1992 United States women's Olympic basketball team

1992 United States women's Olympic basketball team
Head coachTheresa Grentz
1992 Summer Olympics
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The 1992 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXV Olympiad, held in Barcelona, Spain.

Though the U.S. women's team got off to a quick start, they suffered a shocking upset in their semifinal match against the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).[1] It was their third loss at the U.S. Olympic tournament and, to date, remains their final loss. The U.S. team settled for bronze after defeating Cuba in the Bronze Medal final.[2]

Roster

United States women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 4 Teresa Edwards 28 – (1964-06-19)June 19, 1964 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Mitsubishi Electric Koalas Japan
F/C 5 Daedra Charles 23 – (1968-11-02)November 2, 1968 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Pool Comense Italy
F 6 Clarissa Davis 25 – (1967-06-04)June 4, 1967 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
C 7 Tammy Jackson 29 – (1962-12-03)December 3, 1962 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Chanson Cosmetics Japan
G 8 Teresa Weatherspoon 26 – (1965-12-08)December 8, 1965 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
C 9 Vickie Orr 25 – (1967-02-25)February 25, 1967 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
F 10 Vicky Bullett 24 – (1967-10-04)October 4, 1967 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Basket Puglia Bari Italy
G 11 Carolyn Jones 22 – (1969-07-29)July 29, 1969 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PF 12 Katrina McClain 26 – (1965-09-19)September 19, 1965 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Ancona Basket Italy
SF 13 Medina Dixon 29 – (1962-11-02)November 2, 1962 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
G 14 Cynthia Cooper 29 – (1963-04-14)April 14, 1963 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Basket Parma Italy
G 15 Suzie McConnell 25 – (1966-07-29)July 29, 1966 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 July 1992
  • Source – [3]

Results

Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Group stage

30 July 1992 (1992-07-30)
11:00
Czechoslovakia  55–111  United States
Scoring by half: 33–53, 22–58
Pts: Chupíková, Janoštinová 14
Rebs: Janoštinová 5
Asts: Bieliková, Buriánová, Janoštinová 2		 Pts: Cooper 18
Rebs: Dixon 8
Asts: Dixon, Edwards 5
1 August 1992 (1992-08-01)
11:00
United States  93–67  China
Scoring by half: 47–33, 46–34
Pts: Dixon 19
Rebs: Orr 11
Asts: Edwards 8		 Pts: Cong 18
Rebs: Zheng H. 11
Asts: He 6
3 August 1992 (1992-08-03)
22:00
Spain  59–114  United States
Scoring by half: 32–51, 27–63
Pts: Ares 13
Rebs: Geuer 6
Asts: Ares 4		 Pts: Dixon 28
Rebs: McClain 8
Asts: Edwards 6

Semifinal

August 5
22:00
United States  73–79  CIS
Scoring by half: 41–47, 32–32
Pts: Dixon 12
Rebs: McClain 16
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: Zasulskaya 20
Rebs: Zasulskaya 8
Asts: Shvaybovich, Antipova 4

Bronze Medal Final

August 7
13:00
United States  88–74  Cuba
Scoring by half: 44–44, 44–30
Pts: Edwards 18
Rebs: McClain 12
Asts: Edwards 5		 Pts: Castillo 16
Rebs: Borrell 9
Asts: Henry 5

See also

References

  1. ^ Araton, Harvey (August 6, 1992). "Barcelona Olympics: American Women Stunned By Loss". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Heisler, Mark (August 8, 1992). "Barcelona '92 Olympics: U.S. Beats Cuba, 88-74, Settles for Bronze". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ "United States Basketball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "TCH vs USA: Boxscore". FIBA Archive.
  5. ^ "USA vs. CHN: Boxscore". FIBA Archive.
  6. ^ "ESP vs. USA: Boxscore". FIBA Archive.
  7. ^ "USA vs. CIS: Boxscore". Olympedia.
  8. ^ "USA vs. CUB: Boxscore". Olympedia.