| | Event type

Basketball, Women

Date	19 – 26 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montréal, Québec
Participants	72 from 6 countries
Format	Round-robin tournament.

Basketball World Championships for women had first been contested in 1953, with the United States’ women winning in 1953 and 1957. The Soviet Union then took over, winning in 1959, 1964, 1967, 1971, and 1975. European Championships had been contested since 1938, and the Soviets had won every title since 1950, save for 1958, when Bulgaria was the champion. Without an international loss in five years, the Soviets were felt to be the heavy favorites going into the first Olympic basketball tournament for women in 1976. The USSR team was led by their huge center, Uljana Semjonova, who stood 2.11 (6-11). Six teams were entered – the USA, Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Japan, and Canada. But nobody was a match for the Soviet team, which defeated the United States, 112-77. Its closest match came against Czechoslovakia, when it won “only” by 88-75.

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points	GP	PTS	AVG	TP	2P	2P%	3P	3P%	FG	FG%	FT	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	DQ
1		Soviet Union	URS	5	0	10	504–346	5	504	100.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	210/399	0.526	84/108	0.778	91	159	250	124	–	–	91	131	6	Gold
	4	Angelė Rupšienė						5	30	6.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/22	0.545	6/8	0.750	2	7	9	15	–	0	12	7	0
	5	Tatyana Zakharova						5	33	6.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	13/27	0.481	7/10	0.700	5	7	12	2	–	0	8	12	0
	7	Olga Barysheva						5	30	6.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/31	0.387	6/6	1.000	1	5	6	13	–	0	8	9	0
	8	Tatyana Ovechkina						5	64	12.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	29/52	0.558	6/6	1.000	9	16	25	21	–	0	8	13	2
	9	Nadezhda Shuvayeva						5	56	11.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	25/46	0.543	6/6	1.000	4	7	11	22	–	0	10	13	0
	10	Uļjana Semjonova						5	97	19.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	46/65	0.708	5/12	0.417	24	38	62	7	–	0	8	9	0
	12	Nelli Feryabnikova						5	48	9.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	20/32	0.625	8/8	1.000	20	35	55	1	–	0	2	18	2
	13	Olga Sukharnova						4	42	10.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	13/32	0.406	16/20	0.800	8	17	25	6	–	0	8	12	0
	6	Raïsa Kurv'iakova						4	22	5.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/25	0.360	4/4	1.000	8	2	10	2	–	0	2	8	0
	11	Nadezhda Zakharova						5	12	2.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	5/15	0.333	2/4	0.500	1	3	4	22	–	0	12	4	0
	14	Tamāra Dauniene						5	36	7.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	14/26	0.538	8/12	0.667	6	12	18	8	–	0	6	15	1
	15	Nataliya Klimova						4	34	8.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/26	0.462	10/12	0.833	3	10	13	5	–	0	7	11	1
Coach		Lidiya Alekseyeva
2		United States	USA	3	2	6	415–417	5	415	83.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	159/362	0.439	97/129	0.752	75	107	182	108	–	–	105	114	6	Silver
	4	Cindy Brogdon						5	29	5.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/37	0.270	9/10	0.900	7	3	10	5	–	0	4	3	0
	5	Sue Rojcewicz						5	36	7.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	16/44	0.364	4/6	0.667	2	8	10	19	–	0	9	10	0
	6	Ann Meyers						5	48	9.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	19/46	0.413	10/11	0.909	7	9	16	26	–	0	20	21	2
	7	Lucy Harris						5	76	15.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	29/46	0.630	18/28	0.643	12	23	35	7	–	0	18	15	0
	8	Nancy Dunkle						5	65	13.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	26/51	0.510	13/18	0.722	10	16	26	10	–	0	8	21	2
	9	Charlotte Lewis						3	2	0.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/5	0.200	0/0	0.000	1	2	3	0	–	0	1	1	0
	10	Nancy Lieberman						5	12	2.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	4/9	0.444	4/4	1.000	4	2	6	1	–	0	7	9	1
	11	Gail Marquis						1	0	0.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/2	0.000	0/0	0.000	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0
	12	Trish Roberts						5	60	12.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	23/44	0.523	14/24	0.583	10	9	19	3	–	0	9	7	0
	13	Mary Anne O'Connor						5	22	4.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	7/13	0.538	8/10	0.800	7	5	12	8	–	0	4	9	0
	14	Pat Head						5	25	5.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/31	0.387	1/2	0.500	13	14	27	7	–	0	17	5	0
	15	Juliene Simpson						5	40	8.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/34	0.353	16/16	1.000	2	16	18	22	–	0	7	12	1
Coach		Billie Moore
3		Bulgaria	BUL	3	2	6	365–377	5	365	73.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	142/335	0.424	81/106	0.764	55	111	166	107	–	–	95	118	1	Bronze
	4	Nadka Golcheva						4	10	2.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	4/19	0.211	2/4	0.500	0	5	5	11	–	0	4	6	0
	5	Penka Metodieva						5	33	6.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	16/44	0.364	1/2	0.500	2	11	13	18	–	0	14	10	0
	6	Petkana Makaveeva						5	75	15.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	30/68	0.441	15/20	0.750	4	8	12	4	–	0	7	10	0
	7	Snezhana Mihaylova						5	31	6.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/23	0.391	13/16	0.813	4	7	11	3	–	0	10	7	0
	9	Krasimira Bogdanova						5	19	3.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/14	0.429	7/12	0.583	1	8	9	3	–	0	6	10	0
	11	Diana Dilova						5	12	2.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	3/7	0.429	6/6	1.000	4	9	13	8	–	0	9	8	0
	15	Penka Stoyanova						5	97	19.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	40/62	0.645	17/22	0.773	23	24	47	13	–	0	11	14	0
	8	Krasimira Gyurova						5	7	1.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/7	0.286	3/4	0.750	5	8	13	9	–	0	9	8	0
	10	Todorka Yordanova						5	21	4.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	7/23	0.304	7/8	0.875	3	10	13	4	–	0	2	9	1
	12	Margarita Shtarkelova						5	36	7.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	13/42	0.310	10/12	0.833	6	8	14	17	–	0	6	12	0
	13	Mariya Stoyanova						5	6	1.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	3/7	0.429	0/0	0.000	0	3	3	15	–	0	10	13	0
	14	Gergina Skerlatova						4	18	4.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/19	0.474	0/0	0.000	3	10	13	2	–	0	7	11	0
Coach		Ivan Galabov
4		Czechoslovakia	TCH	2	3	4	351–359	5	351	70.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	145/346	0.419	61/82	0.744	77	98	175	86	–	–	118	125	7
	15	Božena Miklošovičová						5	70	14.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	33/68	0.485	4/4	1.000	3	6	9	8	–	0	13	12	0
	5	Dana Ptáčková						5	53	10.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	19/40	0.475	15/16	0.938	16	13	29	2	–	0	10	14	1
	14	Hana Doušová						5	36	7.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/43	0.279	12/14	0.857	16	19	35	6	–	0	11	16	1
	9	Ivana Kořinková						5	47	9.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	22/53	0.415	3/6	0.500	0	10	10	33	–	0	19	12	0
	11	Lenka Nechvátalová						5	24	4.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/24	0.417	4/4	1.000	3	4	7	8	–	0	9	5	0
	7	Ľudmila Chmelíková						5	0	0.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/5	0.000	0/0	0.000	0	3	3	1	–	0	6	5	0
	4	Ľudmila Králiková						5	24	4.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/16	0.625	4/8	0.500	4	10	14	5	–	0	14	6	0
	13	Marta Pechová						5	53	10.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	20/52	0.385	13/18	0.722	16	16	32	3	–	0	12	23	4
	8	Martina Babková						2	5	2.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/5	0.400	1/2	0.500	2	1	3	4	–	0	3	4	0
	6	Pavla Davidová						5	11	2.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	5/15	0.333	1/4	0.250	7	6	13	1	–	0	4	10	0
	12	Vlasta Vrbková						3	12	4.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/8	0.750	0/0	0.000	6	3	9	3	–	0	4	3	0
	10	Yvetta Polláková						5	16	3.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/17	0.353	4/6	0.667	4	7	11	12	–	0	13	15	1
Coach		Jindřich Drásal
5		Japan	JPN	2	3	4	405–400	5	405	81.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	146/307	0.476	113/136	0.831	44	94	138	83	–	–	85	109	4
	5	Kazuko Kadoya						3	0	0.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/2	0.000	0/0	0.000	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	0
	10	Kazuyo Hayashida						2	4	2.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/2	0.000	4/6	0.667	0	0	0	2	–	0	0	0	0
	12	Keiko Namai						5	102	20.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	30/58	0.517	42/48	0.875	6	17	23	22	–	0	23	16	0
	6	Kimi Wakitashiro						5	80	16.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	26/58	0.448	28/34	0.824	19	16	35	11	–	0	10	15	1
	4	Kimiko Hashimoto						5	4	0.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/5	0.400	0/0	0.000	1	3	4	7	–	0	6	2	0
	7	Mieko Fukui						3	4	1.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/7	0.286	0/0	0.000	2	5	7	0	–	0	1	6	1
	9	Miho Matsuoka						3	2	0.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/4	0.250	0/0	0.000	1	0	1	0	–	0	2	1	0
	15	Misako Satake						5	68	13.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	30/51	0.588	8/12	0.667	7	25	32	7	–	0	13	22	2
	8	Miyako Otsuka						5	67	13.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	24/46	0.522	19/22	0.864	6	11	17	8	–	0	11	12	0
	13	Reiko Aonuma						2	3	1.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/3	0.000	3/4	0.750	0	2	2	0	–	0	0	3	0
	14	Sachiyo Yamamoto						5	14	2.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/13	0.462	2/2	1.000	1	9	10	13	–	0	10	20	0
	11	Teruko Miyamoto						5	57	11.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	25/58	0.431	7/8	0.875	1	6	7	13	–	0	9	9	0
Coach		Masatoshi Ozaki
6		Canada	CAN	0	5	0	336–477	5	336	67.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	136/334	0.407	64/99	0.646	61	99	160	89	–	–	105	142	7
	14	Angie Johnson						5	25	5.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/29	0.310	7/10	0.700	3	5	8	5	–	0	9	5	0
	6	Anne Hurley						5	6	1.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	3/11	0.273	0/0	0.000	0	2	2	11	–	0	12	8	0
	15	Bev Barnes						5	6	1.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/15	0.133	2/6	0.333	7	18	25	0	–	0	9	18	1
	8	Beverley Bland						5	64	12.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	26/62	0.419	12/15	0.800	5	9	14	7	–	0	7	15	1
	12	Carol Turney						5	65	13.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	24/49	0.490	17/22	0.773	6	15	21	14	–	0	11	11	0
	7	Chris Critelli						4	18	4.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/16	0.375	6/8	0.750	1	2	3	2	–	0	7	6	0
	9	Coleen Dufresne						4	7	1.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	3/12	0.250	1/4	0.250	2	3	5	1	–	0	3	7	0
	13	Donna Hobin						5	7	1.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/6	0.333	3/6	0.500	3	3	6	2	–	0	2	11	1
	5	Joanne Sargent						5	35	7.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	16/40	0.400	3/4	0.750	1	8	9	35	–	0	19	21	3
	4	Joyce Douthwright						5	18	3.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	7/19	0.368	4/8	0.500	4	2	6	6	–	0	7	5	0
	10	Sheila Strike						5	39	7.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	17/35	0.486	5/10	0.500	12	16	28	5	–	0	10	15	0
	11	Sylvia Sweeney						5	46	9.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	21/40	0.525	4/6	0.667	17	16	33	1	–	0	9	20	1
Coach		Brian Heaney

Round-Robin (19 – 26 July 1976 — 9:00)

Match #1	19 Jul 9:00	JPN	84 – 71	USA
Match #2	19 Jul 14:00	URS	115 – 51	CAN
Match #3	19 Jul 19:00	BUL	67 – 66	TCH
Match #4	20 Jul 9:00	JPN	121 – 89	CAN
Match #5	20 Jul 14:00	USA	95 – 79	BUL
Match #6	20 Jul 19:00	URS	88 – 75	TCH
Match #7	22 Jul 9:00	URS	91 – 68	BUL
Match #8	22 Jul 14:00	TCH	76 – 62	JPN
Match #9	22 Jul 19:00	USA	89 – 75	CAN
Match #10	23 Jul 9:00	BUL	66 – 63	JPN
Match #11	23 Jul 14:00	TCH	67 – 59	CAN
Match #12	23 Jul 19:00	URS	112 – 77	USA
Match #13	25 Jul 9:00	BUL	85 – 62	CAN
Match #14	26 Jul 14:00	USA	83 – 67	TCH
Match #15	26 Jul 19:00	URS	98 – 75	JPN

Rankings

Points
Scoring Average
Total Field Goals Attempted
Total Field Goals %
Free Throws Made
Free Throws %
Total Rebounds
Assists
Turnovers
Blocked Shots
Personal Fouls