Results

Athletics: Men: 100m: 1. Maurice Greene (US) 9.87s, 2. Ato Boldon (Tri) 9.99, 3. Obadele Thompson (Bar) 10.04. Javelin: 1. Jan Zelezny (Cze) 90.17m (GR, old 89.66 Zelezny, Barcelona, 1992), 2. Steve Backley (Gbr) 89.85, 3. Sergey Makarov (Rus) 88.67. Women: 100m: 1. Marion Jones (US) 10.75s, 2. Ekaterini Thanou (Gre) 11.12, 3. Tanya Lawrence (Jam) 11.18.

Badminton: Men: Final: Ji Xinpeng (Chn) bt Hendrawan (Ina) 15-4, 15-13; (for third place): Xia Xuanze (Chn) bt Peter Gade Christensen (Den) 15-13, 15-5. Women: Doubles (final): Gu Fei/Gu Jun (Chn) bt Huang Nanyan/Yang Wei (Chn) 15-5, 15-5; (for third place) Gao Ling/Qin Yiyuan (Chn) bt Chung Jae Hee/Ra Kyung-Min (Kor) 15-10, 15-4.

Basketball: US bt New Zealand 102-56, Lithuania bt China 82-66, Italy bt France 67-57, Yugoslavia bt Spain 78-65, Australia bt Angola 86-75, Russia bt Canada 77-59.

Beach volleyball: Women's quarterfinals: Yukiko Takahashi/Mika Saiki (Jpn) bt Jennifer Jordan/Annett Davis (US) 15-9, Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede (Bra) bt Tania Gooley/Pauline Manser (Aus) 15- 7, Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst (Aus) bt Laura Bruschini/Annamaria Solazzi (Ita) 15-11, Sandra Pires/Adriana Samuel (Bra) bt Holly McPeak/Misty May (US) 16-14.

Cycling-mountainbike: Women: 1. Paola Pezzo (Ita), 2. Barbara Blatter (Swi), 3. Margarita Fullana (Esp).

Diving: Men: 10m platform synchronised: 1. Dmitry Sautin and Igor Lukashin (Rus) 365.04 pts, 2. Tian Liang and Hu Jia (Chn) 358.74, Jan Hempel and Heiko Meyer (Ger) 338.88. Women: 1. Vera Ilina and Ioulina Pakhalina (Rus) 332.64 pts, 2. Fu Mingxia and Guo Jingjing (Chn) 321.60, 3. Ganna Sorokina and Olena Zhupina (Ukr) 290.34.

Football: Quarterfinals: Cameroon bt Brazil 2-1, Chile bt Nigeria 4-1, Spain bt Italy 1-0, US bt Japan 5-4.

Fencing-team foil: Women: 1. Italy, 2. Poland, 3. Germany.

Hockey: Men: Malaysia 2 drew with Pakistan 2, India 3 bt Spain 2, Australia 2 bt Argentina 1, Germany 2 drew with Netherlands 2.

Swimming: Men: 1500m freestyle: 1. Grant Hackett (Aus) 14:48.33, 2. Kieren Perkins (Aus 14:53.59, 3. Chris Thompson (US) 14:56.81; 4x100m medley relay: 1. US (Lenny Krayzelburg, Ed Moses, Ian Crocker and Gary Hall Jr) 3:33.73 (WR, old: 3:34.84, US, 1996), 2. Australia (Mathew Welsh, Regan Harrison, Geoff Huegill and Michael Klim) 3:35.27, 3. Germany (Stev Theloke, Jens Kruppa, Thomas Ruprath and Torsten Spanneberg) 3:35.88. Women: 50m freestyle: 1. Inge de Bruijn (Ned) 24.32, 2. Therese Alshammar (Swe) 24.51, 3. Dara Torres (US) 24.63; 4x100m medley relay: 1. US (B.J. Bedford, Megan Quann, Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres) 3:58.30 (WR, old: 4:01.67, China, Rome 1994), 2. Australia (Dyana Calub Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas and Susie O'Neill) 4:01.59, 3. Japan (Mai Nakamura, Masami Tanaka, Junko Onishi and Sumika Minamoto) 4:04.16.

Rowing (all finals): Men: coxless fours: 1. GBR (Steve Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster and James Cracknell (GBR) 5m 56.24s., 2. Italy (5:57:04), 3. Australia (5:57.61); Coxless pairs: Michel Andrieux and Jean-Christophe (Fra), 2. US, 3. Australia; Double sculls: Luka Spik and Iztok Cop (Slo), 2. Norway, 3. Italy; Single sculls: 1. Rob Waddell (NZ) 6:48.90, 2. Xeno Mueller (Ger), 3. Marcel Hacker (Ger). Women: Single sculls: 1. Ekaterina Karsten (Bel) 7m 28.14s, 2. Rumyana Neykova (Bul) 7:28:15, 3. Katrin Rutschow- Stomporowski (Ger) 7:28.99; Coxless pairs: 1. Georgeta Damian and Doin Ignat (Rom), 2. Kate Slatter and Rachael Taylor (Aus), 3. Missy Ryan and Karen Kraft (US); Double sculls: 1. Jana Thieme and Kathrin Boron (Ger), 2. Netherlands, 3. Lithuania.

Tennis: Men: Singles (third round): Arnaud de Pasqulae (Fra) bt 3-Magnus Norman (Swe) Arnaud de Pasqulae 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2), 5- Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) bt Mark Phillippoussis (Aus) 7-6, 6-3, 2-Gustavao Kuerten (Bra) bt Ivan Ljuicic (Cro) 7-6 (2), 6-3. 8- Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) bt Daniel Nestor (Can) 7-6 (4), 6-3. Women: Singles (third round): Jelene Dokic (Aus) bt Rossana de los Rios (Par) 7-6 (5), 7-5, 12-Barbara Schett (Aut) bt Julie Halard-Decugis (Fra) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 10-Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Karina Habsudova (Svk) 6 2, 6-1. Doubles (second round) Venus Williams and Serina williams (U.S.) bt Elena Likhotseva and Anastasia Myskina 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 1-Julie Halard-Decugis/Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Olena Tatarkova/Anna Zaporozhanova (Ukr) 6-2, 6-4, Olga Barabanshchikova/Natasha Zvereva (Blr) bt 2-Conchita Martinez/Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Esp) 6-4 7-5, 5-Els Callens/Dominique van Roost (Bel) bt Karina Habsudova/Janette Husarova (Svk) 6-3, 6-2.

Trampoline: Men's final: Alexandre Moskalenko (Rus) 41.7 pts, 2. Jim Wallace (Aus) 39.3, 3. Mathieu Turgeon (Can) 39.1.

Waterpolo: 1. Australia, 2. US, 3. Russia.

Weightlifting: Men: 85kg: 1. Pyross Dimas (Gre), 2. Mark Huster (Ger), 3. George Asanidze (Geo).

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