Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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14th Basketball Olympic Tournament
Atlanta 1996
Tournament details
Olympics 1996 Summer Olympics
Host nation  United States
City Atlanta
Duration July 20 – August 4
Men's teams 12
Men's medals:
Gold medal.svg Gold medalists  United States
Silver medal.svg Silver medalists  Yugoslavia
Bronze medal.svg Bronze medalists  Lithuania
Women's teams 12
Women's medals:
Gold medal.svg Gold medalists  United States
Silver medal.svg Silver medalists  Brazil
Bronze medal.svg Bronze medalists  Australia

Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games were held from July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996. Games took place in the Morehouse College Gymnasium and in the Georgia Dome. For the second straight Olympic games, the American men's team composed almost completely of NBA players won the gold medal.

This was also the last Olympics before the founding of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the United States, and it has been the only Summer Olympics to take place in a city with an NBA team – since the International Olympic Committee started allowing these professional players to compete – because Atlanta is the home of the Atlanta Hawks team. The Summer Olympics have never returned to the United States or to Canada (Toronto) since then.

Contents

Medalists [edit]

See also: List of Olympic medalists in basketball
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  United States (USA)
Charles Barkley
Penny Hardaway
Grant Hill
Hakeem Olajuwon
Karl Malone
Reggie Miller
Shaquille O'Neal
Gary Payton
Scottie Pippen
Mitch Richmond
David Robinson
John Stockton		  Yugoslavia (YUG)
Dejan Tomašević
Miroslav Berić
Dejan Bodiroga
Željko Rebrača
Predrag Danilović
Vlade Divac
Aleksandar Đorđević
Saša Obradović
Žarko Paspalj
Zoran Savić
Nikola Lončar
Milenko Topić
  Lithuania (LTU)
Arvydas Sabonis
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Darius Lukminas
Saulius Štombergas
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Mindaugas Žukauskas
Gintaras Einikis
Andrius Jurkūnas
Artūras Karnišovas
Rytis Vaišvila
Tomas Pačėsas
Women's  United States (USA)
Teresa Edwards
Dawn Staley
Ruthie Bolton
Sheryl Swoopes
Jennifer Azzi
Lisa Leslie
Carla McGhee
Katy Steding
Katrina Felicia McClain
Rebecca Lobo
Venus Lacy
Nikki McCray		  Brazil (BRA)
Hortência Marcari Oliva
Maria Angelica
Adriana Aparecida Santos
Leila Sobral
Maria Paula Silva
Janeth Arcain
Roseli Gustavo
Marta Sobral
Silvinha
Alessandra Santos de Oliveira
Cintia Santos
Claudia Maria Pastor
  Australia (AUS)
Robyn Maher
Allison Cook
Sandy Brondello
Michele Timms
Shelley Sandie
Trisha Fallon
Michelle Chandler
Fiona Robinson
Carla Boyd
Jenny Whittle
Rachael Sporn
Michelle Brogan

With U.S.A. winning the gold medal, Scottie Pippen would become the first person to win NBA championship and Olympic gold medal in the same year twice, having played for Chicago Bulls in the NBA Finals.[1] He had played for the Bulls in 1992 and later that year, for the "Dream Team" at the Barcelona Olympics.

Qualification [edit]

An NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. The reigning world champions and the host country qualify automatically, as do the winners of the five continental championships, plus the runner-up and third place from the Americas, the runner-up from Asia and the second through fourth places from the Europe tournament. For the women's tournament, the extra teams consisted of the runner-up from the Americas, in addition to the second and third places from Asia and Europe.

Men [edit]

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualifiers
 Angola  Puerto Rico
 Argentina
 Brazil		  China
 Korea		  FR Yugoslavia
 Lithuania
 Croatia
 Greece		  Australia  United States – World champions and Olympic hosts

Women [edit]

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualifiers
 Zaire  Canada
 Cuba		  China
 Korea
 Japan		  Ukraine
 Italy
 Russia		  Australia  Brazil – World champions
 United States – Olympic hosts

Format [edit]

  • Twelve teams are split into two preliminary round groups of six teams each.
  • The top four teams from both groups qualify for the knockout stage.
  • Fifth and sixth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 9th–12th places in the final ranking.
  • In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
    • The four 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.

Tie-breaking criteria:

  1. Head to head results
  2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Teams [edit]

Men [edit]

The men's event involved twelve teams split equally into two groups.

See also: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Group A:

Group B:

Women [edit]

The women's event involved 12 teams split in two groups.

See also: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Group A:

Group B:

Men's tournament [edit]

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's basketball
1996 men's teams.

Preliminary round [edit]

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A [edit]

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 United States 5 0 522 345 +177 10
 Lithuania 3 2 427 354 +73 8 1W–0L
 Croatia 3 2 422 386 +36 8 0W–1L
 China 2 3 360 502 −142 7 1W–0L
 Argentina 2 3 351 396 −45 7 0W–1L
 Angola 0 5 280 379 −99 5
July 20 China  70–67  Angola    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 20 United States  96–68  Argentina    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 20 Lithuania  83–81  Croatia    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 22 Angola  54–87  United States    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 22 Croatia  109–78  China    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 22 Argentina  65–61  Lithuania    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 24 Croatia  71–48  Angola    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 24 Lithuania  82–104  United States    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 24 China  87–77  Argentina    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 26 Angola  49–85  Lithuania    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 26 Argentina  75–90  Croatia    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 26 United States  133–70  China    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 28 Argentina  66–62  Angola    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 28 China  55–116  Lithuania    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 28 Croatia  71–102  United States    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

Group B [edit]

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 FR Yugoslavia 5 0 478 364 +114 10
 Australia 4 1 492 438 +54 9
 Greece 3 2 402 416 −14 8
 Brazil 2 3 498 494 +4 7
 Puerto Rico 1 4 447 465 −18 6
 Korea 0 5 422 562 −140 5
July 20 Australia  111–88  Korea    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 20 Puerto Rico  98–101  Brazil    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 20 Greece  63–71  FR Yugoslavia    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 22 Korea  86–98  Puerto Rico    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 22 FR Yugoslavia  91–68  Australia    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 22 Brazil  87–89  Greece    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 24 FR Yugoslavia  118–65  Korea    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 24 Greece  80–69  Puerto Rico    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 24 Australia  109–101  Brazil    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 26 Korea  86–108  Greece    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 26 Brazil  82–101  FR Yugoslavia    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 26 Puerto Rico  96–101  Australia    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 28 Brazil  127–97  Korea    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 28 Australia  103–62  Greece    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 28 FR Yugoslavia  97–86  Puerto Rico    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

Knockout stage [edit]

Championship bracket [edit]

  Quarterfinals (July 30) Semifinals (August 1) Gold medal (August 3)
                           
  B1   FR Yugoslavia 128  
A4   China 61  
  B1   FR Yugoslavia 66  
  A2   Lithuania 58  
A2   Lithuania 99
  B3   Greece 66  
    B1   FR Yugoslavia 69
  A1   United States 95
  B2   Australia 73  
A3   Croatia 71  
  B2   Australia 73 Bronze medal (August 3)
  A1   United States 101  
A1   United States 98 A2   Lithuania 80
  B4   Brazil 75   B2   Australia 74

Classification brackets [edit]

9th–12th Place

  July 30     9th place (August 3)
                 
  B6   Korea 79  
  A5   Argentina 97    
      A5   Argentina 87
      B5   Puerto Rico 77
  A6   Angola 67    
  B5   Puerto Rico 76   11th place (August 3)
 
B6   Korea 61
  A6   Angola 99

5th–8th Place

  August 1     5th place (August 3)
                 
  A4   China 75  
  B3   Greece 115    
      B4   Brazil 72
      B3   Greece 91
  B4   Brazil 78    
  A3   Croatia 70   7th place (August 3)
 
A3   Croatia 99
  A4   China 85

Women's tournament [edit]

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's basketball
1996 women's teams.

Preliminary round [edit]

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A [edit]

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 Brazil 5 0 424 360 +64 10
 Russia 4 1 378 342 +36 9
 Italy 3 2 330 309 +21 8
 Japan 2 3 365 396 −31 7
 China 1 4 347 378 −31 6
 Canada 0 5 293 352 −59 5
July 21 Italy  62–53  China    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 21 Japan  63–73  Russia    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 21 Brazil  69–56  Canada    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 23 China  72–75  Japan    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 23 Canada  54–59  Italy    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 23 Russia  68–82  Brazil    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 25 Canada  49–61  China    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 25 Brazil  100–80  Japan    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 25 Italy  70–75  Russia    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 27 China  83–98  Brazil    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 27 Russia  68–49  Canada    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 27 Japan  52–66  Italy    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 29 Russia  94–78  China    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 29 Italy  73–75  Brazil    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 29 Canada  85–95  Japan    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

Group B [edit]

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 United States 5 0 507 339 +168 10
 Ukraine 3 2 354 358 −4 8 1W–0L
 Australia 3 2 369 319 +50 8 0W–1L
 Cuba 2 3 365 377 −12 7 1W–0L
 Korea 2 3 347 389 −42 7 0W–1L
 Zaire 0 5 287 447 −160 5
July 21 Korea  61–76  Australia    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 21 Zaire  65–81  Ukraine    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 21 United States  101–84  Cuba    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 23 Australia  91–45  Zaire    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 23 Cuba  70–55  Korea    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 23 Ukraine  65–98  United States    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 25 Cuba  63–75  Australia    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 25 United States  107–47  Zaire    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 25 Korea  72–67  Ukraine    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 27 Australia  79–96  United States    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 27 Ukraine  87–75  Cuba    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 27 Zaire  71–95  Korea    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 29 Ukraine  54–48  Australia    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 29 Korea  64–105  United States    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta
July 29 Cuba  73–59  Zaire    Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

Knockout stage [edit]

Championship bracket [edit]

  Quarterfinals (July 31) Semifinals (August 2) Gold medal (August 4)
                           
  B1   Brazil 101  
A4   Cuba 69  
  B1   Brazil 81  
  A2   Ukraine 60  
A2   Ukraine 59
  B3   Italy 50  
    B1   Brazil 87
  A1   United States 111
  B2   Russia 70  
A3   Australia 74  
  A3   Australia 71 Bronze medal (August 4)
  A1   United States 93  
A1   United States 108 A2   Ukraine 56
  B4   Japan 93   A3   Australia 66

Classification brackets [edit]

9th–12th Place

  July 31     9th place (August 3)
                 
  B6   Zaire 67  
  A5   China 91    
      A5   China 85
      B5   Korea 71
  A6   Canada 79    
  B5   Korea 88   11th place (August 3)
 
B6   Zaire 46
  A6   Canada 88

5th–8th Place

  August 1     5th place (August 3)
                 
  A4   Japan 69  
  A2   Russia 80    
      B4   Cuba 74
      A2   Russia 91
  B4   Cuba 78    
  A3   Italy 70   7th place (August 3)
 
A3   Italy 69
  A4   Japan 81

Final standings [edit]

Rank Men Women
Team Pld W L Team Pld W L
1  United States 8 8 0  United States 8 8 0
2  FR Yugoslavia 8 7 1  Brazil 8 7 1
3  Lithuania 8 5 3  Australia 8 5 3
4th  Australia 8 5 3  Ukraine 8 4 4
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th  Greece 8 5 3  Russia 8 6 2
6th  Brazil 8 3 5  Cuba 8 3 5
7th  Croatia 8 4 4  Japan 8 3 5
8th  China 8 2 6  Italy 8 3 5
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th  Argentina 7 4 3  China 7 3 4
10th  Puerto Rico 7 2 5  Korea 7 3 4
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th  Angola 7 1 6  Canada 7 1 6
12th  Korea 7 0 7  Zaire 7 0 7

References [edit]

  1. ^ Smith, Sam (August 4,1996). "DREAM TEAM'S SLEEPWALK ENDS WITH GOLD MEDAL". Chicago Tribune. p. 1. 
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