1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team

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1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team
Head coach Kay Yow
1988 Summer Olympics Gold medal.svg
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The 1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, held in Seoul, South Korea. [1]

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The U.S. women's Olympic team won their second gold medal at the event, defeating Yugoslavia in the Gold Medal finals. [2]

Roster

United States women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SG 4 Teresa Edwards 24 – (1964-07-19)July 19, 19641.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Tarbes Gespe Bigorre Flag of France.svg
PG 5 Kamie Ethridge 24 – (1964-04-21)April 21, 19641.65 m (5 ft 5 in) U.S. national team Flag of the United States.svg
F/C 6 Cindy Brown 23 – (1965-03-16)March 16, 19651.88 m (6 ft 2 in)Toshiba Yana Gi Cho Flag of Japan.svg
C 7 Anne Donovan 26 – (1961-11-01)November 1, 19612.03 m (6 ft 8 in)Modena Flag of Italy.svg
PG 8 Teresa Weatherspoon 22 – (1965-12-08)December 8, 19651.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Louisiana Tech Flag of the United States.svg
F 9 Bridgette Gordon 21 – (1967-04-27)April 27, 19671.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Tennessee Flag of the United States.svg
F 10 Vicky Bullett 20 – (1967-10-04)October 4, 19671.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Maryland Flag of the United States.svg
F 11 Andrea Lloyd-Curry 23 – (1965-09-02)September 2, 19651.88 m (6 ft 2 in) U.S. national team Flag of the United States.svg
F 12 Katrina McClain Johnson 23 – (1965-09-19)September 19, 19651.85 m (6 ft 1 in) U.S. national team Flag of the United States.svg
F/C 13 Jennifer Gillom 24 – (1964-06-13)June 13, 19641.91 m (6 ft 3 in) U.S. national team Flag of the United States.svg
G 14 Cynthia Cooper-Dyke 25 – (1963-04-14)April 14, 19631.78 m (5 ft 10 in) CD CREF Flag of Spain.svg
PG 15 Suzie McConnell-Serio 22 – (1966-07-29)July 29, 19661.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Penn State Flag of the United States.svg
Head coach
Kay Yow
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Country – describes country
    where the club plays in
  • Age – describes age
    on September 17, 1988

Results

Group stage

19 September 1988 (1988-09-19)
9:45
[3]
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg8187Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by half:39–37, 42–50
Pts: Nováková 21
Rebs: Nováková 8
Asts: Kalužáková, Nováková 2
Pts: Edwards 24
Rebs: McClain 8
Asts: Edwards 2
22 September 1988
9:45
[4]
United States  Flag of the United States.svg10174Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half:55–40, 46–34
Pts: Edwards 23
Rebs: McClain 9
Asts: Weatherspoon 2
Pts: Golić 16
Rebs: Dornik 4
Asts: Bajkuša, Vangelovska 2
25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)
11:45
[5]
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg7994Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by half: 37–46, 42–48
Pts: Zheng 32
Rebs: Zheng 8
Asts: Cong 5
Pts: McClain 27
Rebs: McClain 13
Asts: Edwards 5

Semifinal

27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
11:45
[6]
United States  Flag of the United States.svg10288Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half:50–39, 52–49
Pts: Cooper 27
Rebs: McClain 15
Asts: Edwards 6
Pts: Zasulskaya 16
Rebs: Tuomaitė 6
Asts: Yakovleva 2

Gold Medal Final

29 September 1988 (1988-09-29)
12:00
[7]
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg7077Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by half: 36–42, 34–35
Pts: Nakić 23
Rebs: Golić 10
Asts: Nakić 3
Pts: Edwards 18
Rebs: Brown 8
Asts: Edwards, McConnell 3

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