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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.

PosNrTeamNOCWLPtsPoints
1United StatesUSA8016816–562Gold
2YugoslaviaSCG7114741–578Silver
3LithuaniaLTU5310664–560Bronze
4AustraliaAUS5310712–690
5GreeceGRE5310674–662
6BrazilBRA356725–757
7CroatiaCRO448666–624
8People's Republic of ChinaCHN264581–844
9ArgentinaARG438535–552
10Puerto RicoPUR254600–619
11AngolaANG162446–516
12Republic of KoreaKOR070562–758

Preliminary Round (20 – 28 July 1996)

Group A (20 – 28 July 1996)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1USA5010522–345
2LTU326427–354
3CRO326422–386
4CHN234360–502
5ARG234351–396
6ANG050280–379

Match #120 Jul 15:00CHN 70 – 67ANG
Match #220 Jul 17:00LTU 83 – 81
AET
CRO
Match #320 Jul 22:00USA 96 – 68ARG
Match #422 Jul 12:00CRO 109 – 78CHN
Match #522 Jul 20:00ARG 65 – 61LTU
Match #622 Jul 22:00USA 87 – 54ANG
Match #724 Jul 10:00CHN 87 – 77ARG
Match #824 Jul 17:00CRO 71 – 48ANG
Match #924 Jul 22:00USA 104 – 82LTU
Match #1026 Jul 12:00LTU 85 – 49ANG
Match #1126 Jul 20:00CRO 90 – 75ARG
Match #1226 Jul 22:00USA 133 – 70CHN
Match #1328 Jul 10:00LTU 116 – 55CHN
Match #1428 Jul 19:00USA 102 – 71CRO
Match #1528 Jul 22:30ARG 66 – 62ANG

Group B (20 – 28 July 1996)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1SCG5010478–364
2AUS418492–438
3GRE326402–416
4BRA234498–494
5PUR142447–465
6KOR050422–562

Match #120 Jul 10:00AUS 111 – 88KOR
Match #220 Jul 20:00BRA 101 – 98PUR
Match #320 Jul 12:00SCG 71 – 63GRE
Match #422 Jul 15:00PUR 98 – 86KOR
Match #522 Jul 17:00SCG 91 – 68AUS
Match #622 Jul 10:00GRE 89 – 87BRA
Match #724 Jul 12:00SCG 118 – 65KOR
Match #824 Jul 20:00GRE 80 – 69PUR
Match #924 Jul 15:00AUS 109 – 101
AET
BRA
Match #1026 Jul 15:00GRE 108 – 86KOR
Match #1126 Jul 17:00SCG 101 – 82BRA
Match #1226 Jul 10:00AUS 101 – 96PUR
Match #1328 Jul 20:30BRA 127 – 97KOR
Match #1428 Jul 12:00AUS 103 – 62GRE
Match #1528 Jul 17:00SCG 97 – 86PUR

Quarter-Finals (30 July 1996)

Single-elimination.

Match #130 Jul 10:00LTU 99 – 66GRE
Match #230 Jul 12:00SCG 128 – 61CHN
Match #330 Jul 20:00AUS 73 – 71CRO
Match #430 Jul 22:00USA 98 – 75BRA

Classification Round 5-8 (1 August 1996)

Classification matches.

Match #101 Aug 10:00GRE 115 – 75CHN
Match #201 Aug 12:00BRA 80 – 74CRO

Classification Round 9-12 (30 July 1996)

Classification matches.

Match #130 Jul 15:00ARG 97 – 79KOR
Match #230 Jul 17:00PUR 76 – 67ANG

Semi-Finals (1 August 1996)

Match #101 Aug 20:00SCG 66 – 58LTU
Match #201 Aug 22:00USA 101 – 73AUS

Final Round (2 August 1996)

Medal round.

Match 1/202 Aug 22:00USA 95 – 69SCG
Match 3/402 Aug 20:00LTU 80 – 74AUS
Match 5/602 Aug 22:00GRE 91 – 72BRA
Match 7/802 Aug 20:00CRO 99 – 85CHN
Match 9/1002 AugARG 87 – 77PUR
Match 11/1202 Aug 10:00ANG 99 – 61KOR

Rankings

Points
Scoring Average
2-point Field Goals Made
2-point Field Goals %
3-point Field Goals Made
3-point Field Goals %
Total Field Goals Attempted
Total Field Goals %
Free Throws Made
Free Throws %
Total Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Turnovers
Blocked Shots
Personal Fouls