1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team

The 1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, held in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team
Head coachKay Yow
1988 Summer Olympics

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, 1964 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Tarbes Gespe Bigorre
PG 5 Kamie Ethridge 24 – (1964-04-21)April 21, 1964 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) U.S. national team
F/C 6 Cindy Brown 23 – (1965-03-16)March 16, 1965 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Toshiba Yana Gi Cho
C 7 Anne Donovan 26 – (1961-11-01)November 1, 1961 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Modena
PG 8 Teresa Weatherspoon 22 – (1965-12-08)December 8, 1965 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Louisiana Tech
F 9 Bridgette Gordon 21 – (1967-04-27)April 27, 1967 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Tennessee
F 10 Vicky Bullett 20 – (1967-10-04)October 4, 1967 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Maryland
F 11 Andrea Lloyd-Curry 23 – (1965-09-02)September 2, 1965 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) U.S. national team
F 12 Katrina McClain Johnson 23 – (1965-09-19)September 19, 1965 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) U.S. national team
F/C 13 Jennifer Gillom 24 – (1964-06-13)June 13, 1964 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) U.S. national team
G 14 Cynthia Cooper-Dyke 25 – (1963-04-14)April 14, 1963 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) CD CREF
PG 15 Suzie McConnell-Serio 22 – (1966-07-29)July 29, 1966 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Penn State
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
Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Group stage
19 September 1988 (1988-09-19)
9:45
Czechoslovakia  81–87  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
United States  101–74  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
China  79–94  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
United States  102–88  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
Yugoslavia  70–77  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

See also

References
  1. "Seoul 1988: Women's Basketball Results". Olympic Games.
  2. Alfano, Peter (September 29, 1988). "Seoul Olympics: U.S. Women Beat Yugoslavia for Gold". The New York Times.
  3. "TCH vs. USA: Boxscore". FIBA Archive.
  4. "USA vs. YUG: Boxscore". FIBA Archive.
  5. "CHN vs. USA: Boxscore". FIBA Archive.
  6. "USA vs URS: Boxscore". FIBA Archive.
  7. "YUG vs. USA: Boxscore". FIBA Archive.
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