American women's basketball team attend the awarding ceremony of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games basketball event at Olympic Basketball Gymnasium in Beijing, China, Aug. 23, 2008. The U.S., Australia and Russia won the gold, silver and bronze medal of the event respectively.

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Defending champions United States won their fourth consecutive Olympic women's basketball gold medal on Saturday, beating Australia 92-65 in the third final between two sides since the 2000 Olympics.

The U.S. led the first half 47-30.