Memories to Carry to Sydney

The Centennial Olympics, 100 things to remember:

1. Ali, y’all.

2. An Olympic bombshell.

3. Michael Johnson’s golden slippers.

4. Touched by an angel: Martino giving her swimming bronze medal to a cancer victim.

5. A one-legged Strug.

6. Karolyi carryin’ Kerri.

7. India-Pakistan field hockey.

8. Michelle Smith, triplin’ for Dublin.

9. Belgian swimmer Fred Deburghgraeve. Easier done than said.

10. Floyd Mayweather, featherweight fighter: “I know I won. You know I won.”

11. Ecuador, a gold medal.

12. Ethiopia, two gold medals.

13. Computer biographical info: “Athlete.” “Official.” “VIP.” “Horse.”

14. Rembrandt, 19, oldest Olympic horse.

15. Bald women swimmin’.

16. Speedos: If that’s a swimsuit, where’s the rest of it?

17. Hong Kong wins.

18. “Tonga! Tonga! Tonga!”

19. Jearl Miles’ anchor leg.

20. T-shirt: “Terrorism sucks.”

21. King Carl’s long jump.

22. King Carl Gustav of Sweden, seen jogging at the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area.

23. Karch and Kent.

24. Dot Richardson: And now for my next impression, Carlton Fisk.

25. Ro, Ro, Romanians in your boat, gently down the stream.

26. On running second in relay, Mike Marsh: “To be blunt, we got barbecued.”

27. David Reid’s KO blow.

28. Tom Brands, wrestler with the red, white and blue teeth.

29. Gymnast: ON Wheaties box or IN Wheaties box?

30. Ukraine, eight gold medals: “Singin’ in Ukraine, just singin’ in Ukraine; what a glorious feelin’, they’re happy again.”

31. Lindsay Davenport, in straight sets.

32. Mongolia, as many medals as Mexico?

33. Gail Devers wins another nail-biter.

34. Pocket Hercules, unchained.

35. Lisa Leslie’s 35-point night.

36. Justin “I’m stoked” Huish.

37. Helen Hunt, trading pins.

38. Imelda Marcos, doing the wave.

39. Moldova, as many medals as Mexico?

40. Matt Ghaffari, Iranian-American.

41. Roy Blount’s admonition: “Y’all is plural.”

42. Kurt Angle, American over an Iranian.

43. Agassi and the ecstasy.

44. Badminton: “It’s not a birdie. It’s a shuttlecock.”

45. Kim Rhode, shooting star.

46. Paris headline on Marie-Jose Perec: “Grandiose! Sublime!”

47. Popov-Hall, to the wall.

48. The Amy Van Dyken Show.

49. Hammerin’ Balazs Kiss.

50. Opening ceremonies: Silhouettes on the shade.

51. Donovan Bailey: “I’m from Jamaica, man.”

52. Janet Evans . . . running?

53. Yankee homers: Back-to-back-to-back-to-back.

54. Brooke Bennett.

55. Mia Hamm.

56. Shannon Miller.

57. Dave Barry’s description of gymnastics: “The Tiny Woman Athletes About the Size of a Toothbrush Flagrantly Defying Gravity Event.”

58. Mike Powell, the sandy man.

59. Linford Christie, finally leaving.

60. With an Atlanta accent: “Greco-Roman rasslin’.”

61. Brazilian beach volleyball.

62. Teresa Edwards.

63. Randy Barnes.

64. Beth Botsford.

65. Mozambique, as many medals as Mexico?

66. Bob Mathias, decathlon champion, 1948, 1952: “I could beat everybody in this room, including Dan O’Brien.”

67. Wang Junxia, China’s first gold ever, in track or field.

68. Lisa Fernandez.

69. Gigi Fernandez.

70. Mary Joe Fernandez.

71. A tennis fan riot. (You don’t see those every day.)

72. Inger Miller and her dad.

73. Marcel Malone and her son.

74. Frankie Fredericks, 200 meters, 19.68, for . . . second place?

75. NBC’s MVP: Jim Gray.

76. Dave Lettieri, ’88 Olympian, on new “Super Bike” in cycling: “The United States hyped up the Super Bikes. But everybody else had superer bikes.”

77. Charles Austin. A high jump.

78. Jackie. A long jump.

79. Cuban boxers: An embassy wall jump.

80. Amanda Beard and her teddy bear.

81. Bruce Baumgartner, our flag bear.

82. Allen Johnson, first hitting every hurdle, then hitting the finish line first.

83. Noureddine Morceli.

84. Stefka Kostadinova, up and ova.

85. A gold medal for Burundi.

86. Malaysia, more total medals than Mexico?

87. Joe Frazier, on why he’s still so angry at Ali: “We tried to kill each other.”

88. Smokin’ Felix Savon.

89. Angola basketball’s Herlander Coimbra, making home movies of the man who elbowed him in Barcelona, Charles Barkley.

90. Barkley: “He should thank me. That’s the only reason anybody’s watching us play Angola, because of what I did.”

91. Greg Louganis trying to meet Celine Dion.

92. Unofficial song of Olympics: “YMCA???”

93. Women’s soccer.

94. Women’s softball.

95. Women’s hoops.

96. Centennial Park, re-open for business.

97. “The Games will go on.”

98. A medal for Ali.

99. A memorial for Alice Hawthorne.

100. On sale at souvenir stand: “Olympic Gymnast Barbie.”