Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
City Badalona
DatesJuly 26 – August 8, 1992
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg United States (10th title)
Runners-upFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Third placeFlag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
Fourth placeFlag of the CIS.svg  CIS
Tournament statistics
Games played46
Top scorer Flag of Brazil.svg Oscar Schmidt
(24.8 points per game)

The men's tournament of basketball at the 1992 Olympics at Barcelona, Spain began on July 26 and ended on August 8.

Contents

This was the first time that NBA players were eligible to play in Summer Olympics basketball, following a decision of FIBA in April 1989. Until 1992, only amateurs and players from professional leagues other than the NBA were allowed to play. [1] [2]

The United States, which was nicknamed "The Dream Team", won the gold medal by beating Croatia in the final, with Lithuania winning the bronze medal.

Format

The twelve teams were split into two groups of six teams, and a single round-robin was held within each group. The top four teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage for the medals and the fourth place in the final rankings. The four losing teams from the first round of the knockout stage played another knockout stage to determine fifth through eighth place in the final rankings, and the four teams eliminated in the group stage played in another knockout stage to determine ninth through twelfth place in the final rankings.

Ties were broken via the following the criteria:

  1. Head to head results

Squads

Schedule

Legend
GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
Sun 26Mon 27Tue 28Wed 29Thu 30Fri 31Sat 1Sun 2Mon 3Tue 4Wed 5Thu 6Fri 7Sat 8
GGGGG¼½FB

Qualification

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host nation1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
FIBA Africa Championship 1989 16–27 December 1989 Flag of Angola.svg Luanda 1Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
1991 ABC Championship 22 August – 1 September 1991 Flag of Japan.svg Kobe 1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1991 FIBA Oceania Championship 1–7 June 1991 Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington and Palmerston North 1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
1992 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament 22 June–5 July 1992 Flag of Spain.svg Bilbao, Granada, Murcia, Badajoz and Zaragoza 4Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Olympic flag.svg Unified Team
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1992 Tournament of the Americas 27 June–5 July 1992 Flag of the United States.svg Portland 4Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
Total12

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.

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg United States 550579350+22910 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 541423400+239
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 523420463437 [a]
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 523369432637 [a]
5Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 514324392686 [b] 9th−12th classification round
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (H)514398476786 [b]
Source: FIBA [ dead link ]
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. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–0 Germany
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Angola 1–0 Spain
26 July 1992 (1992-07-26)
16:30
v
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg48116Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by half: 16–64, 32–52
Pts: Conceição, Macedo 10
Rebs: Conceição 7
Asts: Conceição 2
Pts: Barkley 24
Rebs: Barkley 6
Asts: Johnson 10
26 July 1992 (1992-07-26)
20:30
v
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg8374Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by half:46–39, 37–35
Pts: Schrempf 26
Rebs: Gnad 20
Asts: Schrempf 4
Pts: Villacampa 21
Rebs: San Epifanio 7
Asts: Villacampa 2
26 July 1992 (1992-07-26)
22:30
v
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg9376Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by half:55–40, 38–36
Pts: Petrović 22
Rebs: Rađa 4
Asts: Petrović 5
Pts: Schmidt 25
Rebs: Vianna 9
Asts: Schmidt 2

27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
14:30
v
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg6364Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by half:42–36, 21–28
Pts: Conceição, Sousa 18
Rebs: Conceição 6
Asts: Macedo 5
Pts: Schrempf 25
Rebs: Schrempf 15
Asts: Rödl, Schrempf 2
27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
20:30
v
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg70103Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by half: 37–54, 33–49
Pts: Petrović 19
Rebs: Rađa 8
Asts: Kukoč 5
Pts: Jordan 21
Rebs: Malone 5
Asts: Pippen 9
27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
22:30
v
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg100101Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by half: 43–53, 57–48
Pts: Schmidt 44
Rebs: Victalino 10
Asts: Villas 3
Pts: Villacampa 25
Rebs: Jiménez 7
Asts: Herreros 5

29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
11:30
v
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg7666Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by half:42–36, 34–30
Pts: Schmidt 19
Rebs: Schmidt, Victalino 7
Asts: Maury 6
Pts: Conceição 17
Rebs: Conceição 9
Asts: Moreira 5
29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
20:30
v
United States  Flag of the United States.svg11168Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by half:58–23, 53–45
Pts: Bird 19
Rebs: Malone 5
Asts: Jordan 12
Pts: Jackel, Schrempf 15
Rebs: Schrempf 8
Asts: Rödl, Schrempf 2
29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
22:30
v
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg8879Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by half:45–42, 43–37
Pts: Petrović 28
Rebs: Rađa 8
Asts: Kukoč 7
Pts: Villacampa 19
Rebs: Jiménez 7
Asts: Jofresa 5

31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
11:30
v
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg6383Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by half: 36–37, 27–43
Pts: Jiménez, Villacampa 16
Rebs: Andreu 9
Asts: Villacampa 3
Pts: Conceição 22
Rebs: Guimarães 10
Asts: Conceição 3
31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
20:30
v
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg9978Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by half:46–41, 56–37
Pts: Petrović 26
Rebs: Kukoč 7
Asts: Komazec, Kukoč 4
Pts: Jackel, Schrempf 25
Rebs: Schrempf 8
Asts: Rödl 5
31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
22:30
v
United States  Flag of the United States.svg12783Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by half:60–41, 67–42
Pts: Barkley 30
Rebs: Ewing 9
Asts: Drexler 10
Pts: Schmidt 24
Rebs: dos Santos 9
Asts: Maury 7

2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
9:30
v
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg7685Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by half:40–39, 36–46
Pts: Schrempf 27
Rebs: Gnad 10
Asts: Rödl 3
Pts: Villas 27
Rebs: Santos 11
Asts: Maury 6
2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
11:30
v
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg7364Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by half: 27–38, 46–26
Pts: Komazec 22
Rebs: Komazec 6
Asts: Komazec 4
Pts: Conceição 24
Rebs: Conceição 7
Asts: Moreira 2
2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
22:30
v
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg81122Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by half: 35–65, 46–57
Pts: Jiménez 23
Rebs: Andreu 7
Asts: Jiménez 6
Pts: Barkley 20
Rebs: Ewing 10
Asts: Pippen 9

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Olympic flag.svg Unified Team 541425373+529 [a] Quarterfinals
2Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 541481424+579 [a]
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 532432396+368 [b]
4Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 532445440+58 [b]
5Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela 514392427356 9th−12th classification round
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5053814961155
Source: FIBA [ dead link ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Unified Team 1–0 Lithuania
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Puerto Rico
26 July 1992 (1992-07-26)
9:30
v
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg6478Olympic flag.svg Unified Team
Scoring by half: 16–34, 48–44
Pts: Estaba 21
Rebs: Walcott 4
Asts: Shepherd 5
Pts: Tikhonenko 18
Rebs: Volkov 7
Asts: Tikhonenko, Volkov 5
26 July 1992 (1992-07-26)
11:30
v
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg75112Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 26–55, 49–57
Pts: Sun J. 22
Rebs: Sun J. 4
Asts: Sun J., Gong 3
Pts: Kurtinaitis 31
Rebs: Sabonis 14
Asts: Marčiulionis 12
26 July 1992 (1992-07-26)
14:30
v
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg76116Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by half: 31–57, 45–59
Pts: Gause 15
Rebs: de León 13
Asts: Carter 4
Pts: Bradtke, Gaze 20
Rebs: Loggins, Vlahov 7
Asts: Longley 5

27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
11:30
v
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg7987Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
Scoring by half:46–38, 33–49
Pts: Shepherd 17
Rebs: Herrera 8
Asts: Shepherd 5
Pts: Marčiulionis 27
Rebs: Sabonis 11
Asts: Marčiulionis 8
27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
16:30
v
Unified Team Olympic flag.svg8563Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by half: 35–51, 50–12
Pts: Volkov 15
Rebs: Belostenny 7
Asts: Bazarevich 7
Pts: Gaze 17
Rebs: Longley 5
Asts: Longley 2
27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
20:30
v
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg68100Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 35–51, 33–49
Pts: Shan 22
Rebs: Shan 7
Asts: Song 3
Pts: Morales 15
Rebs: Rivas 4
Asts: Carter 12

29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
9:30
v
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg7178Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by half: 27–43, 44–35
Pts: Olivares 22
Rebs: Walcott 11
Asts: Estaba 4
Pts: Bradtke 16
Rebs: Bradtke 9
Asts: Gaze 7
29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
14:30
v
Unified Team Olympic flag.svg10084Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by half:55–39, 45–45
Pts: Bazarevich 18
Rebs: Volkov 6
Asts: Bazarevich 6
Pts: Sun J. 22
Rebs: Wang 5
Asts: Adiljan 4
29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
16:30
v
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg10491Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half:50–43, 54–48
Pts: Sabonis 31
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Marčiulionis 9
Pts: Ortiz 20
Rebs: Ortiz 8
Asts: Carter, Rivas 5

31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
9:30
v
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg8296Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 42–52, 40–44
Pts: Olivares 24
Rebs: Estaba 8
Asts: Estaba, Shepherd 4
Pts: López 19
Rebs: Mincy 14
Asts: López 7
31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
14:30
v
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg8866Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by half:39–28, 49–38
Pts: Gaze 30
Rebs: Bradtke 7
Asts: Gaze, Longley 4
Pts: Hu 15
Rebs: Wang 5
Asts: Sun F. 6
31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
16:30
v
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg8092Olympic flag.svg Unified Team
Scoring by half:38–26, 42–66
Pts: Sabonis, Marčiulionis 21
Rebs: Sabonis 16
Asts: Marčiulionis 8
Pts: Tikhonenko 31
Rebs: Volkov 9
Asts: Volkov 4

2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
14:30
v
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg9688Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by half: 52–52, 44–36
Pts: Herrera 23
Rebs: Herrera 10
Asts: Walcott 5
Pts: Gong 18
Rebs: Shan 3
Asts: Sun J. 5
2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
16:30
v
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg8798Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
Scoring by half:46–45, 41–53
Pts: Gaze 16
Rebs: Bradtke 12
Asts: Gaze 3
Pts: Sabonis 26
Rebs: Einikis 10
Asts: Marčiulionis 8
2 August 1992 (1992-08-02)
20:30
v
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg8270Olympic flag.svg Unified Team
Scoring by half: 36–39, 46–31
Pts: Ortiz 16
Rebs: Ortiz 13
Asts: Ortiz 5
Pts: Vētra 25
Rebs: Belostenny 6
Asts: Volkov 5

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
         
A1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 115
B4 Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 77
A1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 127
B2 Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 76
B2 Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 114
A3 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 96
A1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 117
A2 Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 85
B1 Olympic flag.svg Unified Team 83
A4 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 76
B1 Olympic flag.svg Unified Team 74 Bronze medal game
A2 Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 75
A2 Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 98B1 Olympic flag.svg Unified Team 78
B3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 65 B2 Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 82
5th to 8th place 5th Place game
      
1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 86
4 Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 84
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 90
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 80
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 109
2 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 79 7th Place game
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 86
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 96
9th to 12th place 9th Place game
      
1 Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 79
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 69
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 75
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 78
3 Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela 81
2 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9511th Place game
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 97
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela 100

Quarterfinals

4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
14:30
v
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg9865Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by half:41–31, 57–34
Pts: Petrović 25
Rebs: Rađa 11
Asts: Kukoč 11
Pts: Gaze 16
Rebs: Bradtke, Vlahov 5
Asts: Bradtke, Vlahov 2

4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
16:30
v
Unified Team Olympic flag.svg8376Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by half: 35–36, 48–40
Pts: Tikhonenko 26
Rebs: Volkov 14
Asts: Volkov 4
Pts: Schrempf 32
Rebs: Schrempf 10
Asts: Rödl, Schrempf 3

4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
20:30
v
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg11496Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by half: 48–52, 66–44
Pts: Sabonis 32
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Marčiulionis 10
Pts: Villas 25
Rebs: Victalino 10
Asts: Maury 6

4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
22:30
v
United States  Flag of the United States.svg11577Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half:67–40, 48–37
Pts: Mullin 21
Rebs: Laettner 8
Asts: Pippen 8
Pts: Casiano, Ortiz 13
Rebs: Ortiz 8
Asts: Carter 4

Classification round 9th−12th place

Semifinals

4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
9:30
v
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg7969Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by half:40–35, 39–34
Pts: Moreira 19
Rebs: Conceição 5
Asts: Macedo 6
Pts: Gong 16
Rebs: Hu 5
Asts: Sun F. 5

4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
11:30
v
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg8195Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by half: 40–46, 41–49
Pts: Herrera 26
Rebs: Estaba 8
Asts: Herrera 3
Pts: Herreros 25
Rebs: Andreu 9
Asts: Jofresa 4

11th place match

6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
9:00
v
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg97100Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela
Scoring by half: 51–51, 46–49
Pts: Wu 25
Rebs: Wang 5
Asts: Sun F. 6
Pts: Olivares 32
Rebs: Herrera 6
Asts: Herrera 4

9th place match

6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
11:00
v
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg7578Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by half: 39–41, 36–37
Pts: Conceição 21
Rebs: Conceição 7
Asts: Conceição 4
Pts: Jiménez 15
Rebs: Orenga 6
Asts: Arcega 4

Classification round 5th−8th place

Semifinals

6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
14:30
v
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg8684Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 43–49, 43–35
Pts: Schmidt 29
Rebs: dos Santos 7
Asts: Maury 3
Pts: Morales 16
Rebs: Rivas 5
Asts: Rivas 5

6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
20:30
v
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg10979Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by half:52–44, 57–35
Pts: Gaze 30
Rebs: Bradtke 11
Asts: Smyth 6
Pts: Jackel 19
Rebs: Gnad 11
Asts: Schrempf 5

7th place match

8 August 1992 (1992-08-08)
20:00
v
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg8696Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by half:46–45, 40–51
Pts: Carter 25
Rebs: Mincy 5
Asts: López 2
Pts: Schrempf 24
Rebs: Gnad 15
Asts: Schrempf 7

5th place match

8 August 1992 (1992-08-08)
11:00
v
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg9080Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by half:44–38, 46–42
Pts: Schmidt 23
Rebs: Victalino 12
Asts: Maury 11
Pts: Gaze 26
Rebs: Bradtke, Longley 6
Asts: Gaze, Longley 4

Semifinals

6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
16:30
v
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg7574Olympic flag.svg Unified Team
Scoring by half: 30–40, 45–34
Pts: Petrović 28
Rebs: Rađa 11
Asts: Kukoč 7
Pts: Volkov 20
Rebs: Volkov 6
Asts: Volkov 5

6 August 1992 (1992-08-06)
22:30
v
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg76127Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by half: 30–49, 46–78
Pts: Marčiulionis 20
Rebs: Sabonis 8
Asts: Marčiulionis 8
Pts: Jordan 21
Rebs: Robinson 8
Asts: Johnson 8

Bronze medal game

8 August 1992 (1992-08-08)
13:00
v
Unified Team Olympic flag.svg7882Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 33–39, 45–43
Pts: Tikhonenko 24
Rebs: Volkov 8
Asts: Sukharev 4
Pts: Marčiulionis 29
Rebs: Sabonis 16
Asts: Marčiulionis 3

Gold medal game

Awards

1992 Olympic Basketball Champions
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Tenth title

Final standings

Rankings are determined by classification games:

RankTeamPldWLPFPAPD
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 880938558+380
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 862681656+25
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 862753725+28
4thOlympic flag.svg Unified Team 853660606+54
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5thFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 844692741-49
6thFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 844686663+23
7thFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 835620710-90
8thFlag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 835692737-45
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9thFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 734571632-61
10thFlag of Angola.svg  Angola 725478539-61
11thFlag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela 725573619-46
12thFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 707547675-128

Cultural depictions

References

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