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The women's 100 metres was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 55 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats. The top four in each heat qualified for the quarterfinals along with the four fastest remaining. [1] The world record holder and defending gold medalist Florence Griffith-Joyner had ...
The United States women's team won the bronze medal after losing to the CIS in the semifinal, suffering their third and last defeat to date in the Olympic basketball history. The men's top scorer was Oscar Schmidt with 198 points in 8 games, with an average of 24.7 points, and Drazen Petrovic was second with 187 points in 7 games, with an ...
The competition ran from July 31, 1992, to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders (eight men and six women) were among the contenders. Thirty former Olympic champions competed, and a total number of 1725 athletes from 156 countries.
Tied for third largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition [4] Game 2: China: W 93–67 +26: Group Play [4] Game 3: Spain: W 114–59 +55: Group Play [4] Game 4: Unified Team (CIS) L 73–79-6: Semifinals: Third USA loss in Olympic competition [4] Game 5: Cuba: W 88–74 +14: Bronze Medal Final: USA wins bronze medal [4] Overall record ...
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
The 1992 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXV Olympiad, held in Barcelona, Spain.. Though the U.S. women's team got off to a quick start, they suffered a shocking upset in their semifinal match against the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). [1]
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Hortência Marcari: 32 – () 24 September 1959 G: 5 Helen Luz: 19 – () 23 November 1972 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) G: 6 Nádia Bento de Lima
[7] [8] Two other Soviet republics, Estonia and Latvia, competed independently for the first time since 1936, [9] [10] while Lithuania did so for the first time since 1928. [11] South Africa, which had been excluded from the Olympics for its use of the apartheid system in sports, returned to the games for the first time since 1960. [12]