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

Preliminary Round

Date	19 – 25 September 1988
Format	Round-robin pools.

Group A

Date	19 – 25 September 1988
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Points
1	Australia	AUS	2	1	4	178-196
2	Soviet Union	URS	2	1	4	208-188
3	Bulgaria	BUL	1	2	2	217-241
4	Republic of Korea	KOR	1	2	2	244-222

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep 11:45	Soviet Union	URS	91 – 62	Bulgaria	BUL
Match #2	19 Sep 19:30	Republic of Korea	KOR	91 – 55	Australia	AUS
Match #3	22 Sep 11:45	Soviet Union	URS	69 – 66	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #4	22 Sep 19:30	Australia	AUS	63 – 57	Bulgaria	BUL
Match #5	25 Sep 19:30	Bulgaria	BUL	98 – 87	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #6	25 Sep 21:30	Australia	AUS	60 – 48	Soviet Union	URS

Group B

Date	19 – 25 September 1988
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Points
1	United States	USA	3	0	6	282-234
2	Yugoslavia	YUG	2	1	4	199-211
3	People's Republic of China	CHN	1	2	2	200-214
4	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	3	0	202-224

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep 9:45	United States	USA	87 – 81	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #2	19 Sep 21:30	Yugoslavia	YUG	56 – 53	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #3	22 Sep 9:45	United States	USA	101 – 74	Yugoslavia	YUG
Match #4	22 Sep 21:30	People's Republic of China	CHN	68 – 64	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #5	25 Sep 9:45	Yugoslavia	YUG	69 – 57	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #6	25 Sep 11:45	United States	USA	94 – 79	People's Republic of China	CHN

Classification Round 5-8

Date	27 September 1988 — 21:30

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep 21:30	Bulgaria	BUL	81 – 78	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #2	27 Sep 19:30	People's Republic of China	CHN	97 – 95	Republic of Korea	KOR	AET

Semi-Finals

Date	27 September 1988
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep 9:45	Yugoslavia	YUG	57 – 56	Australia	AUS
Match #2	27 Sep 11:45	United States	USA	102 – 88	Soviet Union	URS

Final Round

Date	28 – 29 September 1988
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	29 Sep 12:00	United States	USA	77 – 70	Yugoslavia	YUG
Match 3/4	28 Sep 21:30	Soviet Union	URS	68 – 53	Australia	AUS
Match 5/6	29 Sep 9:45	Bulgaria	BUL	102 – 74	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match 7/8	28 Sep 19:30	Republic of Korea	KOR	77 – 59	Czechoslovakia	TCH