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ympians representing the United States had
been a nation unto themselves, they would've finished
16th in the medal standings out of the 93 countries
competing at the Sydney Games.
'While Israel's own 37 membercontingent managed to gar-
onl) one medal — Michael Kolganov's bronze in the men's
0-meter kayak sprint —the 14 Jewish members of Team
A totaled eight medals — four golds and four silvers.
As expected, swimmer Lenny Krayzelburg was one of the
ndividual heroes of the Olympics with a harvest of three
Olds, each a record performance. He set Olympic records in
th the 100-meter (53.72 seconds) and 200-meter (1:56.76)
ackstroke, and joined the USA 4x100 medley relay team for
a world record (3:33.73) performance.
Other American Jewish Olympians were:
a Jeff Agoos, men's soccer: The U.S. team failed to medal,
bowing out \vith a 2-1 loss to Spain in a semifinal game.
• Cliffl3ayer, men's fencing, individual foil: Dropped out of
contention with a third-round loss to Korea's Young-Ho
oom. shot put: Barely missed a medal, finishing
brow of 20.87 meters, but had nobody to
self His established personal best of 21.6
Ve been good enough for gold.
m, men's fencing: Lost a second-round match
nd Schmitt of Germany, but with his parting
best job of capturing the true spirit of the
ing out here in this atmosphere against one of
st in the world is what it's all about."
• Deena Drossin, 10,000 meter run: Failed to advance to
the medal round with a qualifying time of 34:40.86.
a Anthom- Ervin, swimming: Gold, in a dead-hear finish
with fellow-American Gary Hall Jr. in the 50-meter freestyle;
siher, as member of U.S. 4x100 meter freestyle relay.
• Nicole Freedman, cycling: Finished 47th in the women's
road race (pretty much matching her pre-Olympics world
rank), more than 21 minutes behind gold medalist Leontien
Ziilaard of the Netherlands.
OAdam Goucher, track: Finished 13th in the men's 5,000-
meter run, at 13:43.20.
• Scott Goldblatt, swimming: Silver, member of U.S. 4x200
meter freestyle relay.
• Margie Goldstein-Engle, equestrian: Finished 10th in
individual jumping with a total score of 12, atop Perin.
Jason Lezak, swimming: Silver, as member of U.S. 4x100
meter freestyle relay.
o Sarah Whalen, women's soccer: Silver, as Team USA lost
:3-2 to Norway in the.gold medal game.
• Joanna Zieger, Triathlon: Ranked no higher than 30th in
the world entering the Games, barely missed medaling in a
truly, heroic effort with a fourth-place finish in 2:01:25.
Adding to the drama, the asthmatic coped with dropping her
inhaler several times during the final, running leg of the first-
over Olympic triathlon.
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