How U.S. athletes did

Posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2000

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- How U.S. athletes fared Wednesday at the Summer Olympics:

ATHLETICS

400 Hurdles Final

1, Angelo Taylor, Atlanta, 47.50 -- GOLD.

4, James Carter, Baltimore, 48.04.

Second Round

Heat 2

2, Coby Miller, Auburn, Ala., 20.37 (Q).

Heat 3

1, John Capel Jr, Brooksville, Fla., 20.13 (Q).

Heat 4

1, Floyd Heard, Houston, 20.24 (Q).

Semifinals

Heat 1

3, Jason Pyrah, Springfield, Mo., 3:40.04 (Q).

9, Michael Stember, Fair Oaks, Calif., 3:42.30.

Heat 2

9, Gabriel Jennings, Stanford, Calif., 3:40.10.

5000

First Round

Heat 1

7, Adam Goucher, Colorado Springs, 13:24.34 (Q).

12, Nick Rogers, Eugene, Ore., 13:46.18.

Heat 2

11, Brad Hauser, Palo Alto, Calif., 13:39.41.

3000 Steeplechase

Heat 1

5, Mark Croghan, Greensburg, Ohio, 8:25.88.

Heat 2

10, Anthony Cosey, Knoxville, Tenn., 8:35.25.

Pole Vault

Qualifying

Group 1

5, Lawrence Johnson, Chesapeake, Va., (5.65), 18-6 1-2 (Q).

Group 2

1, Nick Hysong, Phoenix, (5.70), 18-8 1-4 (Q).

14, Chad Harting, Jonesboro, Ark., (5.40), 17-8 1-2.

Decathlon

Through 5 events

1, Chris Huffins, Indianapolis (10.48, 980; (7.71), 25-3 1-2, 987; (15.27), 50-1 1-4, 806; (2.09), 6-10 1-4, 887; 48.31, 894), 4554.

4, Tom Pappas, Azalea, Ore. (10.82, 901; (7.41), 24-3 3-4, 913; (14.87), 48-9 1-2, 782; (2.21), 7-3, 1002; 48.64, 878), 4476.

Women

100 Hurdles

Semifinals

Heat 1

NR, Gail Devers, Alpharetta, Ga., DNF.

Heat 2

6, Sharon Jewell, Stone Mountain, Ga., 13.00.

Final

3, Melissa Morrison, Kannapolis, N.C., 12.76 -- BRONZE.

Discus Final

10, Seilala Sua, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., (59.85), 196-4.

Second Round

Heat 1

4, Nanceen Perry, Fairfield, Texas, 22.95 (Q).

Heat 2

2, Marion Jones, Los Angeles, 22.50 (Q).

Heat 3

3, Torri Edwards, Los Angeles, 22.98 (Q).

First Round

Heat 1

1, Suzy Favor Hamilton, Madison, Wis., 4:08.08 (Q).

Heat 2

7, Marla Runyan, Eugene, Ore., 4:10.83 (Q).

Heat 3

9, Shayne Culpepper, Atlanta, 4:12.52.

10000

First Round

Heat 1

16, Jenn Rhines, Liverpool, N.Y., 34:08.28.

NR, Marleen Renders, Belgium, DNS.

Heat 2

10, Libbie Hickman, Fort Collins, Colo., 32:59.28 (Q).

18, Deena Drossin, Alamosa, Colo., 34:40.86.

Hammer

Qualifying

Group 1

4, Dawn Ellerbe, Laramie, Wyo., (64.91), 212-11 1-2 (Q).

Group 2

9, Jesseca Cross, Laramie, Wyo., (60.85), 199-7 3-4.

Shot Put

Qualifying

Group 1

10, Connie Price-Smith, St. Charles, Mo., (17.42), 57-2.

Group 2

7, Jesseca Cross, Laramie, Wyo., (17.27), 56-8.

11, Teri Tunks, Dallas, (16.34), 53-7 1-2.

Long Jump

Qualifying

Group 1

11, Shana Williams, Bridgeton, N.J., (6.44), 21-1 1-2.

Group 2

2, Marion Jones, Los Angeles, (6.78), 22-3 (Q).

3, Dawn Burrell, Lansdowne, Pa., (6.77), 22-2 1-2 (Q).

BOXING

Quarterfinals

Jerome Thomas, France, def. Jose Navarro, Los Angeles, 23-12 71kg

Quarterfinals

Jermain Taylor, Little Rock, Ark., def. Adnan Catic, Germany, 19-14.

CANOE-KAYAK

Flat Water

K-1 500

Heat 4

4, Stein Jorgensen, San Diego, 1:44.18 C-1 500

Top 3 advance to final

Heat 1

9, Jordan Malloch, Seattle, 1:58.93. K-2 500

Top finisher advances to final

Heat 1

4, United States (Peter Newton, Bellevue, Wash.; Angel Perez, Miami), 1:33.64. Women

K-1 500

Heat 2

6, Kathy Colin, Kailua, Hawaii, 1:55.37.

K-2 500

Heat 1

5, United States (Tamara Jenkins, Seattle; Kathy Colin, Kailua, Hawaii), 1:47.73.

CYCLING

Road Race Final

13, Lance Armstrong, Austin, Texas, 5:30:37.013.

34, Fred Rodriguez, Emeryville, Calif., 5:30:46.034.

DIVING

Women

Springboard

Semifinal

8, Jenny Keim, Miami, 511.02 (Q).

11, Michelle Davison, Columbia, S.C., 499.74 (Q).

EQUESTRIAN

Team Dressage

Grand Prix

3, United States (Susan Blinks, Mount Kisko, N.Y., Flim Flam-1725; Robert Dover, Flemington, N.J., Ranier-1678; Guenter Seidel, Del Mar, Calif., Foltaire-1695; Christine Traurig, Carlsbad, Calif., Etienne-1746), 5166 -- BRONZE. Individual Dressage

Grand Prix

(Q-qualified for next round)

10, Christine Traurig (Etienne), Carlsbad, Calif., 1746, 69.84,(Q).

12, Susan Blinks (Flim Flam), Mount Kisko, N.Y., 1725, 69.00, (Q).

15, Guenter Seidel (Foltaire), Del Mar, Calif., 1695, 67.80, (Q).

17, Robert Dover (Ranier), Flemington, N.J., 1678, 67.12, (Q).

SAILING

Postponed

TAEKWONDO

First Round

Joseph Salim, Hungary, def. Juan Moreno, Miami, 2-0.

49kg

First Round

Hanne Hogh Poulsen, Denmark, def. Kay Poe, Houston, 4-3.

TENNIS

Women Singles

Gold Medal

Venus Williams, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., def. Elena Dementieva, Russia, 6-2, 6-4.

WRESTLING

Greco-Roman

Quarterfinals

Sheng Zetian, China, def. James Gruenwald, Milwaukee, 11-1, 05:00, Greater Superiority.

5th Place

Ali Ashkani Aghbolagh, Iran, def. James Gruenwald, Milwaukee, 3-2.

130kg

Semifinals

Rulon Gardner, Afton, Wyo., def. Juri Yevseychyc, Israel, 3-2, OT, 07:39.

Gold Medal Match

Rulon Gardner, Afton, Wyo., def. Alexandre Karelin, Russia, 1-0, OT, 09:00



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