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Basketball, Women

Date	19 – 29 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Jam-sil Che-yuk-gwan, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants	93 from 8 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

The Soviet Union had won the European Championships 15 consecutive times since 1960, and had won 6 of the last 7 World Championships. However, in 1986, the US defeated the Soviet team, 83-60, in the Goodwill Games final, and at the 1986 World Championships, 108-88, in the final. The Soviets were no longer the dominant team. And in Seoul both nations’ basketball teams competed for the first time since the 1976 Olympic Games. The United States won all three of its games in Group B, while in Group A the Soviets were defeated quite easily by Australia. The United States played the USSR in the semi-finals, winning 102-88, and then played Yugoslavia in the final. The Yugoslavs pushed the Americans but the US team prevailed, 77-70. The USA team was led by Teresa Edwards, a point guard who had also won gold in 1984, and would go on to win 5 Olympic medals, including 4 gold medals, before ending her career after the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

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		United States	USA	5	0	10	461–392	5	461	92.2	1000:00	158/316	0.500	10/21	0.476	168/337	0.499	115/152	0.757	73	105	178	60	48	17	70	109	2	Gold
	4	Teresa Edwards						5	83	16.6	153:32	33/54	0.611	0/3	0.000	33/57	0.579	17/21	0.810	6	3	9	17	8	1	17	17	1
	5	Kamie Ethridge						3	2	0.7	18:52	1/1	1.000	0/0	0.000	1/1	1.000	0/0	0.000	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0
	6	Cindy Brown						5	40	8.0	90:22	15/31	0.484	1/1	1.000	16/32	0.500	7/16	0.438	7	20	27	3	3	4	14	14	0
	7	Anne Donovan						5	9	1.8	50:23	3/16	0.188	0/0	0.000	3/16	0.188	3/4	0.750	5	3	8	0	5	4	9	3	0
	8	Teresa Weatherspoon						5	16	3.2	100:04	5/13	0.385	0/0	0.000	5/13	0.385	6/8	0.750	2	10	12	9	5	1	10	12	0
	9	Bridgette Gordon						5	44	8.8	80:58	20/35	0.571	0/0	0.000	20/35	0.571	4/8	0.500	7	4	11	3	1	0	1	7	0
	10	Vicky Bullett						5	22	4.4	51:52	7/16	0.438	0/0	0.000	7/16	0.438	8/8	1.000	11	4	15	2	3	1	2	5	0
	11	Andrea Lloyd						5	33	6.6	66:03	11/27	0.407	0/1	0.000	11/28	0.393	11/12	0.917	6	9	15	3	4	0	2	6	0
	12	Katrina McClain						5	88	17.6	142:46	35/64	0.547	0/0	0.000	35/64	0.547	18/26	0.692	19	33	52	5	6	3	1	15	1
	13	Jennifer Gillom						4	11	2.8	23:53	2/8	0.250	0/0	0.000	2/8	0.250	7/10	0.700	5	4	9	0	3	0	0	4	0
	14	Cynthia Cooper						5	71	14.2	128:38	18/33	0.545	4/9	0.444	22/42	0.524	23/27	0.852	5	10	15	7	4	3	7	13	0
	15	Suzie McConnell						5	42	8.4	92:37	8/18	0.444	5/7	0.714	13/25	0.520	11/12	0.917	0	4	4	11	6	0	6	10	0
Coach		Kay Yow
2		Yugoslavia	YUG	3	2	6	326–344	5	326	65.2	1000:00	109/228	0.478	12/35	0.343	121/263	0.460	72/98	0.735	36	90	126	28	32	19	84	108	7	Silver
	4	Stojna Vangelovska						5	23	4.6	181:47	3/5	0.600	3/8	0.375	6/13	0.462	8/11	0.727	0	8	8	15	1	0	18	12	0
	5	Mara Lakić						4	5	1.3	20:32	1/2	0.500	0/4	0.000	1/6	0.167	3/3	1.000	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
	6	Žana Lelas						2	2	1.0	7:14	0/2	0.000	0/0	0.000	0/2	0.000	2/2	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
	7	Eleonora Vild						3	3	1.0	22:25	0/2	0.000	1/4	0.250	1/6	0.167	0/0	0.000	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	5	0
	8	Kornelija Kvesić						3	4	1.3	16:55	1/4	0.250	0/0	0.000	1/4	0.250	2/2	1.000	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
	9	Danira Nakić						5	83	16.6	166:40	25/59	0.424	0/0	0.000	25/59	0.424	33/39	0.846	4	14	18	4	4	2	26	15	1
	10	Slađana Golić						5	44	8.8	166:51	19/30	0.633	0/0	0.000	19/30	0.633	6/10	0.600	12	17	29	2	6	1	10	18	2
	11	Polona Dornik						5	49	9.8	116:44	22/42	0.524	0/0	0.000	22/42	0.524	5/7	0.714	9	15	24	1	5	12	6	17	2
	12	Razija Mujanović						4	46	11.5	92:50	20/42	0.476	0/0	0.000	20/42	0.476	6/13	0.462	3	13	16	1	4	4	8	10	1
	13	Vesna Bajkuša						3	2	0.7	14:16	1/1	1.000	0/0	0.000	1/1	1.000	0/1	0.000	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	5	0
	14	Anđelija Arbutina						5	51	10.2	146:19	11/31	0.355	8/19	0.421	19/50	0.380	5/6	0.833	2	14	16	2	9	0	6	14	1
	15	Bojana Milošević						5	14	2.8	47:27	6/8	0.750	0/0	0.000	6/8	0.750	2/4	0.500	2	5	7	1	1	0	5	9	0
Coach		Milan Vasojević
3		Soviet Union	URS	3	2	6	364–343	5	364	72.8	1000:00	108/227	0.476	24/76	0.316	132/303	0.436	76/104	0.731	46	99	145	34	29	22	58	111	2	Bronze
	4	Olga Yevkova						5	13	2.6	74:03	5/10	0.500	1/4	0.250	6/14	0.429	0/0	0.000	1	7	8	7	1	0	5	10	0
	5	Irina Gerlits						5	24	4.8	47:43	8/13	0.615	0/0	0.000	8/13	0.615	8/13	0.615	3	3	6	2	3	3	2	5	0
	6	Olesya Barel						5	24	4.8	53:18	12/22	0.545	0/0	0.000	12/22	0.545	0/0	0.000	3	5	8	1	0	3	2	9	0
	7	Irina Sumnikova						5	16	3.2	88:50	5/8	0.625	1/4	0.250	6/12	0.500	3/5	0.600	0	5	5	4	2	2	8	11	0
	8	Olga Buryakina						5	28	5.6	112:35	3/8	0.375	6/19	0.316	9/27	0.333	4/4	1.000	2	7	9	2	5	1	5	10	0
	9	Olga Yakovleva						5	42	8.4	138:30	5/13	0.385	10/25	0.400	15/38	0.395	2/2	1.000	5	21	26	5	3	0	3	10	0
	10	Irina Minkh						5	42	8.4	124:02	11/24	0.458	3/15	0.200	14/39	0.359	11/16	0.688	8	7	15	7	5	0	11	20	2
	11	Aleksandra Leonova						3	6	2.0	19:44	0/0	0.000	2/3	0.667	2/3	0.667	0/0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0
	12	Yelena Khudashova						4	28	7.0	82:40	13/32	0.406	0/1	0.000	13/33	0.394	2/4	0.500	6	11	17	0	2	4	3	6	0
	13	Vitalija Tuomaitė						5	33	6.6	66:52	12/21	0.571	0/0	0.000	12/21	0.571	9/11	0.818	2	11	13	2	1	3	5	7	0
	14	Nataliya Zasulskaya						5	44	8.8	67:36	14/34	0.412	0/0	0.000	14/34	0.412	16/20	0.800	9	10	19	3	1	3	4	9	0
	15	Galina Savitskaya						5	64	12.8	124:07	20/42	0.476	1/5	0.200	21/47	0.447	21/29	0.724	7	12	19	1	6	3	6	11	0
Coach		Leonid Yachmenyov
4		Australia	AUS	2	3	4	287–321	5	287	57.4	1000:00	85/227	0.374	15/37	0.405	100/264	0.379	72/99	0.727	64	90	154	45	26	3	60	96	3
	11	Debbie Slimmon						5	15	3.0	55:36	3/12	0.250	0/0	0.000	3/12	0.250	9/11	0.818	6	4	10	0	1	0	3	5	0
	8	Donna Quinn-Brown						5	22	4.4	115:13	8/18	0.444	0/1	0.000	8/19	0.421	6/8	0.750	4	9	13	5	4	0	3	10	0
	6	Jenny Cheesman						5	8	1.6	49:19	3/11	0.273	0/0	0.000	3/11	0.273	2/4	0.500	4	0	4	2	1	0	1	7	0
	10	Julie Nykiel						4	6	1.5	34:34	3/5	0.600	0/0	0.000	3/5	0.600	0/0	0.000	0	7	7	0	0	1	3	1	0
	13	Karen Dalton						5	24	4.8	129:07	11/18	0.611	0/0	0.000	11/18	0.611	2/6	0.333	10	16	26	8	3	1	4	18	2
	15	Maree White						2	0	0.0	11:56	0/1	0.000	0/0	0.000	0/1	0.000	0/0	0.000	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	12	Marina Moffa						5	27	5.4	83:23	11/25	0.440	0/2	0.000	11/27	0.407	5/7	0.714	9	7	16	1	2	0	10	10	0
	7	Michele Timms						5	56	11.2	156:36	9/23	0.391	11/23	0.478	20/46	0.435	5/5	1.000	3	16	19	8	4	0	13	14	1
	9	Pat Mickan						5	21	4.2	96:20	5/22	0.227	0/0	0.000	5/22	0.227	11/18	0.611	10	8	18	1	2	1	8	9	0
	4	Robyn Maher						5	77	15.4	175:34	26/70	0.371	1/4	0.250	27/74	0.365	22/30	0.733	12	13	25	17	7	0	10	14	0
	14	Shelley Gorman						5	31	6.2	92:22	6/22	0.273	3/7	0.429	9/29	0.310	10/10	1.000	5	10	15	2	1	0	5	8	0
	5	Sandy Brondello (DNS)						–	–	–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Robbie Cadee
5		Bulgaria	BUL	3	2	6	400–393	5	400	80.0	1000:00	131/237	0.553	27/56	0.482	158/293	0.539	57/75	0.760	29	91	120	44	32	18	59	89	2
	11	Kostadinka Radkova						5	52	10.4	117:02	16/26	0.615	5/6	0.833	21/32	0.656	5/6	0.833	3	10	13	5	2	5	8	11	0
	5	Larisa Spasova						5	29	5.8	135:47	7/12	0.583	3/12	0.250	10/24	0.417	6/6	1.000	3	10	13	5	8	0	6	13	0
	13	Madlena Staneva						5	55	11.0	151:06	22/43	0.512	0/0	0.000	22/43	0.512	11/16	0.688	6	15	21	4	3	3	4	11	0
	15	Mariyana Chobanova						5	44	8.8	117:53	13/27	0.481	5/12	0.417	18/39	0.462	3/5	0.600	7	10	17	6	1	4	2	16	2
	6	Mariana Naydenova						2	6	3.0	12:37	1/3	0.333	0/0	0.000	1/3	0.333	4/4	1.000	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0
	4	Nina Hadzhiyankova						5	32	6.4	95:01	9/27	0.333	4/9	0.444	13/36	0.361	2/7	0.286	1	6	7	8	9	0	14	7	0
	14	Polina Tsekova						1	4	4.0	8:47	1/1	1.000	0/0	0.000	1/1	1.000	2/3	0.667	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
	10	Radmila Vasileva						4	9	2.3	37:22	2/4	0.500	0/0	0.000	2/4	0.500	5/5	1.000	0	1	1	2	0	3	5	4	0
	9	Sonya Dragomirova						2	9	4.5	32:28	0/2	0.000	3/4	0.750	3/6	0.500	0/0	0.000	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	0
	7	Tsоnka Vaysilova						2	3	1.5	8:42	1/1	1.000	0/0	0.000	1/1	1.000	1/1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	8	Vanya Dermendzhieva						5	59	11.8	108:14	26/45	0.578	0/0	0.000	26/45	0.578	7/9	0.778	4	12	16	1	1	2	10	10	0
	12	Evladiya Stefanova						5	98	19.6	175:01	33/46	0.717	7/13	0.538	40/59	0.678	11/13	0.846	5	21	26	11	7	0	8	10	0
Coach		Ivan Lepichev
6		People's Republic of China	CHN	2	3	4	371–411	5	371	74.2	1025:00	118/214	0.551	29/71	0.408	147/285	0.516	48/63	0.762	36	79	115	50	25	7	74	84	1
	12	Cong Xuedi						5	64	12.8	172:05	4/10	0.400	16/31	0.516	20/41	0.488	8/8	1.000	3	11	14	10	4	0	12	15	1
	4	Han Qingling						5	24	4.8	101:38	8/10	0.800	1/2	0.500	9/12	0.750	5/8	0.625	4	8	12	3	6	1	6	11	0
	6	Li Xiaoqin						5	33	6.6	74:41	3/10	0.300	8/22	0.364	11/32	0.344	3/3	1.000	1	3	4	2	2	0	6	3	0
	5	Ling Guang						5	14	2.8	63:00	4/9	0.444	1/5	0.200	5/14	0.357	3/3	1.000	2	5	7	2	4	0	7	2	0
	14	Liu Qing						5	46	9.2	130:04	17/33	0.515	0/0	0.000	17/33	0.515	12/17	0.706	6	9	15	10	1	0	9	11	0
	10	Peng Ping						5	41	8.2	103:09	20/35	0.571	0/1	0.000	20/36	0.556	1/2	0.500	7	11	18	5	1	0	5	9	0
	15	Xu Xiangmei						4	20	5.0	57:28	10/22	0.455	0/0	0.000	10/22	0.455	0/0	0.000	1	8	9	1	1	1	2	7	0
	13	Xue Cuilan						5	41	8.2	190:33	11/24	0.458	3/10	0.300	14/34	0.412	10/11	0.909	3	8	11	14	6	1	16	12	0
	7	Zhao Wei						1	0	0.0	5:21	0/1	0.000	0/0	0.000	0/1	0.000	0/0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	11	Zheng Haixia						5	88	17.6	127:01	41/60	0.683	0/0	0.000	41/60	0.683	6/11	0.545	9	16	25	3	0	4	11	11	0
	8	Zhang Taohua (DNS)						–	–	–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Zhan Shuping (DNS)						–	–	–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Lu Changxin
7		Republic of Korea	KOR	2	3	4	416–378	5	416	83.2	1025:00	92/170	0.541	52/101	0.515	144/271	0.531	76/98	0.776	21	78	99	30	31	10	53	107	2
	15	Jo Mun-Ju						5	13	2.6	80:35	4/9	0.444	0/0	0.000	4/9	0.444	5/9	0.556	4	8	12	1	3	1	3	14	1
	6	Choi Gyeong-Hui						5	98	19.6	161:08	15/19	0.789	19/39	0.487	34/58	0.586	11/13	0.846	2	16	18	4	4	0	7	16	0
	10	Jeong Mi-Gyeong						5	33	6.6	101:26	8/20	0.400	2/3	0.667	10/23	0.435	11/12	0.917	0	2	2	5	1	2	5	8	0
	11	Kim Hwa-Sun						5	68	13.6	142:55	17/27	0.630	6/16	0.375	23/43	0.535	16/18	0.889	2	10	12	4	5	1	8	16	0
	5	Kim Mal-Yeon						2	3	1.5	12:40	0/0	0.000	1/2	0.500	1/2	0.500	0/0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7	Lee Hyeong-Suk						5	39	7.8	126:11	13/26	0.500	1/4	0.250	14/30	0.467	10/13	0.769	0	2	2	5	3	0	4	15	0
	4	Lee Geum-Jin						5	76	15.2	116:35	5/13	0.385	20/31	0.645	25/44	0.568	6/6	1.000	0	3	3	0	2	0	1	11	0
	8	Park Cham-Ni						2	8	4.0	12:55	1/3	0.333	2/3	0.667	3/6	0.500	0/0	0.000	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	0
	13	Park Chan-Suk						5	21	4.2	72:55	9/21	0.429	0/0	0.000	9/21	0.429	3/5	0.600	6	5	11	1	3	2	4	3	0
	14	Seong Jeong-A						5	47	9.4	154:17	18/25	0.720	0/0	0.000	18/25	0.720	11/18	0.611	7	28	35	7	7	4	17	16	1
	9	U Geun-Gyeong						5	8	1.6	34:30	1/4	0.250	1/3	0.333	2/7	0.286	3/4	0.750	0	3	3	2	3	0	1	4	0
	12	Kim Hye-Yeon						2	2	1.0	8:53	1/3	0.333	0/0	0.000	1/3	0.333	0/0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Coach		Lee Shin
8		Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	5	0	339–382	5	339	67.8	1000:00	131/271	0.483	5/22	0.227	136/293	0.464	62/86	0.721	44	97	141	46	44	21	74	103	5
	5	Alena Kašová						5	7	1.4	74:36	2/11	0.182	0/0	0.000	2/11	0.182	3/5	0.600	0	2	2	2	3	1	4	7	0
	9	Anna Janoštinová						5	53	10.6	124:48	22/37	0.595	0/0	0.000	22/37	0.595	9/12	0.750	10	22	32	4	3	3	7	21	2
	12	Erika Dobrovičová						5	66	13.2	135:40	27/49	0.551	0/0	0.000	27/49	0.551	12/14	0.857	12	19	31	5	7	12	8	15	1
	15	Eva Berková						3	2	0.7	11:31	1/3	0.333	0/0	0.000	1/3	0.333	0/0	0.000	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
	6	Eva Kalužáková						5	31	6.2	137:34	6/15	0.400	4/16	0.250	10/31	0.323	7/10	0.700	1	8	9	11	1	0	10	8	0
	13	Eva Křížová						5	18	3.6	43:09	4/8	0.500	0/0	0.000	4/8	0.500	10/16	0.625	0	2	2	0	1	0	4	4	0
	11	Hana Zarevúcká						4	0	0.0	19:19	0/1	0.000	0/1	0.000	0/2	0.000	0/0	0.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0
	14	Irma Valová						5	14	2.8	70:37	7/13	0.538	0/0	0.000	7/13	0.538	0/0	0.000	3	11	14	1	2	2	8	5	0
	7	Ivana Nováková						5	77	15.4	164:10	33/65	0.508	0/0	0.000	33/65	0.508	11/14	0.786	10	16	26	12	15	3	13	16	1
	4	Svatava Kysilková						5	50	10.0	148:48	22/51	0.431	1/5	0.200	23/56	0.411	3/4	0.750	4	11	15	9	8	0	9	13	1
	10	Zora Brziaková						5	21	4.2	61:19	7/17	0.412	0/0	0.000	7/17	0.412	7/11	0.636	4	5	9	1	4	0	5	9	0
	8	Zuzana Hájková						2	0	0.0	8:29	0/1	0.000	0/0	0.000	0/1	0.000	0/0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Coach		Jan Karger

Preliminary Round (19 – 25 September 1988)

Round-robin pools.

Group A (19 – 25 September 1988)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points
1	AUS	2	1	4	178–196
2	URS	2	1	4	208–188
3	BUL	1	2	2	217–241
4	KOR	1	2	2	244–222

Match #1	19 Sep 11:45	URS	91 – 62	BUL
Match #2	19 Sep 19:30	KOR	91 – 55	AUS
Match #3	22 Sep 11:45	URS	69 – 66	KOR
Match #4	22 Sep 19:30	AUS	63 – 57	BUL
Match #5	25 Sep 19:30	BUL	98 – 87	KOR
Match #6	25 Sep 21:30	AUS	60 – 48	URS

Group B (19 – 25 September 1988)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points
1	USA	3	0	6	282–234
2	YUG	2	1	4	199–211
3	CHN	1	2	2	200–214
4	TCH	0	3	0	202–224

Match #1	19 Sep 9:45	USA	87 – 81	TCH
Match #2	19 Sep 21:30	YUG	56 – 53	CHN
Match #3	22 Sep 9:45	USA	101 – 74	YUG
Match #4	22 Sep 21:30	CHN	68 – 64	TCH
Match #5	25 Sep 9:45	YUG	69 – 57	TCH
Match #6	25 Sep 11:45	USA	94 – 79	CHN

Classification Round 5-8 (27 September 1988 — 21:30)

Match #1	27 Sep 21:30	BUL	81 – 78	TCH
Match #2	27 Sep 19:30	CHN	97 – 95 AET	KOR

Semi-Finals (27 September 1988)

Single-elimination.

Match #1	27 Sep 9:45	YUG	57 – 56	AUS
Match #2	27 Sep 11:45	USA	102 – 88	URS

Final Round (28 – 29 September 1988)

Medal round.

Match 1/2	29 Sep 12:00	USA	77 – 70	YUG
Match 3/4	28 Sep 21:30	URS	68 – 53	AUS
Match 5/6	29 Sep 9:45	BUL	102 – 74	CHN
Match 7/8	28 Sep 19:30	KOR	77 – 59	TCH

Rankings

Points
Scoring Average
2-point Field Goals Made
2-point Field Goals %
3-point Field Goals Made
3-point Field Goals %
Total Field Goals Attempted
Total Field Goals %
Free Throws Made
Free Throws %
Total Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Turnovers
Blocked Shots
Personal Fouls