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Basketball, Women

Date21 July – 4 August 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationFranklin L. Forbes Arena, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia / Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants143 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

In 1994, Brazil won the World Championships, led by their star Hortencia. That loss, following the 1992 Olympic loss, led the United States to form a permanent national team, which started touring in 1995. During the year, the US Team won 52 consecutive games, including 25 against other national teams. At the Atlanta Olympics, fueled further by home court advantage, the Americans dominance approached that of the Soviets in the 1960-70s. The American team was led by their center, Lisa Leslie, power forward Sheryl Swoopes, and by whippet-quick guard Teresa Edwards, competing in her fourth Olympics.

PosNrTeamNOCWLPtsPoints
1United StatesUSA8016819–590Gold
2BrazilBRA7114693–600Silver
3AustraliaAUS5310580–538Bronze
4UkraineUKR448529–555
5Russian FederationRUS6212619–559
6CubaCUB356586–639
7JapanJPN356608–653
8ItalyITA356519–527
9People's Republic of ChinaCHN346523–516
10Republic of KoreaKOR346506–553
11CanadaCAN162460–486
12ZaireCOD070400–626

Preliminary Round (21 – 29 July 1996)

Group A (21 – 29 July 1996)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1BRA5010424–360
2RUS418378–342
3ITA326330–309
4JPN234365–396
5CHN142347–378
6CAN050293–352

Match #121 Jul 10:00BRA 69 – 56CAN
Match #221 Jul 17:00RUS 73 – 63JPN
Match #321 Jul 22:00ITA 62 – 53CHN
Match #423 Jul 10:00JPN 75 – 72CHN
Match #523 Jul 12:00ITA 59 – 54CAN
Match #623 Jul 20:00BRA 82 – 68RUS
Match #725 Jul 10:00RUS 75 – 70ITA
Match #825 Jul 20:00BRA 100 – 80JPN
Match #925 Jul 22:00CHN 61 – 49CAN
Match #1027 Jul 15:00ITA 66 – 52JPN
Match #1127 Jul 17:00BRA 98 – 83CHN
Match #1227 Jul 22:00RUS 68 – 49CAN
Match #1329 Jul 12:00RUS 94 – 78CHN
Match #1429 Jul 17:00BRA 75 – 73ITA
Match #1529 Jul 20:00JPN 95 – 85
AET
CAN

Group B (21 – 29 July 1996)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1USA5010507–339
2AUS326369–319
3UKR326354–358
4CUB234365–377
5KOR234347–389
6COD050287–447

Match #121 Jul 12:00UKR 81 – 65COD
Match #221 Jul 15:00USA 101 – 84CUB
Match #321 Jul 20:00AUS 76 – 61KOR
Match #423 Jul 15:00USA 98 – 65UKR
Match #523 Jul 17:00AUS 91 – 45COD
Match #623 Jul 22:00CUB 70 – 55KOR
Match #725 Jul 12:00USA 107 – 47COD
Match #825 Jul 15:00KOR 72 – 67UKR
Match #925 Jul 17:00AUS 75 – 63CUB
Match #1027 Jul 10:00KOR 95 – 71COD
Match #1127 Jul 12:00UKR 87 – 75CUB
Match #1227 Jul 20:00USA 96 – 79AUS
Match #1329 Jul 10:00UKR 54 – 48AUS
Match #1429 Jul 15:00USA 105 – 64KOR
Match #1529 Jul 22:00CUB 73 – 59COD

Quarter-Finals (31 July 1996)

Single-elimination.

Match #131 Jul 15:00USA 108 – 93JPN
Match #231 Jul 17:00AUS 74 – 70
AET
RUS
Match #331 Jul 20:00UKR 159 – 50ITA
Match #431 Jul 22:00BRA 101 – 69CUB

Classification Round 5-8 (1 August 1996)

Classification matches.

Match #101 Aug 15:00RUS 80 – 69JPN
Match #201 Aug 17:00CUB 78 – 70ITA

Classification Round 9-12 (31 July 1996)

Classification matches.

Match #131 Jul 10:00CHN 91 – 67COD
Match #231 Jul 12:00KOR 88 – 79CAN

Semi-Finals (2 August 1996)

Single-elimination.

Match #102 Aug 15:00BRA 81 – 60UKR
Match #202 Aug 17:00USA 93 – 71AUS

Final Round (3 – 4 August 1996)

Medal round.

Match 1/204 Aug 18:35USA 111 – 87BRA
Match 3/404 Aug 16:00AUS 66 – 56UKR
Match 5/603 Aug 17:00RUS 91 – 74CUB
Match 7/803 Aug 15:00JPN 81 – 69ITA
Match 9/1003 Aug 12:00CHN 85 – 71KOR
Match 11/1203 Aug 10:00CAN 88 – 46COD

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