Briefly

Archery

American Janet Dykman, ranked 17th in the tournament, advanced to the round of 16 with a pair of 156s.

Badminton

Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia moved into the gold-medal match in men’s doubles, joining Malaysians Soon Kit Cheah and Kim Hock Yap.

Baseball

Japan remained a contender for a medal-round berth with a 14-4 victory over South Korea, and the Netherlands edged Italy 8-7.

Basketball (Women)

The U.S. team finished the preliminary round with another rout, beating South Korea 105-64. Reserve Nikki McCray led five players in double figures with 16 points as the United States won its pool with a 5-0 record. The Americans begin the medal round Wednesday against Japan. Brazil (5-0) edged Italy 75-73 for first place in the other pool.

Diving

Chinese star Xiong Ni won the gold medal on the 10-meter platform. China’s Yu Zhuocheng won the silver while American Mark Lenzi took the bronze.

Equestrian

Americans Anne Kursinski and Leslie Burr Howard had two of only seven clean rounds in qualifying for the show jumpers.

Field Hockey (Men)

Australia clinched a spot in the medal round alongside the Netherlands with a 2-0 victory over Britain in Pool B. South Korea beat Malaysia 4-2 and the Netherlands beat South Africa 4-1.

Gymnastics

Shannon Miller won her first individual gold in the Olympics with a near-flawless performance on the balance beam. Dominique Dawes, replacing the injured Kerri Strug, got a bronze in floor exercise. Lilia Podkopayeva of Ukraine won two medals - gold on floor, silver on the beam. For the men, Jair Lynch of the U.S. won the silver on the parallel bars.

Softball

Lisa Fernandez and the U.S. team beat China 1-0 in 10 innings and moved into the gold medal game. Sheila Cornell’s bases-loaded single gave the Americans their second straight thrilling victory over the Chinese; she also had the winning hit Saturday. Australia defeated Japan 3-0 and earned the right to play China today. The winner of that game will meet the United States afterward for the gold medal.

Table Tennis

China’s Deng Yapeng completed the first step toward a second straight singles-doubles sweep, teaming with Qiao Hong to win the women’s doubles title. Deng and Qiao defeated Qiao Yunping and Liu Wei in an all-Chinese final. Deng and Qiao also won in the singles quarterfinals.

Team Handball

Switzerland held the winless U.S. men’s team to three goals in the first 18 minutes of the second half of a 29-20 victory. Darrick Heath scored 11 goals for the United States (0-4).

Tennis

No. 6 Jana Novotna of the Czech Republic ended Monica Seles’ bid for an Olympic medal, rallying to beat the top seed 7-5, 3-6, 8-6. Novotna’s opponent in Wednesday’s semifinals will be No. 3 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain, who beat No. 8 Kimiko Date of Japan. The other U.S. women won, which means a semifinal showdown Wednesday between Mary Joe Fernandez and Lindsay Davenport.

Track and Field

Carl Lewis closed his Olympic career with his longest jump in two years to win a record-tying ninth gold medal. Michael Johnson won the first half of what he hopes will be an unprecedented 400-200 double.

Allen Johnson won the 110-meter hurdles in an Olympic-record 12.95. Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie took the men’s 10,000 in an Olympic-record 27:07.34.

France’s Marie-Jose Perec won the 400 in 48.25, an Olympic record. Svetlana Masterkova of Russia took the women’s 800, Yelena Nikolayeva of Russia won the women’s 10-kilometer walk and Germany’s Ilke Wyludda won the women’s discus.

Volleyball (Men)

The U.S. team was eliminated from medal contention by the combination of its dramatic five-set loss to Bulgaria and Brazil’s victory over Cuba.

Weightlifting

Ukraine’s Timur Taimazov won the gold medal in the 238-pound classs. Wes Barnett finished sixth with an American-record total of 870 pounds.

Yachting

The U.S. Soling and Tornado teams posted victories in the first of their two races.