Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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 at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

 took place at the Jamsil Gymnasium
Jamsil Arena
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 in Seoul
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, South Korea
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. The United States
United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The United States competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 527 competitors, 332 men and 195 women, took part in 230 events in 27 sports.- Gold:* Jay Barrs — Archery, Men's Individual Competition...

 won the gold medal in the women's competition, thus repeating their performance from the 1984 tournament
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. In the men's tournament, the Soviet Union took home their second gold medal in the team's history for this event. This was the last Olympic Basketball Tournament where NBA players were not allowed to participate, although professionals were allowed in other sports.

Medalists

Men's
Aleksandr Volkov
Tiit Sokk
Tiit Sokk
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Sergei Tarakanov
Sergei Tarakanov
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Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Šarunas Marciulionis
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Igors Miglinieks
Valeri Tikhonenko
Rimas Kurtinaitis
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Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Sabonis
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Viktor Pankrashkin
Valdemaras Chomičius
Valdemaras Chomicius
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Aleksandr Belostennyi
Valeri Goborov

Dražen Petrović
Dražen Petrovic
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Zdravko Radulović
Zdravko Radulovic
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Zoran Čutura
Zoran Cutura
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Toni Kukoč
Toni Kukoc
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Žarko Paspalj
Žarko Paspalj
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Željko Obradović
Željko Obradovic
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Jure Zdovc
Jure Zdovc
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Stojko Vranković
Stojko Vrankovic
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Vlade Divac
Vlade Divac
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Franjo Arapović
Franjo Arapovic
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Dino Rađa
Danko Cvjetičanin
Danko Cvjeticanin
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Mitch Richmond
Mitch Richmond
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Charles Smith IV
Bimbo Coles
Bimbo Coles
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Hersey Hawkins
Jeff Grayer
Jeff Grayer
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Charles D. Smith
Willie Anderson
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Stacey Augmon
Stacey Augmon
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Dan Majerle
Dan Majerle
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Danny Manning
Danny Manning
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J. R. Reid
J. R. Reid
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David Robinson
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Women's
Teresa Edwards
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Kamie Ethridge
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Cynthia Brown
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Anne Donovan
Anne Donovan
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Teresa Weatherspoon
Teresa Weatherspoon
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Bridgette Gordon
Bridgette Gordon
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Victoria Bullett
Vicky Bullett
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Andrea Lloyd
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Katrina McClain
Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer Gillom
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Cynthia Cooper
Cynthia Cooper
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Suzanne McConnell
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Stojna Vangelovska
Mara Lakić
Mara Lakic
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Zana Lelas
Eleonora Wild
Kornelija Kvesić
Danira Nakić
Sladjana Golić
Polona Dornik
Razija Mujanović
Razija Mujanovic
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Vesna Bajkuša
Andjelija Arbutina
Bojana Milošević

Olga Zhevkova
Irina Gerlits
Olessya Barel
Irina Sumnikova
Olga Buyakina
Olga Yakovleva
Irina Minkh
Aleksandra Leonova
Elena Kudashova
Vitalija Tuomaite
Natalya Zasulskaya
Galina Savitskaya

Qualification

An NOC
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 could enter one men's team with 12 players and one women's team with 12 players. For both tournaments, automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the winners from the previous edition. For the men's tournament, the remaining teams were decided by the corresponding continental championships, plus the second and third places from Europe and the Americas, and the runner-up from Africa. For the women's tournament, qualification was decided by a tournament held in Kuala Lumpur
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, Malaysia where the top six teams earned a spot.

Men

Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Automatic qualifiers





Olympic Champions
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– Olympic hosts

Women

Asia | Europe | Oceania | Automatic qualifiers



Olympic Champions
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– Olympic hosts

Format

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–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 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.


Women's tournament:
  • Two groups of four teams are formed, where the top two teams 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.
  • In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2, A2 vs. 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
    Goal difference
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     (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Preliminary Round

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. Hosts Korea couldn't advance, finishing at the bottom of their group. The other Asia representative, China, met the same fate, together with the two African teams, Egypt and Central African Republic.

Group A

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
4 1 468 384 +84 9 1W–0L
4 1 460 393 +67 9 0W–1L
3 2 429 408 +21 8 1W–0L
3 2 382 387 −5 8 0W–1L
1 4 346 436 −90 6
0 5 384 461 −77 5


Group B

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
5 0 485 302 +183 10
4 1 484 435 +49 9
3 2 590 522 +68 8
2 3 479 455 +24 7
1 4 433 527 −94 6
0 5 338 568 −230 5


Championship bracket

Classification brackets

5th–8th Place
9th–12th Place

Preliminary Round

The first two places in each of the preliminary round groups advanced to the semifinals, where Group A teams would meet Group B teams. Like their male counterparts, the Korea women's team didn't manage to advance to the knockout stage and ended up battling for 5th place against the other Asian representative, China and two of the European teams, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.

Group A

Qualified for the semifinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
2 1 178 196 −18 5 1W–0L
2 1 208 188 +20 5 0W–1L
1 2 217 241 −24 4 1W–0L
1 2 244 222 −22 4 0W–1L

Group B

Qualified for the semifinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
3 0 282 234 +48 6
2 1 199 211 −12 5
1 2 200 214 −14 4
0 3 202 224 −22 3

Championship bracket

Classification bracket

Final Standings

Rank Men Women
Team |Pld |W |L |Team |Pld |W |L
8 7 1 5 5 0
8 6 2 5 3 2
8 7 1 5 3 2
4th 8 4 4 5 2 3
Eliminated at the quarterfinals|Eliminated at the semifinals
5th 8 5 3 5 3 2
6th 8 3 5 5 2 3
7th 8 4 4 5 2 3
8th 8 4 4 5 0 5
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th 7 2 5
10th 7 2 5
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th 7 2 5
12th 7 0 7
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