UNITED STATES 2012 BASKETBALL OLYMPIC MEDALS
Men
Team
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Tyson Chandler
Kevin Durant
Lebron James
Russell Westbrook
Deron Williams
Andre Iguodala
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Love
James Harden
Chris Paul
Anthony Davis
Carmelo Anthony
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Women
Team
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Lindsay Whalen
Seimone Augustus
Sue Bird
Maya Moore
Angel McCoughtry
Asjha Jones
Tamika Catchings
Swin Cash
Diana Taurasi
Sylvia Fowles
Tina Charles
Candace Parker
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The United
States largely dominated the basketball's olympic tournament. The USA tem won
both men's and women's gold medals, repeating its results from four years
earlier. Moreover, since 1996, the U.S. won every tournament for men and women,
except the 2004 men's competition, won by Argentina. The US teams became more
hegemonic after the Socialism collapse and the entry of profissional players in
the Olympic competition. MEN.The United States won with the gold medal in
Olympic men's basketball tournament again. The US team defeated its opponents
by a large margin of points, except in two games. In the first round, the US
team defeated France (98-71), Tunisia (110-63), Nigeria (156-73), record of
points, Lithuania (99-94), its toughest match, and Argentina (126-97 ). In the
quarter-finals, US defeated Australia by 119-86. In the semifinal, the US faced
Argentina again, but this time the score was lower than in the previous game
(109-83). In the final USA team played against Spain, as in 2008, and repeated
its victory, this time by 107-100. WOMEN. The United States easily won the
Olympic gold medal, winning all its games. In the first stage, the US team won
all five games, defeating Croatia (81-56), Angola (90-38), Turkey (89-58), the
traditional Czech Republic (88-61) and the formerly strong China (114 -66). In
the quarter-finals, the US defeated easily Canada (91-48). The semifinal
against Australia demanded a greater work of the U.S. athletes, who won the
game by 86-73, their outcome tighter during the Games. In the final game, the
USA team easily defeated France (86-50).
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