Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

11th Olympic Basketball Tournament
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, 1984
Men's tournament
Teams	12
Medals
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Spain
Bronze medalists	Yugoslavia
Women's tournament
Teams	6
Medals
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	South Korea
Bronze medalists	China
Tournaments
← Moscow 1980	Seoul 1988 →

Last updated April 29, 2025

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's details	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 Vukićević
Women's details	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 Menken-Schaudt	South Korea (KOR) 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 (CHN) 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

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	18 May 1978	Athens	1	United States
1980 Summer Olympics	20–30 July 1980	Moscow	2	Yugoslavia Italy
1983 FIBA Oceania Championship	30 August–3 September 1983	New Zealand	1	Australia
1983 ABC Championship	20 – 29 November 1983	Hong Kong	1	China
FIBA Africa Championship 1983	19–28 December 1983	Alexandria	1	Egypt
1984 Tournament of the Americas	15–24 May 1984	São Paulo	3	Brazil Uruguay Canada
1984 European Qualifying Tournament	15–25 May 1984	Switzerland	3	~~Soviet Union~~ ^[a] Spain France West Germany ^[b]
Total			12

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	18 May 1978	Athens	1	United States
1983 FIBA World Championship for Women	24 July – 6 August 1983	Brazil	1 0	~~Soviet Union~~ ^[a]
World Qualifying Tournament	5–16 May 1984	Havana	4 5	China Yugoslavia Canada ~~Hungary~~ ^[a] ~~Cuba~~ ^[a] South Korea ^[c] Australia ^[c]
Total			6

^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:

Head to head results
Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

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

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	9th–12th classification round

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

Yugoslavia	96–83	West Germany
Scoring by half:49–41, 47–42

Australia	76–72	Brazil
Scoring by half: 34–38, 42–34

Italy	80–72	West Germany
Scoring by half: 33–39, 47–33

Yugoslavia	94–64	Australia
Scoring by half:39–28, 55–36

Australia	67–66	West Germany
Scoring by half: 31–36, 36–30

Yugoslavia	100–69	Egypt
Scoring by half:56–31, 55–36

West Germany	85–58	Egypt
Scoring by half:40–24, 45–34

Yugoslavia	98–85	Brazil
Scoring by half:55–50, 43–35

Italy	93–82	Australia
Scoring by half: 48–48, 45–34

Australia	94–78	Egypt
Scoring by half:38–37, 56–41

Brazil	91–82	Egypt
Scoring by half:45–43, 46–39

West Germany	78–75	Brazil
Scoring by half:41–37, 37–38

Yugoslavia	69–65	Italy
Scoring by half:34–28, 35–37

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	9th–12th classification round

Uruguay	91–87 (OT)	France
Scoring by half: 35–41, 38–32 Overtime:18–14

United States	97–49	China
Scoring by half:50–29, 47–20

United States	89–68	Canada
Scoring by half:43–28, 46–40

Uruguay	90–107	Spain
Scoring by half: 43–58, 47–49

China	80–121	Canada
Scoring by half: 32–59, 48–62

United States	104–68	Uruguay
Scoring by half:58–37, 46–31

China	83–102	Spain
Scoring by half: 38–50, 45–52

Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medal summary

Qualification

Men

Women

Format

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Classification brackets

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

See also

References

United States	120–62	France
Scoring by half:57–25, 63–37

Canada	95–80	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 46–47, 49–33

United States	101–68	Spain
Scoring by half:46–41, 55–27

China	67–74	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 24–37, 43–37

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

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

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	Gold medal game
3	Canada	5	2	3	313	335	−22	7^[a]	Bronze medal game
4	China	5	2	3	318	348	−30	7^[a]	Bronze medal game
5	Australia	5	1	4	267	317	−50	6^[b]
6	Yugoslavia	5	1	4	293	347	−54	6^[b]

Yugoslavia	55–83	United States
Scoring by half: 29–43, 26–40

Australia	64–67	China
Scoring by half: 22–28, 42–39

South Korea	67–62	Canada
Scoring by half:34–32, 33–30