The Competition At A Glance

THE COMPETITION AT A GLANCE

A quick look at events scheduled July 20-Aug. 5, with number of tickets available, teams entered and names of top athletes who are and are not coming.

BASEBALL

-- Ticket availability - 34,000.

-- National teams - Group A, Canada, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Taiwan; Group B, United States, Soviet Union, Mexico, Japan.

-- Who's coming - U.S. team includes two Seattle-area pitchers, Poulsbo's Aaron Sele of WSU, and Kirkland's Ronnie Allen of Texas A&M. U.S. squad also has two internationally experienced players, SS Brent Gates from University of Minnesota and 3B Tim Flannelly from University of Michigan; Cuba has No. 1 amateur team in world with major-league caliber players such as: Inf/DH Omar Linnares; 1B Luis Casanova; 2B Antonio Pacheco; SS Luis Ulacia; C/DH Orestes Kindelan; LF Lourdes Gurriel; P Pedro Abreu; and newcomer Inf. Eddie Rojas.

-- Who's not - As part of selection process, U.S. Baseball Federation chose to use strictly non-draft eligible college players, in other words, just freshmen and sophomores. No pros were invited. Also, top high-school pitcher Todd Van Poppel of Dallas was not invited because he did not participate in U.S. Junior program.

BASKETBALL, MEN

-- Ticket availability - 72,000.

-- National teams - Group A, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Spain, Australia; Group B, United States, Soviet Union, Puerto Rico, Italy.

-- Who's coming - U.S. collegians Alonzo Mourning of Georgetown, Billy Owens of Syracuse and Kenny Anderson of Georgia Tech; Jose Ortiz (probable) of Puerto Rico, formerly of Oregon State; Andrew Gaze of Australia, member of 1989 NCAA Final Four runner-up Seton Hall.

-- Who's not - Lithuanians Sarunas Marciulionis (also Golden State Warriors) and Arvydas Sabonis are doubtful. Vlade Divac of Yugoslavia and L.A. Lakers; Drazen Petrovic of Yugoslavia and Portland Trail Blazers; Stacey Augmon and Larry Johnson of NCAA champ UNLV, and American NBA players are out.

BASKETBALL, WOMEN

-- Ticket availabililty - 17,000.

-- National teams - Group A, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia; Group B, Australia, South Korea, Soviet Union, United States.

-- Who's coming - Five members of 1988 Olympic Games gold medal squad - Vicky Bullett of Maryland, Cynthia Cooper of Southern Cal, Teresa Edwards of Georgia, Katrina McClain of Georgia and Lynette Woodard of Kansas. Stanford's Jennifer Azzi and Sonja Henning.

-- Who's not - Other teams expected to be made up of best players available in those countries.

BOXING

-- Ticket availability - 51,000.

-- Who's coming - Emmett Linton, Tacoma, 147 pounds, 1990 U.S. champion; Paul Vaden, Puyallup, 157 pounds, 1990 U.S. champion; Roberto Balado, Cuba, super heavyweight, defending world champion; Eric Griffin, Houston, 106 pounds, defending world champion; Andrei Kurnyavka, USSR, light heavyweight, defending world champion; Felix Savon, Cuba, heavyweight, defending world champion; USSR, team, defending world champion.

-- Who's not - Some recent world champions have taken advantage of new-found freedom in Eastern European countries to turn professional.

CYCLING

-- Ticket availability - 3,000.

-- National teams - United States, Soviet Union, Italy, Australia, Canada, Denmark, East Germany, New Zealand and Trinidad (one rider).

-- Who's coming - Soviet Union's Alexander Kirichenko, 1988 Olympic gold medalist in kilometer time trial; Erika Salumye, gold medalist in women's sprint in 1988 Olympics, world sprint champion in 1987 and 1989; Nikolai Kovsh, men's world sprint champion; Australia's Gary Niewand, top ranking sprinter, kilometer.

-- Who's not - Rebecca Twigg, former pursuit champion, now retired; team from Great Britain because Games schedule conflicts with British National Cycling Championships. New Zealand will send its team instead.

DIVING

-- Ticket availability - None.

-- Who's coming - Wendy Lian Williams, U.S., platform bronze medalist in '88 Olympics; Mark Bradshaw, Oregon native, fifth on 3-meter springboard in 1988 Olympics; Vladimir Timoshinin, USSR, considered one of top two or three platform divers in world. China's Gayo Min, gold medalist in women's 3-meter in '88 Olympics; Xu Yanmei, '88 gold medalist in women's platform; Xiong Ni, '88 silver medalist in men's platform (one point behind Greg Louganis), have been invited.

-- Who's not - Greg Louganis, U.S., won gold medals on both platform and 3-meter springboard in '88 Olympics, then retired; Wendy Wyland, U.S., bronze medalist on platform in 1984 Olympics, retired last month.

FIGURE SKATING

-- Ticket availability - 1,900.

-- Who's coming - Canada's two-time world champion Kurt Browning; U.S. men's skaters Chris Bowman, 3rd in Worlds; Todd Eldredge, 5th in Worlds; Paul Wylie, 10th in Worlds; Holly Cook, 3rd in Worlds; Kristi Yamaguchi, 4th in Worlds; Soviet male Viktor Petrenko, 2nd in Worlds; Soviet female Natalia Lebedeva, 5th in Worlds; Poland's Grzegorz Filipowski, 4th in Worlds; Soviet pairs Ekaterina Gordeeva-Sergei Grinkov, Olympic and three-time world champions; Soviet ice dancers Marino Klimova-Sergei Ponomarenko, 2nd in Olympics, world champions; Maia Usova-Alekandr Zhulin, 3rd in Worlds.

-- Who's not - Japan's Midori Ito, 1989 world champ, 3rd in 1990 Worlds; French ice-dancers Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay; East German skaters, including Evelin Grossmann, 6th in Worlds; Czechoslovakia's Petr Barna, 6th in Worlds.

ICE HOCKEY

-- Ticket availability - 54,000.

-- National teams - Group A, East Germany, Soviet Union, Switzerland, United States; Group B, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Sweden.

-- Who's coming - Artus Irbe, goaltender, USSR, named outstanding goalie in 1990 world championships; Pavel Bure, winger, USSR, considered one of world's outstanding young forwards; Mats Sundin, winger, Sweden, first European ever taken with top pick in NHL draft (by Quebec, 1989); Teemu Selanne, winger, Finland, taken by Winnipeg with 10th overall pick in 1988 NHL draft.

-- Who's not - NHL players, allowed in 1988 Winter Olympics, will not be permitted in Goodwill Games. Edmonton's Yuri Kuri (Finland) is among top players affected by this ruling.

JUDO

-- Ticket availability - Sold out.

-- National teams - United States, East Germany, Japan, South Korea, Soviet Union, East Germany, Holland, Cuba, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Great Britain and Mongolia.

-- Who's coming - Top U.S. players Valerie Lafon, national 48-kilogram champion in 1989, 1990; Jan Trussell (52 kg) 1990 national champion; Kate Donahoo (56kg), 1989 and 1990 U.S. champion; Lynn Roethke (61 kg), 1988 Olympic silver medalist, 1987 Pan American Games gold; Ed Liddie (60 kg), first place in 1989, 1990 national championships; Jim Pedro (65 kg), gold medalist in 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival; Leo White (95+kg) national champion in 1988, 89 and 90; Jason Morris (78 kg), gold medalist in 1987 Pan American Games, U.S. national champion in 1990; Eddie Liddie (60 kg); bronze medalist in 1984 Olympics, 1990 national champion; David Faulkner (85kg), second place in 1989 and 1990 national championships; James Bacon (95+kg), silver in 1989 U.S. International Invitational and second in 1990 national championships.

-- Who's not - United States' Joe Marchal, a 1989 world-team member who was outpointed this year by Jim Pedro; Japan's Tashiko Koga, 1980 71 kg champion, who declined Games bid to train for All-Japan Championship.

GYMNASTICS, WOMEN

-- Ticket availability - 200.

-- National teams - Bulgaria, Canada, China, German Democratic Republic, Great Britain, Hungary, Japan, Romania, Spain, Soviet Union, United States.

-- Who's coming - Kim Zmeskal, 14, Houston, 1990 U.S. National overall champion, 1989 U.S. Junior National champ; Svetlana Boginskaya, 1989 world champion who swept all four individual apparatus titles in European Championships; Elena Shoushunova, Olympic medalist, beam and bars.

-- Who's not - Among Americans, Brandy Johnson and Kristy Henrich have been plagued by illness, and Wendy Bruce has a torn arch. Olympic overall champion Daniela Silivas of Romania has a knee injury and may have retired.

GYMNASTICS, MEN

-- Ticket availability - 16,000.

-- National teams - Bulgaria, Canada, China, German Democratic Republic, Great Britain, Hungary, Japan, Romania, Spain, Soviet Union, United States.

-- Who's coming - John Roethlisberger, U.S. national champion; Lance Ringnald, U.S. champion vault, high bar. Soviets Igor Korobchinsky, 1989 world champion, and Valentin Mogilny, Europe champion.

-- Who's not - Kurt Thomas, 1979 World Champion overall runner-up, had his comeback at 33 delayed by injury.

MODERN PENTATHLON

-- Ticket availability - 400.

-- National teams - Soviet Union, United States

-- Who's coming - Anatoly Starostin of USSR, 1980 Olympic gold medalist and 1983 world champion; Joel Bouzou of France, 1987 world champion; Laszlo Beres, U.S. national champion; Lori Norwood of USA, reigning world champion; Iren Kovacs of Hungary, 2nd place in 1989 world championships and reigning junior world champion; Kim Arata of USA, eight-time U.S. champion.

-- Who's not - Two stellar Hungarians - Janos Martinek, Olympic gold medalist in Seoul, and Lazlo Fabian, current world champion - will not compete because Goodwill Games overlap with team competition in men's world championships in Finland. Also not competing, Robert Neiman of USA, who retired after '88 Olympics.

ROWING

-- Ticket availability - 6,300.

-- National teams - Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czechoslovkia, Denmark, East Germany, West Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Soviet Union, United States.

-- Who's coming - Men's double scullers Yuri and Nikolai Pimenov of Soviet Union and Carmine and Giuseppe Abbagnale of Italy; Kristine Karlson, Detroit, first woman sculler to win two events in world-championship regatta (1989 lightweight single and double sculls at Bled, Yugoslavia); Thomas Lange, East Germany, 1988 Olympic and 1989 world champ in single sculls.

Who's not - All top rowers expected to compete.

RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

-- Ticket availability - 7,100.

-- Who's coming - Erika Akiyama, Japan, tied for 2nd all-around, 1988 Four Continents Championships; Oksana Kostina, USSR, silver medalist, 1989 World Championships; Diane Simpson, Evanston, Ill., 1st all-around at 1990 re-ranking meet; Alexandra Timoshenko, 18, 1988 European champion, 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, 1989 world all-around champion.

-- Who's not - All top gymnasts expected to compete.

SWIMMING, MEN

-- Ticket availability - Sold out.

-- Who's coming - Matt Biondi, U.S., won seven medals (five gold, one silver, one bronze) in Seoul Olympics; Anthony Nesty, Surinam, won country's first gold medal at Seoul by edging Biondi in 100 fly; David Wharton, U.S., world-record holder in 200 individual-medley; Artur Wojdat, Poland, top-ranked swimmer in world in 400 free; Mike Barrowman, world-record holder in 200 breast; Uwe Dassler, East Germany, world-record holder in 400 free; Jorg Hoffman, East Germany, ranked first in world in 1,500 free.

-- Who's not - Giorgio Lamberti, Italy, world-record holder in 200 free, opted to swim in League of European Nations meet in Rome; butterflier Michael Gross, West Germany, is not training; Daichi Suzuki, gold medalist in 100 back at Seoul, is not training; 1972 Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz is aiming for comeback for '92 Barcelona Olympics.

SWIMMING, WOMEN

-- Ticket availability - Sold out.

-- Who's coming - Janet Evans, 1989 Sullivan Award winner as nation's top amateur athlete will swim in 400, 800 and 1,500 free and 400 IM; Mary Ellen Blanchard, breastroker among group of young American women expected to make impact in 1992 Olympics; Heike Freidrich, GDR, world-record holder in 200 free; Kathleen Nord, GDR, ranked first in world in 100 butterfly.

-- Who's not - Mitzi Kremer, U.S., top freestyler; Jane Skillman, U.S., among top young freestylers; Katherine Plewinski, France, top-10 in world in 50 free; Hong Quin, China, second in world in 100 fly; Li Lin, China, among world leaders in 200 individual-medley.

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING

-- Ticket availability - Sold out.

-- Who's coming - Twins Karen and Sarah Josephson, U.S., won silver medal in duet in '88 Olympics, retired, but returned to competition this year; Kristen Babb, U.S., runner-up to Tracie Ruiz as soloist in '88 U.S. Olympic Trials; Mikako Kotani, Japan, bronze medalist in solos in '88 Olympics.

-- Who's not - Tracie Ruiz, retired after winning silver medal in solo in '88 Olympics, will be TBS commentator; Canadian gold medalists Carolyn Waldo (solo and duet) and Michelle Cameron (duet), retired after '88 Olympics.

TEAM HANDBALL

-- Ticket availability - 23,000.

-- National teams - Group A, Korea, Yugoslavia, Iceland, Spain; Group B, United States, Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Japan.

-- Who's coming - Terje Vatne, 1989 U.S. Team Handball Federation male athlete of year; William Kessler, goalie who led United States to a silver medal in 1986 Goodwill Games and gold in 1987 Pan American Games; Alexander Tuchkin, USSR, perhaps top player in world.

-- Who's not - Steve Gross, USTHF 1988 male athlete of year, questionable because of job as veterinarian; Scott Driggers, Mercer Island, member of 1988 Olympic team, retired from sport and in Hong Kong.

TRACK AND FIELD, MEN

-- Ticket availability - 12,000 seats (of 39,000) for July 22; 10,000 for July 23; 17,000 for July 24; 16,500 for July 25; 7,800 for July 26.

-- Who's coming - Javier Sotomayer, Cuba, first man to high jump 8 feet; Sergey Bubka, Soviet Union, world-record holder in pole vault (19-10 1/2); Randy Barnes, U.S., world-record holder in shot put (75-10 1/4); Steve Cram, Great Britain, world-record holder in mile (3:46.32); Roger Kingdom, U.S., world-record holder in 110-meter high hurdles (12.92 seconds); Butch Reynolds, U.S., world-record holder in 400 meters (43.29); Jurgen Schult, East Germany, world-record holder in discus (243-0); Joaquim Cruz, Brazil, No. 2 on all-time world 800-meter list.

-- Who's not - Said Aouita, Morocco, world-record holder at three distances, believed out with calf injury; Edwin Moses, U.S., world-record holder in 400-meter hurdles (47.02), didn't run in required U.S. national meet; Daniel Sangouma, France, No. 2 ranked runner at 200 meters (conflict with French championships); Larry Myricks, U.S., No. 4 all-time in long jump (drug suspension involving cold medication); Danny Harris, U.S., No. 4-ranked in 400-meter hurdles (chose not to run in nationals).

TRACK AND FIELD, WOMEN

-- Ticket availability - 12,000 seats (of 39,000) for July 22; 10,000 for July 23; 17,000 for July 24; 16,500 for July 25; 7,800 for July 26.

-- Who's coming - Sandra Farmer-Patrick, U.S., unbeaten in 400 hurdles in 1989 and top-ranked American female track athlete; Paula Ivan, Romania, holds world record of 4:15.61 in mile; Jackie Joyner-Kersee, U.S., double Olympic champion in 1988 and world-record holder in heptathlon; Merlene Ottey, Jamaica, top female sprinter in 1989; Ana Quirot, Cuba, undefeated in 1989 in 400 and 800 and Track and Field Magazine's woman athlete of year.

-- Who's not - Heike Drechsler, East Germany, second all-time in 200 meters (21.71), is out on maternity; Petra Felke, East Germany, world-record and Olympic champion javelin thrower, is unfit; Kim Jones of Spokane and Lisa Weidenbach of Issaquah, top-ranked U.S. marathoners, will not run in Seattle because of scheduling conflicts and sub-standard financial inducements.

VOLLEYBALL, MEN

-- Ticket availability - Five of 10 sessions sold out, though some obstructed-view seats remain. In other five, regular seats are available.

-- National teams - Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, France, Italy, Netherlands, United States, U.S.S.R.

-- Who's coming - None of teams have determined rosters yet. U.S. list is expected soon, but only three players (all reserves) from gold-medal team in Seoul expected to return. 1988 Coach Bill Neville returns for last assignment with U.S. team.

-- Who's not - Outside hitters Steve Timmons and Karch Kiraly, who led U.S. in Seoul, signed professional contracts in Italy. Also retired from national team are Craig Buck, middle blocker, and Eric Sato, world's top jump-server.

VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN

-- Ticket availability - 36,000.

-- National teams - Group A, Peru, Japan, China, Cuba; Group B, United States, USSR, Canada, Brazil.

-- Who's coming - Miroya Luis, Cuba, outside hitter, considered one of best in world; Magaly Carvajal, Cuba, middle blocker, key member of squad; Irina Parkhomtchuk, USSR, setter, considered finest in world and key member of 1988 Olympic gold-medal team; Caren Kemner, U.S., outside hitter, three-time MVP of U.S. team.

-- Who's not - Rosters still being finalized for several teams.

WATER POLO

-- Ticket availability - 4,600.

-- National teams - Group A, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Cuba and Italy; Group B, U.S., Soviet Union, Spain and Australia.

-- Who's coming - U.S. team includes four players from team that took silver medal behind Yugoslavia in '88 Olympics: Craig Wilson (considered one of best goalkeepers in world), Peter Campbell, Jeff Campbell (brothers), and Craig Klass.

-- Who's not - Terry Schroeder, captain of U.S. team in '88, retired; Matt Biondi, Olympic swimmer gave water polo a try last spring, but decided to return to swimming.

WEIGHTLIFTING

-- Ticket availability - 150.

-- Who's coming - Alexander Kurlovich, USSR, super heavyweight Olympic and world champion; Leonid Taranenko, USSR, current world record holder for combined snatch and clean and jerk; Ivan Ivanov, Bulgaria, world record holder and world champion at 104 pounds.

-- Who's not - Ronny Weller, 21, East Germany, 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, seriously injured in recent car accident; Naim Suleymanoglou, Turkey, 1988 Olympic gold medalist in 60K, seriously injured his back and has temporarily left the sport competitively.

WRESTLING

-- Ticket availability - 9,000.

-- National teams - United States, Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Japan, Turkey, South Korea, Canada and Mongolia.

-- Who's coming - Five reigning world champions - Kim John-Shin, 20, South Korea, 105.5 pounds; John Smith, 24, Sillwater, Okla., 136.5; Kenny Monday, 27, Stillwater, Okla., 163; Elmadi Jabrailov, USSR, 180.5; Makharbek Khadartsev, USSR, 198, considered best wrestler in world. Arsen Fadzaev, USSR, 149.5, and Bruce Bamgartner, U.S., 286, won gold medals in 1986 Goodwill Games.

-- Who's not - According to best available sources, anyone who is anyone will be here.

YACHTING

-- Ticket availability - Free.

-- Who's coming - Morgan Reeser-Kevin Burnham, U.S., winners in 470 Class in 1986 Goodwill Games in Soviet Union; Tynu Tyniste-Toomas Tyniste, silver medalists Seoul Olympics; Susanne Meyer-Katrim Oldhofer, West Germany, 1989 world champions and fifth in 470s in 1988 Olympics; Jorunn Horgen, Norway, 1989 world women's sailboarding champion; Scott Steele, U.S., silver medalist in sailboarding, 1984 Olympics, winner of 1990 SPA regatta in Europe; Peter Holmberg, Virgin Islands, silver medalist in Finn Class, 1988 Olympics; Eric Mergenthaler, Mexico, second in 1989 world Finn championships.

-- Who's not - Jose Doreste, Spain, gold medalist in Finn Class in 1988 Olympics (changed sailing classes); Charlie McKee, Seattle, crew on bronze medalist 470 boat in 1988 Olympics (involved in pro tour called Ultimate Yacht Race); Allison Jolly-Lynne Jewell-Shore, Olympic 470 gold medalists, 1988 (retired).