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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.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1United StatesUSAGold
4Teresa Edwards
6Ruthie Bolton-Holifield
7Sheryl Swoopes
9Lisa Leslie
12Katrina McClain
5Dawn Staley
8Jennifer Azzi
10Carla McGhee
11Katy Steding
13Rebecca Lobo
14Venus Lacy
15Nikki McCray
CoachTara VanDerveer
2BrazilBRASilver
4 Hortência
8 Paula
9 Janeth
11Marta Sobral
13 Alessandra
5 Branca
6 Adriana
7 Leila
10 Roseli
12 Silvinha
14 Cíntia Tuiú
15 Cláudia
Coach Miguel Ângelo
3AustraliaAUSBronze
12Carla Boyd
15Michelle Brogan-Griffiths
6Sandy Brondello
10Michelle Chandler
5Allison Cook-Tranquilli
9Trish Fallon
4Robyn Maher
11Fiona Robinson-Hannan
8Shelley Gorman-Sandie
14Rachael Sporn
7Michele Timms
13Jenny Whittle
CoachTom Maher
4UkraineUKR
4Ruslana Kyrychenko
5Viktoriya Burenok
6Olena Zhyrko
9Maryna Tkachenko
15Liudmyla Nazarenko
7Olena Oberemko
8Viktoriya Paradiz
10Viktoriya Leleka
11Oksana Dovhaliuk
12Diana Sadovnykova
13Nataliya Silianova
14Olha Shliakhova
CoachVolodymyr Ryzhov
5Russian FederationRUS
4Yevgeniya Nikonova
5Lyudmila Konovalova
6Irina Rutkovskaya
7Mariya Stepanova
8Yelena Baranova
9Nataliya Svinukhova
10Svetlana Kuznetsova
12Irina Sumnikova
13Elen Bunatyants-Shakirova
14Yelena Pshikova
15Svetlana Antipova-Zaboluyeva
11Oksana Zakalyuzhnaya DNS
CoachVadim Kapranov
6CubaCUB
5Tania Seino
10María León
11Yamilet Martínez
12Dalia Henry
15Milayda Enríquez
4Lisdeivis Víctores
6Olga Vigil
7Grisel Herrera
8Biosotis Lagnó
9Judith Águila
13Cariola Hechevarría
14Gertrudis Gómez
CoachMiguel del Río
7JapanJPN
4Aki Ichijo
5Chikako Murakami
6Taeko Oyama
7Mikiko Hagiwara
8Kikuko Mikawa
9Kagari Yamada
10Takako Kato
11Yuka Harada
12Akemi Okazato
13Mayumi Kawasaki
14Mutsuko Nagata
15Noriko Hamaguchi
CoachFumikazu Nakagawa
8ItalyITA
5Susanna Bonfiglio
6Mara Fullin
9Nicoletta Caselin
11Catarina Pollini
13Giuseppina Tufano
4Stefania Zanussi
7Elena Paparazzo
8Valentina Gardellin
10Viviana Ballabio
12Marta Rezoagli
14Lorenza Arnetoli
15Novella Schiesaro
CoachRiccardo Sales
9People's Republic of ChinaCHN
8Zheng Dongmei
9Liang Xin
11Zheng Haixia
12He Jun
14Ma Zhongqing
4Miao Bo
5Li Xin
6Liu Jun
7Shen Li
10Chu Hui
13Li Dongmei
15Ma Chengqing
CoachChen Daoheng
10Republic of KoreaKOR
10Kim Ji-Yun
5Jeon Ju-Won
6Gwon Eun-Jeong
7Han Hyeon-Seon
8Yu Yeong-Ju
9Park Jeong-Eun
4Kim Jeong-Min
11An Seon-Mi
12Cheon Eun-Suk
13Lee Jong-Ae
14Jeong Seon-Min
15Jeong Eun-Sun
CoachLee Syung-Kook
11CanadaCAN
4Bev Smith
5Karla Karch-Gailus
6Camille Thompson
7Sue Stewart
8Shawna Molcak
9Jodi Evans
10Cynthia Johnston
11Dianne Norman
12Martina Jerant
13Kelly Boucher
14Andrea Blackwell
15Marlelynn Lange-Harris
CoachPeter Ennis
12ZaireCOD
4Mwadi Mabika
8Lukengu Ngalula
12Kasala Kamanga
14Muene Tshijuka
15Mukendi Mbuyi
5Kakengwa Pikinini
6Zaina Kapepula
7Patricia N'Goy Benga
9Amba Kongolo
10Lileko Bonzali
11Kaninga Mbambi
13Natalie Lobela
CoachMongamaluku Mozingo

Preliminary Round

Date21 – 29 July 1996

Group A

Date21 – 29 July 1996
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1BrazilBRA50010424-360
2Russian FederationRUS4018378-342
3ItalyITA3026330-309
4JapanJPN2034365-396
5People's Republic of ChinaCHN1042347-378
6CanadaCAN0050293-352
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #121 Jul 10:00BrazilBRA69 – 56CanadaCAN
Match #221 Jul 17:00Russian FederationRUS73 – 63JapanJPN
Match #321 Jul 22:00ItalyITA62 – 53People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #423 Jul 10:00JapanJPN75 – 72People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #523 Jul 12:00ItalyITA59 – 54CanadaCAN
Match #623 Jul 20:00BrazilBRA82 – 68Russian FederationRUS
Match #725 Jul 10:00Russian FederationRUS75 – 70ItalyITA
Match #825 Jul 20:00BrazilBRA100 – 80JapanJPN
Match #925 Jul 22:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN61 – 49CanadaCAN
Match #1027 Jul 15:00ItalyITA66 – 52JapanJPN
Match #1127 Jul 17:00BrazilBRA98 – 83People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1227 Jul 22:00Russian FederationRUS68 – 49CanadaCAN
Match #1329 Jul 12:00Russian FederationRUS94 – 78People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1429 Jul 17:00BrazilBRA75 – 73ItalyITA
Match #1529 Jul 20:00JapanJPN95 – 85CanadaCANAET

Group B

Date21 – 29 July 1996
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1United StatesUSA50010507-339
2AustraliaAUS3026369-319
3UkraineUKR3026354-358
4CubaCUB2034365-377
5Republic of KoreaKOR2034347-389
6ZaireCOD0050287-447
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #121 Jul 12:00UkraineUKR81 – 65ZaireCOD
Match #221 Jul 15:00United StatesUSA101 – 84CubaCUB
Match #321 Jul 20:00AustraliaAUS76 – 61Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #423 Jul 15:00United StatesUSA98 – 65UkraineUKR
Match #523 Jul 17:00AustraliaAUS91 – 45ZaireCOD
Match #623 Jul 22:00CubaCUB70 – 55Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #725 Jul 12:00United StatesUSA107 – 47ZaireCOD
Match #825 Jul 15:00Republic of KoreaKOR72 – 67UkraineUKR
Match #925 Jul 17:00AustraliaAUS75 – 63CubaCUB
Match #1027 Jul 10:00Republic of KoreaKOR95 – 71ZaireCOD
Match #1127 Jul 12:00UkraineUKR87 – 75CubaCUB
Match #1227 Jul 20:00United StatesUSA96 – 79AustraliaAUS
Match #1329 Jul 10:00UkraineUKR54 – 48AustraliaAUS
Match #1429 Jul 15:00United StatesUSA105 – 64Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1529 Jul 22:00CubaCUB73 – 59ZaireCOD

Quarter-Finals

Date31 July 1996
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #131 Jul 15:00United StatesUSA108 – 93JapanJPN
Match #231 Jul 17:00AustraliaAUS74 – 70Russian FederationRUSAET
Match #331 Jul 20:00UkraineUKR59 – 50ItalyITA
Match #431 Jul 22:00BrazilBRA101 – 69CubaCUB

Classification Round 5-8

Date1 August 1996
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #101 Aug 15:00Russian FederationRUS80 – 69JapanJPN
Match #201 Aug 17:00CubaCUB78 – 70ItalyITA

Classification Round 9-12

Date31 July 1996
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #131 Jul 10:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN91 – 67ZaireCOD
Match #231 Jul 12:00Republic of KoreaKOR88 – 79CanadaCAN

Semi-Finals

Date2 August 1996
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #102 Aug 15:00BrazilBRA81 – 60UkraineUKR
Match #202 Aug 17:00United StatesUSA93 – 71AustraliaAUS

Final Round

Date3 – 4 August 1996
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/204 Aug 18:35United StatesUSA111 – 87BrazilBRA
Match 3/404 Aug 16:00AustraliaAUS66 – 56UkraineUKR
Match 5/603 Aug 17:00Russian FederationRUS91 – 74CubaCUB
Match 7/803 Aug 15:00JapanJPN81 – 69ItalyITA
Match 9/1003 Aug 12:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN85 – 71Republic of KoreaKOR
Match 11/1203 Aug 10:00CanadaCAN88 – 46ZaireCOD