The team has been undefeated on the Olympic stage since 1996.
will mark the 12th appearance of the sport. Of the 11 gold medals awarded so far, eight have gone to the American women, who have been undefeated on the Olympic stage since 1996. Only two other women's teams have won gold at the Olympics: the Soviet Union and the 1992"Unified Team," comprised of athletes from former Soviet countries.
For those crunching the numbers at home, this means that the US women's basketball team has won Olympic gold at a rate of 73 percent. For comparison, the men's team has taken home gold in 15 out of 19 Olympic tournaments , and has been undefeated since 2008.Historically, basketball is one of the sports that American women have been most dominant in, along with soccer, gymnastics, and the much more recent addition of softball.
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