Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Preliminary games occurred at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, with the final phase staged at the Accor Arena (referred to as the Bercy Arena due to IOC rules disallowing Olympic host venues to be named after corporate sponsors) in Paris.[1][2] The United States won the gold medal after defeating France in the final.[3] Australia captured the bronze medal with a win over Belgium.[4] Diana Taurasi of the victorious American women's national team became the only basketball player with six Olympic gold medals, joining dressage equestrian Isabell Werth of Germany and Hungarian sabre fencer Aladar Gerevich as the only Olympians to win six gold medals in the same event.For broadcast purposes, defending champions the United States and hosts France were both to be drawn into either Group B or C.[11] The seeding was announced on 15 March 2024.