ARCHERY
Jennifer Nichols (Cheyenne, Wyo.) set a Pan Ams record at 70 meters with a score of 332, snapping Denise Parker's record of 316 in 1991 in Cuba. Nichols finished the day in first place overall with a total score of 658.

Stephanie Miller (Naperville, Ill.) was in fourth place with 626, and Janet Dykman (El Monte, Calif.) finished in the eighth spot with 609.

Vic Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.), a winner of four Pan Ams golds and two silvers, grabbed the men's lead with 639 points, while 1984 Olympian Glenn Meyers (Grand Rapids, Mich.) was fourth with 625. Guy Krueger (Blessing, Texas) was fifth at 617.

BASEBALL
Mexico won the bronze medal, beating Nicaragua 6-2. Mexico got four runs in the first inning and led all the way.

Mexico finished at the top of Group A with a 2-1 record, which included a 7-1 victory over defending champion Cuba. The Mexicans then beat Guatemala in the quarterfinals before being knocked out of contention for the gold by the United States in a 14-inning 3-2 defeat.

BOXING
Flyweight Raul Martinez (San Antonio) lost to Juan Carlos Payano of the Dominican Republic. Martinez held a 2-1 lead after one round, and the bout stayed close until the end, when Payano landed two punches for an 18-17 victory.

Light welterweight Lamont Peterson (Washington D.C.) was easily beaten by Patriz Lopez of Venezuela, 23-8.

Welterweight Juan McPherson (Cleveland) won his bout when Mexico's Alfredo Angulo Lopez retired.

Heavyweight Devin Vargas (Toledo, Ohio) went down early, trailed 10-6 after one round, but came back in the following three rounds before stopping Brazil's Alexsandro Cardoso.

Super heavyweight Jason Estrada (Providence, R.I.) beat Sebastian Ceballo of Argentina, 26-8.

CYCLING
Cuba's Ahmed Lopez won the gold in the men's one-kilometer time trial. Christian Stahl, of Bethany, Conn., was second and Bolivia's Benjamin Martinez was third.

FIELD HOCKEY
The U.S. men's team won the fifth-place game, defeating Trinidad and Tobago 3-2. Barbados blanked the Dominican Republic 13-0 for seventh place. In women's play, Canada beat Trinidad and Tobago 6-0 for fifth place, and Jamaica beat the Dominican Republic 7-0 for seventh.

HANDBALL
Uruguay beat the U.S. women 35-21 for the bronze medal. Uruguay scored the first six goals.

Lisa Eagen (Oskaloosa, Iowa), Keri Farley (Farmingville, N.Y.), Alyssa McKenna (Staten Island, N.Y.) and rookie Brittane Martin (Marietta, Ga.) led the Americans with three goals each.

Brazil routed Argentina 40-15 for the gold and an Olympic berth in 2004.

IN-LINE SKATING
Julie Glass (Olympia, Wash.) and Joey Mantia (Ocala, Fla.) won gold medals in inline speed skating.

Mantia, the only junior skater on the track, took both the men's combined short distance races and the combined long distance events. Glass won the women's combined long distance and earned bronze in the combined short distance.

The other winner was Andrea Gonzalez of Argentina in the women's short combined.

JUDO
In the 100-kilogram division, Martin Boonzaayer (Hoffman Estates, Ill.), a 2000 Olympian who recently came out of retirement, defeated Orlando Baccino of Argentina for a bronze medal.

KARATE
John Fonseca (Northbrook, Ill.) defeated Nelson Sandenberg of Brazil 4-1 to win the gold medal at 80 kilograms. Cheryl Murphy (Jamaica, N.Y.) earned bronze in the women's 58-kilo class.

MODERN PENTATHLON
Americans grabbed gold and silver in modern pentathlon, with winner Vaho Iagorashvili (San Antonio) qualifying for the Athens Olympics. He won a bronze medal in 1988.

Second was Chad Senior (Fort Myers, Fla.), 120 points behind.

All four American athletes competing in Santo Domingo took home medals. Vaho's wife, Mary Beth, took bronze behind gold medalist Anita Allen (Star City, Ind.).

SOCCER
Argentina's men stunned Colombia with a tying goal in the final seconds of the second half, then an overtime winner to win its semifinal 2-1. Colombia took the lead in the 70th minute as Abel Aguilar put in a rebound. But in the fifth minute of injury time, Manuel Perrone, who came on as a substitute minutes earlier, sent a looping header over goalkeeper Hector Landazuri into the top corner.

The Colombian players reacted furiously to the amount of extra time played, and then were eliminated eight minutes into overtime when Franco Cangele scored with a header from a cross by Walter Garcia.

Argentina will face Brazil, which defeated Mexico 1-0, despite playing with 10 men after the 66th minute when defender Adailton was issued a red card. Dagoberto scored the lone goal late in the game, deftly flicking the ball over the Mexican goalkeeper before rolling it into the net.

The final is scheduled for Friday.

SQUASH
Canadian Shahier Razik beat countryman Graham Ryding to win the gold in men's singles. Semifinals losers Preston Quick, Lakewood, Colo., and Ronivaldo Conceicao of Brazil won bronze medals. In women's singles, Latasia Khan, Seattle, beat Melanie Jans of Canada, 9-2, 9-5, 3-9, 9-6, to win the gold. Marnie Baizley, Canada, and Samantha Teran, Mexico, won bronzes. In team play, the U.S. women routed Colombia to reach the semifinals.

SWIMMING
A clean sweep for the United States.

Robert Margalis (St. Petersburg, Fla.) won the 400-meter individual medley ahead of teammate Eric Donnelly (Gainesville, Fla.).

Then Ben Michaelson (Seymour, Conn.) took the 100-meter butterfly ahead of Jose Meolans of Argentina, setting a Pan Ams record of 53.04 seconds.

In the women's 200 freestyle, Dana Vollmer (Fort Worth, Texas) had a big margin over Colleen Lanne (Tucson, Ariz.). And in the 200 breaststroke, Alexandra Spann (Austin, Texas) beat two Canadians, Lisa Blackburn and Kathleen Stoody.

Finally, the U.S. men won the 800 freestyle relay in a games record 7:18.93. Relay swimmers were Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.); Bryan Goldberg (Hollywood, Fla.); Jeff Lee (Muncie, Ind.) and Dan Ketchum (Cincinnati).

Gustavo Borges was part of Brazil's relay team that finished second, giving him 16 Pan Ams medals.

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
Anna Kozlova (San Jose, Calif.) and Alison Bartosik (Santa Clara, Calif.) placed first in the technical portion of duet with a .167 margin over Canada's Fanny Letourneau and Courtenay Stewart]who finished second with a 95.167.

Former Ohio State swimmers Carolina and Isabela Moraes, swimming for their home country of Brazil, finished third.

The duet competition wraps up Thursday with the free event.

TABLE TENNIS
Three American women,Gao Jun Chang (Gaithersburg, Md.), Tawny Banh (San Gabriel, Calif.) and Jasna Reed (Chicago, Ill.), reached the quarterfinals. All three U.S. men, Eric Owens (Houston), David Zhuang (West Windsor , N.J.), and Mark Hazinski (Mishawaka, Ind.) were eliminated.

WEIGHTLIFTING
Tara Nott (Stillwell, Kan.) won gold in the 48-kilogram class, lifting a total of 175 kilograms (385.8 pounds).

A former soccer player and gymnast, she won a gold medal in the Sydney Games in weightlifting, the first time the sport was held at the Olympics.