1996 United States women's Olympic basketball team explained

Club:	1996 United States women's Olympic basketball team
Manager:	Tara VanDerveer
League:	1996 Summer Olympics
Prevseason:	1992
Nextseason:	2000

The 1996 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXVI Olympiad which were held in Atlanta, Georgia. The U.S. women's Olympic team won their third gold medal at the event, going undefeated and beating Brazil in the Gold medal final. The team is considered to be one of the best in women's basketball history.^[1]

Results

See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Gold Medal Final

Legacy

The '96 Olympic team is considered to be the best women's national team assembled.^[2] It is also credited with helping launch the WNBA, the most successful professional women's basketball league in the United States and around the world.^[3]

In 2022, ESPN aired a 30 for 30 three-part documentary series on the team called "Dream On".^[4] It highlighted how far women's basketball (and in sports in general) have come and also what remains to be achieved.^[5]

See also

• 1996 Summer Olympics
• Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• United States women's national basketball team

External links

• 1996 Olympics, Women's Basketball: Standings and Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Notes and References

1. News: Moran . Malcolm . U.S. Women Finish Lengthy Tour on Top of World . . August 5, 1996.
2. News: Carroll . Charlotte . 'Carry the torch': How the '96 Olympic gold medal team shaped women's basketball . . Jul 27, 2021.
3. News: Voepel . Mechelle . 'Dream On' documentary chronicles how the 1996 U.S. women's Olympic team helped launch the WNBA . . June 15, 2022.
4. News: Deitsch . Richard . ESPN’s 'Dream On': Inside the best sports documentary I've seen in 2022 . . June 13, 2022.
5. News: Taylor . Myah . 'Dream On' highlights how far women in sports have come and what’s left to accomplish . . June 23, 2022.