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The 1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The team's head coach was John Thompson, of Georgetown University. Team USA won the tournament's bronze medal, their lowest finish to that point in any Olympic basketball tournament. [2]
South Korea men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG: 4 Lee Won-woo:
A NOC could enter one men's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the winners from the previous edition. The remaining teams were decided by the continental championships in Asia, Oceania, Africa and Americas and European qualifying tournament.
The men's 100 meter sprint was marred by the usage of performance-enhancing drugs when the initial winner, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, tested positive for banned substances after the race and was stripped of the gold medal and his world record time of 9.79 seconds, thus allowing Carl Lewis to repeat as gold medal winner. In 1989, Johnson ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. American basketball player (born 1969) Christian Laettner Laettner in 2014 Personal information Born (1969-08-17) August 17, 1969 (age 55) Angola, New York, U.S. Listed height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg) Career information High school Nichols School (Buffalo, New ...
The image on the photo was from the 1988 Oprah interview: Snopes also pointed out that in 1998, Fox News was not prominently watched . It was not known as the network it is today.
After qualifying for the Olympics with a gold medal at the 1992 Tournament of the Americas, [121] the Dream Team dominated in Olympic competition, winning the gold medal with an 8–0 record, beating their opponents by an average of 43.8 points per game. Johnson averaged 8.0 points per game during the Olympics, and his 5.5 assists per game was ...
[48] [49] After the season, Steve Smith was selected as a member of the 2nd Dream Team, the collection of NBA All-Stars who were selected to compete in the 1994 FIBA World Championship in Toronto as Team USA. [50] Dream Team II, also made up of future Heat players Shaquille O'Neal and Dan Majerle, would go on to win the tournament. [50] [51] In ...