PLACINGS
1. U.S.A.
2. Cuba
3. CANADA
4. Bulgaria
5. U.S.S.R.
6. Poland
7. Yugoslavia
8. Mexico
9. Brazil
10. Egypt
11. Costa Rica
12. Togo
13. Hong Kong 		CANADIANS
Candace Clarkson (Brantford, Ont.)
Chris Critelli (St. Catharines, Ont.)
Sharon Douglas
Luanne Hebb
Debbie Huband (Ottawa, Ont.)
Holly Jackson-Pederson
Dori McPhail
Bev Smith (Armstrong, B.C.)
Debbie Steele
Sylvia Sweeney (Montreal, Que.)
Carol Turney-Loos (Victoria, B.C.)
Gail Winston
Don McCrae – coach
Sally Kemp – manager
Sandy Gilmour – trainer
  POOL A USA CAN COS Record  
  United States —– 92-78 132-34 (2-0)  
  Canada 78-92 —– 122-18 (1-1)  
  Costa Rica 18-122 34-122 —– (0-2)  
             
  POOL B POL MEX BRZ Record  
  Poland —– 54-43   (2-0)  
  Mexico 43-54 —– 73-59 (1-1)  
  Brazil   59-73 —– (0-2)  
             
  POOL C USSR YUG TOG Record  
  Soviet Union —– 78-66   (2-0)  
  Yugoslavia 66-78 —– 115-53 (1-1)  
  Togo   53-115 —– (0-2)  
             
  POOL D BUL CUB EGY HKG Record  
  Bulgaria —– 63-64   166-22 (3-0)  
  Cuba 64-63 —– 120-39   (2-1)  
  Egypt   39-120 —–   (1-2)  
  Hong Kong 22-166     —– (0-3)  
               
  CONSOLATION 9-13 BRZ EGY COS TOG HKG Record  
  Brazil —– 91-71   80-49   (4-0)  
  Egypt 71-91 —– 59-57   89-39 (3-1)  
  Costa Rica   57-59 —– 54-46   (2-2)  
  Togo 49-80   46-54 —– 72-39 (1-3)  
  Hong Kong   39-89   39-72 —– (0-4)  
                 
  MEDALS POOL E CAN POL BUL YUG Record  
  Canada —– 73-77 65-62 58-48 (2-1)  
  Poland 77-73 —–   76-66 (2-1)  
  Bulgaria 62-65   —– 97-65 (2-1)  
  Yugoslavia 48-58 66-76 65-97 —– (0-3)  
               
  MEDALS F USA CUB USSR MEX Record  
  United States —– 105-74 83-81 78-52 (3-0)  
  Cuba 74-105 —– 69-66   (2-1)  
  Soviet Union 81-83 66-69 —– 99-51 (1-2)  
  Mexico 52-78   51-99 —– (0-3)  
               
  5-8th Soviet Union 78 Yugoslavia 66
  5-8th Poland 54 Mexico 43
  semi United States 68 Canada 62
  semi Cuba 64 Bulgaria 63
  7th Yugoslavia 76 Mexico 45
  5th Soviet Union 74 Poland 52
  Bronze Canada 67 Bulgaria 61
  Final United States 73 Cuba 60
     

        Canada defeated Costa Rica 122-18 as Carol Loos scored 22 and Dori McPhail 16. “It’s a most difficult situation when you know you’re going to do well and win quite easily,” Canadian coach Don McCrae told Canadian Press. “So we try and get the girls to make some kind of a mental plan for playing this game and we want to make sure offensively we keep playing quickly and don’t play sloppy.”

        The United States dumped Canada 92-78 as Carol Blazejowski scored 22, Wayment 8, Groover 7, Miller 7, Woodard 6, Okkowski 6, Turner 6, Beasley 4 and Rouse 2, while Noble and Chason were scoreless. Chris Critelli paced Canada with 29. Carol Turney-Loos added 19, Smith 10, Deb Huband 6, Clarkson 4, Steele 4 and Dignard 2, while Hebb was scoreless. The US hit 35-xx from the floor and 22-30 from the line. Canada hit 26-xx from the floor and 26-43 from the line. Canada led 45-40 at the half. The score was tied 57-57 with 12 minutes to play, but the U.S. then started pulling away and scored 12 of the next 14 points to take a 69-59 lead. Canada never got closer than 8.

        Canada finished (1-1) in pool play and advanced to a semis pool with Poland, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia.

        In their medals pool opener, Canada was stunned 77-73 by Poland, a team they’d beaten by 14 in an exhibition match two weeks earlier. Bev Smith scored 18. Sylvia Sweeney, making her first appearance in the tournament after injuring her foot shortly before the Games began, added 10.

        Canada then knocked off Bulgaria 65-62 in a thriller as Sylvia Sweeney scored 16. “The Poland game woke us up. Even in that one, we refused to quit and we were ready for Bulgaria,” coach Don McCrae said.

        Canada finishes (2-1) and advanced to the semis on pointspread.

        In the semis, the United States clipped Canada 68-62. Canada led 40-31 at the half. But the US held them to 20 points in the second half on sterling defence. Carol Blazejowski, who scored 19, rallied the Americans with 13 points in the second half to give the U.S. a 58-52 lead with 6:30 to play. Canada fell behind early by 23-20 but exploded for eight unanswered points, including four free throws by Candy Clarkson and buckets from Chris Critelli and Bev Smith. Sylvia Sweeney added a pair free throws and Smith hit a 10-footer to give Canada a 40-31 lead at the break. “A couple of things happened to us in the second half,” Canadian coach Don McCrae told Associated Press. “We ran out of steam and as a result we didn’t play very good defence. The other thing was that in the second half we tried the same things that worked for us in the first half. Maybe we should have tried to accelerate the pace of the game instead of trying to hold our patterns.” Carol Turney-Loos paced Canada with 18. Bev Smith added 14 and Sylvia Sweeney 11. “When I went into the dressing room after the game, I commended the team on their poise,” McCrae said. “They executed our game plan perfectly in the first half. In the second we should have changed and that was my responsibility. We just need a little more depth and we’ll be Olympic medal contenders.”

        In the bronze medal match, Canada rallied to defeat Bulgaria 67-61. Carol Turney Loos paced Canada with 20. Bulgaria led 33-27 at the half. “Last night (in the semis against the U.S.), things didn’t go so well at the end. We were ahead and uptight. Tonight, we were down and came back. It seems that sometimes it is easier that way. Being ahead can put a lot of pressure on you,” Turney-Loos told Associated Press. Bev Smith scored 15 and Sylvia Sweeney 10 while holding their own against the taller Bulgarians on the boards. “Tonight, we were able to rotate our big players,” said coach Don McCrae. “That helped a lot because they didn’t get tired. We played Bulgaria in our pool in an almost identical game. I don’t think they will ever be beaten by much because they are a very good team. They were bronze medalists at the Montreal Olympics.”