Subject: CND Summer Olympics Special Issue (XII), August 8, 1992

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	       Special Issue on 1992 Summer Olympics (XII)

	        	 Saturday, August 8, 1992

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1. August 7: China Won Two Silvers in Shot Put and Basketball ........... 4
2. XXV Summer Olympics: Overall Medal Standings as of August 7 ......... 59
3. China Won the Silver Medal in Women's Basketball .................... 43
4. Friday's Medal Winners ............................................. 111
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1. August 7: China Won Two Silvers in Shot Put and Basketball ........... 4
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From:   Huijie, Jian Liu, Charlie Li & Hai-Ning Liu <[email-masked]>
Source: AP, DJ & UPI  8/7/92

WOMEN'S SHOT PUT: Huang Zhihong won the Silver Medal;

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: The Chinese team won the Silver Medal.

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2. XXV Summer Olympics: Overall Medal Standings as of August 7 ......... 59
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From:   Huijie, Jian Liu, & Charlie Li.
Source: AP, DJ & UPI  8/7/92

Medal Standings As of Aug 7.

COUNTRY                GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE    TOTAL

Unified Team            42      35       23      100
United States           31      32       33       96
Germany                 24      19       26       69 
China                   16      22       15       53
France                   8       5       14       27
South Korea             10       5       10       25
Hungary                 10      10        4       24
Australia                6       8        9       23
Japan                    3       7       11       21
Cuba                     7       3        9       19 
Italy                    5       5        8       18
Canada                   6       4        6       16 
Britain                  5       2        9       16
Romania                  4       5        7       16
Poland                   3       5        8       16 
Spain                   11       2        2       15 
Bulgaria                 2       6        5       13 
Netherlands              2       3        6       11
Sweden                   1       5        4       10
New Zealand              1       4        4        9
North Korea              3       0        4        7
Kenya                    2       3        2        7
Czechoslovakia           3       2        1        6
Turkey                   2       2        2        6
Indonesia                2       2        1        5
Norway                   2       2        1        5
Denmark                  1       0        3        4
Jamaica                  0       3        1        4
Finland                  1       1        1        3 
Belgium                  0       1        2        3
Independent Team         0       1        2        3
(Yugoslavia)
Iran                     0       1        2        3
Greece                   2       0        0        2 
Brazil                   1       1        0        2
Namibia                  1       1        0        2
Estonia                  1       0        1        2
Ethiopia                 1       0        1        2
Israel                   0       1        1        2
Latvia                   0       1        1        2
Austria                  0       2        0        2
South Africa             0       2        0        2
Slovenia                 0       0        2        2
Lithuania                1       0        0        1
Morocco                  1       0        0        1
Peru                     0       1        0        1
Taiwan                   0       1        0        1
Mexico                   0       1        0        1
Bahamas                  0       0        1        1
Colombia                 0       0        1        1
Surinam                  0       0        1        1
Malaysia                 0       0        1        1
Mongolia                 0       0        1        1
Argentina                0       0        1        1
Croatia                  0       0        1        1
 
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3. China Won the Silver Medal in Women's Basketball .................... 43
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From:   Charlie Li & A CND reader.
Source: AP & UPI  8/7/92   By: Tom Withers, et al.   Abridged by Gao Jie
 
BADALONA, BARCELONA, Spain -- The Unified Team, using the strategy that 
helped it upset the United States in the semifinals, beat China 76-66 on 
Friday night to win the women's basketball gold medal. 

The United States, the two-time defending champion, won the bronze medal, 
beating Cuba 88-74. 

The Unified Team made 14 of its first 19 shots to open a 30-16 lead 10:30 
into the game. Except for a short lapse in the second half, China's press 
was made ineffective by the Unified Team. The winners used a spread offense 
and bigger players who passed the ball upcourt for higher percentage shots. 

The same tactics were used by the Unified Team in its 79-73 semifinal 
victory over the United States. 

Leading by eight points at the half, the Unified Team upped its advantage 
to 55-42 with 12:23 left on a drive by Elena Jirko. But China came back, 
scoring 11 straight points capped by Zheng Dongmei's steal and a lay-up to 
pull China within 55-53 with 9:44 to play.

Coach Evgueni Gomelsky, whose brother, Alexander, coached the Soviet Union 
to the men's gold medal in 1988, called a timeout and the Unified Team was 
soon back in control, leading 63-55 with 6:34 to play. China was never 
closer than seven points the rest of the way. 

Zassoulskaia, who scored 20 points in the Unified Team's upset victory over
the defending gold medal champion United States in the semifinals, came back
from an injury to her left hand in the second half to help the Unified team 
hold off a Chinese rally. Zassoulskaia had left the game with 15:40 to go 
after jamming two fingers but came off the bench to hit an inside basket and
two free throws to stop China's rally.

Zassoulskaia then made another field goal and a free throw as the Unified 
Team upped its lead to 75-62 with a minute to play as China, needing points
in a hurry, continually misfired from the floor in the waning minutes.

Dongmei Li led China with 12 points and Shuping Zhan had 10. The Unified 
Team made 15 of its first 20 shots and ran off 16 straight points in the 
first half on the way to a 43-35 halftime lead.

Elena Bounatiantd added 15 points and Elena Khoudachova added 11 for the 
Unified Team, representing the Soviet Republics excluding Latvia,Lithuania 
and Estonia. Natalia Zassoulskaia, who had 20 points against the United
States, had 19 for the Unified Team, which shot 59 percent (30 for 51), 
against China (3-2). 

"This is the happiest day of my life, but it's also sad to think we'll 
never play together again as a team," Zassoulskaia said, referring to each
republic competing on its own in future Olympics. "My heart is overcome 
with joy. Our victory against the USA gave us the confidence to win this
game. The gold fulfills all our dreams." 
 
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4. Friday's Medal Winners ............................................. 111
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From:    Jian Liu, Huijie and Charlie Li
Source:  DJ & AP  8/7/92

(THROUGH 23 OF 23 EVENTS)

TRACK AND FIELD
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50-KILOMETER WALK
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Gold -- Andrei Perlov, Unified team    Silver -- Carlos Mercenario, Mexico 
Bronze -- Ronald Weigel, Germany 

POLE VAULT 
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Gold -- Maksim Tarasov, Unified team 
Silver -- Igor Trandenkov, Unified team 
Bronze -- Javier Garcia, Spain 

WOMEN'S SHOT PUT
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Gold -- Svetlana Kriveleva, Unified team   Silver -- Huang Zhihong, China 
Bronze -- Kathrin Neimke, Germany 

WOMEN'S LONG JUMP 
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Gold -- Heike Drechsler, Germany    Silver -- Inessa Kravets, Unified team 
Bronze -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee, United States 

3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE 
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Gold -- Matthew Birir, Kenya        Silver -- Patrick Sang, Kenya 
Bronze -- William Mutwol, Kenya 

WOMEN'S 10,000-METERS
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Gold -- Derartu Tulu, Ethiopa       Silver -- Elana Meyer, South Africa
Bronze -- Lynn Jennings, United States

CANOE/KAYAK
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MEN'S SINGLES 500-METER CANOE 
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Gold -- Nikolay Bouchalov, Bulgaria 
Silver -- Mikhail Slivinski, Unified team 
Bronze -- Olaf Heukrodt, Germany 

MEN'S PAIRS 500-METER CANOE 
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Gold -- Unified team       Silver -- Germany        Bronze -- Bulgaria 
 
MEN'S SINGLES 500-METER KAYAK 
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Gold -- Mikko Kolehmainen, Finland     Silver -- Zsolt Gyulay, Hungary 
Bronze -- Knute Holmann, Norway 

MEN'S PAIRS 500-METER KAYAK 
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Gold -- Germany      Silver -- Poland      Bronze -- Italy 

WOMEN'S SINGLES 500-METER KAYAK
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Gold -- Birgit Schmidt, Germany     Silver -- Rita Koban, Hungary
Bronze -- Izabela Dylewska, Poland

WOMEN'S PAIRS 500-METER KAYAK 
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Gold -- Germany      Silver -- Sweden      Bronze -- Hungary 

TENNIS
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WOMEN'S SINGLES
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Gold -- Jennifer Capriati, United States  Silver -- Steffi Graf, Germany 
Bronze -- Mary Joe Fernandez, United States;    Arantxa Sanchez, Spain 

MEN'S DOUBLES
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Gold -- Boris Becker and Michael Stich, Germany
Silver -- Wayne Ferreira and Piet Noval, South Africa
Bronze -- Goran Ivanisevic and Goran Prpic, Croatia 
          Christian Miniussi and Javier Frana, Argentina 

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
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DUET
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Gold -- Sarah and Karen Josephson, United States
Silver -- Penny and Vicky Villabos, Canada 
Bronze -- Fumiko Okuno and Aki Takayama, Japan 

FREESTYLE WRESTLING
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125.5 POUNDS
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Gold -- Alejandro Puerto, Cuba      Silver -- Sergei Smal, Unified team 
Bronze -- Kim Yong Sik, North Korea 

136.5 POUNDS
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Gold -- John Smith, United States    Silver -- Asgari Mohammadian, Iran 
Bronze -- Lazaro Reinoso, Cuba 

180.5 POUNDS
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Gold -- Kevin Jackson, United States 
Silver -- Elmadi Jabraijlov, Unified team 
Bronze -- Rasul Khadem, Iran 

198 POUNDS
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Gold -- Mohammed Khadartsev, Unified team  Silver -- Kenan Simsek, Turkey 
Bronze -- Chris Campbell, United States 

FENCING
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MEN'S TEAM SABRE
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Gold -- Unified team      Silver -- Hungary      Bronze -- France 

FIELD HOCKEY
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WOMEN
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Gold -- Spain     Silver -- Germany     Bronze -- Britain

VOLLEYBALL
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WOMEN
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Gold -- Cuba     Silver -- Unified team     Bronze - United States

BASKETBALL
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WOMEN
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Gold -- Unified team     Silver -- China     Bronze -- United States
 
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