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What Canada did...
... on September 22, 2000
SYDNEY (CP) -- What Canada Did at the Olympics on Friday:
BASKETBALL
Women: Canada lost 68-56 to Slovakia, dropping to 1-3 record in Pool A.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Men: John Child and Mark Heese, Toronto, advanced to the quarter-finals, defeating Mikhail Kouchnerev and Sergey Ermishin, Russia, 15-6; Jody Holden, Shelburne, N.S., and Conrad Leinemann, Kelowna, B.C., lost 15-6 to Joerg Ahmann and Axel Hager, Germany, in second round, eliminated.
DIVING
Women's platform: Anne Montminy, Pointe-Claire, Que., finished third in preliminaries, advanced to semifinals; Emilie Heymans, Greenfield Park, Que., was fourth, also advanced.
EQUESTRIAN
Individual Three-Day Event: Bruce Mandeville, riding Larissa, finished 22nd overall; Wyn St. John, Edmonton, withdrew on the final day and wasn't ranked.
ROWING
Men's lightweight fours: Iain Brambell, Victoria; Chris Davidson, Oakville, Ont.; Gavin Hassett, Victoria, and Jon Beare, Toronto, finished fourth in semifinal heat, eliminated.
Women's lightweight double sculls: Fiona Milne, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., and Tracy Duncan, Saskatoon, placed fifth in semifinal heat, eliminated.
SAILING
Women's Mistral Caroll-Ann Alie, Gracefield, Que., was 17th overall after 10 races.
SHOOTING
Women's 25-metre sporyt pistol: Kim Eagles, Maple Ridge, B.C., was 35th overall.
Men's skeet: Jason Casell, Winnipeg, was tied for ninth after the first day of qualifying in the 125 targets event.
SWIMMING
Men's 100-metre butterfly: Michael Mintenko, Moose Jaw, Sask., finished in a fifth-place tie in final.
Men's 400-metre individual medley: Chris Renaud, Calgary; Morgan Knabe, Calgary; Shamek Pistucha, Edmonton, and Yannick Lupien, Ste-Foy, Que., were third in heat, advanced to final.
Men's 1,500-metre freestyle: Andrew Hurd, Oakville, Ont., finished seventh in heat, eliminated; Tim Peterson, Vancouver, was eighth, eliminated.
Women's 50-metre freestyle: Nadine Rolland, Brossard, Que., placed seventh in heat, eliminated; Jenna Gresdal, Huntsville, Ont., was eighth in heat, eliminated.
Women's 400-metre individual medley: Michelle Lischinsky, Winnipeg; Christin Petelski, Victoria; Jen Button, Waterloo, Ont., and Laura Nicholls, Waterloo, finished fourth in heat, advanced to final.
TENNIS
Men's singles: Sebastien Lareau, Boucherville, Que., lost 61-, 3-6, 6-3 to Mikael Tillstrom, Sweden, in second round, eliminated.
Men's doubles: Lareau and Daniel Nestor, Toronto, def. Gustavo Kuerten and Jaime Oneins, Brazil, 6-1, 6-4, in second round, advanced to quarter-finals.
TRACK AND FIELD
Men's 100 metres: Bruny Surin, Montreal, finished third in second-round heat, advanced to third round; Donovan Bailey, Oakville, Ont., finished eighth in second-round heat, eliminated; Nicolas Macrozonaris, Laval, Que., was fifth in heat, eliminated.
Men's 20-kilometre walk: Arturo Huerta, Toronto, finished 24th overall; Tim Berrett, Edmonton, was 26th.
Men's 10,000 metres: Sean Kaley, Ottawa, placed 12th in heat, eliminated; Jeff Schiebler, Vancouver, was 15th in heat, eliminated.
Men's shot put: Brad Snyder, Windsor, Ont., finished 13th overall in qualifying, failed to advance to final.
Men's high jump: Mark Boswell, Brampton, Ont., finished fifth in group qualifying, advanced to final; Kwaku Boateng, Montreal, finished in tie for fourth in another group, advanced to final.
Women's 100 metres: Esi Benyarku, Toronto, finished fourth in first-round heat, eliminated; Martha Adussi, Toronto, was sixth in first-round heat, eliminated.
Women's 400 metres: Foy Williams, Toronto, finished fourth in first-round heat, advanced to next round; Ladonna Antoine, Regina, placed first in first-round heat, advanced to next round.
TRAMPOLINE
Women: Karen Cockburn, Toronto, won bronze medal.
WATER POLO
Women: Canada def. Kazakhstan 9-8 in overtime to finish fifth in standings.
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