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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]
The following is the Australia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics. [ 2 ] Australia men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
The four teams eliminated from the quarterfinals form an additional bracket to decide 5th–8th places in the final ranking. The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1. The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.
This was the last Olympic basketball tournament where NBA players were not allowed to participate; FIBA instituted a rule change in 1989 that lifted that restriction, leading to the dominance of 1992's Dream Team. [1] [2]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 August 2024. U.S. Olympic team (1996) 1996 United States men's Olympic basketball team Head coach Lenny Wilkens 1996 Summer Olympics Scoring leader Charles Barkley 12.4 Rebounding leader Charles Barkley 6.6 Assists leader Gary Payton 4.5 ← 1992 2000 → The men's national basketball team of the ...
This was the second largest Olympic Games point differential, surpassed only by the 53.5 point per game margin achieved by the 1956 US Men's Basketball Team. The Dream Team was the first to score more than 100 points in every game. Its 117.3 average was over 15 points more than the 1960 US team. [42]
January 5 — Pete Maravich, American Hall of Fame NBA player (Atlanta Hawks, New Orleans Jazz) (born 1947) February 9 — Joe Reiff , All-American college player ( Northwestern ) (born 1911) March 8 — Gordon Carpenter , American AAU player and Olympic Gold medalist ( 1948 ) (born 1919)
5.9 1988 Olympic Games. ... 22 October 1964 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) ... Yugoslavia men's national basketball team roster Players Coaches Pos. No.