As of 8:30 p.m. (et)

SWIMMING

Michael Phelps has no chance of tying Mark Spitz's 32-year-old record of seven gold medals at one Olympics, this after the 19-year-old American swimmer finished third in the 200-meter freestyle Monday night. Australian Ian Thorpe won the gold medal in the race. Phelps now has a gold and two bronze medals so far at these Games and he's scheduled to race in five more events, including the 200-meter butterfly final on Tuesday night. Pieter van den Hoogenband won the silver medal in the 200 Monday night.

The U.S. did win two gold medals on Monday, both in the 100-meter backstroke. World record holder Natalie Coughlin ran first to win the women's 100-meter backstroke after taking silver with her teammates in the 400-meter freestyle relay on Saturday. Aaron Peirsol won the men's with world record holder and teammate Lenny Krayzelburg swimming two lanes away. Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry ran second behind Coughlin for the silver medal, and Laure Manaudou of France took bronze. Markus Rogan of Austria won silver for the men, while Japan's Tomomi Morita claimed bronze. Krayzelburg, the defending Olympic champion, was fourth.

China's Luo Xuejuan won the women's 100-meter breaststroke with an Olympic record time of 1:06.64, which surpassed the mark of 1:06.78 set by Aussie Leisel Jones on Sunday. Jones won the bronze in 1:07.16, finishing just .01 behind Australian teammate Brooke Hanson's silver medal time. Americans Amanda Beard and Tara Kirk finished in fourth and sixth place, respectively.

Italian Federica Pellegrini had the best time in the semifinals for the women's 200-meter freestyle. Pellegrini won her semifinal in a time of 1:58.02. France's Solenne Figues had the second best time, winning her semifinal in 1:58.65. Dana Vollmer qualified for Tuesday's final with the fourth-best time, but fellow American Lindsay Benko didn't as her time of 2:00.22 was third- worst among all 16 swimmers.

Yana Klochkova of the Ukraine, winner of the 400-meter medley, had the fastest time in the semifinals of the women's 200-meter individual medley. Klochkova, the reigning Olympic champion in the 200 IM, finished her semifinal heat in 2:13.30. Beard and fellow American Katie Hoff, a 15-year-old from Sunnyvale, California, finished with the next best times to make Tuesday's final.

GYMNASTICS

The United States men's gymnastics team picked up its first Olympic medal in 20 years by finishing with the silver on Monday night. Japan won the gold medal in the team competition, finishing .888 points ahead of the Americans. Romania took the bronze medal. It was a strong showing for the U.S. men's squad of Jason Gatson, Morgan Hamm and twin brother Paul, Brett McClure, Blaine Wilson and Guard Young. The U.S. posted a score of 172.933. The Romanian team had 172.384. The Japanese team managed to get by favorite China, which made some mistakes and a strong high bar routine for the Japanese clinched the victory. It was a return to golden glory for the Japanese, as they had won the team competition in five straight Olympics through the 1976 Games in Montreal. For the U.S. though it was an amazing run to the silver. It marked just the third team medal for the U.S. and its first at a non-boycotted Olympics since 1932. The 1984 Los Angeles Games, in which the U.S. won the gold medal, were marred by a boycott. The women's team competition takes place on Tuesday.

SOFTBALL

It took eight innings, but the United States softball team was finally able to get something going. Cat Osterman pitched a shutout, fanning 11 hitters and outdueling Japan's Juri Takayama to keep the U.S. undefeated at the Athens Games with a 3-0 extra-inning victory on Monday. Takayama (0-1) carried a no- hitter through seven innings, but things fell apart for her in the eighth. Kelly Kretschman hit a sacrifice fly for the U.S. It marked the 73rd straight victory for the national team, dating back to last summer. The two-time defending gold medalists have now posted 13 shutouts in 22 Olympic games.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

The U.S. women's basketball team used strong inside play and an incredible spurt after a slow start to roll to an 80-61 victory over the Czech Republic in the second preliminary-round contest at the Olympics. Lisa Leslie had 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Tina Thompson added 12 points and Diana Taurasi scored 10 for the Americans, the two-time defending gold medalists. The U.S., which routed New Zealand, 99-47, on Saturday, was behind by as many as nine points early in the contest.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

The U.S. men's basketball team, coming off its first-ever defeat while using NBA players at the Olympics, takes the court again on Tuesday, this time against host Greece. The domination for USA men's basketball at the Summer Games ended on Sunday following a 92-73 embarrassing loss to Puerto Rico. It was only the third loss ever for the U.S. in 112 Olympic contests. Team USA shot 35 percent and since then has been buried by criticism, even from the women's basketball players, as Lisa Leslie said the men should "come and see how we play" and also said "adjustment to the international style of play has to come real quick, because there's time for jokes." Greece will have plenty of confidence coming into the contest following a 76-54 triumph over Australia.

GENERAL NEWS

A disciplinary hearing scheduled for Monday for Greek track stars Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou, both accused of dodging drug testers, has been postponed until Wednesday. Legal representative of Kenteris and Thanou said the athletes were not medically fit to appear Monday, but committed to attend in two days before the International Olympic Committee's Disciplinary Commission. Wednesday is the same day track and field starts at the Olympics. An investigation into a motorcycle accident that hospitalized both athletes Thursday night is ongoing. Kenteris is the reigning 200-meter Olympic champion, while Thanou is the 100-meter silver medalist from the Sydney Games. IOC committee spokesman Francois Carrard said the investigation is not about finding a positive drug test for the athletes, but about their availability for testing. Both athletes were training in Chicago and the IOC had reportedly tried to locate both to administer drug tests, but were unsuccessful. Once they were located in Athens they were reportedly told to undergo drug testing, but apparently never got samples. On Saturday, the Greek Olympic Committee suspended the athletes from the team and their coach, Christos Tsekos, was also suspended.

SHOOTING

Collyn Loper's bid for a medal in women's shooting fell short on Monday when Australian Suzanne Balogh won the trap competition. Maria Quintanal of Spain took the silver medal, while Lee Bo Na of Korea won the bronze. Balogh made 22 of 25 shots in the final round to finish with 88 points to outdistance Quintanal, who had 84. Lee had the most points in the final with 23 and had 83 total. Zhu Qinan of China won the men's 10-meter air rifle competition, setting an Olympic record in the process. Zhu totaled 702.7 points to edge fellow countryman Li Jie, who had 701.3. Slovakia's Jozef Gonci earned the bronze medal. Zhu had 599 points in the qualification round, breaking the record of 596 set by Wolfram Waibel of Austria in Atlanta in 1996. Jason Parker of the United States came in eighth place with 694.5 points, while American Matthew Emmons was in a ninth-place tie.

JUDO

Although an American has never won a gold medal in the Olympics in judo, Jimmy Pedro did earn a bronze on Monday in the men's 66-73kg category. Korean Won Hee Lee won the gold medal, while Russian Vitaliy Makarov took the silver. Pedro shared the bronze with Brazil's Leandro Guilheiro after beating Daniel Fernandez of France to win a bronze. Pedro also won a bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games. He had finished in fifth place in the 66-73kg category at the 2000 Games and this appears to be the final Olympics for Pedro. Germany's Yvonne Boenisch won the gold medal in the women's 52-57kg event. Sun Hui Kye of North Korea won the silver, while Deborah Gravenstijn of the Netherlands and Yurisleidy Lupetey of Cuba won bronze.

SOCCER

The U.S. women's soccer team will take on Australia Tuesday needing at least a tie to clinch first place in Group G. The team is coming off a tough 2-0 win over Brazil on Saturday, a match in which it was outplayed for much of the game. Star forward Abby Wambach received her second yellow card in as many matches and therefore will have to sit out Tuesday's match. Wambach has scored 16 goals in her last 17 games. The United States and Australia matched up about one month ago in Blaine, Minnesota for a friendly. Australia grabbed an early 1-0 lead but the U.S. scored three second half goals to earn the win. Shannon Boxx, Mia Hamm, and Wambach all scored for the U.S. in that victory. Australia, currently in third in Group G, needs at least a tie to guarantee advancement to the single elimination phase. However, the U.S. has won 15 straight matches against the Aussies, holding them to one goal or less in 14 of those games.

MEDAL COUNT

At the end of three days of competition, China leads the medal count with 15 total, including 10 gold. Australia and the United States each have 13 medals, with the Aussies in second place with six gold to three for the U.S. All of the American gold medals are in swimming. Russia is next with eight medals, while Japan and France each have seven. A total of 11 gold medals will be awarded on Tuesday.