BARCELONA ’92 OLYMPICS : DAILY REPORT : SOCCER : Spain, Poland Reach Final

Spain used defense, Poland offense and both teams reached their goal--the Olympic soccer final Saturday.

Before a noisy home crowd Wednesday, Spain beat Ghana, 2-0, and then Poland routed Australia, 6-1, to advance to the gold medal match in Barcelona. Ghana and Australia will meet for the bronze Friday.

Striker Andrzej Juskowiak of Poland scored three goals and leads the tournament with seven. Roaming free in the Australian penalty box, Juskowiak gave Poland the lead for good one minute before halftime. His goal made it 3-1 about 10 minutes into the second half and his last goal came just before the end.

In the first game, Ghana played shorthanded for most of the second half after Osei Kuffour was sent off two minutes after the kickoff for a rough move.

TABLE TENNIS

Deng Gives China Third Gold

China won its third gold medal in table tennis when Deng Yaping defeated her doubles partner, Qiao Hong, 21-6, 21-8, 15-21, 23-21.

Hyun Jung Hwa of South Korea and Li Bun Hui of North Korea won bronze medals.

Deng and Qiao won the women’s doubles gold medal Monday, and Lu Lin and Wang Tao took the men’s doubles title Tuesday.

In the men’s semifinals, Jean Philippe Gatien of France defeated Ma Wenge of China, and Jan Ove Waldner of Sweden, the 1989 and 1990 world champion, beat Kim Taek Soo of South Korea.

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING

Babb-Sprague Posts Top Mark

The U.S. solo and duet synchronized swimmers lead the field of 53 competitors after the compulsory figures.

Solo entry Kristin Babb-Sprague of Pleasanton, Calif., earned the highest score from the five judges, 92.808, heading into today’s solo finals. Twins Sarah and Karen Josephson of Bristol, Conn., duet world champions the past two years, scored 92.587 and 92.564 and rank second and third individually, ahead of Sylvie Frechette of Canada. The Josephsons, silver medalists in 1988, will take a comfortable lead over Canadians Penny and Vicky Vilagos into Friday’s duet finals. The Josephsons have 191.215 points to the Vilagos twins’ 188.594.

MEDALISTS

TABLE TENNIS

(Women’s singles)

GOLD: Deng Yaping (China)

SILVER: Qiao Hong (China)

BRONZE: (tie) Hyun Jung Hwa (South Korea)

BRONZE: Li Bun Hui (North Korea)

TAEKWONDO--Demonstration sport

(Men--110 pounds)

GOLD: Gergely Salim (Denmark)

SILVER: Juan Moreno (United States)

BRONZE: (tie) Javier Argudo Sesmilo (Spain)

BRONZE: Jefi Tri Aji (Indonesia)

(Men--141 pounds)

GOLD: Kim Byong Cheol (South Korea)

SILVER: Ekrem Boyali (Turkey)

BRONZE: (tie) Luca Massaccesi (Italy)

BRONZE: Woo Yong Jung (Canada)

(Women--95 pounds)

GOLD: Yueh-Ying Lo (Taiwan)

SILVER: Rahmi Kurnia (Indonesia)

BRONZE: (tie) Monica Torres Amarillas (Mexico)

BRONZE: Amanda Broadbent (Britain)

(Women--121 pounds)

GOLD: Ya-Ling Tung (Taiwan)

SILVER: Aysegul Ergin (Turkey)

BRONZE: (tie) Beatriz Lucero (Philippines)

BRONZE: Dolores Ann Knolle Weaver (Mexico)