LIVING the DREAM / HOCKEY Match, the Two Traditional Powerhouses Of

LIVING THE DREAM / HOCKEY nearly 70 years of Olympic frustration by earn- ing their first-ever team gold medal in hockey. The Netherlands' goals came off penalty corners nd th left: Australia and by Floris Jan Bovelander in the 52 and 54 Germany battle in the minutes of play. Later, Bram Lomans sealed the bronze-medal match at victory by scoring off a penalty corner with just Morris Brown College. two minutes remaining. The Netherlands won with a score of 3-1. top right: Shin-Heum Park of The members of the Dutch team were Floris Korea scores through the outstretched arms of Jan Bovelander, Jacques Brinkman, Maurits goalkeeper Lachlan Dreher Crucq, Marc Delissen, Jeroen Delmee, Leo Klein in Australia's preliminary- Gebbink, Taco van den Honert, Ronald Jansen, round win over Korea. match, the two traditional powerhouses of hockey together had won 11 of the 17 Olympic hockey gold medals awarded. Chants echoed throughout the stadium from the dozens of Pakistani fans waving their country's green- and-white flags. A group of fans from India wearing orange scarves around their heads countered with cheers of support for their team. In the end, India and Pakistan battled to a 0-0 draw. Later in the tournament, however, both were shut out of medal contention for only the fourth time in Olympic history. Erik Jazet, Bram Lomans, Tycho van Meer, Teun At the conclusion of the preliminaries, de Nooijer, Wouter van Pelt, Stephan Veen, Spain (4-1) and the Netherlands (4-0-1) stood Guus Vogels, and Remco van Wijk. alone at the top their respective pools, while The Spanish team consisted of Jaime Amat, Germany and Australia, which both finished Pablo Amat, Javier Arnau, Jordi Arnau, Oscar with identical 3-1-1 marks, secured the other Barrena, Ignacio Cobos, Juan Dinares, Juan two berths in the semifinal round. In the semi- Escarre, Xavier Escude, Juantxo Garcia-Mau- finals, Spain defeated Australia 2-1, while the rino, Antonio Gonzalez, Ramon Jufresa, Joa- Netherlands, led by Taco van den Honert's quin Malgosa, Victor Pujol, Ramon Sala, and three goals, defeated Germany 3-1. Pablo Usoz. In the gold-medal match, an early goal by In the bronze-medal match, Australia, which Spain's Victor Pujol quickly quelled the enthusi- took silver in a 1992 gold-medal loss to Ger- asm of the hundreds of orange-clad Dutch fans many, reversed the outcome in 1996 with a in attendance. Spain did not have much time to celebrate, however. In the next 10 minutes, the Dutch scored two goals en route to ending bottom right: Look of the Games structures decorated the entrances to the competition venues VIVIAN LASTER • PATRICIA E LATCH • BRENT W LATHAM • JACQUELYN C LATHAM • KINARD L LATHAM • SUZETTE LATHAM • TRICIA A LATHAM • VAN LATHAM • WILEY G LATHAM • MILLIE H LATHAN • ROB LATHAN • ROBERT X LATHAN • STEWART LATHAN • KYLE S LATHON • FRANK J LATHRON • SCOTT S LATHROP • RHONDA C LATIF • CAROLYN S LATIFF • VINCENT J LATIGUE • GLENN E LATIMER • JIM W LATIMER • LORI LATIMER • MARGARET G LATIMER • STEVEN M LATIMER • RICHARD J LATIMER ATC • MARTHA I LATIMORE • MELISSA V LATORRE • CLAUDINE LATOUCHE • DARNELDA L LATSON • SHERRELL A LATSON 389.

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