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The 2008 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXVIX Olympiad which were held in Beijing, China. The U.S. women's Olympic team won their sixth gold medal, and fourth consecutive, at the event. They went undefeated, beating Australia in the Gold medal final for the third time in a row. [2]
The performances included Olympic disciplines such as floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, horizontal bar, uneven bars, balance beam, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics; non-Olympic discipline such as tumbling and acrobatic; and art performances such as dancing, martial art, instrument performance and chorus.
Tied for third largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition [4] Game 2: China: W 93–67 +26: Group Play [4] Game 3: Spain: W 114–59 +55: Group Play [4] Game 4: Unified Team (CIS) L 73–79-6: Semifinals: Third USA loss in Olympic competition [4] Game 5: Cuba: W 88–74 +14: Bronze Medal Final: USA wins bronze medal [4] Overall record ...
The losing teams dispute the bronze. Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option: Head to head results; Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams; Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group; All times are local Beijing Time (GMT+8).
This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing from 8–24 August 2008. Gymnasts across three disciplines ( artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics , and trampoline ) participated in the Games.
What the women of the 2008 and 2012 US teams look like today. Jennifer Kline. July 15, 2019 at 5:57 AM ... The women of the 2008 and 2012 Olympics US Gymnastics teams are no longer the sweet-faced ...
In fencing, women's team foil and women's team sabre replaced men's team foil and women's team épée. Two sports were open only to men, baseball and boxing, while one sport and one discipline were open only to women, softball and synchronized swimming. Equestrian is the only sport in which men and women compete together in the same events.
Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk