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Basketball, Men

Date20 July – 2 August 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationFranklin L. Forbes Arena, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia / Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants141 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

The United States again entered a team of NBA stars, with several players returning from the Dream Team – notably Charles Barkley, David Robinson, Karl Malone, and John Stockton. The team was dubbed by the media as “Dream Team II” but it was a lesser version of the 1992 leviathan, and in addition, the rest of the world was now beginning to catch up to the United States in basketball – even to the professional version.

After the break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, the former European powers were now slightly different. Though Russia had a good team, it did not qualify in 1996, and the best team among the former Soviet republics belonged to Lithuania, led by NBA stars Šarūnas Marčiulionis and Arvydas Sabonis. Yugoslavia contributed two top contenders in Croatia and the re-formed Yugoslavia, now represented by Serbia & Montenegro, with all of the players coming from Serbia.

But in Atlanta, the United States won fairly comfortably. They dominated Group A, and won the quarter-finals against Brazil, 98-75; the semi-finals against Australia, 101-73; and the final against Yugoslavia, 95-69.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1United StatesUSAGold
6Penny Hardaway
4Charles Barkley
7David Robinson
14Gary Payton
5Grant Hill
15Hakeem Olajuwon
12John Stockton
11Karl Malone
9Mitch Richmond
10Reggie Miller
8Scottie Pippen
13Shaquille O'Neal
CoachLenny Wilkens
2YugoslaviaSCGSilver
10Saša Đorđević
4Dejan Bodiroga
14Dejan Tomašević
15Milenko Topić
9Miroslav Berić
7Nikola Lončar
5Predrag Danilović
6Saša Obradović
12Vlade Divac
8Žarko Paspalj
11Zelly Rebrača
13Zoran Savić
CoachŽeljko Obradović
3LithuaniaLTUBronze
12Artūras Karnišovas
11Arvydas Sabonis
9Darius Lukminas
6Eurelijus Žukauskas
14Gintaras Einikis
5Mindaugas Žukauskas
10Rimas Kurtinaitis
4Rytis Vaišvila
13Šarūnas Marčiulionis
8Saulius Štombergas
7Tomas Pačėsas
15Andrius Jurkūnas DNS
CoachVladas Garastas
4AustraliaAUS
10Andrew Gaze
14Andrew Vlahov
5Brett Maher
13John Dorge
12Mark Bradtke
7Pat Reidy
15Ray Borner
8Sam MacKinnon
6Scott Fisher
11Shane Heal
9Tonny Jensen
4Tony Ronaldson
CoachBarry Barnes
5GreeceGRE
5Kostas Patavoukas
7Pap Papanikolaou
12Dinos Angelidis-Chronis
4Efthymios Bakatsias
14Efthymios Rentzias
9Lefteris Kakiousis
10Frankie Alvertis
8Georgios Sigalas
11Nikos Oikonomou
13Panagiotis Fasoulas
6Panagiotis Giannakis
15Fanis Christodoulou
CoachMakis Dendrinos
6BrazilBRA
5 Ratto
10 Tonico
12 Josuel
6 Caio
9Caio da Silveira
8 Olívia
4 Demétrius
7 Pipoka
15 Janjão
14Oscar Schmidt
13 Rogério
11Fernando Minucci
CoachAry Vidal
7CroatiaCRO
6Arijan Komazec
12Damir Mulaomerović
15Davor Marcelić
14Dino Rađa
4Josip Vranković
9Slaven Rimac
11Stojko Vranković
7Toni Kukoč
5Velimir Perasović
13Veljko Mršić
8Vladan Alanović
10Žan Tabak
CoachPetar Skansi
8People's Republic of ChinaCHN
13Meng Kebate'er
15Gong Xiaobin
8Hu Weidong
12Li Nan
4Li Xiaoyong
11Liu Yudong
14Shan Tao
7Sun Jun
6Wang Zhizhi
9Wu Naiqun
10Wu Qinglong
5Zheng Wu
CoachGong Luming
9ArgentinaARG
4Marcelo Nicola
5Daniel Farabello
6Luis Villar
7Esteban de la Fuente
8Ernesto Michel
9Marcelo Milanesio
10Juan Espil
11Diego Osella
12Fabricio Oberto
13Jorge Racca
14Esteban Pérez
15Rubén Wolkowyski
CoachGuillermo Vecchio
10Puerto RicoPUR
4José Rafael Ortiz
5Joël Curbelo
6Pablo Alicea
7Richard Soto
8Jerome Mincy
9Eddie Rivera
10Carmelo Travieso
11Juan Ramón Rivas
12Edgar Padilla
13Eugenio Soto
14Daniel Santiago
15Georgie Torres
CoachCarlos Morales
11AngolaANG
4Edmar Victoriano
5Aníbal Moreira
6Ângelo Victoriano
7Benjamim Ucuahamba
8Honorato Trosso
9Victor de Carvalho
10Herlander Coimbra
11Justino Victoriano
12David Dias
13Benjamim João Romano
14José Carlos Guimarães
15Jean-Jacques da Conceição DNS
CoachVladimiro Romero
12Republic of KoreaKOR
4Lee Sang-Min
5Gang Dong-Hui
6Yang Hui-Seung
8Hyeon Ju-Yeop
9Heo Jae
10Mun Gyeong-Eun
11Oh Seong-Sik
12Jo Dong-Gi
13Jeon Hui-Cheol
14Jeong Jae-Geun
15Jeong Gyeong-Ho
7U Ji-Won DNS
CoachChoi In-Chul

Preliminary Round

Date20 – 28 July 1996

Group A

Date20 – 28 July 1996
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1United StatesUSA50010522-345
2LithuaniaLTU3026427-354
3CroatiaCRO3026422-386
4People's Republic of ChinaCHN2034360-502
5ArgentinaARG2034351-396
6AngolaANG0050280-379
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #120 Jul 15:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN70 – 67AngolaANG
Match #220 Jul 17:00LithuaniaLTU83 – 81CroatiaCROAET
Match #320 Jul 22:00United StatesUSA96 – 68ArgentinaARG
Match #422 Jul 12:00CroatiaCRO109 – 78People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #522 Jul 20:00ArgentinaARG65 – 61LithuaniaLTU
Match #622 Jul 22:00United StatesUSA87 – 54AngolaANG
Match #724 Jul 10:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN87 – 77ArgentinaARG
Match #824 Jul 17:00CroatiaCRO71 – 48AngolaANG
Match #924 Jul 22:00United StatesUSA104 – 82LithuaniaLTU
Match #1026 Jul 12:00LithuaniaLTU85 – 49AngolaANG
Match #1126 Jul 20:00CroatiaCRO90 – 75ArgentinaARG
Match #1226 Jul 22:00United StatesUSA133 – 70People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1328 Jul 10:00LithuaniaLTU116 – 55People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1428 Jul 19:00United StatesUSA102 – 71CroatiaCRO
Match #1528 Jul 22:30ArgentinaARG66 – 62AngolaANG

Group B

Date20 – 28 July 1996
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1YugoslaviaSCG50010478-364
2AustraliaAUS4018492-438
3GreeceGRE3026402-416
4BrazilBRA2034498-494
5Puerto RicoPUR1042447-465
6Republic of KoreaKOR0050422-562
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #120 Jul 10:00AustraliaAUS111 – 88Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #220 Jul 20:00BrazilBRA101 – 98Puerto RicoPUR
Match #320 Jul 12:00YugoslaviaSCG71 – 63GreeceGRE
Match #422 Jul 15:00Puerto RicoPUR98 – 86Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #522 Jul 17:00YugoslaviaSCG91 – 68AustraliaAUS
Match #622 Jul 10:00GreeceGRE89 – 87BrazilBRA
Match #724 Jul 12:00YugoslaviaSCG118 – 65Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #824 Jul 20:00GreeceGRE80 – 69Puerto RicoPUR
Match #924 Jul 15:00AustraliaAUS109 – 101BrazilBRAAET
Match #1026 Jul 15:00GreeceGRE108 – 86Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1126 Jul 17:00YugoslaviaSCG101 – 82BrazilBRA
Match #1226 Jul 10:00AustraliaAUS101 – 96Puerto RicoPUR
Match #1328 Jul 20:30BrazilBRA127 – 97Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1428 Jul 12:00AustraliaAUS103 – 62GreeceGRE
Match #1528 Jul 17:00YugoslaviaSCG97 – 86Puerto RicoPUR

Quarter-Finals

Date30 July 1996
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #130 Jul 10:00LithuaniaLTU99 – 66GreeceGRE
Match #230 Jul 12:00YugoslaviaSCG128 – 61People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #330 Jul 20:00AustraliaAUS73 – 71CroatiaCRO
Match #430 Jul 22:00United StatesUSA98 – 75BrazilBRA

Classification Round 5-8

Date1 August 1996
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #101 Aug 10:00GreeceGRE115 – 75People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #201 Aug 12:00BrazilBRA80 – 74CroatiaCRO

Classification Round 9-12

Date30 July 1996
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #130 Jul 15:00ArgentinaARG97 – 79Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #230 Jul 17:00Puerto RicoPUR76 – 67AngolaANG

Semi-Finals

Date1 August 1996
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #101 Aug 20:00YugoslaviaSCG66 – 58LithuaniaLTU
Match #201 Aug 22:00United StatesUSA101 – 73AustraliaAUS

Final Round

Date2 August 1996
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/202 Aug 22:00United StatesUSA95 – 69YugoslaviaSCG
Match 3/402 Aug 20:00LithuaniaLTU80 – 74AustraliaAUS
Match 5/602 Aug 22:00GreeceGRE91 – 72BrazilBRA
Match 7/802 Aug 20:00CroatiaCRO99 – 85People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match 9/1002 AugArgentinaARG87 – 77Puerto RicoPUR
Match 11/1202 Aug 10:00AngolaANG99 – 61Republic of KoreaKOR