ARCHERY
Men
Individual
G: Im Dong Hyun, South Korea
S: Romain Girouille, France
B: Park Kyung Mo, South Korea
Korea has won seven of eight worlds but is 0-fer the Games.
Team
G: South Korea
S: Taiwan
B: Great Britain
Korea won its '04 team gold with no individual medalists.
Women
Individual
G: Park Sung Hyun, South Korea
S: Yun Ok Hee, South Korea
B: Natalia Valeeva, Italy
Originally from Moldova, Valeeva now lives in Modena.
Team
G: South Korea
S: China
B: Taiwan
Korean women are 5 for 5 in Olympic team golds.
BADMINTON
Men
Singles
G: Lin Dan, China
S: Lee Chong-Wei, Malaysia
B: Bao Chunlai, China
Fiery Lin denied reports that he punched a coach in April.
Doubles
G: Jung & Lee, South Korea
S: Kido & Setiawan, Indonesia
B: Fu & Cai, China
U.S. won '05 worlds with two players born in Asia.
Women
Singles
G: Xie Xingfang, China
S: Lu Lan, China
B: Zhu Lin, China
Denmark's Tine Rasmussen could ruin the host sweep.
Doubles
G: Yang & Zhang, China
S: Zhang & Wei, China
B: Du & Yu, China
Yang is lone returnee from six Chinese who swept in '00.
Mixed
Doubles
G: Limpele & Marissa, Indonesia
S: Widianto & Natsir, Indonesia
B: Zheng & Gao, China
All five of Indonesia's Olympic golds have come in badminton.
BASEBALL
G: Cuba
S: Japan
B: U.S.
U.S. skipper Davey Johnson managed Dutch in '04 Games.
BASKETBALL
Men
G: U.S.
S: Spain
B: Argentina
U.S. lost three times in Athens.
Women
G: U.S.
S: Australia
B: Russia
U.S. has 25 straight Olympic wins since losing in '92 semis.
BOXING
48 kg (105.5 lbs.)
G: Zou Shiming, China
S: Harry Tañamor, Philippines
B: Patrick Barnes, Ireland
B: Sherali Dostiev, Tajikistan
U.S. briefly kicked Luis Yanez off team for going AWOL.
51 kg (112 lbs.)
G: Rau'shee Warren, U.S.
S: Somjit Jongjohor, Thailand
B: McWilliams Arroyo, Puerto Rico
B: Juan Carlos Payano, Dom. Republic
The only returning U.S. boxer, Warren has moved up a class.
54 kg (119 lbs.)
G: Enkhbat Badar-Uugan, Mongolia
S: Sergey Vodopyanov, Russia
B: Gu Yu, China
B: Gary Russell Jr., U.S.
Russell will need surgery on his right shoulder after Games.
57 kg (125.5 lbs.)
G: Albert Selimov, Russia
S: Li Yang, China
B: Yakup Kilic, Turkey
B: Idel Torriente, Cuba
Cleveland's Raynell Williams could win a medal.
60 kg (132 lbs.)
G: Yordenis Ugas, Cuba
S: Frankie Gavin, Great Britain
B: Alexey Tishchenko, Russia
B: Domenico Valentino, Italy
Ex-lifeguard Gavin was U.K.'s first amateur world champ.
64 kg (141 lbs.)
G: Serik Sapiyev, Kazakhstan
S: Gennady Kovalev, Russia
B: Roniel Iglesias, Cuba
B: Billy Joe Saunders, Great Britain
Saunders's great granddad was a bare-knuckle champion.
69 kg (152 lbs.)
G: Demetrius Andrade, U.S.
S: Carlos Banteaux, Cuba
B: Hanati Silamu, China
B: Kakhaber Zhvania, Georgia
Southpaw Andrade is one of world's best defensive fighters.
75 kg (165 lbs.)
G: Matvey Korobov, Russia
S: Emilio Correa, Cuba
B: Sergiy Derevyanchenko, Ukraine
B: Wang Jianzheng, China
Cuba boycotted '07 worlds, delaying Korobov vs. Correa.
81 kg (178 lbs.)
G: Artur Beterbiev, Russia
S: Abbos Atoev, Uzbekistan
B: Carlos Negron, Puerto Rico
B: Yerkebuian Shynaliev, Kazakhstan
In a rarity, Cuba didn't qualify a fighter in this weight class.
91 kg (200 lbs.)
G: Osmay Acosta, Cuba
S: Rakhim Chakhkiev, Russia
B: Yushan Nijiati, China
B: Clemente Russo, Italy
Acosta thumped U.S. hope Deontay Wilder in March.
91+ kg (200+ lbs.)
G: Roberto Alfonso, Cuba
S: Roberto Cammarelle, Italy
B: Islam Timurziev, Russia
B: Zhang Zhilei, China
Policeman Cammarelle gets paid to train full time.
CANOE/KAYAK
Men
Canoe singles 500 meters
G: Andreas Dittmer, Germany
S: David Cal Figueroa, Spain
B: Aliaksandr Zhukouski, Belarus
Dittmer's sister, Anja, is a two-time Olympic triathlete.
Canoe singles 1,000 meters
G: Attila Vajda, Hungary
S: Thomas Hall, Canada
B: Andreas Dittmer, Germany
Hall's win in Germany in June lifted him into medal picture.
Canoe pairs 500 meters
G: Meng & Yang, China
S: Bahdanovich & Bahdanovich, Belarus
B: Gille & Wylenzek, Germany
Of its 319 medals, China has won one in canoe/kayak.
Canoe pairs 1,000 meters
G: Gille & Wylenzek, Germany
S: Torres & Aguilar, Cuba
B: Popa & Flocea, Romania
Christian Gille's former Olympic partner died of leukemia.
Canoe singles slalom (whitewater)
G: Tony Estanguet, France
S: Michal Martikán, Slovakia
B: Robin Bell, Australia
U.S.'s Benn Fraker, a Georgia teenager, could win a medal.
Canoe pairs slalom (whitewater)
G: Hochschorner & Hochschorner, Slovakia
S: Volf & Stepanek, Czech Republic
B: Forgit & Braud, France
Pavol and Peter Hochschorner are fraternal twins.
Kayak singles 500 meters
G: Adam van Koeverden, Canada
S: Tim Brabants, Great Britain
B: Jonas Ems, Germany
Van Koeverden was valedictorian at McMaster University.
Kayak singles 1,000 meters
G: Tim Brabants, Great Britain
S: Adam van Koeverden, Canada
B: Eirik Veraas-Larsen, Norway
Brabants is a physician.
Kayak pairs 500 meters
G: Kammerer & Kucsera, Hungary
S: Rauhe & Wieskötter, Germany
B: Piatrushenka & Makhneu, Belarus
Ronald Rauhe has 11 world golds.
Kayak pairs 1,000 meters
G: Colin & Carré, France
S: Kammerer & Kucsera, Hungary
B: Oscarsson & Gustafsson, Sweden
Markus Oscarsson won gold in '04 with different partner.
Kayak fours 1,000 meters
G: Belarus
S: Germany
B: Slovakia
Two-time defending champ Hungary has hit hard times.
Kayak singles slalom (whitewater)
G: Fabien Lefevre, France
S: Alexander Grimm, Germany
B: Campbell Walsh, Great Britain
Walsh needed skin graft in '05 after another boat cut his arm.
Women
Kayak singles 500 meters
G: Katalin Kovács, Hungary
S: Katrin Wagner-Augustin, Germany
B: Josefa Idem, Italy
Kovács has won four medals.
Kayak pairs 500 meters
G: Fischer & Reinhardt, Germany
S: Kovács & Janics, Hungary
B: Mikolajczyk & Konieczna, Poland
German duo also won non-Olympic 200 at '07 worlds.
Kayak fours 500 meters
G: Germany
S: Hungary
B: Poland
Germany's first Games since '76 without great Birgit Fischer.
Kayak singles slalom (whitewater)
G: Stepanka Hilgertova, Czech Republic
S: Jennifer Bongardt, Germany
B: Elena Kaliska, Slovakia
Hilgertova is in her fifth Games.
CYCLING
Men
Road race
G: Paolo Bettini, Italy
S: Cadel Evans, Australia
B: Frank Schleck, Luxembourg
Bettini lives in an Italian town called La California.
Individual time trial (road)
G: Cadel Evans, Australia
S: Levi Leipheimer, U.S.
B: Michael Rogers, Australia
Evans is a strong advocate of the Free Tibet movement.
4,000-meter individual pursuit
G: Bradley Wiggins, Great Britain
S: Bradley McGee, Australia
B: Jenning Huizenga, Netherlands
Wiggins was born in Belgium, where his dad rode as a pro.
4,000-meter team pursuit
G: Great Britain
S: Australia
B: New Zealand
Tight second-place finish behind Brits at '07 worlds.
Sprint
G: Theo Bos, Netherlands
S: Chris Hoy, Great Britain
B: Kevin Sireau, France
Bos's brother, Jan, won two Olympic speedskating medals.
Team sprint
G: France
S: Great Britain
B¦ Germany
In '07 world final, .3 of a second separated these three.
Points race
G: Vasili Kiryienka, Belarus
S: Greg Henderson, New Zealand
B: Peter Schep, Netherlands
Schep raced in team pursuit at last three Games.
Madison
G: Cavendish & Wiggins, Great Britain
S: Risi & Marvulli, Switzerland
B: Morkov & Rasmussen, Denmark
Wiggins won Madison and both pursuits at '08 worlds.
Keirin
G: Chris Hoy, Great Britain
S: Theo Bos, Netherlands
B¦ Teun Mulder, Netherlands
Hoy rowed and raced BMX for Scottish junior teams.
Mountain bike
G: Julien Absalon, France
S: Christoph Sauser, Switzerland
B: Ralph Naf, Switzerland
Swiss swept the medals at this year's worlds.
BMX
G: Donny Robinson, U.S.
S: Mike Day, U.S.
B: Robert de Wilde, Netherlands
Kyle Bennett could complete U.S. sweep in event's Olympic debut.
Women
Road race
G: Judith Arndt, Germany
S: Naomi Cantele, Italy
B: Kristin Armstrong, U.S.
Military brat Armstrong went to high school in Japan.
Individual time trial (road)
G: Kristin Armstrong, U.S.
S: Judith Arndt, Germany
B: Hanka Kupfenagel, Germany
Armstrong is not related to Lance.
3,000-meter individual pursuit
G: Rebecca Romero, Great Britain
S: Sarah Hammer, U.S.
B: Katie Mactier, Australia
In Athens, Romero won silver in quad sculls rowing.
Sprint
G: Anna Meares, Australia
S: Victoria Pendleton, Great Britain
B: Jennie Reed, U.S.
Reed is world champion in non-Olympic women's keirin.
Points race
G: Marianne Vos, Netherlands
S: Vera Carrara, Italy
B: Yoanka Gonzalez, Cuba
Vos is only woman with world titles in road, track and cyclo-cross.
Mountain bike
G: Margarita Fullana, Spain
S: Marie-Helene Premont, Canada
B: Ren Chengyuan, China
Premont plans to become a pharmacist.
BMX
G: Shanaze Reade, Great Britain
S: Sarah Walker, New Zealand
B: Anne-Caroline Chausson, France
Reade has endured fractures to her knee, foot, wrist, elbow and fingers.
DIVING
Men
Springboard
G: He Chong, China
S: Qin Kai, China
B: Troy Dumais, U.S.
Dumais dived synchro for years with older brother Justin.
Platform
G: Sascha Klein, Germany
S: Zhou Luxin, China
B: Gleb Galperin, Russia
Galperin's victory spoiled China sweep at last year's worlds.
Synchronized springboard
G: Qin & Wang, China
S: Sautin & Kunakov, Russia
B: Robertson & Newbery, Australia
The 5' 5" Qin Kai is a hoops buff who roots for the Lakers.
Synchronized platform
G: Lin & Huo, China
S: Dobroskok & Galperin, Russia
B: Finchum & Boudia, U.S.
Thomas Finchum has grown 10 inches, to 6' 1", since '04 trials.
Women
Springboard
G: Guo Jingjing, China
S: Wu Minxia, China
B: Sharleen Stratton, Australia
Indiana University's Christina Loukas is a medal threat.
Platform
G: Chen Ruolin, China
S: Wang Xin, China
B: Paola Espinosa, Mexico
Final Games for U.S.'s Laura Wilkinson, '00 champ.
Synchronized springboard
G: Guo & Wu, China
S: Pakhalina & Pozdnyakova, Russia
B: Cole & Stratton, Australia
Guo Jingjing's dating life is always news in China.
Synchronized platform
G: Wang & Chen, China
S: Wu & Cole, Australia
B: Ortiz & Espinosa, Mexico
China has more golds in diving (20) than in any other sport.
EQUESTRIAN
Individual three-day event
G: Nicolas Touzaint, France
S: William Fox-Pitt, Great Britain
B: Lucinda Fredericks, Australia
New Zealand's Mark Todd came back at 52 but won't win a medal.
Team three-day event
G: France
S: Great Britain
B: Australia
Brits miss royal Zara Phillips, whose horse injured a leg.
Individual dressage
G: Anky van Grunsven, Netherlands
S: Isabell Werth, Germany
B: Andreas Helgstrand, Denmark
Van Grunsven was pregnant when she won gold in Athens.
Team dressage
G: Netherlands
S: Germany
B: U.S.
Germany's only (nonboycott) loss since '56 came in Munich.
Individual jumping
G: Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Germany
S: Beezie Madden, U.S.
B: Eric Lamaze, Canada
U.S.-born Michaels wed German equestrian Markus Beerbaum.
Team jumping
G: Germany
S: U.S.
B: Canada
Upstate New Yorker Madden led U.S. to gold in '04.
FENCING
Men
Individual épée
G: Matteo Tagliariol, Italy
S: Jerome Jeannet, France
B: Seth Kelsey, U.S.
Air Force Academy grad Kelsey had big win at recent Pan Ams.
Team épée
G: France
S: Hungary
B¦ Italy
Champs in 1996 and 2000, Italy failed to qualify in '04.
Individual foil
G: Peter Joppich, Germany
S: Salvatore Sanzo, Italy
B: Andrea Baldini, Italy
Joppich is ranked below Baldini but has three world titles.
Individual sabre
G: Luigi Tarantino, Italy
S: Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Russia
B: Nicolas Limbach, Germany
Brooklyn's Keeth Smart could earn a medal.
Team sabre
G: Italy
S: Russia
B: France
U.S. men missed bronze in Athens by a single touch.
Women
Individual épée
G: Li Na, China
S: Britta Heidemann, Germany
B: Ana Branza, Romania
China's 1984 champ, Luan Jujie, now fences for Canada.
Individual foil
G: Valentina Vezzali, Italy
S: Nam Hyun Hee, South Korea
B: Giovanna Trillini, Italy
U.S.'s Emily Cross, world junior champ, is a medal threat.
Team foil
G: Italy
S: Hungary
B: Russia
Italy has world's three top-ranked foil fencers.
Individual sabre
G: Rebecca Ward, U.S.
S: Sada Jacobson, U.S.
B: Tan Xue, China
Oregonian Ward won world title in 2006 at age 16.
Team sabre
G: U.S.
S: China
B: Russia
Athens sabre champ Mariel Zagunis joins Ward, Jacobson.
FIELD HOCKEY
Men
G: Australia
S: Germany
B: Netherlands
Minus injured midfielder Nathan Eglington, Aussies still rule.
Women
G: Netherlands
S: Argentina
B: Germany
Germans took '04 gold despite being outscored overall 11--8.
GYMNASTICS
Men
Team
G: China
S: Japan
B: Russia
Also favored in 2004, China tumbled to fifth in Athens.
Individual all-around
G: Yang Wei, China
S: Fabian Hambüchen, Germany
B: Hiroyuki Tomita, Japan
Yang led all-around in '04 before crashing from high bar.
Floor exercise
G: Diego Hypólito, Brazil
S: Zou Kai, China
B: Marian Dragulescu, Romania
Hypólito's sister survived bus wreck, won worlds medal.
Pommel horse
G: Xiao Qin, China
S: Hiroyuki Tomita, Japan
B: Yang Wei, China
Yang proposed to fiancée at a fake press conference.
Rings
G: Chen Yibing, China
S: Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgaria
B: Yang Wei, China
Bad (early-group) U.S. draw may cost Kevin Tan a bronze.
Vault
G: Marian Dragulescu, Romania
S: Leszek Blanik, Poland
B: Daniel Popescu, Romania
Dragulescu was on Romanian Dancing with the Stars.
Parallel bars
G: Mitja Petkov?sek, Slovenia
S: Li Xiaopeng, China
B: Kim Dae Eun, South Korea
Former world champ Li is finally healthy after foot ailments.
Horizontal bar
G: Fabian Hambüchen, Germany
S: Vlasios Maras, Greece
B: Paul Hamm, U.S.
Hambüchen was Germany's '07 sportsman of the year.
Women
Team
G: China
S: U.S.
B: Romania
U.S. beat China by a point at worlds last year.
Individual all-around
G: Shawn Johnson, U.S.
S: Steliana Nistor, Romania
B: Yang Yilin, China
Rain flooded Johnson out of her Des Moines gym in June.
Vault
G: Cheng Fei, China
S: Hong Su Jong, North Korea
B: Alicia Sacramone, U.S.
Germany's Oksana Chusovitina, 33, could win a medal.
Uneven bars
G: Nastia Liukin, U.S.
S: He Kexin, China
B: Ksenia Semenova, Russia
Liukin's dad, Valeri, was first man to do a triple back on floor.
Balance beam
G: Li Shanshan, China
S: Steliana Nistor, Romania
B: Shawn Johnson, U.S.
Li's routine is so good she fell at '07 worlds and still won silver.
Floor exercise
G: Cheng Fei, China
S: Shawn Johnson, U.S.
B: Alicia Sacramone, U.S.
Brown junior Sacramone has won two world floor medals.
Rhythmic
Individual all-around
G: Anna Bessonova, Ukraine
S: Vera Sessina, Russia
B: Olga Kapranova, Russia
Anna's dad was Ukrainian soccer player of year in 1989.
Group
G: Russia
S: Italy
B: Bulgaria
U.S. didn't qualify anyone in rhythmic gymnastics.
Trampoline
Men
G: Ye Shuai, China
S: Dong Dong, China
B: Yasuhiro Ueyama, Japan
Ye is a former diver and artistic gymnast.
Women
G: Irina Karavaeva, Russia
S: Huang Shanshan, China
B: Karen Cockburn, Canada
Cockburn's husband is Sydney medalist Mathieu Turgeon.
JUDO
Men
60 kg (132 lbs.)
G: Ruben Houkes, Netherlands
S: Hiroaki Hiraoka, Japan
B: Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar, Mongolia
B: Nestor Khergiani, Georgia
Mongolia has 15 Olympic medals but no golds.
66 kg (145 lbs.)
G: Yordanis Arencibia, Cuba
S: Arash Miresmaeili, Iran
B: Joao Derly, Brazil
B: Miklos Ungvari, Hungary
Miresmaeili was DQ'd in Athens after not making weight.
73 kg (160.5 lbs.)
G: Elnur Mammadli, Azerbaijan
S: Wang Ki Chun, South Korea
B: David Kevkhishvili, Georgia
B: Bogiev Rasul, Tajikistan
Tajikistan has never won an Olympic medal.
81 kg (178 lbs.)
G: Tiago Camilo, Brazil
S: Guillaume Elmont, Netherlands
B: Kim Jae Bum, South Korea
B: Robert Krawczyk, Poland
Camilo won 73-kg silver in Sydney at age 18.
90 kg (198 lbs.)
G: Ilias Iliadis, Greece
S: Irakli Tsirekidze, Georgia
B: Mark Huizinga, Netherlands
B: Hiroshi Izumi, Japan
Iliadis was also born in Georgia.
100 kg (220 lbs.)
G: Henk Grol, Netherlands
S: Daniel Hadfi, Hungary
B: Luciano Correa, Brazil
B: Ariel Zeevi, Israel
Three-time Euro champ Zeevi may be Israel's best athlete ever.
100+ kg (220+ lbs.)
G: Tamerlan Tmenov, Russia
S: Teddy Riner, France
B: Satoshi Ishii, Japan
B: João Gabriel Schlittler, Brazil
In '07, at 18, Riner became the youngest men's world champ.
Women
48 kg (105.5 lbs.)
G: Ryoko Tani, Japan
S: Alina Dumitru, Romania
B: Yanet Bermoy, Cuba
B: Gao Feng, China
Tani has two golds and two silvers in four Olympics.
52 kg (114.5 lbs.)
G: Xian Dongmei, China
S: Telma Monteiro, Portugal
B: Ana Carrascosa, Spain
B: Romi Tarangul, Germany
After childbirth and knee surgery, Xian is better than ever.
57 kg (125.5 lbs.)
G: Kye Sun Hui, North Korea
S: Sabrina Filzmoser, Austria
B: Isabel Fernández, Spain
B: Aiko Sato, Japan
At 48 kg, Kye snapped Tani's 84-match winning streak in '96.
63 kg (138.5 lbs.)
G: Lucie Décosse, France
S: Elisabeth Willeboordse, Netherlands
B: Driulis González, Cuba
B: Ayumi Tanimoto, Japan
González took away Decosse's world crown last fall.
70 kg (154 lbs.)
G: Gévrise Emane, France
S: Ronda Rousey, U.S.
B: Edith Bosch, Netherlands
B: Masae Ueno, Japan
Rousey could be U.S.'s first Olympic judo champ.
78 kg (171.5 lbs.)
G: Vera Moskalyuk, Russia
S: Yang Xiuli, China
B: Yagnelis Castillo, Cuba
B: Heide Wollert, Germany
Yang beat Moskalyuk in Super World Cup in Paris in February.
78+ kg (171.5+ lbs.)
G: Tong Wen, China
S: Anne-Sophie Mondière, France
B: Tea Donguzashvili, Russia
B: Maki Tsukada, Japan
Tong has won six straight world and Asian championships.
MODERN PENTATHLON
Men G: Jean-Maxence Berrou, France
S: Ilia Frolov, Russia
B: David Svoboda, Czech Republic
World champ Frolov will win a medal unless he blows riding phase as he has in the past.
Women
G: Aya Medany, Egypt
S: Heather Fell, Great Britain
B: Amélie Caze, France
Naval student Medany placed 28th in Athens at age 15.
ROWING
Men
Single sculls
G: Mahe Drysdale, New Zealand
S: Ondrej Synek, Czech Republic
B: Olaf Tufte, Norway
Drysdale has won three world championships.
Double sculls
G: Waddell & Cohen, New Zealand
S: Cop & Spik, Slovenia
B: Macquet & Hardy, France
Rob Waddell was a grinder on Kiwi America's Cup team.
Lightweight double sculls
G: Purchase & Hunter, Great Britain
S: Rasmussen & Quist, Denmark
B: Goisset & Dufour, France
Only event without a U.S. boat.
Quadruple sculls without cox
G: Poland
S: Italy
B: U.S.
U.S. beat Poles in June to end three-year winning streak.
Pairs without cox
G: Ginn & Free, Australia
S: Twaddle & Bridgewater, New Zealand
B: Calder & Frandsen, Canada
Duncan Free is down from quads.
Fours without cox
G: New Zealand
S: Australia
B: Netherlands
Hit by truck, Kiwi Hamish Bond has protruding collarbone.
Lightweight fours without cox
G: China
S: Denmark
B: France
China has never won rowing gold.
Eights
G: Canada
S: U.S.
B: Great Britain
U.S. is defending gold medalist.
Women
Single sculls
G: Ekaterina Karsten, Belarus
S: Rumyana Neykova, Bulgaria
B: Zhang Xiuyun, China
Harvard grad Michelle Guerrette is in the medal hunt.
Double sculls
G: Li & Tian, China
S: Evers-Swindell & Evers-Swindell, New Zealand
B: Thiele & Huth, Germany
Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell are identical twins.
Lightweight double sculls
G: Yu & Xu, China
S: Halliday & Houston, Australia
B: Van der Kolk & Van Eupen, Netherlands
Amber Halliday broke six ribs in '04 and was fourth in Athens.
Quadruple sculls without cox
G: China
S: Great Britain
B: Germany
German or East German boats have won last five titles.
Pairs without cox
G: Wu & Gao, China
S: Cummins & McGee, U.S.
B: Bichyk & Helakh, Belarus
Portia McGee missed Athens team by .2 of a second.
Eights
G: Romania
S: U.S.
B: Canada
U.S. beat '04 Olympic champ Romania at last two worlds.
SAILING
Men
470 (two-person dinghy)
G: Wilmot & Page, Australia
S: Rogers & Glanfield, Great Britain
B: Coster & Coster, Netherlands
Nathan Wilmot's father and uncle sailed for national team.
Laser (one-person dinghy)
G: Tom Slingsby, Australia
S: Paul Goodison, Great Britain
B: Rasmus Myrgren, Sweden
Slingsby won world titles in 2007 and '08.
RS:X (windsurfing)
G: Przemyslaw Miarczynski, Poland
S: Zhou Yuanguo, China
B: Tom Ashley, New Zealand
Zhou has fared best on his home course in Qingdao.
Star (keelboat)
G: Percy & Simpson, Great Britain
S: Scheidt & Prada, Brazil
B: Kusznierewicz & Zycki, Poland
Robert Scheidt is an eight-time world champ in Laser class.
Women
470 (two-person dinghy)
G: Kondo & Kamata, Japan
S: Conti & Micol, Italy
B: Rechichi & Parkinson, Australia
Dutch stars de Koning and Berkhout have been fading.
Laser Radial (one-person dinghy)
G: Anna Tunnicliffe, U.S.
S: Sarah Blanck, Australia
B: Xu Lijia, China
Tunnicliffe wed Brad Funk, who just missed men's Laser berth.
RS:X (windsurfing)
G: Marina Alabau, Spain
S: Barbara Kendall, New Zealand
B: Yin Jian, China
Kendall, the 1992 gold medalist, is in her fifth Olympics.
Yngling (keelboat)
G: Great Britain
S: U.S.
B: Netherlands
U.S. was briefly No. 1 last year.
Open
Finn (heavyweight dinghy)
G: Ben Ainslie, Great Britain
S: Rafael Trujillo Villar, Spain
B: Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic, Croatia
Ainslie has Olympic golds in Finn and Laser on his résumé.
49er (skiff)
G: Martínez & Fernández, Spain
S: Sibello & Sibello, Italy
B: Outteridge & Austin, Australia
U.S.'s Tim Wadlow and Chris Rast will challenge.
Tornado (multihull)
G: Bundock & Ashby, Australia
S: Hagara & Steinacher, Austria
B: Booth & Nieuwenhuis, Netherlands
Mitch Booth won two Olympic medals for his native Australia.
SHOOTING
Men 10-meter air pistol
G: Pang Wei, China
S: Vladimir Isakov, Russia
B: Franck Dumoulin, France
China's Wang Yifu won medals in this event at last four Games.
25-meter rapid-fire pistol
G: Ralf Schumann, Germany
S: Christian Reitz, Germany
B: Sergei Alifrenko, Russia
Schumann blamed bad Sydney score on electronic malfunction.
50-meter pistol
G: Lin Zhongzai, China
S: Boris Kokorev, Russia
B: Tomoyuki Matsuda, Japan
Xu Haifeng won in '84 for China's first Olympic gold.
10-meter air rifle
G: Zhu Qinan, China
S: Alin George Moldoveanu, Romania
B: Peter Sidi, Hungary
In Athens, Zhu broke U.S. shooter Jason Parker's world record.
50-meter rifle, 3 positions
G: Jia Zhanbo, China
S: Artur Aivazian, Ukraine
B: Maik Eckhardt, Germany
U.S.'s Matt Emmons was winning in '04 before hitting wrong target.
50-meter rifle, prone
G: Warren Potent, Australia
S: Matt Emmons, U.S.
B: Sergei Martynov, Belarus
Potent sold his house to pay for his mom's Alzheimer's care.
Trap
G: Michael Diamond, Australia
S: Mario Filipovi´c, Slovakia
B: Bret Erickson, U.S.
Erickson's heart stopped during jog in '04; now has pacemaker.
Double trap
G: Hu Binyuan, China
S: Richard Faulds, Great Britain
B: Glenn Eller, U.S.
Faulds did focusing exercises as a boy to correct poor vision.
Skeet
G: Georgios Achilleos, Cyprus
S: Vincent Hancock, U.S.
B: Anthony Terras, France
Hancock was world shooter of the year in 2005 at age 16.
Women
10-meter air pistol
G: Guo Wenjun, China
S: Natalia Paderina, Russia
B: Stéphanie Tirode, France
Sydney champ Tao Luna was left off the Chinese squad.
25-meter pistol
G: Jasna Sekari´c, Serbia
S: Lalita Yauhleuskaya, Australia
B: Chen Ying, China
This would be Sekaric's fifth medal in the event.
10-meter air rifle
G: Sonja Pfeilschifter, Germany
S: Du Li, China
B: Katy Emmons, Czech Republic
Katy Kurkova married U.S. shooter Matt Emmons in '07.
50-meter rifle, 3 positions
G: Sonja Pfeilschifter, Germany
S: Du Li, China
B: Lidija Mihajlovi´c, Serbia
Watch for U.S.'s Jamie Beyerle, who coaches a BB-gun team.
Trap
G: Daniela Del Din, San Marino
S: Giulia Iannotti, Italy
B: Park Yong Hui, North Korea
Del Din's home country has only 30,000 people.
Skeet
G: Wei Ning, China
S: Diana Bacosi, Italy
B: Danka Barteková, Czech Republic
Wei edged Bacosi on the Olympic range in April.
SOCCER
Men
G: Argentina
S: Brazil
B: Netherlands
Nineteen countries have won soccer gold, but not Brazil.
Women
G: Germany
S: U.S.
B: Brazil
U.S. has lost only one game in three Olympic appearances.
SOFTBALL
G: U.S.
S: Japan
B: Australia
U.S. teams have outscored foes 117-16 in three Games.
SWIMMING
Men 50-meter freestyle
G: Eamon Sullivan, Australia
S: Alain Bernard, France
B: Ben Wildman-Tobriner, U.S.
Sullivan broke Alexander Popov's 2000 world record.
100-meter freestyle
G: Alain Bernard, France
S: Eamon Sullivan, Australia
B: Stefan Nystrand, Sweden
Bernard is known as the Horse for his weightlifter's physique.
200-meter freestyle
G: Michael Phelps, U.S.
S: Pieter van den Hoogenband, Netherlands
B: Park Tae Hwan, South Korea
Phelps's bronze may have been his most impressive '04 race.
400-meter freestyle
G: Grant Hackett, Australia
S: Park Tae Hwan, South Korea
B: Peter Vanderkaay, U.S.
Park won seven medals at '06 Asian Games.
1,500-meter freestyle
G: Grant Hackett, Australia
S: Peter Vanderkaay, U.S.
B: Larsen Jensen, U.S.
Hackett wins third straight 1,500 gold.
100-meter backstroke
G: Aaron Peirsol, U.S.
S: Liam Tancock, Great Britain
B: Matt Grevers, U.S.
Peirsol has lost a 100 or a 200 only five times since 2001.
200-meter backstroke
G: Aaron Peirsol, U.S.
S: Ryan Lochte, U.S.
B: Markus Rogan, Austria
Peirsol won in '04 after his DQ for illegal turn was reversed.
100-meter breaststroke
G: Brendan Hansen, U.S.
S: Kosuke Kitajima, Japan
B: Alexander Dale Oen, Norway
"Frog" Kitajima's website is frogtown.jp.
200-meter breaststroke
G: Kosuke Kitajima, Japan
S: Brenton Rickard, Australia
B: Hugues Duboscq, France
Hansen's failure to qualify makes Kitajima a huge favorite.
100-meter butterfly
G: Michael Phelps, U.S.
S: Ian Crocker, U.S.
B: Milorad Cavic, Serbia
Together Phelps and Crocker have the 17 fastest times ever.
200-meter butterfly
G: Michael Phelps, U.S.
S: Wu Peng, China
B: Pawel Korzeniowski, Poland
Phelps has nine of the 10 fastest times ever.
200-meter individual medley
G: Michael Phelps, U.S.
S: Ryan Lochte, U.S.
B: László Cseh, Hungary
Together Phelps and Lochte have the 13 fastest times ever.
400-meter individual medley
G: Michael Phelps, U.S.
S: Ryan Lochte, U.S.
B: László Cseh, Hungary
With Lochte swimming well, this is a risky event for Phelps.
4-100-meter freestyle relay
G: U.S.
S: France
B: South Africa
Surprising French could also derail Phelps.
4-200-meter freestyle relay
G: U.S.
S: Australia
B: Italy
U.S. rallied past Aussies for thrilling win in Athens.
4-100-meter medley relay
G: U.S.
S: Russia
B: Australia
Barring disqualification, this is U.S.'s safest relay gold.
10-km open-water marathon
G: Thomas Lurz, Germany
S: Vladimir Dyatchin, Russia
B: David Davies, Great Britain
Dyatchin won '07 worlds despite jellyfish stings.
Women
50-meter freestyle
G: Libby Trickett, Australia
S: Marleen Veldhuis, Netherlands
B: Cate Campbell, Australia
Don't count out 41-year-old Dara Torres of the U.S.
100-meter freestyle
G: Libby Trickett, Australia
S: Britta Steffen, Germany
B: Marleen Veldhuis, Netherlands
Aussie paparazzi mobbed Libby Lenton's '07 wedding to swimmer Luke Trickett.
200-meter freestyle
G: Katie Hoff, U.S.
S: Annika Lurz, Germany
B: Federica Pellegrini, Italy
Hoff's mom set basketball scoring records at Stanford.
400-meter freestyle
G: Federica Pellegrini, Italy
S: Katie Hoff, U.S.
B: Laure Manaudou, France
In '04 Pellegrini became, at 16, Italy's youngest solo medalist.
800-meter freestyle
G: Kate Ziegler, U.S.
S: Katie Hoff, U.S.
B: Rebecca Adlington, Great Britain
Janet Evans's world record (8:16.22) has stood since 1989.
100-meter backstroke
G: Natalie Coughlin, U.S.
S: Laure Manaudou, France
B: Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe
Coughlin is defending champ.
200-meter backstroke
G: Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe
S: Margaret Hoelzer, U.S.
B: Laure Manaudou, France
Coventry has won all three of Zimbabwe's individual medals.
100-meter breaststroke
G: Leisel Jones, Australia
S: Jessica Hardy, U.S.
B: Tarnee White, Australia
Hardy and Jones have traded the world mark; Jones holds it.
200-meter breaststroke
G: Leisel Jones, Australia
S: Rebecca Soni, U.S.
B: Megumi Taneda, Japan
Jones battled depression after twice missing gold in Athens.
100-meter butterfly
G: Libby Trickett, Australia
S: Jessicah Schipper, Australia
B: Inge Dekker, Netherlands
U.S.-record holder Coughlin didn't swim this event at trials.
200-meter butterfly
G: Jessicah Schipper, Australia
S: Yuko Nakanishi, Japan
B: Otylia J¸edrzejczak, Poland
J¸edrzejczak won '05 worlds despite illegal one-hand touch.
200-meter individual medley
G: Stephanie Rice, Australia
S: Katie Hoff, U.S.
B: Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe
At age 10, Hoff asked Phelps, then 14, for an autograph.
400-meter individual medley
G: Katie Hoff, U.S.
S: Stephanie Rice, Australia
B: Hannah Miley, Great Britain
Hoff broke Rice's record at trials.
4-100-meter freestyle relay
G: Australia
S: U.S.
B: Netherlands
Aussies' Trickett could win five golds in Beijing.
4-200-meter freestyle relay
G: U.S.
S: Great Britain
B: France
U.S. women have never lost this event at the Olympics.
4-100-meter medley relay
G: Australia
S: U.S.
B: China
If Coughlin could swim multiple legs, U.S. would have a shot.
10-km open-water marathon
G: Larisa Ilchenko, Russia
S: Cassie Patten, Great Britain
B: Natalie du Toit, South Africa
Du Toit, whose left leg was amputated, makes history.
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
Duet
G: Davydov & Ermakova, Russia
S: Mengual & Fuentes, Spain
B: Jiang & Jiang, China
China recruited a top Japanese coach to boost its medal hopes.
Team
G: Russia
S: Spain
B: Japan
Russia has won last five world and last two Olympic titles.
TABLE TENNIS
Men
Singles
G: Wang Hao, China
S: Ma Lin, China
B: Ryu Seung Min, South Korea
Wang admitted that he choked in losing the Athens gold medal match to Ryu.
Team
G: China
S: South Korea
B: Germany
World's top four ranked players are Chinese; three made team.
Women
Singles
G: Zhang Yining, China
S: Guo Yue, China
B: Kim Kyung Ah, South Korea
No non-Asian woman has won worlds or Olympics since 1955.
Team
G: China
S: Singapore
B: Hong Kong
World's top five ranked players are Chinese; three made team.
TAEKWONDO
Men
58 kg (127.5 lbs.)
G: Juan Antonio Rámos, Spain
S: Chu Mu Yen, Taiwan
B: Guillermo Pérez, Mexico
B: Levent Tuncat, Germany
Chu won gold in Athens.
68 kg (149.5 lbs.)
G: Gessler Viera Abreu, Cuba
S: Mark Lopez, U.S.
B: Nesar Ahmed Bahave, Afghanistan
B: Son Tae Jin, South Korea
Afghanistan has never won an Olympic medal.
80 kg (176 lbs.)
G: Steven Lopez, U.S.
S: Bahri Tanrikulu, Turkey
B: Hadi Saei Bonehkohal, Iran
B: Sébastien Michaud, Canada
Lopez was one of PEOPLE's 50 Most Beautiful People.
80+ kg (176+ lbs.)
G: Angel Matos, Cuba
S: Daba Modibo Keita, Mali
B: Arman Chilmanov, Kazakhstan
B: Liu Xiaobo, China
Mali has never won a medal.
Women
49 kg (108 lbs.)
G: Wu Jingyu, China
S: Yang Shu Chun, Taiwan
B: Charlotte Craig, U.S.
B: Ivett Gonda, Canada
Craig, only non-Lopez on U.S. team, lives with Lopez family.
57 kg (125.5 lbs.)
G: Su Li Wen, Taiwan
S: Lim Su Jeong, South Korea
B: Diana Lopez, U.S.
B: Chonnapas Premwaew, Thailand
No trio of U.S. siblings has won a medal at one Olympics.
67 kg (147.5 lbs.)
G: Hwang Kyung Seon, South Korea
S: Karine Sergerie, Canada
B: Gwladys Epangue, France
B: Tina Morgan, Australia
Sergerie's folks tried to coax her into dancing and art instead.
67+ kg (147.5+ lbs.)
G: Chen Zhong, China
S: Maria Espinoza, Mexico
B: Natalia Falavigna Silva, Brazil
B: Sarah Stevenson, Great Britain
Youngest winner in Sydney at age 17, Chen is eyeing third title.
TEAM HANDBALL
Men
G: Denmark
S: Germany
B: Croatia
Neither U.S. team qualified.
Women
G: Russia
S: Norway
B: Germany
Denmark won last three titles.
TENNIS
Men
Singles
G: Roger Federer, Switzerland
S: Rafael Nadal, Spain
B: Novak Djokovic, Serbia
Hardcourt surface gives Federer the edge over Nadal.
Doubles
G: Bryan & Bryan, U.S.
S: Llodra & Clément, France
B: Federer & Wawrinka, Switzerland
U.S. hasn't won a medal in this event since 1988.
Women
Singles
G: Venus Williams, U.S.
S: Maria Sharapova, Russia
B: Ana Ivanovic, Serbia
Venus did not get a medal in Athens after winning Sydney gold.
Doubles
G: Williams & Williams, U.S.
S: Yan & Zheng, China
B: Stosur & Stubbs, Australia
Serena and Venus won in '00.
TRACK AND FIELD
Men
100 meters
G: Tyson Gay, U.S.
S: Usain Bolt, Jamaica
B: Walter Dix, U.S.
Four rounds of races take toll on less-experienced Bolt.
200 meters
G: Usain Bolt, Jamaica
S: Walter Dix, U.S.
B: Shawn Crawford, U.S.
Absence of world champ Gay clears the way.
400 meters
G: Jeremy Wariner, U.S.
S: LaShawn Merritt, U.S.
B: Chris Brown, Bahamas
Wariner and Merritt each have five of year's 10 best times.
800 meters
G: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South Africa
S: Wilfred Bungei, Kenya
B: Abubaker Kaki-Khamis, Sudan
African champ David Rudisha failed to qualify for Kenya.
1,500 meters
G: Augustine Choge, Kenya
S: Bernard Lagat, U.S.
B: Abdalaati Iguider, Morocco
World champ Lagat won silver for Kenya in 2004.
3,000-meter steeplechase
G: Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya
S: Brimin Kipruto, Kenya
B: Richard Matelong, Kenya
Kemboi has been warned about not always jumping directly over the barriers.
5,000 meters
G: Edwin Soi, Kenya
S: Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia
B: Tariku Bekele, Ethiopia
Fast pace takes legs out from world champ Lagat of U.S, who is also running the 1,500.
10,000 meters
G: Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia
S: Sileshi Sihine, Ethiopia
B: Moses Masai, Kenya
Bekele's fiancée died of heart failure during a run with him.
Marathon
G: Martin Lel, Kenya
S: Abderrahim Goumri, Morocco
B: Tsegay Kebede, Ethiopia
Kenya is not among the 14 nations with gold in marathon.
110-meter hurdles
G: Dayron Robles, Cuba
S: Liu Xiang, China
B: Terrence Trammell, U.S.
World-record holder Robles takes down China's hero.
400-meter hurdles
G: Kerron Clement, U.S.
S: Bershawn Jackson, U.S.
B: Angelo Taylor, U.S.
Clement broke Michael Johnson's world indoor open 400 mark in 2005.
4-100-meter relay
G: U.S.
S: Jamaica
B: Trinidad & Tobago
Jamaican and U.S. men have run 14 of year's 15 fastest 100s.
4-400-meter relay
G: U.S.
S: Bahamas
B: Poland
U.S. has lost Olympic final once since 1952.
20-km walk
G: Jefferson Pérez, Ecuador
S: Francisco Javier Fernández, Spain
B: Valeriy Borchin, Russia
Pérez won Ecuador's first Olympic medal, a gold in '96 in this event.
50-km walk
G: Vladimir Kanaykin, Russia
S: Denis Nizhegorodov, Russia
B: Alex Schwazer, Italy
Kanaykin recently held the world record in the 20K but is stronger in the 50K.
High jump
G: Stefan Holm, Sweden
S: Yaroslav Rybakov, Russia
B: Jesse Williams, U.S.
Athens gold medalist Holm has also won four world championships.
Long jump
G: Irving Saladino, Panama
S: Loúis Tsátoumas, Greece
B: Ibrahim Camejo, Cuba
Saladino lives in São Paolo with Brazilian jumper Keila Costa.
Triple jump
G: Phillips Idowu, Great Britain
S: Arnie David Girat, Cuba
B: Jadel Gregório, Brazil
Idowu read the Dennis Rodman book on changing hair colors.
Pole vault
G: Evgeniy Lukyanenko, Russia
S: Brad Walker, U.S.
B: Steven Hooker, Australia
Hooker's mom long-jumped in '72 Games; his dad was national 400 champ.
Shot put
G: Reese Hoffa, U.S.
S: Adam Nelson, U.S.
B: Andrei Mikhnevich, Belarus
Nelson worked at Olympic Village coffee shop in '96.
Discus
G: Gerd Kanter, Estonia
S: Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania
B: Ehsan Hadadi, Iran
Alekna awarded gold in '04 when winner failed doping test.
Hammer throw
G: Ivan Tsikhan, Belarus
S: Krisztián Pars, Hungary
B: Primoz Kozmus, Slovenia
Tsikhan's coach is Soviet Olympic champ Sergei Litvinov.
Javelin
G: Tero Pitkämäki, Finland
S: Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway
B: Tero Järvenpää, Finland
Pitkämäki speared a long jumper at a meet in Rome last year.
Decathlon
G: Bryan Clay, U.S.
S: Maurice Smith, Jamaica
B: Roman Seberle, Czech Republic
Injuries and low blood sugar have knocked Clay out of a couple of big meets.
Women
100 meters
G: Kerron Stewart, Jamaica
S: Muna Lee, U.S.
B: Torri Edwards, U.S.
World champ Veronica Campbell-Brown didn't qualify.
200 meters
G: Allyson Felix, U.S.
S: Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaica
B: Kerron Stewart, Jamaica
Preacher's daughter Felix is Sunday-school teacher in winter.
400 meters
G: Sanya Richards, U.S.
S: Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaica
B: Rosemarie Whyte, Jamaica
Richards was also born in Jamaica.
800 meters
G: Pamela Jelimo, Kenya
S: Janeth Jepkosgei, Kenya
B: Yuliya Krevsun, Ukraine
Jelimo, 19, has run five of the year's seven fastest times.
1,500 meters
G: Maryam Jamal, Bahrain
S: Yelena Soboleva, Russia
B: Iryna Lishchynska, Ukraine
Ethiopia-born Swiss resident Jamal could give Bahrain its first Olympic medal.
3,000-meter steeplechase
G: Yekaterina Volkova, Russia
S: Gulnara Samitova-Galkina, Russia
B: Eunice Jepkorir, Kenya
Volkova's husband, Artem Mostov, ran the 800 at the Sydney Olympics.
5,000 meters
G: Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia
S: Meseret Defar, Ethiopia
B: Priscah Jepleting, Kenya
Dibaba's bronze at 19 in '04 made her Ethiopia's youngest medalist.
10,000 meters
G: Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia
S: Mestawet Tufa, Ethiopia
B: Zhang Yingying, China
Dibaba's cousin Derartu Tulu won this event in '92 and '00.
Marathon
G: Zhou Chunxiu, China
S: Gete Wami, Ethiopia
B: Catherine Ndereba, Kenya
Local training gives hosts the home-smog advantage.
100-meter hurdles
G: Lolo Jones, U.S.
S: Susanna Kallur, Sweden
B: Damu Cherry, U.S.
Ex-LSU star Jones won points title as world's top indoor athlete last winter.
400-meter hurdles
G: Melaine Walker, Jamaica
S: Tiffany Ross-Williams, U.S.
B: Huang Xiaoxiao, China
Two-time world champion Jana Rawlinson is out after foot surgery.
4-100-meter relay
G: Jamaica
S: U.S.
B: Belgium
U.S. and Jamaican women have run the year's 34 fastest 100 times.
4-400-meter relay
G: U.S.
S: Jamaica
B: Russia
Only once (1920) has the U.S. run in an Olympic final and not won a medal.
20-km walk
G: Olga Kaniskina, Russia
S: Tatyana Shemyakina, Russia
B: Ryta Turava, Belarus
Kaniskina's world mark at nationals wasn't ratified; no international judges were there.
High jump
G: Blanka Vlasic, Croatia
S: Ariane Friedrich, Germany
B: Elena Slesarenko, Russia
Vlasic was named for the city of Casablanca.
Long jump
G: Maurren Higa Maggi, Brazil
S: Lyudmila Kolchanova, Russia
B: Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia
Maggi is married to Formula One driver Antonio Pizzonia.
Triple jump
G: Yargelis Savigne, Cuba
S: Hrysopiyí Devetzí, Greece
B: Olha Saladuha, Ukraine
Savigne's manager is high jump world-record holder Javier Sotomayor of Cuba.
Pole vault
G: Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia
S: Jenn Stuczynski, U.S.
B: Monika Pyrek, Poland
Isinbayeva has set 12 world outdoor records.
Shot put
G: Nadezhda Ostapchuk, Belarus
S: Valerie Vili, New Zealand
B: Nadine Kleinart, Germany
Ostapchuk avenged her loss to Vili at '07 worlds with a win at the IAAF final.
Discus
G: Darya Pishchalnikova, Russia
S: Nicoleta Grasu, Romania
B: Yarelis Barrios, Cuba
Athens champ Natalya Sadova of Russia just returned from a steroid ban.
Hammer throw
G: Aksana Miankova, Belarus
S: Yipsi Moreno, Cuba
B: Martina Danisová-Hrasnová, Slovakia
Favored in '04, Moreno fouled on four throws and settled for silver.
Javelin
G: Barbora Spotáková, Czech Republic
S: Christina Obergfoll, Germany
B: Osleidys Menéndez, Cuba
Spotáková was an All-America at Minnesota.
Heptathlon
G: Tatyana Chernova, Russia
S: Hyleas Fountain, U.S.
B: Lyudmila Blonska, Ukraine
Wide open after withdrawal of Sweden's dominant Carolina Klüft (who'll only long-jump and triple-jump).
TRIATHLON
Men
G: Javier Gómez, Spain
S: Bevan Docherty, New Zealand
B: Frédéric Belaubre, France
Gómez was once barred from racing because of an abnormal heart valve.
Women
G: Emma Snowsill, Australia
S: Vanessa Fernandes, Portugal
B: Emma Moffatt, Australia
Snowsill won '03 worlds but was left off Athens team.
VOLLEYBALL
Men
Indoor
G: Brazil
S: Russia
B: Poland
Improved U.S. has a shot at a medal.
Beach
G: Rogers & Dalhausser, U.S.
S: Ricardo & Emanuel, Brazil
B: Marcio Araujo & Fabio Luiz, Brazil
At 6' 9", Phil Dalhausser has seven inches on Todd Rogers.
Women
Indoor
G: Brazil
S: Italy
B: Russia
This would be first gold for Brazil's women's team.
Beach
G: May-Treanor & Walsh, U.S.
S: Tian & Wang, China
B: Branagh & Youngs, U.S.
Returning champions have a 96-match winning streak.
WATER POLO
Men
G: Serbia
S: Croatia
B: Spain
Newly separated Serbia and Montenegro may win medals.
Women
G: Russia
S: U.S.
B: Australia
U.S. won '07 worlds then lost to Russia in World League final.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Men
56 kg (123 lbs.)
G: Eko Irawan, Indonesia
S: Li Zheng, China
B: Hoang Anh Tuan, Vietnam
Turkish great Halil Mutlu canceled his comeback.
62 kg (136.5 lbs.)
G: Zhang Xiangxiang, China
S: Im Yong Su, North Korea
B: Oscar Figueroa, Colombia
China chose Zhang though he's No. 6 in national rankings.
69 kg (152 lbs.)
G: Shi Zhiyong, China
S: Vencelas Dabaya, France
B: Kim Chol Jin, North Korea
World champ Zhang Guozheng did not make Chinese team.
77 kg (169.5 lbs.)
G: Li Hongli, China
S: Gevorg Davtyan, Armenia
B: Oleg Perepechenov, Russia
Bulgaria's Ivan Stoitsov (box) is world champ.
85 kg (187 lbs.)
G: Andrei Rybakou, Belarus
S: Izzet Ince, Turkey
B: Valeriu Calancea, Romania
Rybakou won '07 worlds by an astounding 46 pounds.
94 kg (207 lbs.)
G: Roman Konstantinov, Russia
S: Szymon Kolecki, Poland
B: Yoandris Hernández, Cuba
Konstantinov beat these two rivals on final lift at '07 worlds.
105 kg (231 lbs.)
G: Andrei Aramnau, Belarus
S: Dimitry Klokov, Russia
B: Dmitry Lapikov, Russia
Allowed a total of six lifters, Russians are doubling up here.
105+ kg (231+ lbs.)
G: Hossein Rezazadeh, Iran
S: Viktors Scerbatihs, Latvia
B: Matthias Steiner, Germany
Iranian TV carried Rezazadeh's wedding live in 2003.
Women
48 kg (105.5 lbs.)
G: Chen Xiexia, China
S: Pramsiri Bunphithak, Thailand
B: Estefania Juan, Spain
Deep China could replace Chen with Yang Lian -- and still win.
53 kg (116.5 lbs.)
G: Nastassia Novikava, Belarus
S: Yu Wei Li, Hong Kong
B: Wandee Kameaim, Thailand
Limited to four women's entries, China skips this class despite having world's two best.
58 kg (127.5 lbs.)
G: Qiu Hongmei, China
S: Marina Shainova, Russia
B: O Jong Ae, North Korea
China might replace Qiu with '04 champ Chen Yanqing.
63 kg (138.5 lbs.)
G: Liu Haixia, China
S: Svetlana Tsarukaeva, Russia
B: Meline Daluzyan, Armenia
Liu is reigning world champion.
69 kg (152 lbs.)
G: Oxana Slivenko, Russia
S: Liu Chunhong, China
B: Nazik Avdalyan, Armenia
Slivenko won world title in 2006 at age 19.
75 kg (165 lbs.)
G: Nadezda Evstyukhina, Russia
S: Hripsime Khursudyan, Armenia
B: Lidia Valentin, Spain
Russia leaves home world-record holder Natalia Zabolotnaya.
75+ kg (165+ lbs.)
G: Jang Mi Ran, South Korea
S: Olha Korobka, Ukraine
B: Mariya Grabovetskaya, Kazakhstan
U.S.'s Cheryl Haworth could win her second Olympic medal.
WRESTLING
Men's Freestyle
55 kg (121 lbs.)
G: Besik Kudukhov, Russia
S: Radoslav Velikov, Bulgaria
B: Henry Cejudo, U.S.
B: Andy Moreno, Cuba
Cejudo was training partner for ex-Olympian Patricia Miranda.
60 kg (132 lbs.)
G: Yandro Quintana Ribalta, Cuba
S: Mavlet Batirov, Russia
B: Anatolie Guidea, Bulgaria
B: Seyed Morad Mohammadi, Iran
Quintana Ribalta gave up only one point en route to '04 gold.
66 kg (145 lbs.)
G: Otar Tushishvili, Georgia
S: Ramazan Shahin, Turkey
B: Irbek Farniev, Russia
B: Geandry Garzón Caballero, Cuba
U.S.'s Doug Schwab is medal threat.
74 kg (163 lbs.)
G: Buvaysa Saytiev, Russia
S: Ibragim Aldatov, Ukraine
B: Aliasghar Bazrighaleh, Iran
B: Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev, Azerbaijan
Colorful U.S. hope Ben Askren vows to win gold.
84 kg (185 lbs.)
G: Georgy Ketoev, Russia
S: Zaurbek Sokhiev, Uzbekistan
B: Revaz Mindorashvili, Georgia
B: Reza Yazdani, Iran
Ketoev replaces two-time world champ Sajid Sajidov for Russia.
96 kg (211 lbs.)
G: Shirvani Muradov, Russia
S: George Gogshelidze, Georgia
B: Saeid Abrahimi, Iran
B: Daniel Cormier, U.S.
Cormier's infant daughter, Kaedyn, died in '03 car accident.
120 kg (264 lbs.)
G: Artur Taymazov, Uzbekistan
S: Beylal Makhov, Russia
B: Alexis Rodriguez, Cuba
B: Vadim Tasoev, Ukraine
Taymazov won gold in Athens with a spectacular pin.
Greco-Roman
55 kg (121 lbs.)
G: Hamid Souryan Reihanpour, Iran
S: Park Eun Chul, South Korea
B: Rovshan Bayramov, Azerbaijan
B: Nazyr Mankiev, Russia
Iran has won 34 medals in combat sports.
60 kg (132 lbs.)
G: David Bedinadze, Georgia
S: Armen Nazarian, Bulgaria
B: Eusebiu Diaconu, Romania
B: Makoto Sasamoto, Japan
Nazarian won first of his two golds for his native Armenia.
66 kg (145 lbs.)
G: Farid Mansurov, Azerbaijan
S: Nikolay Gergov, Bulgaria
B: Kanatbek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstan
B: Steeve Guenot, France
Jake Deitchler, 18, is youngest U.S. Olympic wrestler since '76.
74 kg (163 lbs.)
G: Mark Madsen, Denmark
S: Volodimir Shatsykykh, Ukraine
B: Valdemaras Venckaitis, Lithuania
B: Yavor Yanakiev, Bulgaria
Only two of Denmark's 42 golds have been won in wrestling.
84 kg (185 lbs.)
G: Alexei Mishin, Russia
S: Brad Vering, U.S.
B: Nazmi Avluca, Turkey
B: Saman Tahmasebi, Iran
Vering has degree in agriculture.
96 kg (211 lbs.)
G: Ramaz Nozadze, Georgia
S: Karam Gaber, Egypt
B: Ghasem Rezaei, Iran
B: Marek Svec, Czech Republic
Gaber was '04 champ.
120 kg (264 lbs.)
G: Mijain Lopez, Cuba
S: Khasan Baroev, Russia
B: Dremiel Byers, U.S.
B: Mihály Deák-Bárdos, Hungary
Byers spent years in shadow of Olympic champ Rulon Gardner.
Women's Freestyle
48 kg (105.5 lbs.)
G: Chiharu Icho, Japan
S: Irini Merleni, Ukraine
B: Carol Huynh, Canada
B: Ren Xueceng, China
In '04 Merleni was first woman to win wrestling gold.
55 kg (121 lbs.)
G: Saori Yoshida, Japan
S: Marcie Van Dusen, U.S.
B: Natalia Golts, Russia
B: Tonya Verbeek, Canada
Yoshida shut out Verbeek 6-0 for gold in Athens.
63 kg (138.5 lbs.)
G: Kaori Icho, Japan
S: Xu Hai Yan, China
B: Alena Kartashova, Russia
B: Yelena Shalygina, Kazakhstan
Icho won '04 final in overtime.
72 kg (158.5 lbs.)
G: Stanka Zlateva, Bulgaria
S: Kyoko Hamaguchi, Japan
B: Wang Xu, China
B: Olga Zhanibekova, Kazakhstan
Hamaguchi's dad was a pro wrestler known as the Animal.
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