 5, 107.50-237), 190.00-419.

6. Izabela Dragneva, Bulgaria, (6, 82.50-182; 7, 105.00-232), 187.50-413.

7. Han Tung Chen, Taiwan, (8, 80.00-176; 8, 102.50-226), 182.50-402.

8. Blessed Udoh, Nigeria, (13, 75.00-165; 6, 105.00-232), 180.00-397.

U.S. finisher

11. Tara Cunningham, Mount Pleasant, Mich., (10, 77.50-171; 12, 95.00-209), 172.50-380.