Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained

Type:Olympics
City:Los Angeles
Year:1984
Size:140px
Games:1984 Summer Olympics
Host:United States of America
Dates:July 29 – August 10
Men Teams:12
Men Gold:United States
Men Silver:Spain
Men Bronze:Yugoslavia
Women Teams:6
Women Gold:United States
Women Silver:South Korea
Women Bronze:China
Prev:Moscow 1980
Next:Seoul 1988

Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was the eleventh appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California, United States from July 29 to August 10. The United States won the gold medal in both events, with the women's team's victory marking their first-ever gold medal. Due to the boycott, the Soviet Union and Hungary withdrew from the tournament. The former, having already qualified for both events was replaced by West Germany in the men's competition, while both nations' women's teams were replaced by Australia and South Korea.

Medal summary

Men's
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Steve Alford
Leon Wood
Patrick Ewing
Vernon Fleming
Alvin Robertson
Michael Jordan
Joe Kleine
Jon Koncak
Wayman Tisdale
Chris Mullin
Sam Perkins
Jeff Turner
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José Manuel Beirán
José Luis Llorente
Fernando Arcega
Josep Maria Margall
Andrés Jiménez
Fernando Romay
Fernando Martín
Juan Antonio Corbalán
Ignacio Solozábal
Juan Domingo de la Cruz
Juan Manuel López Iturriaga
Juan Antonio San Epifanio, "Epi"
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Dražen Petrović
Aleksandar Petrović
Rajko Žižić
Andro Knego
Nebojša Zorkić
Ivan Sunara
Sabit Hadžić
Dražen Dalipagić
Emir Mutapčić
Ratko Radovanović
Mihovil Nakić
Branko Vukićević
Women's

Teresa Edwards
Lea Henry
Lynette Woodard
Anne Donovan
Cathy Boswell
Cheryl Miller
Janice Lawrence
Cindy Noble
Kim Mulkey
Denise Curry
Pam McGee
Carol Menken-Schaudt

Choi Aei-young
Kim Eun-sook
Lee Hyung-sook
Choi Kyung-hee
Lee Mi-ja
Moon Kyung-ja
Kim Hwa-soon
Jeong Myung-hee
Kim Young-hee
Sung Jung-a
Park Chan-sook
Park Yang-gae

Chen Yuefang
Li Xiaoqin
Ba Yan
Song Xiaobo
Qiu Chen
Wang Jun
Xiu Lijuan
Zheng Haixia
Cong Xuedi
Zhang Hui
Liu Qing
Zhang Yueqin

Qualification

A NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country for both events plus the gold and silver medal winners from the previous Olympic Games in the men's tournament, and the champion at the 1983 FIBA World Championship in the women's tournament. Additional spots for the men's tournament were decided via the continental championships held by FIBA, while additional spots for the women's competition were assigned to the top six teams in a tournament held in Havana, Cuba.

Men

width=20px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Host nation
width=20px bgcolor="#FFD700"Olympic Champion
width=20px bgcolor="#C0C0C0"Runners-up at the Previous Games
Berth allocations for the Men's Tournament
RegionBerths coming from
Continental Championships
Berths from the
Previous Games
Berth as
Host nation
Total
FIBA Europe32N/A5
FIBA Americas3N/A14
FIBA Asia1N/A1
FIBA Africa11
FIBA Oceania11
TOTAL92112

Women

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World Champions
– Olympic hosts

Format

Men's tournament:

Women's tournament:

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

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

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. Both hosts United States and reigning Olympic Champions Yugoslavia advanced undefeated to the knockout phase. China, Egypt, Brazil, and France placed fifth and sixth in their respective groups and competed in the classification round.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Classification brackets

5th–8th Place

9th–12th Place

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Preliminary round

The first two places in the preliminary group compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze. The remaining teams' group ranking determines their positions in the final standings. With the withdrawal of the Soviet Union's women's team, a new Olympic champion was to be crowned in Los Angeles. The host nation's team went through the first round undefeated and won their first gold medal against South Korea, one of the teams invited to replace the Soviet Union and Hungary. China, the other Asian representative, earned a bronze medal by defeating Canada. Yugoslavia's team couldn't repeat their bronze medal performance from the previous tournament and finished at the bottom of the rankings.

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Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

RankMenWomen
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8 8 06 6 0
8 6 2 6 4 2
8 7 1 6 3 3
4th 8 4 46 2 4
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th 8 6 25 1 4
6th 8 3 55 1 4
7th 8 4 4
8th 8 2 6
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th 7 3 4
10th 7 2 5
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th 7 1 6
12th 7 0 7

See also

References