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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.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1Soviet UnionURSGold
4Aleksandr Volkov
5Tiit Sokk
6Sergey Tarakanov
7Šarūnas Marčiulionis
8Igors Miglinieks
9Valery Tikhonenko
10Rimas Kurtinaitis
11Arvydas Sabonis
12Viktor Pankrashkin
13Valdemaras Chomičius
14Aleksandr Belostenny
15Valery Goborov
CoachAleksandr Gomelsky
2YugoslaviaYUGSilver
4Dražen Petrović
5Zdravko Radulović
6Zoran Čutura
7Toni Kukoč
8Žarko Paspalj
9Željko Obradović
10Jure Zdovc
11Stojko Vranković
12Vlade Divac
13Franjo Arapović
14Dino Rađa
15Danko Cvjetićanin
CoachDušan Ivković
3United StatesUSABronze
4Mitch Richmond
5Charles E. Smith, IV
9Charles D. Smith
6Bimbo Coles
8Jeff Grayer
10Willie Anderson
11Stacey Augmon
12Dan Majerle
13Danny Manning
14J. R. Reid
15David Robinson
7Hersey Hawkins
CoachJohn Thompson
4AustraliaAUS
14Andrew Vlahov
11Andrew Gaze
13Brad Dalton
8Damian Keogh
4Darryl Pearce
7Larry Sengstock
10Luc Longley
12Mark Bradtke
6Phil Smyth
15Ray Borner
9Wayne Carroll
5Robert Sibley DNS
CoachAdrian Hurley
5BrazilBRA
6 Gerson
15 Israel
8 Pipoka
5 Guerrinha
12Luiz de Azevedo
11 Marcel
10 Maury
9 Cadum
7Oscar Schmidt
4 Paulinho Villas Boas
13Paulo da Silva
14 Rolando
CoachAry Vidal
6CanadaCAN
8Alan Kristmanson
12Barry Mungar
5Dave Turcotte
10Dwight Walton
6Eli Pasquale
15Gerald Kazanowski
9Jay Triano
11John Hatch
7Karl Tilleman
4Norman Clarke
13Romel Raffin
14Wayne Yearwood
CoachJack Donohue
7Puerto RicoPUR
10Ángel Cruz
13Edgar de León
5Federico López
14Francisco de León
8Jerome Mincy
4José Rafael Ortiz
11Juan Ramón Rivas
12Mario Morales
15Ramón Ramos
6Raymond Gause
9Bobby Ríos
7Vicente Ithier
CoachArmandito Torres
8SpainESP
8Andrés Jiménez
14Antonio Martín
9Enrique Andreu
11Fernando Arcega
13Ferrán Martínez
12Ignacio Solozábal
4Jordi Villacampa
6José Biriukov
5José Luis Llorente
7José María Margall
10José Antonio Montero
15 Epi
CoachJosé Luis
9Republic of KoreaKOR
5Choi Cheol-Gwon
15Han Gi-Beom
11Heo Jae
10Kim Hyeon-Jun
12Kim Yun-Ho
14Kim Yu-Taek
6Lee Chung-Hui
9Lee Mun-Gyu
4Lee Won-U
7Oh Se-Ung
13Park Jong-Cheon
8Yu Jae-Hak
CoachPang Yul
10Central African RepublicCAF
14Richard Bella
12Christian Gombe
5Aubin-Thierry Goporo
10Frédéricque Goporo
7Bruno-Nazaire Kongaouin
11Jean-Pierre Kotta
13Anicet-Richard Lavodrama
9Guy M'Bongo
15François Naoueyama
6Joseph-Dieudonné Ouagon
4Sanda Bouba Oumarou
8Eugène Pehoua-Pelema
CoachMarcel Bimale
11People's Republic of ChinaCHN
4Gong Luming
6Huang Yunlong
10Li Yaguang
7Sha Guoli
9Song Ligang
11Sun Fengwu
5Wang Fei
12Wang Libin
14Xu Xiaoliang
15Zhang Bin
8Zhang Xuelei
13Zhang Yongjun
CoachQian Chenghai
12EgyptEGY
15Ahmed Soliman
4Alaa El-Din Abdoun
8Alain Attalah
9Amir Abu Al-Khair
6Ashraf Sedky
14El-Sayed Mohamed
11Emad El-Din Mahmoud Ali
5Hany Moussa
12Hisham Khalil
13Mohamed El-Shakeri
7Mohamed Al-Sayid Ismail
10Ashraf El-Kordy
CoachAhmed Ahmed

Preliminary Round

Date17 – 24 September 1988

Group A

Date18 – 24 September 1988
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1YugoslaviaYUG4018468-384
2Soviet UnionURS4018460-393
3AustraliaAUS3026429-408
4Puerto RicoPUR3026382-387
5Central African RepublicCAF1042346-436
6Republic of KoreaKOR0050384-461
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #118 Sep 9:45AustraliaAUS81 – 77Puerto RicoPUR
Match #218 Sep 19:30Central African RepublicCAF73 – 70Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #318 Sep 21:30YugoslaviaYUG92 – 79Soviet UnionURS
Match #420 Sep 14:30Puerto RicoPUR79 – 74Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #520 Sep 19:30YugoslaviaYUG102 – 61Central African RepublicCAF
Match #620 Sep 21:30Soviet UnionURS91 – 69AustraliaAUS
Match #721 Sep 16:30YugoslaviaYUG104 – 92Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #821 Sep 19:30Soviet UnionURS93 – 81Puerto RicoPURAET
Match #921 Sep 21:30AustraliaAUS106 – 67Central African RepublicCAF
Match #1023 Sep 16:30Puerto RicoPUR71 – 67Central African RepublicCAF
Match #1123 Sep 19:30Soviet UnionURS110 – 73Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1223 Sep 21:30YugoslaviaYUG98 – 78AustraliaAUS
Match #1324 Sep 16:30AustraliaAUS95 – 75Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1424 Sep 19:30Soviet UnionURS87 – 78Central African RepublicCAF
Match #1524 Sep 21:30Puerto RicoPUR74 – 72YugoslaviaYUG

Group B

Date17 – 24 September 1988
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1United StatesUSA50010485-302
2SpainESP4018484-435
3BrazilBRA3026590-522
4CanadaCAN2034479-455
5People's Republic of ChinaCHN1042433-527
6EgyptEGY0050338-568
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #117 Sep 19:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN98 – 84EgyptEGY
Match #217 Sep 21:30BrazilBRA125 – 109CanadaCAN
Match #318 Sep 11:45United StatesUSA97 – 53SpainESP
Match #420 Sep 9:45BrazilBRA130 – 108People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #520 Sep 11:45United StatesUSA76 – 70CanadaCAN
Match #620 Sep 16:30SpainESP113 – 70EgyptEGY
Match #721 Sep 9:45United StatesUSA102 – 87BrazilBRA
Match #821 Sep 11:45CanadaCAN117 – 64EgyptEGY
Match #921 Sep 14:30SpainESP106 – 74People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1023 Sep 9:45SpainESP94 – 84CanadaCAN
Match #1123 Sep 11:45BrazilBRA138 – 85EgyptEGY
Match #1223 Sep 14:30United StatesUSA108 – 57People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1324 Sep 9:45CanadaCAN99 – 96People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1424 Sep 11:45United StatesUSA102 – 35EgyptEGY
Match #1524 Sep 14:30SpainESP118 – 110BrazilBRA

Classification Round 9-12

Date26 September 1988
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 Sep 9:45Central African RepublicCAF63 – 57EgyptEGY
Match #226 Sep 14:30Republic of KoreaKOR93 – 90People's Republic of ChinaCHN

Classification Round 5-8

Date28 September 1988
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #128 Sep 9:45BrazilBRA104 – 86Puerto RicoPUR
Match #228 Sep 14:30CanadaCAN96 – 91SpainESP

Quarter-Finals

Date26 September 1988
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 Sep 11:45United StatesUSA94 – 57Puerto RicoPUR
Match #226 Sep 16:30AustraliaAUS77 – 74SpainESP
Match #326 Sep 19:30Soviet UnionURS110 – 105BrazilBRA
Match #426 Sep 21:30YugoslaviaYUG95 – 73CanadaCAN

Semi-Finals

Date28 September 1988
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #128 Sep 12:00Soviet UnionURS82 – 76United StatesUSA
Match #228 Sep 16:30YugoslaviaYUG91 – 70AustraliaAUS

Final Round

Date29 – 30 September 1988
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/230 Sep 12:00Soviet UnionURS76 – 63YugoslaviaYUG
Match 3/429 Sep 21:30United StatesUSA78 – 49AustraliaAUS
Match 5/630 Sep 9:45BrazilBRA106 – 90CanadaCAN
Match 7/829 Sep 19:30Puerto RicoPUR93 – 92SpainESP
Match 9/1029 Sep 16:30Republic of KoreaKOR89 – 81Central African RepublicCAF
Match 11/1229 Sep 14:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN97 – 75EgyptEGY