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| club               = '''1984 United States women's Olympic basketball team'''
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| manager            = [[Pat Summitt]]
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| league             = [[Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Summer Olympics]]
| league result      = {{Olympic Gold medal}}
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| prevseason         = [[1976 United States women's Olympic basketball team|1976]]
| nextseason         = [[1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team|1988]]
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The '''1984 United States women's Olympic basketball team''' competed in the [[Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Games of the XXIII Olympiad]], representing the [[United States of America]]. The U.S. women's Olympic team won their first gold medal at the event having previously finished runner-up in the [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Olympics]] and not having competed in the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Olympics]] due to the [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|Olympic boycott]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holmes |first1=Baxter |title=1984 Summer Olympics Revisited |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-07-sp-84olympics7-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 7, 2009}}</ref>
==Roster==
{{FIBA roster header|team=United States women's national basketball team – 1984 Summer Olympics
| color1 = #FFFFFF | bg1 = #002B54 | color2 = #FFFFFF | bg2 = #E31937}}
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{{FIBA player| num =  | nat = USA  | name = Cathy Boswell | pos = G | m = 1.75 | year = 1962 | month = 11 | date = 10 | compyear = 1984 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 29 | clublink = [[United States women's national basketball team|U.S. national team]]}}
{{FIBA player| num =  | nat = USA  | name = Denise Curry | pos = F | m = 1.85 | year = 1959 | month = 8 | date = 22 | compyear = 1984 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 29 | clublink = [[United States women's national basketball team|U.S. national team]]}}
{{FIBA player| num =  | nat = USA | name = Anne Donovan | pos = C | m = 2.03 | year = 1961 | month = 11 | date = 1 | compyear = 1984 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 29 | clublink = [[Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion]]}}
{{FIBA player| num =  | nat = USA | name = Teresa Edwards | pos = SG | m = 1.80 | year = 1964 | month = 7 | date = 19 | compyear = 1984 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 29 | clublink = [[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]]}}
{{FIBA player| num =  | nat = USA | name = Lea Henry | pos = G | m = 1.63 | year = 1961 | month = 11 | date = 22 | compyear = 1984 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 29 | clublink = [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]}}
{{FIBA player| num =  | nat = USA | name = Janice Lawrence Braxton | alt = Janice Lawrence | pos = F | m = 1.89 | year = 1962 | month = 6 | date = 7 | compyear = 1984 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 29 | clublink = [[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]]}}
{{FIBA player| num =  | nat = USA  | name = Pamela McGee | pos = PF | m = 1.91 | year = 1962 | month = 12 | date = 1 | compyear = 1984 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 29 | clublink = [[USC Trojans women's basketball|USC]]}}
{{FIBA player| num =  | nat = USA | name = Carol Menken-Schaudt | pos = C | m = 1.94 | year = 1957 | month = 11 | date = 23 | compyear = 1984 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 29 | clublink = [[United States women's national basketball team|U.S. national team]]}}
{{FIBA player| num =  | nat = USA | name = Cheryl Miller  | pos = SF | m = 1.88 | year = 1964 | month = 1 | date = 3 | compyear = 1984 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 29 | clublink = [[USC Trojans women's basketball|USC]]}}
{{FIBA player| num =  | nat = USA  | name = Kim Mulkey | pos = PG | m = 1.63 | year = 1962 | month = 5 | date = 17 | compyear = 1984 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 29 | clublink = [[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]]}}
{{FIBA player| num =  | nat = USA | name = Cindy Noble | pos = C | m = 1.93 | year = 1958 | month = 11 | date = 14 | compyear = 1984 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 29 | clublink = [[United States women's national basketball team|U.S. national team]]}}
{{FIBA player| num =  | nat = USA  | name = Lynette Woodard | pos = SG | m = 1.83 | year = 1959 | month = 8 | date = 12 | compyear = 1984 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 29 | clublink = [[United States women's national basketball team|U.S. national team]]}}
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{{FIBA roster footer
| head_coach = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Summitt]]
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* '''Club''' – describes last<br />club before the tournament
* '''Age''' – describes age<br />on July 29, 1984
* '''Source''' – <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1984/BAS/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044147/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1984/BAS/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=United States Basketball at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=16 July 2018}}</ref>
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==Results==
{{main|Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics#Women's tournament}}
=== Group stage ===
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date= July 30 |place= [[The Forum (Inglewood, California)|The Forum, Inglewood, California]]
|time=
|teamA={{Bkw-rt|YUG}} |scoreA=55
|teamB='''{{Bkw|USA}}''' |scoreB='''83'''
|H1=29–'''43'''
|H2=26–'''40'''
|report=<ref name=FIBA>{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid/WOLYW/sid/2948/_/1984_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women/group-standing.html |title=1984 Olympic Games Tournament for Women: Group Standing |work=FIBA Archive}}</ref>
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee  |date= July 31 |place= [[The Forum (Inglewood, California)|The Forum, Inglewood, California]]
|time=
|teamA={{Bkw-rt|AUS}} |scoreA=47
|teamB='''{{Bkw|USA}}''' |scoreB='''81'''
|H1=28–'''51'''
|H2=19–'''30'''
|report=<ref name=FIBA/>
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date= August 2 |place= [[The Forum (Inglewood, California)|The Forum, Inglewood, California]]
|time=
|teamA='''{{Bkw-rt|USA}}''' |scoreA='''84'''
|teamB={{Bkw|KOR|1984}} |scoreB=47
|H1='''40'''–20
|H2='''44'''–27
|report=<ref name=FIBA/>
}}
=== Semifinal ===
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee  |date= August 3 |place= [[The Forum (Inglewood, California)|The Forum, Inglewood, California]]
|time=
|teamA={{Bkw-rt|CHN}} |scoreA=55
|teamB='''{{Bkw|USA}}''' |scoreB='''91'''
|H1=26–'''38'''
|H2=29–'''53'''
|report=<ref name=FIBA/>
}}
=== Gold Medal Final ===
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date= August 5 |place= [[The Forum (Inglewood, California)|The Forum, Inglewood, California]]
|time=
|teamA={{Bkw-rt|CAN}} |scoreA=61
|teamB='''{{Bkw|USA}}''' |scoreB='''92'''
|H1=31–'''41'''
|H2=30–'''51'''
|report=<ref name=FIBA/>
}}
==See also==
* [[1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[United States women's national basketball team]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/womens-olympics/1984.html 1984 Olympics, Women's Basketball: Standings and Stats] at [[Basketball-Reference.com]]
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{{United States Women Basketball Squad 1984 Summer Olympics}}
{{Summer Olympics women's basketball tournament winners}}
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