Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament explained

Type:	Olympics
City:	Barcelona
Year:	1992
Games:	1992 Summer Olympics
Host:	Spain
Dates:	July 30 - August 7
Women Teams:	8
Women Gold:	CIS
Women Silver:	China
Women Bronze:	United States
Prev:	Seoul 1988
Next:	Atlanta 1996

See main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

The women's tournament of basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona, Spain, began on July 30 and ended on August 7, when the Unified Team defeated China 76–66 for the gold medal.

Format

Two groups of four teams are formed, where the top two from each group advance to the knockout stage.
Third and fourth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 5th–8th places in the final ranking.
The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Ties were broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

Head to head results

Schedule

Thu 30	Fri 31	Sat 1	Sun 2	Mon 3	Tue 4	Wed 5	Thu 6	Fri 7
G		G		G		½		F	B

Squads

See main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters.

Preliminary round

The best two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals. The United States and Cuba advanced undefeated through the group phase but couldn't reach the finals and ended up facing each other for the bronze medal instead.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Classification round 5th−8th place

Semifinals

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7th-place game

5th-place game

Semifinals

Gold-medal game

Final standings

Eliminated at the preliminary round
Rank	width=150px	Team !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L
		4	1
		3	2
		4	1
4th		3	2
5th		3	2
6th		1	4
7th		2	3
8th		0	5

References

Official Olympic Report