BARCELONA ’92 OLYMPICS : DAILY REPORT : WRESTLING : Jones Runs Record to 4-0; Three Other Americans Win

With a cracked rib and a determined attitude, defending Olympic gold medalist Mitsuru Sato defied doctors and wrestled his fifth-round flyweight (114-pound) match Tuesday. But he couldn’t get past American world champion Zeke Jones, who beat Sato, 9-5, to win his fourth consecutive match and remain undefeated in freestyle wrestling.

Three other American wrestlers remained undefeated during their first day on the mat.

Jones, who received a fourth-round bye, is 4-0 in the tournament and needs to win again today against Kim Sun Hak of South Korea to advance to the final.

Bruce Baumgartner of Cambridge Springs, Pa., who hopes to become the first U.S. wrestler to win three Olympic medals, beat Bulgaria’s Kiril Barboutov, 9-1, and then defeated Hungary’s Zsolt Gombos, 8-0, in the super-heavyweight (286-pound) class.

In the light-flyweight (105.5-pound) class, Tim Vanni of Phoenix, Ariz., won both his matches, and teammate Kenny Monday of Stillwater, Okla., remained undefeated in the welterweight (163-pound) division.

Mark Coleman of Columbus, Ohio, had a chance of making the 220-pound gold-medal bout, but lost 3-0 to Heiko Balz of Germany. The loss eliminated Coleman.

CANOE / KAYAK

Barton Moves Step Closer to Repeating as Winner

Greg Barton of Bellingham, Wash., a two-time gold medalist in 1988, reached the semifinals in both his Olympic canoeing events despite a rare third-place finish in his singles heat at Castelldefels, Spain.

Barton had to advance through the repechage in the single kayak 1,000 meters because he finished behind world champion Knut Hollman of Norway and Marin Popescu of Romania in a heat.

Barton and teammate Norman Bellingham of Washington, D.C., were second in their double kayak 1,000 meters heat and advanced directly to the semifinals. They are trying to become the first team to retain the Olympic title in the event.

The United States advanced boats to the semifinals in all 12 flatwater canoeing events--six 1,000-meter events Tuesday and six 500-meter events Monday.

The women’s kayak fours 1,000-meter entry placed second to China in its heat. The team is made up of Sheila Conover of Newport Beach, Cathy Marino of Huntington Beach, Traci Phillips of Honolulu and Alexandra Harbold of Rockaway Beach, N.Y.

Fred Spaulding of Costa Mesa also advanced to the semifinals of the single canoe 1,000 meters.

In the men’s kayak fours 1,000 meters, the U.S. entry had the seventh-fastest time. The team is Chris Barlow of San Diego, Mike Herbert of Rogers, Ark., Terry Kent of Tacoma, Wash. and Mark Hamilton of Louisville, Ky.

TEAM HANDBALL

Sweden, CIS Stay Unbeaten in Men’s Competition

In men’s competition, Sweden (5-0) remained undefeated in Group A with a 25-18 victory over Iceland. In other games, South Korea beat Brazil, 30-26, and Hungary defeated Czechoslovakia, 20-18.

In Group B, the Commonwealth of Independent States also remained undefeated (5-0) by beating Romania, 27-25. In other games, France beat Egypt, 22-19, and Spain defeated Germany, 19-18. The men’s semifinals are scheduled for Thursday. The women’s semifinals will be held today, with the CIS facing Norway and South Korea playing Germany.

FIELD HOCKEY

Spain, Germany Reach Final in Women’s Competition

In women’s games, Spain and Germany each won its semifinal game to advance to Friday’s gold medal match. Spain beat South Korea, 2-1, in overtime, and Germany defeated Britain, 2-1.

In the classification round, Australia beat New Zealand, 5-1, and the Netherlands turned back Canada, 2-0. Britain will play South Korea for the bronze medal in Friday’s early game. The men’s semifinals will be held today, with Australia playing the Netherlands and Pakistan against Germany.

MEDALISTS

TAEKWONDO (Demonstration Sport) (Men, 119 pounds) GOLD: Arlindo I. Gouvela Colina (Venezuela) SILVER: Dirc Richard Talumewo (Indonesia) BRONZE: (tie) Ming-Sung Wang (Taiwan) BRONZE: Seo Sung Kyo (South Korea) (Men, 154 pounds) GOLD: Jose Santolaria Martos (Spain) SILVER: Fariborz Askari (Iran) BRONZE: (tie) Kuei-Ming Chou (Taiwan) BRONZE: Djamel Khali (France) (Men, 183 pounds) GOLD: Herbert Perez (United States) SILVER: Juan Solis Godoy (Spain) BRONZE: (tie) Ammar Sbeihi (Jordan) BRONZE: Khalad Ibrahim (Egypt) (Women, 104 pounds) GOLD: Elisabet Delgado Cazorla (Spain) SILVER: Piera Muggiri (Italy) BRONZE: (tie) Arzu Tan (Turkey) BRONZE: Terry Poindexter (United States) (Women, 132 pounds) GOLD: An Chen (Taiwan) SILVER: Susilawati (Indonesia) BRONZE: (tie) Hafida El Ouacef (Morocco) BRONZE: Jeung Eun Ok (South Korea) (Women, 154 pounds) GOLD: Lee Sun Hee (South Korea) SILVER: Marcia Catherine King (Canada) BRONZE: (tie) Morfou Drosidou (Greece) BRONZE: Denise Angela Parmley (Australia)