Briefly

Archery

Kim Kyung-Wook become the fourth straight South Korean to win the women’s gold medal. Kim had six 10s and five 9s to beat China’s He Ying 113-107 in the championship match.

Badminton

Ge Fei and Gu Jun of China won the gold medal in women’s doubles, beating world champions Gil Young-ah and Jang Hye-ock of South Korea 15-5, 15-5. Indonesia’s Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja rallied to beat Malaysia’s Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock 5-15, 15-13, 15-12 for the men’s title.

Basketball (women)

Lisa Leslie scored 35 points, an Olympic record for a U.S. woman, as the United States beat Japan 108-93 in a quarterfinal game.The United States will play Australia in the semifinals Friday. Australia beat Russia 74-70 in overtime.

Boxing

Featherweight Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat Cuba’s Lorenzo Aragon 12-11 to reach the semifinals. It was the first time an American had beaten a Cuban since Leon Spinks won the 178-pound final at the 1976 Montreal Games. Antonio Tarver and David Reid fought their way into the semifinals, assuring the United States of at least five medals.

Canoe-kayak

World champions Stein Jorgensen and John Mooney qualified for the two-man kayak semifinals. Jim Terrell, the top flatwater canoeist in the United States, qualified for Friday’s semifinals in the 500-meter event.

Cycling

Pascal Richard of Switzerland overtook Denmark’s Rolf Sorensen in the final 20 meters to win the road race by a bicycle length. Frankie Andreu was the top American finisher, about two minutes behind Richard. Lance Armstrong finished 12th.

Diving

China’s Fu Mingxia added the springboard gold medal to her platform title, the first woman in 36 years to win both.

Equestrian

The favorite in individual dressage, Isabell Worth of Germany, made uncharacteristic mistakes and dropped to second place. Anky Van Grunsven of the Netherlands, aboard Bonfire, was the leader. American Michelle Gibson was third.

Field hockey

The U.S. women’s team clinched a spot in next year’s Champion’s Trophy tournament by defeating Spain 2-0 for fifth place. The U.S. men still are looking for their first-ever Olympic victory after losing 3-0 to South Africa. Spain and the Netherlands advanced to the gold-medal game.

Soccer

A sudden-death goal put Nigeria into the final with a 4-3 victory over Brazil. Nigeria will meet Argentina in Saturday’s final. Brazil plays Portugal for bronze.

Table tennis

Deng Yaping of China completed her second consecutive Olympic double by winning the singles title 21-14, 21-17, 20-22, 17-21, 21-5 over Taiwan’s Chen Jing.

Team handball

Dave DeGraaf scored 13 goals as the Americans beat Kuwait 29-24 for the first Olympic victory by a U.S. men’s handball team in 12 years.

Tennis

Lindsay Davenport clinched a medal by beating U.S. teammate Mary Joe Fernandez 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) in the semifinals. In Friday’s final, the ninth-seeded Davenport will face No. 3 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. Fernandez also advanced to the final in doubles with Gigi Fernandez, beating Manon Bollegraf and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy of the Netherlands 7-5, 7-6 (7-3). The Fernandezes will play Novotna and Helena Sukova on Saturday.

Track and field

Gail Devers, the 100-meter winner, finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles. Ludmila Engquist of Sweden won in 12.58 seconds. (See story on C1)

Volleyball

The U.S. women’s team took its second loss in 17 hours and can finish no higher than seventh. The Americans lost in straight sets to South Korea. Yugoslavia claimed its biggest victory ever, upsetting defending Olympic gold medalist Brazil in five sets in the men’s quarterfinals. The Netherlands, the world’s second-ranked team and 1992 silver medalist, beat Bulgaria in four sets.

Wrestling (freestyle)

Americans Kurt Angle and Kendall Cross won gold medals. (See story on A1).

Yachting

American Courtenay Becker-Dey finished sixth in the final race of the Europe class, giving her the bronze medal. Two-time world champion Kristine Roug of Denmark won the gold. Two-time world champion Robert Scheidt won the gold medal in the Laser class.