Compiled by Globe Staff, 09/15/2000

50 FREESTYLE
WHEN: Sept. 23
US ENTRIES: Dara Torres, Amy Van Dyken
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands could cap a wondermeet here, but who knows what Torres, reborn at 33, can do? Van Dyken, who won gold in Atlanta, would be happy for bronze here after coming back from shoulder surgery.

100 FREESTYLE
WHEN: Sept. 21
US ENTRIES: Jenny Thompson, (Dover, N.H.), Dara Torres
FAVORITES: 1. Inge de Bruijn; 2. Thompson; 3. Antje Buschschulte, Germany
RECORDS: World, de Bruijn, 53.80; Olympic, Le Jingyi, China, 54.50; US, Thompson, 54.07.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: de Bruijn has replaced the Chinese, who won the last two golds, as the one to beat. Thompson, the world champ, set the US mark at trials, but will have to go sub-54 to win and get the elusive individual title.

200 FREESTYLE
WHEN: Sept. 19
US ENTRIES: Lindsay Benko, Rada Owen
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Terrific showdown between Australia's Susie O'Neill and Costa Rica's Claudia Poll, the Olympic and world champ. Don't rule out Germany's Franziska van Almsick, who's won the last two silvers and holds the world record. No chance for the Americans, who may not even make the final.

400 FREESTYLE
WHEN: Sept. 17
US ENTRIES: Diana Munz, Brooke Bennett
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: With Michelle Smith banned from competition, it's a real race again. Germany's Hannah Stockbauer is a couple of seconds ahead of the field but the other medals are open among the Americans and Germany's Kerstin Kielgass.

800 FREESTYLE
WHEN: Sept. 22
US ENTRIES: Brooke Bennett, Kaitlin Sandeno
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The one US lock on the women's side. Bennett, the defending champ, is more than five seconds clear of the field. She could pull Sandeno with her for the first US 1-2 finish since 1984, but Germany's Stockbauer is a factor.

100 BACKSTROKE
WHEN: Sept. 18
US ENTRIES: B.J. Bedford, (Etna, N.H.), Courtney Shealy
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: It will be a huge comedown for the Americans, who were 1-2 in Atlanta, but will have to scramble to make the final this time. The Japanese haven't won a medal here in 40 years, but Mai Nakamura looks good for gold ahead of Antje Buschschulte of Germany and Nina Zhivanevyska of Spain.

200 BACKSTROKE
WHEN: Sept. 22
US ENTRIES: Amanda Adkins, Lindsay Benko
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Yes, Nina Zhivanevskaya competes for Spain, which has never won an Olympic medal in women's swimming. This will be the first. No chance for the US, which probably won't make the final.

100 BREASTSTROKE
WHEN: Sept. 18
US ENTRIES: Megan Quann, Staciana Stitts
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: South Africa's Penny Heyns is defending champion and owns the world record, but she'll be pushed hard by the 16-year-old Quann, who beat her last year. The US has never won two medals here, but Stitts is in the chase.

200 BREASTSTROKE
WHEN: Sept. 21
US ENTRIES: Kristy Kowal, Amanda Beard
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Look for a fabulous battle among Heyns, Masami Tanaka of Japan, Kowal, and Hungarian world titlist Agnes Kovacs. Beard, who lost the gold medal to Heyns by a hand last time, won't even be on the medal stand.

100-METER BUTTERFLY
WHEN: Sept. 17
US ENTRIES: Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The first showdown between de Bruin and Thompson could set the tone for the meet. Thompson was world record-holder a year ago; now, she doesn't even own the US mark. Amy Van Dyken, who won gold in Atlanta, doesn't swim the event now. Torres is the X-factor at age 33.

200-METER BUTTERFLY
WHEN: Sept. 20
US ENTRIES: Misty Hyman, Kaitlin Sandeno
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: An Atlanta reprise. Australia's Susie O'Neill, who took down Mary T. Meagher's 18-year-old record this year, wins by open water over teammate Petria Thomas. Where have you gone, Summer Sanders?

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
WHEN: Sept. 19
US ENTRIES: Cristina Teuscher, Gabrielle Rose
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: With China's Wu Yanyan banned for doping, it's a tossup among Beatrice Coada-Caslaru of Romainia and the Ukraine's Yana Klochkova, who dead-heated at the European championships. Teuscher needs to be half a second faster to be on the award stand.

400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
WHEN: Sept. 16.
US ENTRIES: Kaitlin Sandeno, Maddy Crippen
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Klochkova and Yasuko Tajima go shoulder-to-shoulder, but keep an eye on the 17-year-old Sandeno, who could be the next Janet Evans.

400 FREESTYLE RELAY
WHEN: Sept. 16
US ENTRIES: Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres, Ashley Tappin, Amy Van Dyken
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Should be the first gold medal for the Americans (and the sixth for Thompson), who've taken eight of the last 10. With the Chinese clean and slow, the Germans are the top rivals.

800 FREESTYLE RELAY
WHEN: Sept. 20
US ENTRIES: Lindsay Benko, Rada Owen, Samantha Arsenault, (Peabody, Mass.), Julia Stowers
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The US should repeat, but only if they replace three of the qualifiers with Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres and Cristina Teuscher, all of whom are faster than the women who were 2-3-4 in the 200 at trials. No margin of error here.

400 MEDLEY RELAY
WHEN: Sept. 23
US ENTRIES: Top finisher in each stroke at Olympics
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Ever since the DDR went kaput, the Americans have ruled this race at Olympus. Nobody can put a better quartet than B.J. Bedford, Megan Quann, Dara Torres, and Jenny Thompson in the water. Solid gold.