11.   Sorenstam played poorly in her previous two tournaments.

12.   These were the victors in the three previous major tournaments.

13.   They had won five of six previous Olympic tournaments.

14.   Those previous tournament entries all advanced to the final eight.

15.   Young had won the previous nine academic tournaments.

16.   Ozeki Wakanohana is sitting out this tournament with a thigh injury he suffered on the third day of the previous tournament in defeating Kyokushuzan.

17.   Akebono had sat out the previous tournament in November with a knee injury.

18.   Akebono, or Chad Rowan, suffered a torn cartilage in his left knee during the previous tournament in Tokyo in September.

19.   Akebono, suffering from a leg injury, withdrew on the third day of the previous tournament.

20.   Akebono also had dropped out of the previous tournament.