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Basketball, Men

Date18 – 27 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationCentre Étienne Desmarteau, Montréal, Québec / Le Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Participants141 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

The United States had revenge on its mind after the debacle of Munich. The 1976 US basketball team was coached by Dean Smith of the University of North Carolina, and he chose a team heavily laden with players from his own school – Phil Ford, Walter Davis, Mitch Kupchak, and Tom LaGarde – and rival schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference, including Steve Sheppard and Tate Armstrong. The two top European teams remained the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, who had finished 1-2 at the 1970 World Championship (the USA was 5th), and the 1969 and 1971 European Championships.

But a re-match of the USA-USSR game never occurred. The United States almost lost an early round game to Puerto Rico, led by Marquette University star, Butch Lee, but eventually prevailed, 95-94. In one semi-final, Yugoslavia defeated the Soviet Union, to set up a final game against the USA. In the final, the United States scored the first eight points, and was never challenged by Yugoslavia, winning 95-74. The USA team was led by Notre Dame star Adrian Dantley, who averaged over 19 points per game.

PosNrTeamNOCWLPtsPoints
1United StatesUSA7014586–500Gold
2YugoslaviaYUG5210529–522Silver
3Soviet UnionURS6112732–535Bronze
4CanadaCAN438595–611
5ItalyITA5210526–491
6CzechoslovakiaTCH346584–580
7CubaCUB438616–574
8AustraliaAUS254625–652
9Puerto RicoPUR346523–538
10MexicoMEX254547–600
11JapanJPN162457–666
12EgyptEGY07064–115

Preliminary Round (18 – 24 July 1976)

Group A (18 – 24 July 1976)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1URS5010548–374
2CAN418446–416
3CUB326448–402
4AUS234472–481
5MEX142461–511
6JPN050364–555

Match #118 Jul 9:00CAN 104 – 76JPN
Match #218 Jul 14:00CUB 111 – 89AUS
Match #318 Jul 19:00URS 120 – 77MEX
Match #419 Jul 11:00CAN 84 – 79CUB
Match #519 Jul 16:00URS 93 – 77AUS
Match #619 Jul 21:00MEX 108 – 90JPN
Match #721 Jul 11:00AUS 120 – 117
AET
MEX
Match #821 Jul 16:00CUB 97 – 56JPN
Match #921 Jul 21:00URS 108 – 85CAN
Match #1023 Jul 11:00URS 129 – 63JPN
Match #1123 Jul 16:00CUB 89 – 75MEX
Match #1223 Jul 21:00CAN 81 – 69AUS
Match #1324 Jul 11:00URS 98 – 72CUB
Match #1424 Jul 16:00CAN 92 – 84MEX
Match #1524 Jul 21:00AUS 117 – 79JPN

Group B (18 – 24 July 1976)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1USA5010396–349
2YUG418366–343
3ITA326349–344
4TCH234418–406
5PUR142323–363
6EGY05064–111

Match #118 Jul 11:00YUG 84 – 63PUR
Match #218 Jul 16:00USA 106 – 86ITA
Match #318 Jul 21:00TCH 103 – 64EGY
Match #420 Jul 16:00USA 95 – 94PUR
Match #520 Jul 21:00YUG 99 – 81TCH
Match #621 Jul 14:00ITA 79 – 69TCH
Match #721 Jul 19:00USA 112 – 93YUG
Match #822 Jul 11:00TCH 89 – 83PUR
Match #922 Jul 16:00YUG 88 – 87ITA
Match #1024 Jul 9:00USA 81 – 76TCH
Match #1124 Jul 19:00ITA 95 – 81PUR
Match #1220 Jul 11:00ITA walkover
Match #1321 Jul 9:00PUR walkover
Match #1422 Jul 21:00USA walkover
Match #1524 Jul 14:00YUG walkover

Classification Round 5-8 (25 July 1976)

Classification matches.

Match #125 Jul 22:00TCH 91 – 76CUB
Match #225 Jul 22:00ITA 79 – 72AUS

Classification Round 9-12 (25 July 1976)

Classification matches.

Match #125 Jul 14:00PUR 111 – 91JPN
Match #225 Jul 16:00MEX walkover

Semi-Finals (26 July 1976)

Single-elimination.

Match #126 Jul 14:00YUG 89 – 84URS
Match #226 Jul 16:00USA 95 – 77CAN

Final Round (25 – 27 July 1976)

Medal round.

Match 1/227 Jul 22:00USA 95 – 74YUG
Match 3/427 Jul 16:00URS 100 – 72CAN
Match 5/627 Jul 20:00ITA 98 – 75TCH
Match 7/827 Jul 16:00CUB 92 – 81AUS
Match 9/1027 Jul 14:00PUR 89 – 84MEX
Match 11/1227 Jul 12:00JPN walkover

Rankings

Points
Scoring Average
Total Field Goals Attempted
Total Field Goals %
Free Throws Made
Free Throws %
Total Rebounds
Assists
Turnovers
Blocked Shots
Personal Fouls