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Basketball At The 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's tournament of basketball at the 1992 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 * * * * * * * * 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 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 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This was the second (after 1968) "Olympic Games" to be held in a Spanish-speaking nation, then followed by the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Beginning in 1994, the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the Summer and Winter Olympics in alternating even-numbered years. The 1992 Summer and Winter Olympics were the last games to be staged in the same year. This games was the second and last two consecutive Olympic games to be held in Western Europe after the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France held five months earlier. The 1992 Summer Games were the first since the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Vigil
Olga Lidia Vigil Gómez (born August 26, 1970 in Havana) is a retired female basketball player from Cuba. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ..., finishing in fourth (1992) and in sixth place (1996) with the Women's National Team. Referencessports-reference 1970 births Living people Cuban women's basketball players Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Cuba Basketball players from Havana {{Cuba-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milayda Enríquez
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Silvia Todeschini
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Hortência Marcari
Hortência Maria de Fátima Marcari (born September 23, 1959) is a former basketball player who is often considered to be one of the greatest female basketball players in Brazil, along with Paula, and regarded by specialists as one of the world's greatest female basketball players of all time. Marcari is a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted in 2002), the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted in 2005), and FIBA Hall of Fame (inducted in 2007). She is known in her country as Hortência, and her nickname is ''The Queen''. Biography Born in Potirendaba, São Paulo, Brazil, Hortência is of Italian background, her grandparents having moved to Brazil from that European nation. Hortência's father was a laborer. When Hortência was ten years old, her family moved to São Paulo, and Hortência became interested in sports. Her family disapproved of her choice to play sports, since her father had been disabled on the field and they wanted her to work bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelena Shvaybovich
Yelena Shvaybovich ( be, Алена Швайбовіч; born 3 February 1966 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR) is a Belarusian former basketball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. She also won EuroBasket 1989 Women as a member of Soviet Union women's national basketball team The Soviet Union women's national basketball team was the women's basketball side that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own n .... Russian References 1966 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Costalunga
Anna Costalunga (born 24 January 1970) is an Italian former basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * 1970 births Living people Italian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Italy Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Province of Vicenza People from Schio {{Italy-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catarina Pollini
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Elena Tornikidou
Elena Tornikidou (born 27 May 1965) is an Uzbekistani-Russian former basketball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. She played for the Detroit Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league. It is composed of twelve teams, all based in the United States. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the Natio ... (WNBA) from 1999 to 2001. References 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Tashkent Russian women's basketball players Uzbekistani women's basketball players Pontic Greeks Uzbekistani people of Greek descent Soviet people of Greek descent Russian people of Greek descent Olympic basketball players of the Unified Team Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in basketball Soviet women's basketball players Medalists at the 1992 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamilé Martínez
Yamilé Martínez Calderón (born November 11, 1970 in Cueto, Holguín) is a women's basketball player from Cuba. Playing as a center she won the gold medal with the Cuba women's national basketball team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Martínez also competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...), finishing in fourth, sixth and ninth place in the final rankings. Her first name is sometimes also spelled as Yamilet. ReferencesFIBA Profile 1970 births Living people Cuban women's basketball players Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2000 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Rossi (basketball)
Francesca Rossi (born 2 June 1968) is an Italian former basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * 1968 births Living people Italian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Italy Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Forlì {{Italy-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mara Fullin
Mara Fullin (born 13 January 1965 in Venice) is a former Italian women's professional basketball player. She was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2014. Club career Fullin played throughout her career for AS Vicenza and Pool Comense, winning seven EuroLeague Women titles. She retired in 1998. Italian national team Fullin was a member of the senior Italian women's national team for thirteen years, taking part in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also played at the 1990 FIBA World Championship for Women, and at five EuroBasket Women tournaments. in FIBA
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