Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

11th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Los Angeles 1984
Tournament details
Olympics 1984 Summer Olympics
Host nation United States of America
City Los Angeles
Duration July 29 – August 10
Men's tournament
Teams 12
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists Spain
3 Bronze medalists  Yugoslavia
Women's tournament
Teams 6
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists South Korea
3 Bronze medalists  China
Tournaments
 Moscow 1980  Seoul 1988 

Basketball contests at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at The Forum in Inglewood, United States from July 29 to August 10. The United States won the gold medal in both events, the first in the women's team history. 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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  United States (USA)
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 (ESP)
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 (YUG)
Dražen Petrović
Aleksandar Petrović
Rajko Žižić
Andro Knego
Nebojša Zorkić
Ivan Sunara
Sabit Hadžić
Dražen Dalipagić
Emir Mutapčić
Ratko Radovanović
Mihovil Nakić
Branko Vukičević
Women's  United States (USA)
Teresa Edwards
Lea Henry
Lynette Woodard
Anne Donovan
Cathy Boswell
Cheryl Miller
Janice Lawrence
Cindy Noble
Kim Mulkey
Denise Curry
Pam McGee
Carol Jean Menken-Schaudt
 South Korea (KOR)
Choi Ae-Yeong
Kim Eun-sook
Lee Hyeong-Suk
Choi Gyeong-Hui
Lee Mi-ja
Moon Gyeong-Ja
Kim Hwa-Sun
Jeong Myeong-Hui
Kim Yeong-Hui
Seong Jeong-A
Park Chan-Suk
Park Yang-Gae
 China (CHN)
Chen Yuefang
Li Xiaoqin
Ba Yan
Song Xiaobo
Qui Chen
Wang Jun
Xiu Lijuan
Zheng Haixia
Cong Xuedi
Zhang Hui
Liu Qing
Zhang Yueqin

Qualification

An 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 the remaining slots for the women's competition were assigned to the top six teams in a tournament held in Havana, Cuba months before the Olympic Games.

Men

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualifiers
 Egypt  Brazil
 Uruguay
 Canada
 China  Soviet Union[a]
 Spain
 France
 West Germany[b]
 Australia  YugoslaviaGold medal in 1980
 ItalySilver medal in 1980
 United States – Olympic hosts

Women

Americas Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualifiers
 Canada  China
 South Korea[c]
 Yugoslavia
 Hungary[a]
 Australia[c]  Soviet Union[a]World Champions
 United States – Olympic hosts

Format

Men's tournament:

Women's tournament:

Tie-breaking criteria:

  1. Head to head results

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 the host nation's team United States and then Olympic Champions Yugoslavia advanced undefeated to the second stage. The only teams representing Asia and Africa, China and Egypt respectively couldn't advance and ended up competing for eighth place with Brazil and France.

Group A

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 Yugoslavia 5 0 457 366 +91 10
 Italy 4 1 437 363 +74 9
 Australia 3 2 383 403 −20 8
 West Germany 2 3 384 376 +8 7
 Brazil 1 4 401 423 −22 6
 Egypt 0 5 349 480 −131 5
July 29
Italy  11062  Egypt
Scoring by half: 56–31, 54–31
July 29
Yugoslavia  9683  West Germany
Scoring by half: 49–41, 47–42
July 29
Australia  7672  Brazil
Scoring by half: 34–38, 42–34
July 30
Italy  8072  West Germany
Scoring by half: 33–39, 47–33
July 30
Brazil  9182  Egypt
Scoring by half: 45–43, 46–39
July 30
Yugoslavia  9464  Australia
Scoring by half: 39–28, 55–36
August 1
Australia  6766  West Germany
Scoring by half: 31–36, 36–30
August 1
Yugoslavia  10069  Egypt
Scoring by half: 56–31, 55–36
August 1
Italy  8978  Brazil
Scoring by half: 43–44, 46–34
August 2
West Germany  8558  Egypt
Scoring by half: 40–24, 45–34
August 2
Yugoslavia  9885  Brazil
Scoring by half: 55–50, 43–35
August 2
Italy  9382  Australia
Scoring by half: 48–48, 45–34
August 4
Australia  9478  Egypt
Scoring by half: 38–37, 56–41
August 4
West Germany  7875  Brazil
Scoring by half: 41–37, 37–38
August 4
Yugoslavia  6965  Italy
Scoring by half: 34–28, 35–37

Group B

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 5 0 511 315 +196 10
 Spain 4 1 457 438 +19 9
 Canada 3 2 462 401 +61 8
 Uruguay 2 3 403 460 −57 7
 China 1 4 364 477 −113 6
 France 0 5 383 489 −106 5
July 29
Uruguay  9187 OT  France
Scoring by half: 35–41, 38–32 OT: 18–14
July 29
United States  9749  China
Scoring by half: 50–29, 47–20
July 29
Spain  8382  Canada
Scoring by half: 45–40, 38–42
July 31
China  8583  France
Scoring by half: 39–48, 46–35
July 31
United States  8968  Canada
Scoring by half: 43–28, 46–40
July 31
Uruguay  90107  Spain
Scoring by half: 43–58, 47–49
August 1
China  80121  Canada
Scoring by half: 32–59, 48–62
August 1
United States  10468  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 58–37, 46–31
August 1
France  8297  Spain
Scoring by half: 47–58, 35–39
August 3
China  83102  Spain
Scoring by half: 38–50, 45–52
August 3
United States  12062  France
Scoring by half: 57–25, 63–37
August 3
Canada  9580  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 46–47, 49–33
August 4
United States  10168  Spain
Scoring by half: 46–41, 55–27
August 4
Canada  9669  France
Scoring by half: 40–31, 56–38
August 4
China  6774  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 24–37, 43–37

Knockout Stage

Championship bracket

  Quarterfinals (August 6) Semifinals (August 8) Gold medal (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 (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

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 in women's basketball history 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.

Competed for the gold medal
Competed for the bronze medal
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 United States 5 0 431 265 +166 10
 South Korea 4 1 292 302 −10 9
 Canada 2 3 313 335 −22 7 1W–0L
 China 2 3 318 348 −30 7 0W–1L
 Australia 1 4 267 317 −50 6 1W–0L
 Yugoslavia 1 4 293 347 −54 6 0W–1L
July 30
Yugoslavia  5583  United States
Scoring by half: 29–43, 26–40
July 30
Australia  6467  China
Scoring by half: 22–28, 42–39
July 30
South Korea  6762  Canada
Scoring by half: 34–32, 33–30
July 31
Australia  4181  United States
Scoring by half: 28–51, 19–30
July 31
Yugoslavia  5255  South Korea
Scoring by half: 24–27, 28–28
July 31
China  6166  Canada
Scoring by half: 33–35, 28–31
August 2
Australia  4556  Canada
Scoring by half: 18–30, 28–26
August 2
United States  8447  South Korea
Scoring by half: 40–20, 44–27
August 2
China  7958  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 34–28, 45–30
August 3
Australia  4854  South Korea
Scoring by half: 19–26, 29–28
August 3
Canada  6869  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–34, 35–35
August 3
China  5591  United States
Scoring by half: 26–38, 29–53
August 5
South Korea  6956  China
Scoring by half: 34–25, 35–31
August 5
Canada  6192  United States
Scoring by half: 31–41, 30–51
August 5
Australia  6259  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 25–31, 37–28

Medal matches

Gold Medal

August 7
United States  8555  South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–27, 43–28

Bronze Medal

August 7
China  6357  Canada
Scoring by half: 37–29, 26–28

Final Standings

Rank Men Women
Team Pld W L Team Pld W L
1st  United States 8 8 0  United States 6 6 0
2nd  Spain 8 6 2  South Korea 6 4 2
3rd  Yugoslavia 8 7 1  China 6 3 3
4th  Canada 8 4 4  Canada 6 2 5
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th  Italy 8 6 2  Australia 5 1 4
6th  Uruguay 8 3 5  Yugoslavia 5 1 4
7th  Australia 8 4 4
8th  West Germany 8 2 6
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th  Brazil 7 3 4
10th  China 7 2 5
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th  France 7 1 6
12th  Egypt 7 0 7

See also

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