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  2. Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The last three berths were allocated from the European qualifying tournament, held in the Netherlands, two months before Olympics tournament. For the women's tournament, qualification was decided by a tournament held in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , where the top six teams earned a spot.

  3. 1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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    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.

  5. Olympic men's basketball gold medal winners: Complete list of ...

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    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.

  6. List of Olympic medalists in basketball - Wikipedia

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    After a protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the United States boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics. [2] The Soviet Union boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in response. [3] [4] Both boycotts affected basketball at the Olympics, as both had successful basketball teams at the time. Until 1992, the Olympics were restricted to ...

  7. List of 1988 Summer Olympics medal winners - Wikipedia

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    2:26.71 (WR) Huang Xiaomin China: 2:27.49 Antoaneta Frenkeva Bulgaria: 2:28.34 100 m butterfly details: Kristin Otto East Germany: 59.00 (OR) Birte Weigang East Germany: 59.45 Hong Qian China: 59.52 200 m butterfly details: Kathleen Nord East Germany: 2:09.51 Birte Weigang East Germany: 2:09.91 Mary T. Meagher United States: 2:10.80 200 m ...

  8. 1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team

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    The 1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, held in Seoul, South Korea. [1] The U.S. women's Olympic team won their second gold medal at the event, defeating Yugoslavia in the Gold Medal finals. [2]

  9. United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    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 ...