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The United States is the defending champion of both the men's and women's tournaments. As of the 2016 Summer Olympics, 90 medals (30 of each color) have been awarded to teams from 20 National Olympic Committees. Two gold medal-winning teams were inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
Australia captured the bronze medal with a win over Belgium. [4] Diana Taurasi of the victorious American women's national team became the only basketball player with six Olympic gold medals, joining dressage equestrian Isabell Werth of Germany and Hungarian sabre fencer Aladar Gerevich as the only Olympians to win six gold medals in the same ...
Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) are the only two American women's basketball players to win five Olympic gold medals. Taurasi can become the first to earn six gold medals ...
Olympic women's basketball bracket Quarterfinals: Wednesday, Aug. 7. France 84-71 Germany. Belgium 79-66 Spain. Team USA 88-74 Nigeria. Australia 85-67 Serbia. Semifinals: Friday, Aug. 9. France ...
A'ja Wilson leads U.S. women's basketball in Olympic opener. The U.S. women's basketball team opened Paris Olympics play and pursuit of its eighth consecutive gold medal with a commanding 102–76 ...
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 2020 Summer Olympics women's basketball tournament in Tokyo, began on 26 July and ended on 8 August 2021. All games were played at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. [1] It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
The United States women’s national basketball team won its eighth straight Olympic gold medal on Sunday, via a startlingly close 67-66 victory over host country France at Bercy Arena.