14th Olympic Basketball Tournament | |||||||||
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Atlanta 1996 | |||||||||
Tournament details | |||||||||
Olympics | 1996 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
Host nation | United States | ||||||||
City | Atlanta | ||||||||
Duration | July 20 – August 4 | ||||||||
Men's tournament | |||||||||
Teams | 12 | ||||||||
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Women's tournament | |||||||||
Teams | 12 | ||||||||
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Tournaments | |||||||||
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Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games was the fourteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It held from July 20 to August 4, 1996. Games took place in the Morehouse College Gymnasium and in the Georgia Dome.
It was also the last Time until 2020 where 11 slots have available in the Olympics through the FIBA Continental (1 in Africa, 2 in Asia, 3 in America's, 1 in Oceania & 4 in Europe in the allocation slot for the Olympics) and 1 with a Host due to the world champions team USA have direct qualify to the Olympics as host in 1996 Olympics
With the U.S. men's team winning the gold medal, Scottie Pippen would become the first person to win an NBA championship and Olympic gold medal in the same year twice, after having played for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Finals. [1] He had previously played with the Bulls in the 1992 and later that year, for the "Dream Team" at the Barcelona Olympics.
An NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. The reigning world champions and the host country qualify automatically, as do the winners of the five continental championships, plus the runner-up and third place from the Americas, the runner-up from Asia and the second through fourth places from the Europe tournament. For the women's tournament, the extra teams consisted of the runner-up from the Americas, in addition to the second and third places from Asia and Europe.
Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Automatic qualifiers |
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Angola | Puerto Rico Argentina Brazil | China South Korea | FR Yugoslavia Lithuania Croatia Greece | Australia | United States – World champions and Olympic hosts |
Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Automatic qualifiers |
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Zaire | Canada Cuba | China South Korea Japan | Ukraine Italy Russia | Australia | Brazil – World champions United States – Olympic hosts |
Tie-breaking criteria:
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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United States | 5 | 0 | 522 | 345 | +177 | 10 | |
Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 427 | 354 | +73 | 8 | 1W–0L |
Croatia | 3 | 2 | 422 | 386 | +36 | 8 | 0W–1L |
China | 2 | 3 | 360 | 502 | −142 | 7 | 1W–0L |
Argentina | 2 | 3 | 351 | 396 | −45 | 7 | 0W–1L |
Angola | 0 | 5 | 280 | 379 | −99 | 5 |
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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FR Yugoslavia | 5 | 0 | 478 | 364 | +114 | 10 |
Australia | 4 | 1 | 492 | 438 | +54 | 9 |
Greece | 3 | 2 | 402 | 416 | −14 | 8 |
Brazil | 2 | 3 | 498 | 494 | +4 | 7 |
Puerto Rico | 1 | 4 | 447 | 465 | −18 | 6 |
South Korea | 0 | 5 | 422 | 562 | −140 | 5 |
Quarterfinals (July 30) | Semifinals (August 1) | Gold medal (August 3) | ||||||||||||
B1 | FR Yugoslavia | 128 | ||||||||||||
A4 | China | 61 | ||||||||||||
B1 | FR Yugoslavia | 66 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Lithuania | 58 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Lithuania | 99 | ||||||||||||
B3 | Greece | 66 | ||||||||||||
B1 | FR Yugoslavia | 69 | ||||||||||||
A1 | United States | 95 | ||||||||||||
B2 | Australia | 73 | ||||||||||||
A3 | Croatia | 71 | ||||||||||||
B2 | Australia | 73 | Bronze medal (August 3) | |||||||||||
A1 | United States | 101 | ||||||||||||
A1 | United States | 98 | A2 | Lithuania | 80 | |||||||||
B4 | Brazil | 75 | B2 | Australia | 74 |
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Brazil | 5 | 0 | 424 | 360 | +64 | 10 |
Russia | 4 | 1 | 378 | 342 | +36 | 9 |
Italy | 3 | 2 | 330 | 309 | +21 | 8 |
Japan | 2 | 3 | 365 | 396 | −31 | 7 |
China | 1 | 4 | 347 | 378 | −31 | 6 |
Canada | 0 | 5 | 293 | 352 | −59 | 5 |
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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United States | 5 | 0 | 507 | 339 | +168 | 10 | |
Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 354 | 358 | −4 | 8 | 1W–0L |
Australia | 3 | 2 | 369 | 319 | +50 | 8 | 0W–1L |
Cuba | 2 | 3 | 365 | 377 | −12 | 7 | 1W–0L |
South Korea | 2 | 3 | 347 | 389 | −42 | 7 | 0W–1L |
Zaire | 0 | 5 | 287 | 447 | −160 | 5 |
Quarterfinals (July 31) | Semifinals (August 2) | Gold medal (August 4) | ||||||||||||
B1 | Brazil | 101 | ||||||||||||
A4 | Cuba | 69 | ||||||||||||
B1 | Brazil | 81 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Ukraine | 60 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Ukraine | 59 | ||||||||||||
B3 | Italy | 50 | ||||||||||||
B1 | Brazil | 87 | ||||||||||||
A1 | United States | 111 | ||||||||||||
B2 | Russia | 70 | ||||||||||||
A3 | Australia | 74 | ||||||||||||
A3 | Australia | 71 | Bronze medal (August 4) | |||||||||||
A1 | United States | 93 | ||||||||||||
A1 | United States | 108 | A2 | Ukraine | 56 | |||||||||
B4 | Japan | 93 | A3 | Australia | 66 |
Rank | Men | Women | ||||||
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Team | Pld | W | L | Team | Pld | W | L | |
United States | 8 | 8 | 0 | United States | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
FR Yugoslavia | 8 | 7 | 1 | Brazil | 8 | 7 | 1 | |
Lithuania | 8 | 5 | 3 | Australia | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
4th | Australia | 8 | 5 | 3 | Ukraine | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Eliminated at the quarterfinals | ||||||||
5th | Greece | 8 | 5 | 3 | Russia | 8 | 6 | 2 |
6th | Brazil | 8 | 3 | 5 | Cuba | 8 | 3 | 5 |
7th | Croatia | 8 | 4 | 4 | Japan | 8 | 3 | 5 |
8th | China | 8 | 2 | 6 | Italy | 8 | 3 | 5 |
Preliminary round 5th placers | ||||||||
9th | Argentina | 7 | 4 | 3 | China | 7 | 3 | 4 |
10th | Puerto Rico | 7 | 2 | 5 | South Korea | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Preliminary round 6th placers | ||||||||
11th | Angola | 7 | 1 | 6 | Canada | 7 | 1 | 6 |
12th | South Korea | 7 | 0 | 7 | Zaire | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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