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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]
Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was the twelfth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event.It took place at the Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea from 17 September to 30 September 1988.
1988–1996 2 0 1 3 6 Krešimir Ćosić Yugoslavia: 1968, 1976–1980 1 2 0 3 7 Dražen Dalipagić Yugoslavia: 1976–1984 1 1 1 3 7 Andro Knego Yugoslavia: 1976–1984 1 1 1 3 7 Rajko Žižić Yugoslavia: 1976–1984 1 1 1 3 9 Rimas Kurtinaitis Soviet Union Lithuania: 1988 1992–1996 1 0 2 3 9 Šarūnas Marčiulionis Soviet Union Lithuania: 1988
Team USA has dominated men's 5x5 basketball at the Olympics, winning 16 of 20 gold medals since the event made its debut as a medal sport in 1936.
The men's tournament in basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul began on 17 September and ended on 30 September.. The Soviet Union won its second gold medal, defeating Yugoslavia 76–63 in the gold medal match.
Second largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition [4] Game 3: Philippines: W 121–53 +68: Preliminary Group Play: Tied for third largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition [4] Game 4: Bulgaria: W 85–44 +41: Quarterfinal Group Play [4] Game 5: Brazil: W 113–51 +62: Quarterfinal Group Play [4] Game 6: USSR: W 85–55 +30 ...
Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres † details: Carl Lewis United States 9.92 (Linford Christie Great Britain 9.97 (Calvin Smith United States 9.99 200 metres details: Joe DeLoach
The 1988 Summer Olympics (Korean: 1988년 하계 올림픽; RR: 1988-nyeon Hagye Ollimpik), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad (제24회 올림픽경기대회; Je-24-hoe Ollimpik-Gyeonggidaehoe) and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (서울 1988), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represented at the ...