The Women’s Basketball Championship in the 2024 Paris Olympics will begin on July 28. Basketball has been a part of the Olympics since 1936, while women’s basketball was introduced to the Olympics in 1976.
Since then, the game has been featured 12 times, and like the men’s team, the USA women’s basketball team is also the most successful in the Olympics with 10 gold medals out of 12 editions. In the following listicle, we will have a look at the last winners of women’s basketball in the Olympics.
Olympics Winners in Women’s Basketball
5. United States – 2004
This was USA’s sixth consecutive gold medal in women’s basketball since their first gold in 1984. They defeated Australia women by 74-63 in the gold medal match of women’s basketball at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
4. United States – 2008
The seventh consecutive gold medal for the United States in women’s basketball in the Olympics came in 2008. This time again, they defeated Australia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics final by 92-65 to add another gold to their Olympics medal tally.
3. United States – 2012
The United States won their eighth gold medal in women’s basketball at the 2012 London Olympics. They defeated France by 86-50 in the final to add another gold to their medal tally.
2. United States – 2016
The United States won another gold medal in women’s basketball at the 2016 Rio Olympics. They defeated Spain by 101-72 in the gold medal match in Rio to win their ninth gold in women’s basketball.
1. United States – 2020
The 10th consecutive gold medal for the USA in women’s basketball in the Olympics came at the Tokyo Olympics. Successfully defending their title by defeating Japan by 90-75 in the final, the United States women’s basketball team won another gold.