Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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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.

Olympics1984 Summer Olympics
Host nationUnited States of America
CityLos Angeles
DurationJuly 29 – August 10, 1984
Quick facts 11th Olympic Basketball Tournament, Tournament details ...
11th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Los Angeles 1984
Tournament details
Olympics1984 Summer Olympics
Host nationUnited States of America
CityLos Angeles
DurationJuly 29 – August 10, 1984
Men's tournament
Teams12
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists Spain
3 Bronze medalists  Yugoslavia
Women's tournament
Teams6
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists South Korea
3 Bronze medalists  China
Tournaments
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Medal summary

More information Event, Gold ...
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
details		  United States
Steve Alford
Leon Wood
Patrick Ewing
Vernon Fleming
Alvin Robertson
Michael Jordan
Joe Kleine
Jon Koncak
Wayman Tisdale
Chris Mullin
Sam Perkins
Jeff Turner		  Spain
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"		  Yugoslavia
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
details		  United States
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		  South Korea
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		  China
Chen Yuefang
Li Xiaoqin
Ba Yan
Song Xiaobo
Qiu Chen
Wang Jun
Xiu Lijuan
Zheng Haixia
Cong Xuedi
Zhang Hui
Liu Qing
Zhang Yueqin
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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

More information Means of qualification, Date ...
Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host nation18 May 1978Greece Athens1 United States
1980 Summer Olympics20–30 July 1980Soviet Union Moscow2 Yugoslavia
 Italy
1983 FIBA Oceania Championship30 August–3 September 1983 New Zealand1 Australia
1983 ABC Championship20 – 29 November 1983Hong Kong Hong Kong1 China
FIBA Africa Championship 198319–28 December 1983Egypt Alexandria1 Egypt
1984 Tournament of the Americas15–24 May 1984Brazil São Paulo3 Brazil
 Uruguay
 Canada
1984 European Qualifying Tournament15–25 May 1984 Switzerland3 Soviet Union[a]
 Spain
 France
 West Germany[b]
Total12
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Women

More information Means of qualification, Date ...
Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host nation18 May 1978Greece Athens1 United States
1983 FIBA World Championship for Women24 July – 6 August 1983 Brazil1 0 Soviet Union[a]
World Qualifying Tournament5–16 May 1984Cuba Havana4 5 China
 Yugoslavia
 Canada
 Hungary[a]
 Cuba[a]
 South Korea[c]
 Australia[c]
Total6
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  • a Withdrew from the tournament.
  • b Replaced the Soviet Union.
  • c Replaced the Soviet Union and Hungary.

Format

Men's tournament:

  • Two groups of six teams are formed, where the top four from each group advance to 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 teams 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.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Women's tournament:

  • One round-robin group is formed containing all six teams, where the top two compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze medal in an additional match.
  • The remaining two teams finish with their group rank in the final standings.

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

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

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 5 5 0 457 366 +91 10 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 5 4 1 437 363 +74 9
3  Australia 5 3 2 383 403 −20 8
4  West Germany 5 2 3 384 376 +8 7
5  Brazil 5 1 4 401 423 −22 6 9th–12th classification round
6  Egypt 5 0 5 349 480 −131 5
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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.
29 July 1984
Italy  110–62  Egypt
Scoring by half: 56–31, 54–31
29 July 1984
Yugoslavia  96–83  West Germany
Scoring by half: 49–41, 47–42
29 July 1984
Australia  76–72  Brazil
Scoring by half: 34–38, 42–34
30 July 1984
Italy  80–72  West Germany
Scoring by half: 33–39, 47–33
30 July 1984
Brazil  91–82  Egypt
Scoring by half: 45–43, 46–39
30 July 1984
Yugoslavia  94–64  Australia
Scoring by half: 39–28, 55–36
1 August 1984
Australia  67–66  West Germany
Scoring by half: 31–36, 36–30
1 August 1984
Yugoslavia  100–69  Egypt
Scoring by half: 56–31, 55–36
1 August 1984
Italy  89–78  Brazil
Scoring by half: 43–44, 46–34
2 August 1984
West Germany  85–58  Egypt
Scoring by half: 40–24, 45–34
2 August 1984
Yugoslavia  98–85  Brazil
Scoring by half: 55–50, 43–35
2 August 1984
Italy  93–82  Australia
Scoring by half: 48–48, 45–34
4 August 1984
Australia  94–78  Egypt
Scoring by half: 38–37, 56–41
4 August 1984
West Germany  78–75  Brazil
Scoring by half: 41–37, 37–38
4 August 1984
Yugoslavia  69–65  Italy
Scoring by half: 34–28, 35–37

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 5 5 0 511 315 +196 10 Quarterfinals
2  Spain 5 4 1 457 438 +19 9
3  Canada 5 3 2 462 401 +61 8
4  Uruguay 5 2 3 403 460 −57 7
5  China 5 1 4 364 477 −113 6 9th–12th classification round
6  France 5 0 5 383 489 −106 5
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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
29 July 1984
Uruguay  91–87 (OT)  France
Scoring by half: 35–41, 38–32 Overtime: 18–14
29 July 1984
United States  97–49  China
Scoring by half: 50–29, 47–20
29 July 1984
Spain  83–82  Canada
Scoring by half: 45–40, 38–42
31 July 1984
China  85–83  France
Scoring by half: 39–48, 46–35
31 July 1984
United States  89–68  Canada
Scoring by half: 43–28, 46–40
31 July 1984
Uruguay  90–107  Spain
Scoring by half: 43–58, 47–49
1 August 1984
China  80–121  Canada
Scoring by half: 32–59, 48–62
1 August 1984
United States  104–68  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 58–37, 46–31
1 August 1984
France  82–97  Spain
Scoring by half: 47–58, 35–39
3 August 1984
China  83–102  Spain
Scoring by half: 38–50, 45–52
3 August 1984
United States  120–62  France
Scoring by half: 57–25, 63–37
3 August 1984
Canada  95–80  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 46–47, 49–33
4 August 1984
United States  101–68  Spain
Scoring by half: 46–41, 55–27
4 August 1984
Canada  96–69  France
Scoring by half: 40–31, 56–38
4 August 1984
China  67–74  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 24–37, 43–37

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals (August 6) Semifinals (August 8) Gold medal game (August 10)
         
A1  Yugoslavia 110
B4  Uruguay 82
A1  Yugoslavia 61
B2  Spain 74
B2  Spain 101
A3  Australia 93
B2  Spain 65
B1  United States 96
B1  United States 78
A4  West Germany 67
B1  United States 78 Bronze medal game (August 9)
B3  Canada 59
A2  Italy 72 A1  Yugoslavia 88
B3  Canada 78 B3  Canada 82

Classification brackets

5th–8th Place

August 8 5th place (August 10)
      
A3  Australia 95
B4  Uruguay 101
B4  Uruguay 102
A2  Italy 111
A2  Italy 98
A4  West Germany 71 7th place (August 10)
A3  Australia 83
A4  West Germany 78

9th–12th Place

August 5 9th place (August 10)
      
A5  Brazil 100
B6  France 86
A5  Brazil 86
B5  China 76
B5  China 76
A6  Egypt 73 11th place (August 9)
B6  France 102
A6  Egypt 78

Women's tournament

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.

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 5 5 0 431 265 +166 10 Gold medal game
2  South Korea 5 4 1 292 302 −10 9
3  Canada 5 2 3 313 335 −22 7[a] Bronze medal game
4  China 5 2 3 318 348 −30 7[a]
5  Australia 5 1 4 267 317 −50 6[b]
6  Yugoslavia 5 1 4 293 347 −54 6[b]
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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]
    Head-to-head record: Canada 1–0 China
  2. [b]
    Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Yugoslavia
30 July 1984
Yugoslavia  55–83  United States
Scoring by half: 29–43, 26–40
30 July 1984
Australia  64–67  China
Scoring by half: 22–28, 42–39
30 July 1984
South Korea  67–62  Canada
Scoring by half: 34–32, 33–30
31 July 1984
Australia  47–81  United States
Scoring by half: 28–51, 19–30
31 July 1984
Yugoslavia  52–55  South Korea
Scoring by half: 24–27, 28–28
31 July 1984
China  61–66  Canada
Scoring by half: 33–35, 28–31
2 August 1984
Australia  45–56  Canada
Scoring by half: 18–30, 28–26
2 August 1984
United States  84–47  South Korea
Scoring by half: 40–20, 44–27
2 August 1984
China  79–58  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 34–28, 45–30
3 August 1984
Australia  48–54  South Korea
Scoring by half: 19–26, 29–28
3 August 1984
Canada  68–69  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–34, 35–35
3 August 1984
China  55–91  United States
Scoring by half: 26–38, 29–53
5 August 1984
South Korea  69–56  China
Scoring by half: 34–25, 35–31
5 August 1984
Canada  61–92  United States
Scoring by half: 31–41, 30–51
5 August 1984
Australia  62–59  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 25–31, 37–28

Bronze medal game

7 August 1984
China  63–57  Canada
Scoring by half: 37–29, 26–28

Gold medal game

7 August 1984
United States  85–55  South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–27, 43–28

Awards

More information 1984 Olympic Basketball Champions ...
1984 Olympic Basketball Champions
United States
United States
First title
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Final standings

More information Rank, Men ...
Rank Men Women
TeamPldWLTeamPldWL
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States880  United States660
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Spain862  South Korea642
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yugoslavia871  China633
4th Canada844  Canada624
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th Italy862  Australia514
6th Uruguay835  Yugoslavia514
7th Australia844
8th West Germany826
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th Brazil734
10th China725
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th France716
12th Egypt707
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