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MEDALS

FENCING

MEN'S INDIVIDUAL EPEE
[Gold] ALEKSANDR BEKETOV
Russia
[Silver] IVAN TREVEJO
Cuba
[Bronze] GEZA IMRE
Hungary

JUDO

MEN'S OVER 209 POUNDS
[Gold] DAVID DOUILLET
France
[Silver] ERNESTO PEREZ
Spain
[Bronze] HARRY VAN BARNEVELD
Belgium
[Bronze] FRANK MOELLER
Germany

WOMEN'S OVER 158.5 POUNDS
[Gold] SUN FUMING
China
[Silver] ESTELA RODRIGUEZ
Cuba
[Bronze] JOHANNA HAGN
Germany
[Bronze] CHRISTINE CICOT
France

SHOOTING

WOMEN'S AIR RIFLE
[Gold] RENATA MAUER
Poland, 497.6 points
[Silver] PETRA HORNEBER
Germany, 497.4
[Bronze] ALEKSANDRA IVOSEV
Yugoslavia, 497.2

MEN'S AIR PISTOL
[Gold] ROBERTO DI DONNA
Italy, 684.2 points
[Silver] WANG YIFU
China, 684.1
[Bronze] TANU KIRIAKOV
Bulgaria, 683.8

SWIMMING

WOMEN'S 100M FREESTYLE
[Gold] LE JINGYI
China, 54.50 seconds (OR)
[Silver] SANDRA VOLKER
Germany, 54.88
[Bronze] ANGEL MARTINO
United States, 54.93

MEN'S 100M BREASTSTROKE
[Gold] FRED DEBURGHGRAEVE
Belgium, 1:00.65
[Silver] JEREMY LINN
United States, 1:00.77
[Bronze] MARK WARNECKE
Germany, 1:01.33

WOMEN'S 400M INDIVID. MEDLEY
[Gold] MICHELLE SMITH
Ireland, 4:39.18
[Silver] ALLISON WAGNER
United States, 4:42.03
[Bronze] KRISZTINA EGERSZEGI
Hungary, 4:42.53

MEN'S 200M FREESTYLE
[Gold] DANYON LOADER
New Zealand, 1:47.63
[Silver] GUSTAVO BORGES
Brazil, 1:48.08
[Bronze] DANIEL KOWALSKI
Australia, 1:48.25

WEIGHTLIFTING

119 POUNDS
[Gold] HALIL MUTLU
Turkey, 633.81 pounds (OR)
[Silver] ZHANG XIANGSEN
China, 617.29
[Bronze] SEVDALIN MINCHEV
Bulgaria, 611.78

WR=World Record; OR=Olympic Record

COLOR PHOTO: DIETHER ENDLICHER/AP China's Sun Fuming tried to flip Cuba's Estela Rodriguez en route to judo gold (left), but the honor of winning the first gold medal of the Games went to Renata Mauer of Poland, in women's air rifle. [Estela Rodriguez and Sun Fuming]

COLOR PHOTO: BILL EPPRIDGE [See caption above--Renata Mauer holding Olympic gold medal]

THE COUNT

Leaders [Gold] [Silver] [Bronze] Total

Germany 0 2 3 5
China 2 2 0 4
United States 0 2 1 3
Belgium 1 0 1 2
France 1 0 1 2
Cuba 0 2 0 2
Bulgaria 0 0 2 2
Hungary 0 0 2 2
Ireland 1 0 0 1
Italy 1 0 0 1
Poland 1 0 0 1
Russia 1 0 0 1
Turkey 1 0 0 1
New Zealand 1 0 0 1
Brazil 0 1 0 1
Spain 0 1 0 1
Australia 0 0 1 1
Yugoslavia 0 0 1 1