Olympic rhythmic gymnastics, Sydney: Team qualifying round (top 6 to final):

1 Greece 39.400pts, 2 Russia 39.366, 3 Japan 38.766, 4 Belarus 38.766, 5 Germany 38.599, 6 Bulgaria 38.483, 7 Brazil 38.216, 8 Italy 38.183, 9 France 37.900, 10 Spain 37.849

Rhythmic individual qualifying round (rope and hoop):

1 A Kabaeva (Rus) 19.841pts (9.916 - 9.925), 2 Y Raskina (Blr) 19.808 (9.900 - 9.908), 3 Y Barsukova (Rus) 19.800 (9.900 - 9.900), 4 E Serrano (Fra) 19.750 (9.875 - 9.875), 5 O Vitrychenko (Ukr) 19.650 (9.850 - 9.800), 6 E Schaufler (Ger) 19.558 (9.775 - 9.783), 8 T Yerofeyeva (Ukr) 19.475 (9.725 - 9.750), 9 S Marchesi (Ita) 19.450 (9.725 - 9.725), 10 E Ntona (Gre) 19.400 (9.675 - 9.725), 11 A Cid (Spa) 19.399 (9.691 - 9.708), 12 E Dominguez (Spa) 19.366 (9.658 - 9.708), 13 S Tokaeev (Isr) 19.349 (9.666 - 9.683), 14 I Tepeshanova (Bul) 19.249 (9.608 - 9.641), 15 A Brandebura (Pol) 19.186 (9.716 - 9.470), 16 V Frater (Hun) 19.166 (9.566 - 9.600), 17 D Leray (Aus) 19.166 (9.575 - 9.591), 18 R Matsunaga (Jpn) 19.149 (9.541 - 9.608), 19 E Livingston (Can) 19.116 (9.525 - 9.591), 20 Z Xiaojing (Chn) 19.066 (9.550 - 9.516), 21 H Asmus (Ger) 19.045 (9.429 - 9.616), 22 I Tavdishvili (Geo) 18.974 (9.483 - 9.491), 23 H Lautala (Fin) 18.854 (9.404 - 9.450), 24 S Taama (Egy) 18.491 (9.241 - 9.250)

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