Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Basketball
Basketball
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 contests at the 1996 Olympic Games
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

were held from July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996. Games took place at the Morehouse College Gymnasium
Forbes Arena
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 and the Georgia Dome
Georgia Dome
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. For the second straight Olympic games, the American men's team composed almost entirely of NBA
National Basketball Association
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 players won the gold medal. This was also the last Olympics before the inception of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

 in the United States and the only Summer Olympics to take place in a city with an NBA team since the league started allowing its players to compete in the games, as Atlanta is home to the Hawks
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...

.

Medalists

Men's
Charles Barkley
Charles Barkley
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Penny Hardaway
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Grant Hill
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Hakeem Olajuwon
Hakeem Olajuwon
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Karl Malone
Karl Malone
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Reggie Miller
Reggie Miller
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Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal
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Gary Payton
Gary Payton
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Scottie Pippen
Scottie Pippen
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Mitch Richmond
Mitch Richmond
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David Robinson
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John Stockton
John Stockton
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Dejan Tomašević
Dejan Tomaševic
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Miroslav Berić
Miroslav Beric
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Dejan Bodiroga
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Željko Rebrača
Željko Rebraca
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Predrag Danilović
Predrag Danilovic
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Vlade Divac
Vlade Divac
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Aleksandar Đorđević
Saša Obradović
Saša Obradovic
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Žarko Paspalj
Žarko Paspalj
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Zoran Savić
Zoran Savic
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Nikola Lončar
Nikola Lončar
Nikola Lončar is a retired Serbian professional basketball player.He played for KK Partizan , Real Madrid Baloncesto, Pallacanestro Varese, Paris Basket Racing, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Joventut Badalona, CB Breogán, CB Estudiantes and Armani Jeans Milano.Playing for KK Partizan, Lončar won the 1992...


Milenko Topić
Milenko Topić
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Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Sabonis
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Rimas Kurtinaitis
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Darius Lukminas
Darius Lukminas
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Saulius Štombergas
Saulius Štombergas
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Eurelijus Žukauskas
Eurelijus Žukauskas
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Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Šarunas Marciulionis
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Mindaugas Žukauskas
Mindaugas Žukauskas
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Gintaras Einikis
Gintaras Einikis
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Andrius Jurkūnas
Andrius Jurkūnas
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Artūras Karnišovas
Arturas Karnišovas
Artūras Karnišovas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player....


Rytis Vaišvila
Rytis Vaišvila
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Tomas Pačėsas
Tomas Pačėsas
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Women's
Teresa Edwards
Teresa Edwards
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Dawn Staley
Dawn Staley
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Ruthie Bolton
Ruthie Bolton
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Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Swoopes
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Jennifer Azzi
Jennifer Azzi
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Lisa Leslie
Lisa Leslie
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Carla McGhee
Carla McGhee
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Katy Steding
Katy Steding
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Katrina Felicia McClain
Rebecca Lobo
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Venus Lacy
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Nikki McCray
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Hortência Marcari Oliva
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Maria Angelica
Adriana Aparecida Santos
Leila Sobral
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Maria Paula Silva
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Janeth Arcain
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Roseli Gustavo
Marta Sobral
Marta Sobral
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Silvinha
Silvinha
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Alessandra Oliveira
Cintia Santos
Claudia Maria Pastor

Robyn Maher
Robyn Maher
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Allison Cook
Allison Tranquilli
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Sandy Brondello
Sandy Brondello
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Michele Timms
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Shelley Sandie
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Trisha Fallon
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Michelle Chandler
Michelle Chandler
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Fiona Robinson
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Carla Boyd
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Jenny Whittle
Rachael Sporn
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Michelle Brogan
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With U.S.A. winning the gold medal, Scottie Pippen would become the first (and to this date, the only) person to win NBA championship and Olympic gold medal in the same year twice, having played for Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls
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 in the NBA Finals
1996 NBA Finals
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. He had played for the Bulls in and later that year, for the "Dream Team" at the Barcelona Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
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.

Qualification

An NOC
National Olympic Committee
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 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

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






World champions
1994 FIBA World Championship
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 and Olympic hosts

Women

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





World champions
1994 FIBA World Championship for Women
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– Olympic hosts

Format

  • 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
    Goal difference
    In sports such as ice hockey and association football, goal difference is often the first tiebreaker used to rank teams which finish a league competition with an equal number of points....

     (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Men

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

Group B:

Women

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

Group B:

Men's tournament

Group A

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
5 0 522 345 +177 10
3 2 427 354 +73 8 1W–0L
3 2 422 386 +36 8 0W–1L
2 3 360 502 –142 7 1W–0L
2 3 351 396 –45 7 0W–1L
0 5 280 379 –99 5

Group B

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team W L PF PA PD Pts
5 0 478 364 +114 10
4 1 492 438 +54 9
3 2 402 416 –14 8
2 3 498 494 +4 7
1 4 447 465 –18 6
0 5 422 562 –140 5


Championship bracket

Classification brackets

9th–12th Place
5th–8th Place

Women's tournament

Group A

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team W L PF PA PD Pts
5 0 424 360 +64 10
4 1 378 342 +36 9
3 2 330 309 +21 8
2 3 365 396 –31 7
1 4 347 378 –31 6
0 5 293 352 –59 5


Group B

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
5 0 424 360 +64 10
3 2 378 342 +36 8 1W–0L
3 2 330 309 +21 8 0W–1L
2 3 365 396 –31 7 1W–0L
2 3 347 378 –31 7 0W–1L
0 5 293 352 –59 5


Championship bracket

Classification brackets

9th–12th Place
5th–8th Place

Final Standings

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