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USA 85 France 75

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SYDNEY, Oct 1 (AFP) - Olympic basketball final result on Sunday:

Men's Gold Medal Match

USA 85 France 75 (HT 46-32)

USA: Smith (4), Payton (7), Carter (13), Abdur-Rahim (5), Allen (13), Baker (11), Garnett (6), Hardaway (2), Houston (8), Kidd (4), Mcdyess (3), Mourning (9).

France: Bilba (3), Dioumassi (3), Foirest (3), Julian (11), Palmer (10), Rigaudeau (10), Risacher (15), Sciarra (19), Weis (1).

Referees: Renato Santos (BRA) and Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

Box score

USA PTS 2P 3P FT AS ST TO RB FL MI

Steve Smith 4 1-2 0-1 2-2 2 1 1 0 1 14:47

Gary Payton 7 1-2 1-4 2-4 3 2 1 1 3 19:56

Vince Carter 13 2-4 2-3 3-4 2 4 1 4 4 23:51

Shareef Abdur-Rahim 5 1-2 0-0 3-4 0 0 1 0 2 7:33

Ray Allen 13 1-3 3-5 2-2 0 1 1 1 2 15:48

Vin Baker 11 3-3 0-0 5-6 1 0 2 5 4 9:41

Kevin Garnett 6 3-5 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 3 3 23:35

Tim Hardaway 2 0-0 0-2 2-4 0 0 2 1 1 9:17

Allan Houston 8 0-5 2-3 2-2 1 0 1 4 0 20:49

Jason Kidd 4 0-0 0-0 4-4 2 1 3 7 4 15:34

Antonio Mcdyess 3 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 2 2 13:23

Alonzo Mourning 9 3-5 0-0 3-3 1 0 5 7 4 25:46

France PTS 2P 3P FT AS ST TO RB FL MI

Jim Bilba 3 1-7 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 3 4 29:32

Makan Dioumassi 3 1-1 0-0 1-2 1 1 3 1 3 7:20

Laurent Foirest 3 0-3 1-1 0-0 2 1 2 1 2 15:49

Thierry Gadou 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 :31

Cyril Julian 11 4-6 0-0 3-4 0 1 0 2 4 16:25

Henry Crawford Palmer 10 4-8 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 2 4 21:27

Antoine Rigaudeau 10 1-1 1-7 5-8 2 1 5 2 4 26:57

Stephane Risacher 15 3-5 2-4 3-6 0 0 2 3 1 34:07

Laurent Sciarra 19 3-4 2-7 7-7 4 0 2 4 1 30:49

Mustapha Sonko 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 4:58

Frederic Weis 1 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 2 4 12:05

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