Are you an Olympic basketball expert? Let's find out. Scroll down to see the answers (but don't cheat)!

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1) What year did women’s basketball make its Olympic debut?

Answer: Women’s basketball joined the Olympic slate at the 1976 Games in Montreal.

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2) Which player has scored the most career points in the Olympics?

Answer: Lauren Jackson is the all-time cumulative scorer in the Olympics.

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3) How many gold medals has Team USA won?

Answer: Team USA has won nine gold medals in women’s basketball.

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4) Which Olympic games were the first to include women’s 3x3 basketball?

Answer: The 3x3 event was introduced at the Tokyo 2020 Games, where the USA won gold, Russia won silver, and China won bronze.

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5) The highest-scoring game in the Olympics happened between Brazil and Japan in 2004. What was the combined point total?

Answer: The highest combined score in an Olympic game was 194 points, with Brazil scoring 128 and Japan scoring 66.

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6) Team USA has the longest win streak of any women’s basketball team in Olympic history. Before the 2024 Games, how many consecutive games has Team USA won?

Answer: Team USA had won 55 games in a row before the start of the Paris Olympics.

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7) Who was the first player to have 40 Olympic wins to their name?

Answer: Diana Taurasi is the first male or female player to amass 40 Olympic wins. She is the all-time winningest Olympian in basketball.

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8) How many teams other than the USA have won the gold medal in women’s basketball?

Answer: Only two other teams have won the gold medal: the Soviet Union (1976, 1980) and the Olympic Unified Team (1991).