14th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Atlanta 1996
Tournament details
Olympics1996 Summer Olympics
Host nationUnited States
CityAtlanta
DurationJuly 20 – August 4
Men's tournament
Teams12
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists Yugoslavia
3 Bronze medalists  Lithuania
Women's tournament
Teams12
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists Brazil
3 Bronze medalists  Australia
Tournaments
← Barcelona 1992  Sydney 2000 →

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.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
 United States (USA)
Charles Barkley
Penny Hardaway
Grant Hill
Hakeem Olajuwon
Karl Malone
Reggie Miller
Shaquille O'Neal
Gary Payton
Scottie Pippen
Mitch Richmond
David Robinson
John Stockton		  FR Yugoslavia (YUG)
Dejan Tomašević
Miroslav Berić
Dejan Bodiroga
Željko Rebrača
Predrag Danilović
Vlade Divac
Aleksandar Đorđević
Saša Obradović
Žarko Paspalj
Zoran Savić
Nikola Lončar
Milenko Topić
  Lithuania (LTU)
Arvydas Sabonis
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Darius Lukminas
Saulius Štombergas
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Mindaugas Žukauskas
Gintaras Einikis
Artūras Karnišovas
Rytis Vaišvila
Tomas Pačėsas
Women's
 United States (USA)
Teresa Edwards
Dawn Staley
Ruthie Bolton
Sheryl Swoopes
Jennifer Azzi
Lisa Leslie
Carla McGhee
Katy Steding
Katrina Felicia McClain
Rebecca Lobo
Venus Lacy
Nikki McCray		  Brazil (BRA)
Hortência Marcari Oliva
Maria Angélica
Adriana Aparecida Santos
Leila Sobral
Maria Paula Silva
Janeth Arcain
Roseli Gustavo
Marta Sobral
Silvinha
Alessandra Santos de Oliveira
Cintia Santos
Claudia Maria Pastor
  Australia (AUS)
Robyn Maher
Allison Cook
Sandy Brondello
Michele Timms
Shelley Sandie
Trisha Fallon
Michelle Chandler
Fiona Robinson
Carla Boyd
Jenny Whittle
Rachael Sporn
Michelle Brogan

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.

Qualification

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.

Men

AfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeOceaniaAutomatic qualifiers
 Angola Puerto Rico
 Argentina
 Brazil		 China
 South Korea		Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
 Lithuania
 Croatia
 Greece		 Australia United States – World champions and Olympic hosts

Women

AfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeOceaniaAutomatic qualifiers
 Zaire Canada
 Cuba		 China
 South Korea
 Japan		 Ukraine
 Italy
 Russia		 Australia Brazil – World champions
 United States – Olympic hosts

Format

  • Twelve teams are split into two preliminary round groups of six teams each.
  • The top four teams from both groups qualify for 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 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 as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

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

1996 men's teams.

Preliminary round

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 United States50522345+17710
 Lithuania32427354+7381W–0L
 Croatia32422386+3680W–1L
 China23360502−14271W–0L
 Argentina23351396−4570W–1L
 Angola05280379−995

Group B

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia50478364+11410
 Australia41492438+549
 Greece32402416−148
 Brazil23498494+47
 Puerto Rico14447465−186
 South Korea05422562−1405

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals (July 30) Semifinals (August 1) Gold medal (August 3)
         
B1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia 128
A4  China 61
B1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia 66
A2  Lithuania 58
A2  Lithuania 99
B3  Greece 66
B1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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

Women's tournament

1996 women's teams.

Preliminary round

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 Brazil50424360+6410
 Russia41378342+369
 Italy32330309+218
 Japan23365396−317
 China14347378−316
 Canada05293352−595

Group B

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 United States50507339+16810
 Ukraine32354358−481W–0L
 Australia32369319+5080W–1L
 Cuba23365377−1271W–0L
 South Korea23347389−4270W–1L
 Zaire05287447−1605

Knockout stage

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

Final standings

Rank Men Women
TeamPldWLTeamPldWL
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States880  United States880
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia871  Brazil871
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lithuania853  Australia853
4th Australia853  Ukraine844
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th Greece853  Russia862
6th Brazil835  Cuba835
7th Croatia844  Japan835
8th China826  Italy835
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th Argentina743  China734
10th Puerto Rico725  South Korea734
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th Angola716  Canada716
12th South Korea707  Zaire707

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Sam (August 4, 1996). "DREAM TEAM WITH GOLD MEDAL". Chicago Tribune. p. 1.
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