A WRAP-UP OF YESTERDAY'S NONMEDAL COMPETITION

Author:
SI Staff

BASEBALL

FIRST ROUND
The Netherlands 16, Australia 6
Nicaragua 7, Italy 2
U.S. 7, Korea 2

BASKETBALL

MEN'S FIRST ROUND
Greece 89, Brazil 87
Croatia 109, China 78
Puerto Rico 98, Korea 86
Yugoslavia 91, Australia 68
Argentina 65, Lithuania 61
U.S. 87, Angola 54

BOXING

FIRST ROUND
In his opening match, Sefarim Todorov of Bulgaria, the gold
medal favorite in the 125-pound class, outboxed Evgenii
Shestakov of Ukraine 11-4. Rhoshii Wells of the U.S. (165
pounds) dominated Sefid Dashti Mollal of Iran, winning on points
24-7. In the same category, Zsolt Erdel of Hungary pummeled Juan
Pablo Lopez from Mexico so badly that the referee stopped the
fight midway through the third round.

EQUESTRIAN

THREE-DAY EVENT
Double gold medal winner Bruce Davidson and his mount, Heyday,
helped the U.S. widen its lead after two days of dressage.
Heyday turned in his greatest career performance by racking up
only 42.6 penalty points. The U.S. now has 123.0 points, 14
ahead of second-place New Zealand, which has 137.0. Canada sits
in third place with 140.2.

FIELD HOCKEY

MEN'S FIRST ROUND
Spain 3, Pakistan 0
Germany 1, India 1
Argentina 5, U.S. 2

WOMEN'S FIRST ROUND
Australia 7, Argentina 1
U.S. 3, Korea 2

ROWING

PRELIMINARIES
The U.S. women's eights team, the gold medal favorite, was upset
by Belarus, losing by more than a boat length, and will have to
race tomorrow to qualify for Sunday's finals. The U.S. men's
eights did advance to the finals by beating Germany in its heat.
Three-time lightweight double sculls world champions Colleen
Miller and Wendy Wiebe of Canada were also stunned in their
heat, finishing third, and must win tomorrow to reach Friday's
semifinals.

SOCCER

MEN'S FIRST ROUND
Australia 2, Saudi Arabia 1
Spain 1, France 1
U.S. 2, Tunisia 0
Argentina 1, Portugal 1

SOFTBALL

FIRST ROUND
Australia 4, Chinese Taipei 0
Japan 3, China 0
Canada 4, Puerto Rico 0
U.S. 9, The Netherlands 0

VOLLEYBALL

WOMEN'S FIRST ROUND
China d. South Korea, 17-16, 16-14, 2-15, 13-15, 15-13
Japan d. Ukraine, 15-9, 15-5, 15-4
Russia d. Canada, 15-1, 15-7, 15-9
Germany d. Peru, 15-11, 15-6, 15-3
U.S. d. The Netherlands, 12-15, 15-10, 17-15, 15-7
Brazil d. Cuba, 15-11, 15-10, 15-4

WATER POLO

FIRST ROUND
Russia 10, Germany 8
Yugoslavia 9, Spain 7
Greece 8, Romania 5
Hungary 10, The Netherlands 8
Italy 10, Croatia 8
U.S. 9, Ukraine 7

WRESTLING (GRECO-ROMAN)

PRELIMINARIES AND CLASSIFICATION
Three-time Olympic superheavyweight champion Aleksandr Karelin
of Russia opened defense of his title by manhandling all three
of his opponents. But his countrymen and fellow gold medal
favorites 136.5-pound Sergei Martinov and 198-pound Gogi
Kogouachvilla both suffered upsets. U.S. superheavyweight and
silver medal hopeful Matt Ghaffari easily advanced toward a
showdown with Karelin.

YACHTING

PRELIMINARIES
Lightning and severe-thunderstorm warnings off the coast of
Savannah canceled all but three events. Defending Olympic
champion Jose van der Ploeg Garcia of Spain finished first in
the Finn race, and the U.S. edged out Russia to take the lead in
the Soling competition. The Canadian combo of Ross Macdonald and
Eric Jaspersen rounded out the day with a win in the Star.

COLOR PHOTO: WALTER IOOSS JR. Alexandre Erychov helped Russia squeak by Germany in water polo; Teresa Bell (below, left) and Lindsay Burns of the U.S. won their heat in lightweight double sculls. [Alexandre Erychov in game]

COLOR PHOTO: AL TIELEMANS [See caption above--Teresa Bell and Lindsay Burns rowing]