2008 United States women's Olympic basketball team

none March 2024 2008 United States women's Olympic basketball team Anne Donovan 2008 Summer Olympics 16px Sylvia Fowles2008 Stats - United States https://aws.basketball-reference.com/international/teams/united-states_women/2008.html 13.4 Sylvia Fowles 8.4 Kara Lawson 3.4 56 vs. MLI none 2004 2012 The 2008 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXVIX Olympiad which were held in Beijing, China. The U.S. women's Olympic team won their sixth gold medal, and fourth consecutive, at the event. They went undefeated, beating Australia in the Gold medal final for the third time in a row.Thamel Pete U.S. Women's Basketball Breezes Past Australia to Win Gold https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/sports/olympics/24hoops.html The New York Times August 23, 2008 Roster United States women's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics white #002868 white #BF0A30 5 United States Seimone Augustus F 6 1 1984 4 30 2008 8 9 Minnesota Lynx 6 United States Sue Bird G 5 9 1980 10 16 2008 8 9 Seattle Storm 10 United States Tamika Catchings F 6 0 1979 7 21 2008 8 9 Indiana Fever 13 United States Sylvia Fowles C 6 6 1985 6 10 2008 8 9 Chicago Sky 7 United States Kara Lawson G 5 8 1981 2 14 2008 8 9 Sacramento Monarchs 9 United States Lisa Leslie C 6 5 1972 7 7 2008 8 9 Los Angeles Sparks 8 United States DeLisha Milton-Jones F 6 1 1974 9 11 2008 8 9 Los Angeles Sparks 15 United States Candace Parker G-F 6 4 1986 4 19 2008 8 9 Los Angeles Sparks 4 United States Cappie Pondexter G 5 9 1983 1 7 2008 8 9 Phoenix Mercury 14 United States Katie Smith G 5 11 1974 6 4 2008 8 9 Detroit Shock 12 United States Diana Taurasi G-F 6 0 1982 6 11 2008 8 9 Phoenix Mercury 11 United States Tina Thompson F 6 2 1975 2 10 2008 8 9 Houston Comets United States Anne Donovan United States Gail Goestenkors United States Dawn Staley United States Mike Thibault Club – describes lastclub before the tournament Age – describes ageon August 9, 2008 Source: 2008 Olympic Basketball Women (FIBA) – United States roster http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/olym/wom/teamPlay/team/p/eventid/4005/langlc/en/roundid/4005/teamnumber/379/fe_teamPlay_teamRost.html https://archive.today/20130929222010/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/olym/wom/teamPlay/team/p/eventid/4005/langlc/en/roundid/4005/teamnumber/379/fe_teamPlay_teamRost.html dead September 29, 2013 FIBA October 10, 2012 Results Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament Group stage CZE-USA 2008 8 9 20:00 Report CZE 57 97 17–22 14–27 13–26 13–22 USA Pondexter 12 Fowles 14 Lawson 3 Veselá 8 Veselá 9 Machová 4 Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing 11,083 Michael Aylen (AUS) CHN-USA #eee 2008 8 11 20:00 https://archive.today/20130616095720/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/olym/wom/scheResu/p/eventid/4005/gamename/6/groupname/B/langlc/en/roundid/6446/fe_scheStat_boxScor.html Report CHN 63 108 11–33 16–28 19–20 17–27 USA Miao 16 Bian, Liu, Sui 4 Miao, Shao 3 Thompson 27 Leslie 10 Lawson, Pondexter 5 Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing 11,083 Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU) MLI-USA 2008 8 13 22:15 Report MLI 41 97 12–24 16–27 5–25 9–21 USA Sininta 13 Sissoko 7 Bagayoko 3 Leslie 16 Fowles 6 Lawson 7 Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing 11,083 Maogong Yang (CHN) USA-ESP 2008 8 15 #eee 20:00 Report USA 93 55 22–17 17–17 23–10 31–11 ESP Thompson 17 Leslie 11 Lawson, Leslie, Parker 2 Valdemoro 17 Nicholls 5 Martínez 2 Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing 11,083 Fabio Facchini (ITA) NZL-USA 2008 8 17 22:15 Report NZL 60 96 18–23 6–27 18–25 18–21 USA Marino 17 Harmon 7 Marino 17 Thompson 15 Leslie, Fowles 6 Taurasi 5 Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing 11,083 Luigi Lamonica (ITA) Quarterfinal #eee 2008 8 19 20:00 https://archive.today/20130624195447/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/olym/wom/scheResu/p/eventid/4005/gamename/A/groupname/33/langlc/en/roundid/6447/fe_scheStat_boxScor.html Report USA 104 60 25–21 26–9 26–9 27–21 KOR Fowles 26 Fowles 14 Augustus 3 Kim 14 Kim 5 Park 7 Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing 11,083 Stephen Seibel (USA) Semifinal 2008 8 21 20:00 Report RUS 52 67 16–13 16–20 8–15 12–19 USA Stepanova 14 Korstin 8 Six-way tie 1 Taurasi 21 Fowles 10 Smith 3 Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing 11,083 Cristiano Maranho (BRA) Gold Medal Final #eee 2008 8 23 22:00 https://archive.today/20130910232505/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/olym/wom/scheResu/p/eventid/4005/gamename/A/groupname/38/langlc/en/roundid/6447/fe_scheStat_boxScor.html Report USA 92 65 22–15 25–15 22–24 23–11 AUS Lawson 15 Leslie 7 Thompson 4 Jackson 20 Jackson 10 Grima 2 Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing 11,083 Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE) See also 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics United States women's national basketball team References External links 2004 Olympics, Women's Basketball: Standings and Stats at Basketball-Reference.com United States olympic Category:United States at the Olympic women's basketball tournament