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Basketball, Men

Date17 – 30 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationJam-sil Che-yuk-gwan, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants143 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

And finally US Olympic basketball dominance came to a non-controversial end. The US and the Soviet Union had not met at the Olympics since the 1972 final game. But at Seoul, they played in the semi-finals, the USSR winning 82-76. On paper, the US had a formidable line-up, led by future NBA stars David Robinson, Danny Manning, Dan Majerle, and Mitch Richmond. But they shot poorly in Seoul and their offense sputtered throughout the tournament.

In the final game, the Soviets defeated Yugoslavia fairly comfortable, 76-63. The Soviet team was led by a trio of Lithuanians who would also later play in the NBA – Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Arvydas Sabonis, and Rimas Kurtinaitis.

Brazil was led by their prolific scorer, Oscar Schmidt, called simply Oscar. He led all scorers in Seoul, averaging over 42 points per game, and had 55 in one loss to Spain.

PosNrTeamNOCWLPtsPoints
1Soviet UnionURS7114728–637Gold
2YugoslaviaYUG6212717–603Silver
3United StatesUSA7114733–490Bronze
4AustraliaAUS448625–651
5BrazilBRA5310905–808
6CanadaCAN356738–747
7Puerto RicoPUR448618–677
8SpainESP448741–701
9Republic of KoreaKOR254566–632
10Central African RepublicCAF254490–582
11People's Republic of ChinaCHN254620–695
12EgyptEGY070470–728

Preliminary Round (17 – 24 September 1988)

Group A (18 – 24 September 1988)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1YUG418468–384
2URS418460–393
3AUS326429–408
4PUR326382–387
5CAF142346–436
6KOR050384–461

Match #118 Sep 9:45AUS 81 – 77PUR
Match #218 Sep 19:30CAF 73 – 70KOR
Match #318 Sep 21:30YUG 92 – 79URS
Match #420 Sep 14:30PUR 79 – 74KOR
Match #520 Sep 19:30YUG 102 – 61CAF
Match #620 Sep 21:30URS 91 – 69AUS
Match #721 Sep 16:30YUG 104 – 92KOR
Match #821 Sep 19:30URS 93 – 81
AET
PUR
Match #921 Sep 21:30AUS 106 – 67CAF
Match #1023 Sep 16:30PUR 71 – 67CAF
Match #1123 Sep 19:30URS 110 – 73KOR
Match #1223 Sep 21:30YUG 98 – 78AUS
Match #1324 Sep 16:30AUS 95 – 75KOR
Match #1424 Sep 19:30URS 87 – 78CAF
Match #1524 Sep 21:30PUR 74 – 72YUG

Group B (17 – 24 September 1988)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1USA5010485–302
2ESP418484–435
3BRA326590–522
4CAN234479–455
5CHN142433–527
6EGY050338–568

Match #117 Sep 19:30CHN 98 – 84EGY
Match #217 Sep 21:30BRA 125 – 109CAN
Match #318 Sep 11:45USA 97 – 53ESP
Match #420 Sep 9:45BRA 130 – 108CHN
Match #520 Sep 11:45USA 76 – 70CAN
Match #620 Sep 16:30ESP 113 – 70EGY
Match #721 Sep 9:45USA 102 – 87BRA
Match #821 Sep 11:45CAN 117 – 64EGY
Match #921 Sep 14:30ESP 106 – 74CHN
Match #1023 Sep 9:45ESP 94 – 84CAN
Match #1123 Sep 11:45BRA 138 – 85EGY
Match #1223 Sep 14:30USA 108 – 57CHN
Match #1324 Sep 9:45CAN 99 – 96CHN
Match #1424 Sep 11:45USA 102 – 35EGY
Match #1524 Sep 14:30ESP 118 – 110BRA

Classification Round 9-12 (26 September 1988)

Classification matches.

Match #126 Sep 9:45CAF 63 – 57EGY
Match #226 Sep 14:30KOR 93 – 90CHN

Classification Round 5-8 (28 September 1988)

Classification matches.

Match #128 Sep 9:45BRA 104 – 86PUR
Match #228 Sep 14:30CAN 96 – 91ESP

Quarter-Finals (26 September 1988)

Single-elimination.

Match #126 Sep 11:45USA 94 – 57PUR
Match #226 Sep 16:30AUS 77 – 74ESP
Match #326 Sep 19:30URS 110 – 105BRA
Match #426 Sep 21:30YUG 95 – 73CAN

Semi-Finals (28 September 1988)

Single-elimination.

Match #128 Sep 12:00URS 82 – 76USA
Match #228 Sep 16:30YUG 91 – 70AUS

Final Round (29 – 30 September 1988)

Medal round.

Match 1/230 Sep 12:00URS 76 – 63YUG
Match 3/429 Sep 21:30USA 78 – 49AUS
Match 5/630 Sep 9:45BRA 106 – 90CAN
Match 7/829 Sep 19:30PUR 93 – 92ESP
Match 9/1029 Sep 16:30KOR 89 – 81CAF
Match 11/1229 Sep 14:30CHN 97 – 75EGY

Rankings

Points
Scoring Average
2-point Field Goals Made
2-point Field Goals %
3-point Field Goals Made
3-point Field Goals %
Total Field Goals Attempted
Total Field Goals %
Free Throws Made
Free Throws %
Total Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Turnovers
Blocked Shots
Personal Fouls