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Briefly

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Archery

Americans Butch Johnson and Justin Huish advanced to the third round in the men’s individual competition with two victories each. Meanwhile, the world’s No. 1 archer, Martinus Grove of Norway, eliminated the 1992 Olympic gold medalist, Sebastien Flute of France.

Badminton

Bang Soo-hyun of South Korea, the 1992 women’s silver medalist, and Indonesia’s Mia Audina advanced to the women’s final. Dong Jiong of China and Denmark’s Paul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen will play for the men’s gold medal.

Baseball

Travis Lee hit the 100th homer of the tournament as the United States completed round-robin play with a 17-1 victory over the Netherlands. Japan will play the United States Thursday. Cuba will play Nicaragua in the other first-round game.

Basketball (men)

The semifinals will pit the Dream Team against surprising Australia and Yugoslavia vs. Lithuania.

The Dream Team beat Brazil 98-75, Australia upset Croatia 73-71, Lithuania topped Greece 99-66 and Yugoslavia defeated China 128-61 in quarterfinals.

Boxing

Americans Rhoshii Wells (165 pounds), Terrance Cauthen (132) and Nate Jones (201) won matches, advancing to the semifinals. They are assured of at least bronze medals.

Canoe-kayak

Defending champions Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche of Germany overtook Americans Peter Newton and John Mooney and won the two-man kayak 1,000-meter event, qualifying for Thursday’s semifinal. Mike Harbold also needed the repechage to qualify for the 1,000 canoe semifinal.

Diving

Americans Melisa Moses and Jenny Keim advanced to the springboard semifinal, while two near-bellyflops put world champion Tan Shuping of China out of the competition.

Field hockey (women)

The U.S. women’s field hockey team defeated Spain 2-0 for fifth place. South Korea moved into the gold medal game with a 1-0 victory over Germany. Britain warmed up for the bronze medal match with a 5-0 victory over Argentina.

Modern pentathlon

Aleksandr Parygin of Kazakstan won the gold medal with 5,551 points.

Mountain bikes

The United States got an expected medal as mountain biking made its Olympic debut. Susan DeMattei won the bronze after her teammate and pre-race favorite, Juli Furtado, faded. Three-time world champion Paola Pezzo of Italy won the women’s gold. World champion Bart Jan Brentjens of the Netherlands took the men’s gold.

Soccer

Hernan Crespo’s two second-half goals helped Argentina move into its first Olympic final since 1928 with a 2-0 victory over Portugal.

Softball

The U.S. team won the gold medal, defeating China 3-1. (See page C1 for story.)

Synchronized swimming

The U.S. team moved into the lead with an almost flawless routine during the technical round of competition.

Table tennis

Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang of China won the gold medal in men’s doubles, defeating defending champions Lu Lin and Wang Tao of China 21-8, 18-21, 21-19, 21-17.

Team handball

The U.S. women’s team finished winless in its round-robin pool, losing 31-21 to China.

Tennis

Andre Agassi closed within one victory of a medal, rallying to beat Wayne Ferreira of South Africa 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 in the quarterfinals. Top-seeded Mary Joe and Gigi Fernandez advanced to the semifinals in doubles.

Volleyball (women)

The United States was beaten by Cuba 15-1, 15-10, 15-12 in the quarterfinals.

Weightlifting

Andrey Chemerkin broke the world record in the clean-and-jerk on his final lift to win the gold medal with a total of 1,008 pounds.

Wrestling

American Kurt Angle, the 220-pound world champion, won three matches to reach the semifinals. Angle was joined in the semifinals by teammates and returning Olympians Kendall Cross at 125-1/2 pounds and Townsend Saunders at 149-1/2. (See story, C1.)

Yachting

America’s woes in yachting continued when the Tornado team blew a chance for a medal.

xxxx TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE All events on NBC 9 a.m-Noon: Track and field; Diving - Women’s springboard semifinal; Canoeing. 4:30-9 p.m.: Track and field - Finals (Men’s 800; Women’s 100 hurdles; Decathlon, Day 1); Diving - Women’s springboard final; Cycling - Men’s road race; Volleyball - Men’s quarterfinal; Wrestling - Freestyle finals. 9:41-11:11 p.m.: Volleyball - Men’s quarterfinal; Boxing - Quarterfinals; Women’s Basketball - Quarterfinal.