1992 United States women's Olympic basketball team

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

1992 United States women's Olympic basketball team
Head coachTheresa Grentz
1992 Summer Olympics

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G 4 Teresa Edwards 28 – (1964-06-19)June 19, 1964 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Mitsubishi Electric Koalas
F/C 5 Daedra Charles 23 – (1968-11-02)November 2, 1968 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Pool Comense
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
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
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
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
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.
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