Briefly

Archery

Californian Justin Huish had consecutive 10s to open the men’s gold-medal match and never trailed in a 112-107 victory over Sweden’s Magnus Petersson.

Badminton

South Korea’s Bang Soo-hyun, the 1992 silver medalist, defeated 16-year-old Mia Audina of Indonesia 11-6, 11-7 to win the women’s gold. Denmark’s Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen took the men’s title, beating China’s Dong Jiong 15-12, 15-10. A South Korean won mixed doubles.

Boxing

Americans Rhoshii Wells, Terrance Cauthen and Nate Jones all earned bronze medals after being decisioned in semifinal bouts. Wells was outpointed 17-8 by Ariel Hernandez of Cuba at 165 pounds. Cauthen lost 15-12 to Tontcho Tontchev of Bulgaria at 132 pounds. Jones lost 16-10 to Canadian David Defiagbon.

Besides Hernandez, a 1992 Olympic champion, three other Cubans advanced to the finals. Arnaldo Mesa beat world champion Raimkul Malakhbekov of Russia 75-73 on a tiebreaker after the computer called their 119-pound contest a draw 8-8. Juan Hernandez, a silver medalist at the 1992 Olympics, outpointed Romanian Marian Simion 20-7 at 147 pounds. Felix Savon, 1992 Olympic and five-time world champion at 201 pounds, won on a walkover when Germany’s Luan Krasniqi couldn’t compete because of an injured hand.

Canoe-Kayak

The U.S. canoe and kayak team had five boats competing on Lake Lanier. All five failed to advance past the semifinals.

Diving

Russia’s Dmitry Sautin was the top qualifier with 452.82 points in the platform preliminaries. China’s Xiao Hailiang qualified second with 445.86 points and Tian Liang third with 425.73. Americans Patrick Jeffrey qualified fifth and David Pichler sixth.

Equestrian

It came down to the last rider in the show jumping team competition. Unfortunately for the U.S. team, that rider was the world’s best - Germany’s Ludger Beerbaum. Led by Beerbaum, who won individual gold at the 1992 Games, Germany won the team event with only 1.75 time faults.

The United States won the silver medal with 12 faults and Brazil took the bronze with 17.25.

Field hockey (Men)

The U.S. men remain 0-for-the-Olympics, still looking for their first-ever victory at the Games following a final loss. Malaysia beat the Americans 4-1.

Field hockey (Women)

Alyson Annan scored twice as the Australians beat South Korea 3-1, for the gold medal.

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rhythmic group gymnastics made its Olympic debut, and the top six teams advanced to today’s finals. Bulgaria, the defending world champion, finished first in the preliminary round. Italy and Germany were knocked out, along with the last-place United States.

Ekaterina Serebryanskaya, who tied for first at last year’s world championships, had a slight lead over fellow Ukrainian Elena Vitrichenko in the individual event after the first two preliminary rounds.

Table tennis

The tournament was a sweep for China. The Chinese won all four gold medals and three of the silvers.

Team handball

South Korea will play for its third straight women’s handball gold medal when it meets Denmark on Saturday. Angola defeated the United States 24-23 for seventh place.

Tennis

Andre Agassi advanced to the final of his first Olympics, erasing two set points in the opening set and beating Leander Paes of India 7-6 (7-5), 6-3. Agassi will go for the gold Saturday against Spaniard Sergi Bruguera, who beat Fernando Meligeni of Brazil 7-6 (11-9), 6-2.

Volleyball

The U.S. women’s team beat Germany 17-16, 15-6, 5-15, 15-6 to finish seventh.China moved within one victory of claiming its second gold medal, beating Russia 12-15, 15-5, 15-8, 15-12 in the semifinals. The Chinese will play Cuba for the gold. The Cubans beat Brazil 5-15, 15-9, 10-15, 15-13, 15-12 in the other semifinal.

Yachting

Americans Kris Stookey and Louise Van Voorhis had a chance to win a medal in the women’s 470 class, but they struggled to an 11th-place finish in the final race and dropped from third to fourth with 47 points overall. Defending gold medalists Theresa Zabell and Begona Via Dufresne of Spain won the gold with 25 points.

Ukraine captured the gold in the men’s 470. Yevhen Braslavets and Ihor Matviyenko didn’t even have to race Thursday to finish with a 21-point spread over John Merricks and Ian Walker of Britain.