Olympic Survey (Sept 23)

Viktor Jelenic (front, Yugoslavia)

In the first round of water polo tournament B Group, Yugoslav national team demolished the Dutch with 9:1 (3:1, 2:0, 1:0).

Yugoslavia, the Olympic water polo king of the 1980s, began the Sydney Games with a convincing 9-1 victory over the Netherlands.

Aleksandar Sapic had three goals and Dejan Savic two for Yugoslavia, which won gold medals at the Los Angeles and Seoul Games. The country could not defend its title in Barcelona because of political sanctions, and it fell to eighth in Atlanta.

The match was already decided after the second quarter, when the Yugoslavs had 6:1 lead. The Dutch made only one of 21 shots, thanks to great saves by Aleksandar Sostar.

Yugoslavia will play the United States on Sunday.

RESULTS - September 23

Group A
Russia - Australia 6-4
Spain - Kazakhstan 8-7
Italy - Slovakia 11-8

Group A - Standings

 Spain         1    1    0    0     8-7    2
 Italy         1    1    0    0    11-8    2
 Russia        1    1    0    0     6-4    2
 Kazakhstan    1    0    0    1     7-8    0
 Australia     1    0    0    1     4-6    0
 Slovakia      1    0    0    1     8-11   0

Group B
Croatia - U.S. 10-7
YUGOSLAVIA - Netherlands 9-1
Scorers: Aleksandar Sapic 3, Dejan Savic 2, Nenad Vukanic, Aleksandar Ciric, Petar Trbojevic, Danilo Ikodinovic - one goal all, for Yugoslavia; Uri for Netherlands.
Hungary - Greece 7-4

Group B - Standings

 Hungary        1    1    0    0     7-4    2
 Croatia        1    1    0    0    10-7    2
 YUGOSLAVIA     1    1    0    0     9-1    2
 Greece         1    0    0    1     4-7    0
 U.S.           1    0    0    1     7-10   0
 Netherlands    1    0    0    1     1-9    0

Yugoslav shooting representatives, Stevan Pletikosic and Nemanja Milosavljev did not place themselves into men's 50m three position shooting finals.

Pletikosic placed 10th with 398 shot circles, while Mirosavljev placed 15th with one less shot circle.

Thus the Yugoslav shooting national team: Jasna Sekaric, Aleksandra Ivosev, Aranka Binder, Stevan Pletikosic, Nemanja Milosavljev and Goran Maksimovic, won only one medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney.

Zeljko Rebraca and Sasa Obradovic (6) celebrate their victory over Spain

In the fourth round of basketball tournament B Group, Yugoslav national team today in Sydney defeated Spain with 78:65 (32:30).

Yugoslav basketball players have managed, in the middle of the second half with several successive points, to crush the resistance of Spain and secure the fourth victory at the Olympic Games. In the next round, the Yugoslavs will fight for the first place in B Group with Canada.

RESULTS - September 23

Group A
U. S. - New Zealand 102-56
Lithuania - China 82-66
Italy - France 67-57

Group A - Standings

U.S.          4     0
Italy         3     1
France        2     2
Lithuania     2     2
China         1     3
New Zealand   0     4

Group B
Australia - Angola 86-75
Russia - Canada 77-59
YUGOSLAVIA - Spain 78-65 (32-30)
Scorers: YUGOSLAVIA - Predrag Danilovic 14, Sasa Obradovic 13, Dejan Bodiroga 11, Dejan Tomasevic 11, Zeljko Rebraca 10, Predrag Stojakovic 7, Dragan Tarlac 6, Vlado Scepanovic 2, Nikola Jestratijevic 2, Igor Rakocevic 1, Predrag Drobnjak 1

Spain - Alberto Herreros 16, Alfonso Reyes 14, Roberto Duenas 8, John Rogers 6, Raul Lopez 5, Ignacio Rodriguez 5, Carlos Jimenez 5, Juan Carlos Navarro 2, Jorge Garbajosa 2, Rodrigo de la Fuente 2.

Group B - Standings

 YUGOSLAVIA   4    0    297-255    8
 Canada       3    1    350-298    7
 Russia       2    2    279-263    6
 Australia    2    2    317-327    6
 Spain        1    3    269-285    5
 Angola       0    4    238-322    4

Goran Vujevic (left) and Andrija Geric (both Yugoslavia) tries to block Spajic's spike

In the fourth round in B Group of the Olympic tournament, Yugoslav volleyball players defeated Argentina with 3:1 (21:25, 25:15, 25:23, 25:22).

Yugoslavia took over third place in Group B of men's volleyball with a 21-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-22 victory over Argentina.

The Yugoslavs are the team nobody wants to face in the quarterfinals. Their relentless blocking and disciplined defense make them very dangerous. If not for close five-game losses to Russia and Italy, regarded as the two best teams in the world, Yugoslavia would be the favorite to win gold in just its third Olympics.

After splitting the first two games, Argentina took a 10-9 lead in the crucial third, but couldn't put together any runs.

Trailing 24-22, Argentina got within a point difference, but in the end theYugoslav team proved its quality and superiority.

RESULTS - September 23

Group A
Netherlands - Egypt 3-1
Cuba - Australia 3-0
Brazil - Spain 3-1

Group A - Standings

Brazil             4     0
Netherlands        3     1
Cuba               3     1
Spain              1     3
Australia          1     3
Egypt              0     4

Group B
YUGOSLAVIA - Argentina 3-1
Italy - Russia 3-1
South Korea - U.S. 3-2

Group A - Standings

Italy              4     0
Russia             3     1
YUGOSLAVIA         2     2
Argentina          2     2
South Korea        1     3
U.S.               0     4

Yugoslav coxless pair (Djordje Visacki/Nikola Stojic) placed fifth in the finals of the Olympic 2.000m race with time 6:38.70min.

Men's coxless pairs final - RESULTS

1. Michel Andrieux/Jean-Christophe Rolland (France)   6:32.97
2. Ted Murphy/Sebastian Bea (U.S.)                    6:33.80
3. Matthew Long/James Tomkins (Australia)             6:34.26
4. Edward Coode/Greg Searle (Britain)                 6:34.38
5. Djordje Visacki/Nikola Stojic (YUGOSLAVIA)         6:38.70
6. Ramon di Clemente/Donovan Cech (South Africa)      6:43.10

Yugoslav athlete Zoran Djurdjevic did not manage to place himself into the triple jump finals, since he, in today's qualifications jumped 16.31 meters, thus placing 27th out of 38 contestants.