Highest margin of victory in an Olympic basketball final (female)

The USA won their fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal at the London 2012 Games when they swept aside France 86-50 at the North Greenwich Arena, UK, on 11 August. Their 36-point margin of victory was the largest in the 36-year history of the women's basketball final at the Olympics. Earlier in the tournament, the USA beat Canada by 43 points, China by 48 points and Angola by 52 points. The previous record for the highest margin of victory in the women's final at the Olympic Games was 31 points and was set in Moscow, Russia, on 30 July 1980 when the Soviet Union defeated Bulgaria 104-73. The USA women won their record seventh Olympic basketball title at London 2012 (see separate record). Women's basketball became an Olympic Sport in 1976. The Soviet Union won the first two tournaments and the Unified Team (a team consisting of 12 of the 15 former Soviet republics) took the title in 1992. The United States team that won gold at London 2012 were: Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Tamika Catchings, Tina Charles, Sylvia Fowles, Asjha Jones, Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi (see record ID 65219) and Lindsay Whalen. Including the final, the USA have now won 41 consecutive Olympic basketball matches, a winning streak that dates back to Barcelona 1992.