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.
Participants
(Host)
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
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
Group B
Knockout stage
Classification round 5th−8th place Semifinals
7th-place game
5th-place game
Semifinals
Bronze-medal game
Gold-medal game
Awards 1992 Olympic Basketball Champions Unified Team First title
Final standings Rank Team W L Unified Team 4 1 3 2 4 1 4th 3 2Eliminated at the preliminary round 5th 3 2 6th 1 4 7th 2 3 8th 0 5
References
Official Olympic Report