Word: barcelona
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...Barcelona, Trotman finished behind gold medalist Linda Anderson of Norway and silver medalist Natalia Via Dufresne of Spain...
Harvard sent 19 athletes in all to Barcelona this summer, including current undergraduate Norman D. Bellingham '94, who placed fourth in the 500-meter kayak singles. Among the 19 werethree undergraduates who represented foreigncountries--rower Snorre Lorgen '93, swimmerKristan B. Singleton '93 and swimmer Simon J.Wainwright '93--who competed for Norway, the U.S.Virgin Islands and Great Britain, respectively...
Director of Athletics William J. Cleary '56said yesterday he was pleased with the number ofcompetitors Harvard sent to the Barcelona, themost of any Ivy League college...
...basketball, of course, the rest of the world pleaded nolo contendere: no team came within 33 points of the Dream Team during the first week of the Olympics. But plenty of other allegedly sure bets on the U.S. team found themselves absorbing bracing lessons at Barcelona. "You like to be a superhero all your life," said swimmer Matt Biondi, finishing fifth in the 100-m freestyle Tuesday, "but today my cape fell off." Only briefly, as it turned out. By week's end Biondi earned two medals for a lifetime total of 11, a record he shares with Mark Spitz...
...unexpected gold and silver in the shot put. And though America's women swimmers were surprised by the Chinese, who seemed to be picking up where the East Germans left off, the U.S. generally did well in the water. In 1988 American swimmers won 18 medals in Seoul; in Barcelona they splashed to 27. At week's end the Americans stood just behind the Unified Team in medals...