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Basketball, Women

Date19 – 29 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationJam-sil Che-yuk-gwan, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants93 from 8 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

The Soviet Union had won the European Championships 15 consecutive times since 1960, and had won 6 of the last 7 World Championships. However, in 1986, the US defeated the Soviet team, 83-60, in the Goodwill Games final, and at the 1986 World Championships, 108-88, in the final. The Soviets were no longer the dominant team. And in Seoul both nations’ basketball teams competed for the first time since the 1976 Olympic Games. The United States won all three of its games in Group B, while in Group A the Soviets were defeated quite easily by Australia. The United States played the USSR in the semi-finals, winning 102-88, and then played Yugoslavia in the final. The Yugoslavs pushed the Americans but the US team prevailed, 77-70. The USA team was led by Teresa Edwards, a point guard who had also won gold in 1984, and would go on to win 5 Olympic medals, including 4 gold medals, before ending her career after the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

PosNrTeamNOCWLPtsPoints
1United StatesUSA5010461–392Gold
2YugoslaviaYUG326326–344Silver
3Soviet UnionURS326364–343Bronze
4AustraliaAUS234287–321
5BulgariaBUL326400–393
6People's Republic of ChinaCHN234371–411
7Republic of KoreaKOR234416–378
8CzechoslovakiaTCH050339–382

Preliminary Round (19 – 25 September 1988)

Round-robin pools.

Group A (19 – 25 September 1988)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1AUS214178–196
2URS214208–188
3BUL122217–241
4KOR122244–222

Match #119 Sep 11:45URS 91 – 62BUL
Match #219 Sep 19:30KOR 91 – 55AUS
Match #322 Sep 11:45URS 69 – 66KOR
Match #422 Sep 19:30AUS 63 – 57BUL
Match #525 Sep 19:30BUL 98 – 87KOR
Match #625 Sep 21:30AUS 60 – 48URS

Group B (19 – 25 September 1988)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1USA306282–234
2YUG214199–211
3CHN122200–214
4TCH030202–224

Match #119 Sep 9:45USA 87 – 81TCH
Match #219 Sep 21:30YUG 56 – 53CHN
Match #322 Sep 9:45USA 101 – 74YUG
Match #422 Sep 21:30CHN 68 – 64TCH
Match #525 Sep 9:45YUG 69 – 57TCH
Match #625 Sep 11:45USA 94 – 79CHN

Classification Round 5-8 (27 September 1988 — 21:30)

Match #127 Sep 21:30BUL 81 – 78TCH
Match #227 Sep 19:30CHN 97 – 95
AET
KOR

Semi-Finals (27 September 1988)

Single-elimination.

Match #127 Sep 9:45YUG 57 – 56AUS
Match #227 Sep 11:45USA 102 – 88URS

Final Round (28 – 29 September 1988)

Medal round.

Match 1/229 Sep 12:00USA 77 – 70YUG
Match 3/428 Sep 21:30URS 68 – 53AUS
Match 5/629 Sep 9:45BUL 102 – 74CHN
Match 7/828 Sep 19:30KOR 77 – 59TCH

Rankings

Points
Scoring Average
2-point Field Goals Made
2-point Field Goals %
3-point Field Goals Made
3-point Field Goals %
Total Field Goals Attempted
Total Field Goals %
Free Throws Made
Free Throws %
Total Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Turnovers
Blocked Shots
Personal Fouls