FROZEN IN TIME FIFTEEN SI WRITERS RECALL THEIR MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN ATLANTA

s.l. price
on healing of the games

leigh montville
on a war in the pool

rick reilly
on a sponsor gone wild

tim layden
on jonathan edwards

gerry callahan
on the hero who wasn't

e.m. swift
on the best of bela

richard hoffer
on weightlifting magic

kenny moore
on mike powell's agony

phil taylor
on hoops' top matchup

gary smith
on dancing in the street

peter king
on a hardnosed softballer

alexander wolff
on spain's crown prince

michael farber
on volleyball's dreamer

steve rushin
on moving violations

roy blount jr.
on an olympic art form

COLOR PHOTO: AL TIELEMANS [Opening ceremony of Olympic Games]

COLOR PHOTO: WALTER IOOSS JR. [Donovan Bailey]

COLOR PHOTO: AL BEHRMAN/AP [Yoko Zetterlund]

COLOR PHOTO: JOHN IACONO [Naim Suleymanoglu]

TWO COLOR PHOTOS: PETER READ MILLER (2) [Mike Powell; Bela Karolyi and Kerri Strug]