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Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of basketball at the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta, United States, began on July 20 and ended on August 4, when the United States defeated FR Yugoslavia 95–69 for the gold medal.

Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
CityAtlanta
DatesJuly 20 – August 3
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (11th title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Lithuania
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played46
Top scorerBrazil Oscar Schmidt
(27.4 points per game)
Competing teams
Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Participants edit

Format edit

  • Twelve teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 6 teams each. The top 4 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
  • Fifth and sixth-placed teams from each group are ranked 9th–12th in two additional matches.
  • In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
    • The eliminated teams at the quarterfinals are ranked 5th–8th in two additional matches.
  • The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A3/B2 vs. A1/B4 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals dispute the gold medal. The losing teams dispute the bronze.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  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

Squads edit

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States (H) 5 5 0 522 345 +177 10 Quarterfinals
2   Lithuania 5 3 2 427 354 +73 8[a]
3   Croatia 5 3 2 422 386 +36 8[a]
4   China 5 2 3 360 502 −142 7[b]
5   Argentina 5 2 3 351 396 −45 7[b] 9th place playoff
6   Angola 5 0 5 280 379 −99 5 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Croatia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: China 1–0 Argentina
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
China   70–67   Angola
Scoring by half: 36–36, 34–31
Pts: Wang 17
Rebs: Wang 11
Asts: Hu 3		 Pts: Â. Victoriano, Carvalho 13
Rebs: Â. Victoriano 6
Asts: Avô 5
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Piovesan Neto (BRA), Juan Brea Diaz (CUB)
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
United States   96–68   Argentina
Scoring by half: 46–44, 50–24
Pts: Robinson 18
Rebs: Robinson 7
Asts: Hill, Hardaway 5		 Pts: Espil 27
Rebs: Nicola 4
Asts: Milanesio 7
Atlanta
Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Stylianos Koukoulekidis (GRE)
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
Lithuania   83–81 (OT)   Croatia
Scoring by half: 37–31, 29–35 Overtime: 6–6, 11–9
Pts: Sabonis 20
Rebs: Sabonis 14
Asts: Vaišvila 6		 Pts: Kukoč 33
Rebs: Rađa 12
Asts: Kukoč 6
Atlanta
Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
Angola   54–87   United States
Scoring by half: 31–44, 23–43
Pts: Carvalho 16
Rebs: Dias 5
Asts: Avô 5		 Pts: Malone 12
Rebs: Barkley 9
Asts: Barkley 7
Atlanta
Referees: Michael Butler (AUS), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
Croatia   109–78   China
Scoring by half: 56–44, 53–34
Pts: Komazec 36
Rebs: Vranković 9
Asts: Kukoč 12		 Pts: Wang, Zheng 15
Rebs: Gong 8
Asts: Sun 6
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Pelissari (BRA), Kim Chul-Hwan (KOR)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
Argentina   65–61   Lithuania
Scoring by half: 31–25, 34–36
Pts: Espil 25
Rebs: Espil 6
Asts: Milanesio 6		 Pts: Sabonis 30
Rebs: Sabonis 11
Asts: Marčiulionis 8
Atlanta
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Juan Figueroa (PUR)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
Croatia   71–48   Angola
Scoring by half: 26–23, 45–25
Pts: Rađa 20
Rebs: Rađa 9
Asts: Kukoč 6		 Pts: Â. Victoriano, Dias 10
Rebs: Dias 12
Asts: Avô 2
Atlanta
Referees: Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN), Serguei Boulanov (RUS)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
Lithuania   82–104   United States
Scoring by half: 42–50, 40–54
Pts: Einikis 21
Rebs: Karnišovas, Einikis 7
Asts: Pačėsas 5		 Pts: Barkley 16
Rebs: Barkley 5
Asts: Stockton, Payton 7
Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
China   87–77   Argentina
Scoring by half: 51–38, 36–39
Pts: Zheng, Hu 22
Rebs: Zheng 9
Asts: Li 5		 Pts: Espil 25
Rebs: Pérez 7
Asts: Milanesio 8
Atlanta
Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Roman Ryzhyk (UKR)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
Angola   49–85   Lithuania
Scoring by half: 21–37, 28–48
Pts: Â. Victoriano 18
Rebs: Moreira Dias 6
Asts: Carvalho 4		 Pts: Karnišovas 20
Rebs: Sabonis 10
Asts: Sabonis 8
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Pelissari (BRA), Robert Barnett (AUS)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
Argentina   75–90   Croatia
Scoring by half: 29–43, 46–47
Pts: Espil 17
Rebs: Osella 6
Asts: Milanesio 5		 Pts: Komazec 28
Rebs: Kukoč 8
Asts: Komazec, Mulaomerović 3
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Piovesan Neto (BRA), Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
United States   133–70   China
Scoring by half: 65–28, 68–42
Pts: Pippen 24
Rebs: O'Neal 10
Asts: Hardaway 10		 Pts: Liu 18
Rebs: Bateer 6
Asts: Li 5
Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
Argentina   66–62   Angola
Scoring by half: 27–32, 39–30
Pts: Espil 21
Rebs: Villar 6
Asts: Osella 5		 Pts: Dias 17
Rebs: Moreira Dias 7
Asts: Avô 4
Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Chong Kyoung (KOR)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
China   55–116   Lithuania
Scoring by half: 23–53, 32–63
Pts: Wang 18
Rebs: Wang 5
Asts: Li 4		 Pts: Štombergas 19
Rebs: Einikis 9
Asts: Marčiulionis 7
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX), Juan Figueroa (PUR)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
Croatia   71–102   United States
Scoring by half: 38–57, 33–45
Pts: Tabak 19
Rebs: Tabak 7
Asts: Kukoč 10		 Pts: Richmond 16
Rebs: Barkley 12
Asts: Payton 7
Atlanta
Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   FR Yugoslavia 5 5 0 478 364 +114 10 Quarterfinals
2   Australia 5 4 1 492 438 +54 9
3   Greece 5 3 2 402 416 −14 8
4   Brazil 5 2 3 498 494 +4 7
5   Puerto Rico 5 1 4 447 465 −18 6 9th place playoff
6   South Korea 5 0 5 422 562 −140 5 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
Australia   111–88   South Korea
Scoring by half: 64–37, 47–51
Pts: Gaze 26
Rebs: Dorge 10
Asts: Heal 11		 Pts: J. K. Jung 23
Rebs: J. K. Jung 8
Asts: D. H. Kang 8
Atlanta
Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN)
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
Puerto Rico   98–101   Brazil
Scoring by half: 54–58, 44–43
Pts: Ortiz 35
Rebs: Ortiz 11
Asts: Mincy 7		 Pts: Schmidt 45
Rebs: Vianna 8
Asts: Ratto 10
Atlanta
Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
Greece   63–71   FR Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–30, 33–41
Pts: Fasoulas 21
Rebs: Fasoulas 10
Asts: Sigalas 4		 Pts: Savić 21
Rebs: Divac 8
Asts: Đorđević 6
Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
South Korea   86–98   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 52–51, 34–47
Pts: K. E. Moon 20
Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 11
Asts: Hur Jae 12		 Pts: Ortiz 37
Rebs: Ortiz 14
Asts: Alicea 10
Atlanta
Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Antonio Soares De Campos (ANG)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
FR Yugoslavia   91–68   Australia
Scoring by half: 54–28, 37–40
Pts: Obradović 18
Rebs: Rebrača, Savić 5
Asts: Danilović 6		 Pts: Bradtke 18
Rebs: Gaze 7
Asts: Gaze 8
Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
Brazil   87–89   Greece
Scoring by half: 54–54, 33–35
Pts: Schmidt 32
Rebs: dos Santos 10
Asts: Minuci 6		 Pts: Oikonomou 36
Rebs: Fasoulas 6
Asts: Bakatsias 5
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
FR Yugoslavia   118–65   South Korea
Scoring by half: 57–28, 61–37
Pts: Danilović 19
Rebs: Divac 8
Asts: Đorđević 10		 Pts: J. Y. Hyun 20
Rebs: D. H. Kang 4
Asts: Hur Jae 5
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Virun Thongpila (THA)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
Greece   80–69   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 51–33, 29–36
Pts: Oikonomou 19
Rebs: Oikonomou 8
Asts: Oikonomou, Christodoulou 3		 Pts: Mincy 20
Rebs: Mincy 8
Asts: Ortíz 4
Atlanta
Referees: Gennaro Colucci ITA, Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
Australia   109–101 (OT)   Brazil
Scoring by half: 41–46, 41–36 Overtime: 27–19
Pts: Heal 35
Rebs: Bradtke 15
Asts: Bradtke 4		 Pts: Schmidt 24
Rebs: dos Santos 13
Asts: Minuci 6
Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
South Korea   86–108   Greece
Scoring by half: 44–56, 42–52
Pts: J. Y. Hyun 24
Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 6
Asts: D. H. Kang 10		 Pts: Sigalas 22
Rebs: Rentzias 8
Asts: Bakatsias, Sigalas 6
Atlanta
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Yi Cui (CHN)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
Brazil   82–101   FR Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 31–55, 51–46
Pts: de Mello 19
Rebs: Janjao 6
Asts: Ratto, Klafke 4		 Pts: Danilović 21
Rebs: Divac, Tomašević 6
Asts: Obradović 6
Atlanta
Referees: Gennaro Colucci ITA, Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
Puerto Rico   96–101   Australia
Scoring by half: 53–51, 43–50
Pts: Ortíz 30
Rebs: Ortíz 11
Asts: Rivera 7		 Pts: Gaze 29
Rebs: Fisher, Bradtke 6
Asts: Heal 7
Atlanta
Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
Brazil   127–97   South Korea
Scoring by half: 66–49, 61–48
Pts: Schmidt 25
Rebs: dos Santos 8
Asts: Minuci 9		 Pts: D. H. Kang 24
Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 6
Asts: D. H. Kang 7
Atlanta
Referees: Jiazhong Zhu (CHN), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
Australia   103–62   Greece
Scoring by half: 52–30, 51–32
Pts: Gaze 17
Rebs: Bradtke 8
Asts: Heal 5		 Pts: Oikonomou 22
Rebs: Papanikolaou 6
Asts: Giannakis 4
Atlanta
Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
FR Yugoslavia   97–86   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 45–34, 52–52
Pts: Danilović 22
Rebs: Divac 10
Asts: Đorđević 7		 Pts: Ortiz 20
Rebs: Ortiz 11
Asts: Rivera 9
Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Serguei Boulanov (RUS)

Tournament bracket edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
         
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
A1   United States 98
B4   Brazil 75
A1   United States 101 Bronze medal game
B2   Australia 73
B2   Australia 73 A2   Lithuania 80
A3   Croatia 71 B2   Australia 74

Quarterfinals edit

All times are local (UTC−5)

30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
10:00
Lithuania   99–66   Greece
Scoring by half: 45–19, 54–47
Pts: Marčiulionis 16
Rebs: Sabonis 11
Asts: Marčiulionis 7		 Pts: Sigalas 18
Rebs: Rentzias 4
Asts: Sigalas 5
Atlanta
Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
12:00
FR Yugoslavia   128–61   China
Scoring by half: 63–29, 65–32
Pts: Rebrača 22
Rebs: Topić 8
Asts: Berić, Đorđević 6		 Pts: Wang 13
Rebs: Wang, Wu 4
Asts: Li 3
Atlanta
Referees: Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN), Gennaro Colucci ITA
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
20:00
Australia   73–71   Croatia
Scoring by half: 41–33, 32–38
Pts: Gaze 26
Rebs: Heal, Bradtke 5
Asts: Heal 7		 Pts: Alanović 18
Rebs: Vranković 11
Asts: Kukoč 8
Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Juan Figueroa (PUR)
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
22:00
United States   98–75   Brazil
Scoring by half: 52–36, 46–39
Pts: Hardaway 14
Rebs: O'Neal 11
Asts: Payton 7		 Pts: Schmidt 26
Rebs: Janjao 10
Asts: Minuci 5
Atlanta
Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)

Classification round edit

Placement Matches (9–12th Place) edit

30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
15:00
Argentina   97–79   South Korea
Scoring by half: 44–41, 53–38
Pts: Espil 26
Rebs: Pérez 9
Asts: Espil 8		 Pts: J. K. Jung 17
Rebs: H. C. Chun 8
Asts: D. H. Kang 8
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Zhu Jiazhong (CHN)
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
17:00
Puerto Rico   76–67   Angola
Scoring by half: 38–36, 38–31
Pts: Ortiz 19
Rebs: Rivas 7
Asts: Alicea 5		 Pts: Moreira 15
Rebs: Dias 11
Asts: Moreira 6
Atlanta
Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)

11th–12th edit

2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
10:00
South Korea   61–99   Angola
Scoring by half: 33–48, 28–51
Pts: D. H. Kang 17
Rebs: H. C. Chun 5
Asts: S. M. Lee, D. H. Kang 6		 Pts: Dias 27
Rebs: Dias 11
Asts: Moreira 5
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX), Juan Brea Diaz (CUB)

9th–10th edit

2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
12:00
Argentina   87–77   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 43–38, 44–39
Pts: Espil, Osella 17
Rebs: Milanesio, Oberto 7
Asts: Milanesio, Espil 7		 Pts: Ortiz 21
Rebs: Ortiz 11
Asts: Travieso 5
Atlanta
Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Antonio Soares De Campos (ANG)

Placement Matches (5–8th Place) edit

1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
10:00
China   75–115   Greece
Scoring by half: 24–50, 51–65
Pts: Wu 20
Rebs: Liu 8
Asts: Li 7		 Pts: Fasoulas 19
Rebs: Christodoulou 12
Asts: Christodoulou 8
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
12:00
Brazil   80–74   Croatia
Scoring by half: 39–27, 41–47
Pts: Schmidt 32
Rebs: dos Santos, Janjao 7
Asts: Ratto 7		 Pts: Tabak 18
Rebs: Tabak 8
Asts: Kukoč 5
Atlanta
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)

7th–8th edit

2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
20:00
China   85–99   Croatia
Scoring by half: 39–49, 46–50
Pts: Hu 22
Rebs: Gong 9
Asts: Li, Sun 5		 Pts: Kukoč 26
Rebs: Kukoč 10
Asts: Kukoč 8
Atlanta
Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)

5th–6th edit

2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
22:00
Greece   91–72   Brazil
Scoring by half: 45–49, 46–23
Pts: Sigalas 35
Rebs: Fasoulas, Christodoulou 7
Asts: Patavoukas 7		 Pts: Minuci 23
Rebs: Vianna 11
Asts: Ratto 7
Atlanta
Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

Semifinals edit

1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
20:00
FR Yugoslavia   66–58   Lithuania
Scoring by half: 35–31, 31–27
Pts: Danilović 19
Rebs: Divac 8
Asts: Bodiroga 4		 Pts: Kurtinaitis 22
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Marčiulionis 6
Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
22:00
United States   101–73   Australia
Scoring by half: 51–41, 50–32
Pts: Barkley 24
Rebs: Barkley 11
Asts: Pippen 5		 Pts: Gaze 25
Rebs: Bradtke 11
Asts: Heal 5
Atlanta
Referees: Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG), Stylianos Koukoulekidis (GRE)

Finals edit

Bronze Medal match edit

3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)
20:00
Lithuania   80–74   Australia
Scoring by half: 36–34, 44–40
Pts: Sabonis 30
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Marčiulionis 9		 Pts: Gaze 25
Rebs: Bradtke 5
Asts: Heal 5
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

Gold Medal match edit

3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)
22:00
FR Yugoslavia   69–95   United States
Scoring by half: 38–43, 31–52
Pts: Paspalj 19
Rebs: Bodiroga, Đorđević 5
Asts: Đorđević 6		 Pts: Robinson 28
Rebs: Robinson 7
Asts: Stockton 7
Atlanta
Referees: Miguel Betancor León (ESP), José Reyes Ronfini (MEX)

Awards edit

1996 Olympic Basketball Champions
 
United States
Eleventh title

Final standings edit

Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD
Gold medal game participants
    United States 8 8 0 816 562 +254
    FR Yugoslavia 8 7 1 741 578 +163
Bronze medal game participants
    Lithuania 8 5 3 664 560 +104
4th   Australia 8 5 3 712 690 +22
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th   Greece 8 5 3 674 662 +12
6th   Brazil 8 3 5 725 757 -32
7th   Croatia 8 4 4 666 624 +42
8th   China 8 2 6 581 844 -263
Preliminary round 5-6th placers
9th   Argentina 7 4 3 535 552 -17
10th   Puerto Rico 7 2 5 600 619 -19
11th   Angola 7 1 6 446 516 -70
12th   South Korea 7 0 7 562 758 -196

See also edit

References edit

External links edit

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