| Finals
August 22, Sunday
ATHLETICS. Men. 100 m. 1. Gatlin (USA) -- 9.85 sec. 2. Obikwelu (Portugal) - 9.86. 3. Green (USA) - 9.87. Hammer throw. 1. Annush (Hungary) - 83 m 19 cm. 2. Murofushi (Japan) - 82.91. 3. Tikhon (Belarus) - 79.81. Triple jump . 1. Olsson (Sweden) - 17 m 69 cm. 2. Oprea (Romania) - 17.55. 3. Daniil Burkenya (Russia) - 17.48... 7. Viktor Gushchinsky (Russia) - 17.11. High jump . 1. Holm (Sweden) - 2 m 36 cm. 2. Hemingway (USA) - 2.34. 3. Baba (Czech Republic) - 2.34... 6. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) - 2.32... 9. Vyacheslav Voronin (Russia) - 2.29. Women. Marathon (running 42 km 195 m). 1. Noguchi (Japan) - 2 hours 26 minutes. 20 sec. 2. Ndereba (Kenya) - 2:26.32. 3. Castor (USA) - 2:27.20... 8. Lyudmila Petrova (Russia) - 2:31.56. 9. Svetlana Zakharova (Russia) - 2:32.04.
DIVING. Women. Tower. 10 m. 1. Newbury (Australia) - 590.31 points. 2. Lao Lishi (China) - 576.30. 3. Turku (Australia) - 561.66.
SPORTS GYMNASTICS. Final competitions on individual apparatus. Men. Rings . 1. Tampakos (Greece) - 9,862 points. 2. Yovchev (Bulgaria) - 9,850. 3. Keki (Italy) - 9,812... 7. Alexander Safoshkin (Russia) - 9,750. Floor exercise. 1. Shewfeld (Canada) - 9,787. 2. Dragulescu (Romania) - 9,787. 3. Yovchev (Bulgaria) - 9,775. Horse. 1. Haibin Teng (China) - 9,837. 2. Urtsica (Romania) - 9.825. 3. Kashima (Japan) - 9,787. Women. Bars . 1. Leppene (France) - 9,687. 2. Humphrey (USA) - 9,662. 3. Merchant (USA) - 9,637... 8. Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) - 8,925. Vault. 1. Rosu (Romania) - 9,656. 2. Hatch (USA) - 9,481. 3. Anna Pavlova (Russia) - 9.475. 4. Elena Zamolodchikova (Russia) - 9,412.
TENNIS. Men. Singles. 1. Massu (Chile). 2. Fish (USA). 3. Gonzalez (Chile).
Nicholas Massu will return to his homeland as a national hero, with the rank of a two-time Olympic champion. Chilean athletes have been competing in the Olympics since 1896, but have never won a gold medal before. Massa will bring home two top awards at once - for victories in singles and doubles. His partner in the doubles combination, Fernando Gonzalez, also won two awards - gold and bronze. The final match between Massu and American Mardy Fish lasted exactly four hours and ended around midnight local time with a score of 6:3, 3:6, 2:6, 6:3, 6:4 in favor of the 24-year-old Chilean. In the fight for third place, which took place the day before, Gonzalez defeated another American, Taylor Dent, 6:4, 2:6, 16:14. The last game lasted 2 hours 10 minutes. According to the regulations, only the final match was held until three sets were won.
FENCING. Men. Sword. Team Championship . 1. France. 2. Hungary. 3. Germany. 4. Russia. In the bronze medal match, the Russians (Sergei Kochetkov, Pavel Kolobkov and Igor Turchin) lost to the Germans with a score of 29:37. Kochetkov let us down, losing his last micro-match - 6:12. In the final, the French (Fabrice Jeanne, Jerome Jeanne and Hugo Aubry) defeated the Hungarians - 43:32.
Preliminary competitions
BASKETBALL. Women. Group "A". 4th round. Russia - Japan - 94:71, Australia - Greece - 77:40, Nigeria - Brazil - 63:82. 5th round. Russia - Nigeria - 93:58, Australia - Brazil - 84:66, Greece - Japan - 93:91. Team position: Australia - 10 points, Russia - 9, Brazil - 8, Greece - 7, Japan - 6, Nigeria - 5. Group "B". 4th round. New Zealand - China - 79:77, USA - Spain - 71:58, Czech Republic - South Korea - 97:75. 5th round. Czech Republic - New Zealand - 74:57, USA - China - 100:62, Spain - South Korea - 64:61. Team standings : USA - 10, Spain - 9, Czech Republic - 8, New Zealand - 7, China - 6, South Korea - 5. Quarter-final schedule. August 25. 15.30 (Moscow time). Russia - Czech Republic. 17.45. USA - Greece. 21.00. Spain - Brazil. 23.15. Australia - New Zealand.
BOXING. Weight category up to 69 kg. Quarterfinals. Saitov (Russia) - Khusanov (Uzbekistan) - 22:14 (win on points). In the semi-finals on August 27, two-time Olympic champion Oleg Saitov will meet 21-year-old Bakhtiyar Artayev (Kazakhstan). At the 2003 World Championships in Bangkok, the Russian’s opponent was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
WATER POLO. Women. Play-offs for the right to play in the semi-finals. Italy - Hungary - 8:5, Greece - Russia - 7:4. Surprisingly, the referees whistled twice as many flagrant fouls against the hosts as against the Russians. The Greeks had a great second seven minutes. They scored three goals against their opponents, without conceding a single one, and increased the score from 2:1 to 5:1. Semi-final matches. August 24 . Australia - Greece, USA - Italy.
VOLLEYBALL. Women. Group "A". 4th round . South Korea - Japan - 3:0, Greece - Brazil - 0:3, Kenya - Italy - 0:3. 5th round. Japan - Kenya - 3:0, Italy - Greece - 3:0, Brazil - South Korea - 3:0. Team position : Brazil - 10, Italy - 9, South Korea - 8, Japan - 7, Greece - 6, Kenya - 5. Group “B”. 4th round. China - Germany - 3:0, Dominican Republic - Cuba - 0:3, USA - Russia - 2:3 (25:20, 17:25, 25:20, 18:25, 11:15 ). 5th round. Germany - Dominican Republic - 3:0, Russia - China - 0:3 (15:25, 16:25, 26:28). Cuba - USA - 0:3. Team position : China - 9, Russia - 8 (game ratio 11:8), Cuba - 8 (11:10), USA - 7 (11:10), Germany - 7 (7:11), Dominican Republic -- 6. Quarterfinals schedule. August 24. 15.00. Japan - China. 17.00. Russia - South Korea. 20.30. Italy - Cuba. 22.30. Brazil - USA. If successful, head coach Nikolai Karpol's team will meet the winner of the Brazil-USA pair in the semifinals. Men. Group "A". 4th round. Tunisia - Poland - 1:3, Argentina - Serbia and Montenegro - 1:3, Greece - France - 3:2. 5th round . France - Tunisia - 3:1. Group "B". 4th round. Australia - USA - 1:3, Italy - Holland - 3:0, Brazil - Russia - 3:0 (25:19, 25:13, 25:23). 5th round. Russia - Italy - 3:2 (25:16, 25:22, 22:25, 23:25, 15:13). The most productive players for the Russians were Sergei Tetyukhin (18 points), Sergei Baranov (15), Pavel Abramov (15) and Andrey Egorchev (13).
HANDBALL. Men. Group "A". 4th round. South Korea - Iceland - 34:30, Spain - Slovenia - 41:28, Croatia - Russia - 26:25. 5th round. Slovenia - South Korea - 26:23, Croatia - Spain - 30:22, Russia - Iceland - 34:30. Team position: Croatia - 10, Spain - 8, South Korea - 4, Russia - 4, Iceland - 2, Slovenia - 2. Group “B”. 4th round. Greece - Brazil - 26:22, Hungary - Germany - 30:29, France - Egypt - 22:21. 5th round. France - Germany - 27:22, Hungary - Greece - 26:22, Egypt - Brazil - 26:22. Team standings: France - 10, Hungary - 8, Germany - 6, Greece - 4, Egypt - 2, Brazil - 0. Quarter-final schedule. August 24. 15.30. South Korea - Hungary. 17.30 . Croatia - Greece. 20.30. Germany - Spain. 22.30 . France - Russia . If successful, head coach Vladimir Maksimov's team, Olympic champions of Sydney 2000, will advance to the semi-finals against the winner of the Spain-Germany meeting.
TABLE TENNIS. Men. Singles . Match for 3rd place . Wang Liqing (China) - Jan-Ove Waldner (Sweden) - 4:1 (10:12, 11:3, 11:8, 11:7, 11:9).
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