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1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team
Head coachKay Yow
1988 Summer Olympics
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The 1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, held in Seoul, South Korea.

The U.S. women's Olympic team won their second gold medal at the event, defeating Yugoslavia in the Gold Medal finals.

Roster

United States women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 4 Teresa Edwards 24 – (1964-07-19)July 19, 1964 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Tarbes Gespe Bigorre France
PG 5 Kamie Ethridge 24 – (1964-04-21)April 21, 1964 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) U.S. national team United States
F/C 6 Cindy Brown 23 – (1965-03-16)March 16, 1965 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Toshiba Yana Gi Cho Japan
C 7 Anne Donovan 26 – (1961-11-01)November 1, 1961 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Modena Italy
PG 8 Teresa Weatherspoon 22 – (1965-12-08)December 8, 1965 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Louisiana Tech United States
F 9 Bridgette Gordon 21 – (1967-04-27)April 27, 1967 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Tennessee United States
F 10 Vicky Bullett 20 – (1967-10-04)October 4, 1967 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Maryland United States
F 11 Andrea Lloyd-Curry 23 – (1965-09-02)September 2, 1965 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) U.S. national team United States
F 12 Katrina McClain Johnson 23 – (1965-09-19)September 19, 1965 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) U.S. national team United States
F/C 13 Jennifer Gillom 24 – (1964-06-13)June 13, 1964 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) U.S. national team United States
G 14 Cynthia Cooper-Dyke 25 – (1963-04-14)April 14, 1963 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) CD CREF Spain
PG 15 Suzie McConnell-Serio 22 – (1966-07-29)July 29, 1966 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Penn State United States
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
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
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
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
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
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

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
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

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
Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

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.

External links

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Olympic Games
FIBA World Cup
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