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Basketball, Men

Date26 July – 8 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationPalacio Municipal de Deportes de Badalona, Badalona
Participants142 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

For the first time, all basketball professionals were declared eligible to compete at the Olympics, including members of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the United States’ major professional league. This allowed the US to field a team of professional all-stars, which was certainly the greatest basketball team ever assembled, and was dubbed the “Dream Team”. The team gained incredible attention from the media and fans, both in the United States and Spain, as well as throughout the world, and easily won the gold medal. The team members were Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Clyde Drexler, Patrick Ewing, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Michael Jordan, Christian Laettner, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, and John Stockton. Subsequent US teams, made up of NBA players, were labeled Dream Team II and Dream Team III, but the 1992 team was considered by far the most outstanding.

At the Olympics, the level of US dominance was laughable. Many of the players on other teams deemed it an honor to simply play against the Dream Team and many opponents asked for autographs and posed for pictures with the US players. The Dream Team averaged over 117 points per game. Their “closest” two games were against Croatia, which it defeated by 32 and 33 points. The average margin of victory was just under 44 points.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1United StatesUSAGold
14Charles Barkley
7Larry Bird
10Clyde Drexler
6Patrick Ewing
15Magic Johnson
9Michael Jordan
4Christian Laettner
11Karl Malone
13Chris Mullin
8Scottie Pippen
5David Robinson
12John Stockton
CoachChuck Daly
2CroatiaCROSilver
8Vladan Alanović
9Franjo Arapović
6Danko Cvjetićanin
12Alan Gregov
13Arijan Komazec
7Toni Kukoč
15Aramis Naglić
5Velimir Perasović
4Dražen Petrović
14Dino Rađa
10Žan Tabak
11Stojko Vranković
CoachPetar Skansi
3LithuaniaLTUBronze
8Romanas Brazdauskis
4Valdemaras Chomičius
7Darius Dimavičius
14Gintaras Einikis
15Sergėjus Jovaiša
12Artūras Karnišovas
9Gintaras Krapikas
10Rimas Kurtinaitis
13Šarūnas Marčiulionis
5Alvydas Pazdrazdis
11Arvydas Sabonis
6Arūnas Visockas
CoachVladas Garastas
4Unified TeamEUN
5Sergey Bazarevich
14Aleksandr Volkov
15Aleksandr Belostenny
12Dmitry Sukharev
13Elşad Qadaşev
4Gundars Vetra
6Igors Miglinieks
8Sergey Panov
9Valery Tikhonenko
10Viktor Berezhnoy
11Vitaly Nosov
7Vladimir Gorin
CoachYury Selikhov
5BrazilBRA
12 Josuel
6 Gerson
15 Israel
7 Pipoka
5 Guerrinha
11 Marcel
10 Maury
14Oscar Schmidt
4 Paulinho Villas Boas
8 Rolando
13Fernando Minucci
9 Cadum
CoachJosé Medalha
6AustraliaAUS
14Andrew Vlahov
10Andrew Gaze
8Damian Keogh
4John Dorge
7Larry Sengstock
9Leroy Loggins
13Luc Longley
12Mark Bradtke
5Mike McKay
6Phil Smyth
15Ray Borner
11Shane Heal
CoachAdrian Hurley
7GermanyGER
6Armin Andres
8Arnd Neuhaus
11Detlef Schrempf
4Gunther Behnke
12Hansi Gnad
9Henning Harnisch
5Henrik Rödl
14Jens Kujawa
13Kai Nürnberger
15Michael Jackel
7Stephan Baeck
10Uwe Blab
CoachSvetislav Pešić
8Puerto RicoPUR
14Eddie Casiano
13Edgar de León
7Edwin Pellot
5Federico López
9James Carter
10Javier Colón
8Jerome Mincy
4José Rafael Ortiz
11Juan Ramón Rivas
12Mario Morales
6Raymond Gause
15Richard Soto
CoachRaymond Dalmau
9SpainESP
12Alberto Herreros
8Andrés Jiménez
14Enrique Andreu
11Xavi Fernández
4Jordi Villacampa
5José Arcega
6José Biriukov
13Juan Antonio Orenga
15 Epi
7Rafael Jofresa
9Santiago Aldama
10Tomás Jofresa
CoachAntonio Díaz-Miguel
10AngolaANG
4Benjamim João Romano
8Herlander Coimbra
15Jean-Jacques da Conceição
10Victor de Carvalho
12David Dias
14José Carlos Guimarães
13Paulo Macedo
5Aníbal Moreira
11Nelson Sardinha
9Manuel Sousa
6Ângelo Victoriano
7Benjamim Ucuahamba
CoachVictorino Cunha
11VenezuelaVEN
4Víctor Díaz
13Gabriel Estaba
8Rostyn González
11Carl Herrera
9Luis Jiménez
15Alexander Nelcha
14Iván Olivares
7Nelson Solórzano
10Sam Shepherd
12Omar Walcott
5David Díaz DNS
6Melquiades Jaramillo DNS
CoachJulio Toro
12People's Republic of ChinaCHN
4Dijiang Adiljan
15Gong Xiaobin
8Hu Weidong
5Li Chunjiang
12Ma Jian
14Shan Tao
9Song Ligang
11Sun Fengwu
7Sun Jun
6Wang Zhidan
10Wu Qinglong
13Zhang Yongjun
CoachJiang Xingquan

Preliminary Round

Date26 July – 2 August 1992

Group A

Date26 July – 2 August 1992
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1United StatesUSA50010579-350
2CroatiaCRO4018423-400
3BrazilBRA2034420-463
4GermanyGER2034369-432
5AngolaANG1042324-392
6SpainESP1042398-476
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 Jul 16:30United StatesUSA116 – 48AngolaANG
Match #226 Jul 20:30GermanyGER83 – 74SpainESP
Match #326 Jul 22:30CroatiaCRO93 – 76BrazilBRA
Match #427 Jul 14:30GermanyGER64 – 63AngolaANG
Match #527 Jul 20:30United StatesUSA103 – 70CroatiaCRO
Match #627 Jul 22:30SpainESP101 – 100BrazilBRA
Match #729 Jul 11:30BrazilBRA76 – 66AngolaANG
Match #829 Jul 20:30United StatesUSA111 – 68GermanyGER
Match #929 Jul 22:30CroatiaCRO88 – 79SpainESP
Match #1031 Jul 11:30AngolaANG83 – 63SpainESP
Match #1131 Jul 20:30CroatiaCRO99 – 78GermanyGER
Match #1231 Jul 22:30United StatesUSA127 – 83BrazilBRA
Match #1302 Aug 9:30BrazilBRA85 – 76GermanyGER
Match #1402 Aug 11:30CroatiaCRO73 – 64AngolaANG
Match #1502 Aug 22:30United StatesUSA122 – 81SpainESP

Group B

Date26 July – 2 August 1992
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1Unified TeamEUN4018425-373
2LithuaniaLTU4018481-424
3AustraliaAUS3026432-396
4Puerto RicoPUR3026445-440
5VenezuelaVEN1042392-427
6People's Republic of ChinaCHN0050381-496
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 Jul 9:30Unified TeamEUN78 – 64VenezuelaVEN
Match #226 Jul 11:30LithuaniaLTU112 – 75People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #326 Jul 14:30AustraliaAUS116 – 76Puerto RicoPUR
Match #427 Jul 9:30Puerto RicoPUR100 – 68People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #527 Jul 11:30LithuaniaLTU87 – 79VenezuelaVEN
Match #627 Jul 16:30Unified TeamEUN85 – 63AustraliaAUS
Match #729 Jul 9:30AustraliaAUS78 – 71VenezuelaVEN
Match #829 Jul 14:30Unified TeamEUN100 – 84People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #929 Jul 16:30LithuaniaLTU104 – 91Puerto RicoPUR
Match #1031 Jul 9:30Puerto RicoPUR96 – 82VenezuelaVEN
Match #1131 Jul 14:30AustraliaAUS88 – 66People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1231 Jul 16:30Unified TeamEUN92 – 80LithuaniaLTU
Match #1302 Aug 14:30VenezuelaVEN96 – 88People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1402 Aug 16:30LithuaniaLTU98 – 87AustraliaAUS
Match #1502 Aug 20:30Puerto RicoPUR82 – 70Unified TeamEUN

Quarter-Finals

Date4 August 1992
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #104 Aug 14:30CroatiaCRO98 – 65AustraliaAUS
Match #204 Aug 16:30Unified TeamEUN83 – 76GermanyGER
Match #304 Aug 20:30LithuaniaLTU114 – 96BrazilBRA
Match #404 Aug 22:30United StatesUSA115 – 77Puerto RicoPUR

Classification Round 5-8

Date6 August 1992
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #106 Aug 14:30BrazilBRA86 – 84Puerto RicoPUR
Match #206 Aug 20:30AustraliaAUS109 – 79GermanyGER

Classification Round 9-12

Date4 August 1992
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #104 Aug 9:30AngolaANG79 – 69People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #204 Aug 11:30SpainESP95 – 81VenezuelaVEN

Semi-Finals

Date6 August 1992
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #106 Aug 16:30CroatiaCRO75 – 74Unified TeamEUN
Match #206 Aug 22:30United StatesUSA127 – 76LithuaniaLTU

Final Round

Date6 – 8 August 1992
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/208 Aug 22:00United StatesUSA117 – 85CroatiaCRO
Match 3/408 Aug 13:00LithuaniaLTU82 – 78Unified TeamEUN
Match 5/608 Aug 11:00BrazilBRA90 – 80AustraliaAUS
Match 7/808 Aug 20:00GermanyGER96 – 86Puerto RicoPUR
Match 9/1006 Aug 11:00SpainESP78 – 75AngolaANG
Match 11/1206 Aug 9:00VenezuelaVEN100 – 97People's Republic of ChinaCHN