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Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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13th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Barcelona 1992
Image
Tournament details
Olympics1992 Summer Olympics
Host nationSpain
CityBarcelona
Duration26 July – 8 August
Men's tournament
Teams12
Medals
1 Gold medalists Image United States
2 Silver medalistsImage Croatia
3 Bronze medalists Image Lithuania
Women's tournament
Teams8
Medals
1 Gold medalists Image CIS
2 Silver medalistsImage China
3 Bronze medalists Image United States
Tournaments
← Seoul 1988  Atlanta 1996 →

Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the thirteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It included the sport of basketball's men's and women's competitions of the 1992 Summer Olympics. The games were played at the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona. 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams participated in the tournament.

This was the first time that NBA players were eligible to play in Summer Olympics basketball, following a decision of FIBA in April 1989. Until 1992, only amateurs and players from professional leagues other than the NBA were allowed to play.[1][2]

The United States men's team, which was nicknamed "The Dream Team", won the gold medal in the men's tournament by beating Croatia in the final, with Lithuania winning the bronze medal. A documentary film, The Other Dream Team, covered the progress of the Lithuanian team.[3]

The Unified Team, representing the Commonwealth of Independent States of the recently defunct Soviet Union, won the women's tournament, with China as runner-up. The United States women's team won the bronze medal after losing to the CIS in the semifinal, suffering their third and last defeat to date in the Olympic basketball history.

The men's top scorer was Oscar Schmidt with 198 points in 8 games, with an average of 24.7 points, and Drazen Petrovic was second with 187 points in 7 games, with an average of 26.7 points.

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
details		 Image United States
Christian Laettner
David Robinson
Patrick Ewing
Larry Bird
Scottie Pippen
Michael Jordan
Clyde Drexler
Karl Malone
John Stockton
Chris Mullin
Charles Barkley
Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr.		 Image Croatia
Dražen Petrović
Velimir Perasović
Danko Cvjetičanin
Toni Kukoč
Vladan Alanović
Franjo Arapović
Žan Tabak
Stojko Vranković
Alan Gregov
Arijan Komazec
Dino Rađa
Aramis Naglić		 Image Lithuania
Valdemaras Chomičius
Alvydas Pazdrazdis
Arūnas Visockas
Darius Dimavičius
Romanas Brazdauskis
Gintaras Krapikas
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Arvydas Sabonis
Artūras Karnišovas
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Gintaras Einikis
Sergejus Jovaiša
Women's
details		 Image Unified Team
Yelena Zhirko
Yelena Baranova
Irina Guerlits
Yelena Tornikidu
Yelena Shvaybovich
Marina Tkachenko
Irina Minkh
Yelena Khudashova
Irina Soumnikova
Elen Bounatiants
Natalia Zasulskaya
Svetlana Zaboluyeva		 Image China
Cong Xuedi
He Jun
Li Dongmei
Li Xin
Liu Jun
Liu Qing
Peng Ping
Wang Fang
Zhan Shuping
Zheng Dongmei
Zheng Haixia
Zheng Xiulin		 Image United States
Teresa Edwards
Daedra Charles
Clarissa Davis
Teresa Weatherspoon
Tammy Jackson
Vickie Orr
Victoria Bullett
Carolyn Jones
Katrina Felicia McClain
Medina Dixon
Cynthia Cooper
Suzanne McConnell

Qualification

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An NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. For the men's tournament, the host country qualified automatically, as did the winners of the continental championships held for Asia, Oceania, Africa and the Americas, plus the runner-up, third and fourth place from the Americas competitions. A special qualifying tournament was held for European teams to allocate four extra berths.[4] For the women's tournament, the host team qualified automatically, as did the top three teams from the 1990 FIBA World Championship. A qualifying tournament was held to allocate four extra berths. Yugoslavia was replaced by Italy (the fifth place team from the qualifying tournament) after it was excluded from the Olympic tournament.[5]

Men

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AfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeOceaniaAutomatic qualifiers
Image AngolaImage United States
Image Venezuela
Image Brazil
Image Puerto Rico		Image ChinaImage Lithuania
Image Croatia
Image CIS
Image Germany		Image AustraliaImage Spain – Olympic hosts

Women

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AmericasAsiaEuropeAutomatic qualifiers
Image United States
Image Cuba
Image Brazil		Image ChinaImage Italy[a]
Image CIS
Image Czechoslovakia		Image Spain – Olympic hosts
  • a Replaced Yugoslavia.

Format

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Men's tournament:

  • Two groups of six teams are formed, where the top four from each group advance to the knockout stage.
  • Fifth and sixth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 9th through 12th places in the final ranking.
  • In the quarterfinals, the pairings are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
    • The four teams eliminated from the quarterfinals form an additional bracket to decide 5th through 8th places in the final ranking.
  • The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Women's tournament:

  • Two groups of four teams are formed, where the top two from each group advance to the knockout stage.
  • Third and fourth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 5th–8th places in the final ranking.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Tie-breaking criteria:

  1. Head to head results

Men's tournament

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Preliminary round

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The top four places in each of the preliminary round groups advanced to the eight team, single-elimination knockout stage, where Group A teams would meet Group B teams.

Group A

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Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
Image United States50579350+22910
Image Croatia41423400+239
Image Brazil23420463−4371–0
Image Germany23369432−6370–1
Image Angola14324392−6861–0
Image Spain14398476−7860–1

DAY 1

USA 116-48 Angola

Croatia 96-73 Brazil

Germany 83-74 Spain

Day 2

USA 103-70 Croatia

Spain 101-100 Brazil

Germany 64-63 Angola

Day 3

USA 111-68 Germany

Croatia 88-79 Spain

Angola 66-76 Brazil

Day 4

USA 127-83 Brazil

Croatia 98-74 Germany

Spain 63-83 Angola

Day 5

USA 122-81 Spain

Croatia 73-64 Angola

Germany 76-85 Brazil

Group B

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Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
Image CIS41425373+5291–0
Image Lithuania41481424+5790–1
Image Australia32432396+3681–0
Image Puerto Rico32445440+1580–1
Image Venezuela14392427−356
Image China05381496−1155

Day 1

CIS 78-64 Venezuela

Lithuania 112-75 China

Puerto Rico 76-116 Australia

Day 2

CIS 85-63 Australia

Puerto Rico 100-68 China

Venezuela 79-87 Lithuania

Day 3

CIS 100-84 China

Australia 78-71 Venezuela

Lithuania 104-91 Puerto Rico.

Day 4

CIS 92-80 Lithuania

Australia 88-66 China

Puerto Rico 96-82 Venezuela

Day 5

CIS 70-82 Puerto Rico

Venezuela 96-88 China

Lithuania 98-87 Australia

Knockout stage

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
         
A1 Image United States 115
B4 Image Puerto Rico 77
A1 Image United States 127
B2 Image Lithuania 76
B2 Image Lithuania 114
A3 Image Brazil 96
A1 Image United States 117
A2 Image Croatia 85
B1 Image CIS 83
A4 Image Germany 76
B1 Image CIS 74 Bronze medal game
A2 Image Croatia 75
A2 Image Croatia 98 B1 Image CIS 78
B3 Image Australia 65 B2 Image Lithuania 82

Statistical leaders

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Statistic Name Total Per game/Pct.
Points Brazil Oscar Schmidt 198 24.8
Rebounds Lithuania Arvydas Sabonis 100 12.5
Assists Lithuania Šarūnas Marčiulionis 66 8.2
Steals United States Michael Jordan 33 4.1
Commonwealth of Independent States Igors Miglinieks
Blocks Lithuania Arvydas Sabonis 22 2.8
3-point field goals Brazil Oscar Schmidt 28 .378
Free throws Lithuania Šarūnas Marčiulionis 75 .765

Women's tournament

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Preliminary round

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The best two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals. The United States and Cuba advanced undefeated through the group phase but couldn't reach the finals and ended up facing each other for the bronze medal instead.

Group A

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Qualified for the semifinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
Image Cuba30246229+176
Image CIS21242222+205
Image Brazil12236241−54
Image Italy03190222−323

Day 1

Cuba 91-89 CIS

Brazil 85-70 Italy

Day 2

CIS 77-67 Italy

Cuba 95-87 Brazil

Day 3

CIS 76-64 Brazil

Cuba 60-53 Italy

Group B

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Qualified for the semifinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
Image United States30318174+1446
Image China21199226−275
Image Spain12180238−584
Image Czechoslovakia03183242−593

Day 1

USA 111-55 Czechoslovakia

China 66-63 Spain

Day 2

Spain 59-58 Czechoslovakia

USA 93-61 China

Day 3

China 72-70 Czechoslovakia

USA 114-58 Spain

Knockout stage

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Semifinals Finals
      
B1 Image United States 73
A2 Image CIS 79
A2 Image CIS 76
B2 Image China 66
A1 Image Cuba 70
B2 Image China 109 Third place
B1 Image United States 88
A1 Image Cuba 74

Statistical leaders

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Statistic Name Total Per game/Pct.
Points Brazil Hortência Marcari 94 18.8
Rebounds United States Katrina McClain 48 9.6
Assists United States Teresa Edwards 27 4.5
Steals Czechoslovakia Iveta Bieliková 27 5.4
Blocks Spain Elisabeth Cebrián 9 1.8
3-point field goals China Cong Xuedi 15 .577
Free throws Commonwealth of Independent States Natalya Zasulskaya 27 .659

Final standings

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Rank Men Women
TeamWLTeamWL
1st place, gold medalist(s)Image United States80 Image CIS41
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Image Croatia62 Image China32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Image Lithuania62 Image United States41
4thImage CIS53 Image Cuba32
Eliminated at the quarterfinalsEliminated at the preliminary round
5thImage Brazil44 Image Spain32
6thImage Australia44 Image Czechoslovakia14
7thImage Germany35 Image Brazil23
8thImage Puerto Rico35 Image Italy05
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9thImage Spain34
10thImage Angola25
11thImage Venezuela25
12thImage China07

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Jan Hubbard. "Why Can Pros Compete in International Events?". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "History of basketball at Olympics: A tale of American domination".
  3. ↑ Siegel, Alan (2 August 2012). "Remembering The Joyous, Tie-Dyed All-Stars Of The 1992 Lithuanian Basketball Team". Deadspin.
  4. ↑ 1992 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA Archive. Accessed 31 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Brennan, Christine (3 June 1992). "Sanctions on Yugoslavia spoil IOC's hopes for a politics-free Olympics". Washington Post.
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