1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team

The 1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The team's head coach was John Thompson, of Georgetown University. Team USA won the tournament's bronze medal, their lowest finish to that point in any Olympic basketball tournament.[2]

1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team
Basketball at the Summer Olympics season
Head coachJohn Thompson
1988 Summer Olympics
Scoring leader Dan Majerle[1]
14.1
Rebounding leader David Robinson
6.9
Assists leader Mitch Richmond
2.1

This was the last Olympic basketball tournament where NBA players were not allowed to participate; FIBA instituted a rule change in 1989 that lifted that restriction, leading to the dominance of 1992's Dream Team.[3][4]

Roster
Name [5] Position Height Weight Age Team/School Home Town
Willie Anderson G 6'7" 190 22 Georgia Greenville, SC
Stacey Augmon F 6'7" 192 20 UNLV Pasadena, California
Bimbo Coles G 6'1" 175 20 Virginia Tech Lewisburg, West Virginia
Jeff Grayer G 6'6" 206 22 Iowa State Flint, Michigan
Hersey Hawkins G 6'2" 192 21 Bradley Chicago, Illinois
Dan Majerle G/F 6'5" 225 23 Central Michigan Traverse City, Michigan
Danny Manning F 6'9" 231 22 Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
J. R. Reid F 6'9" 206 20 North Carolina Virginia Beach, Virginia
Mitch Richmond G 6'4" 222 23 Kansas State Lauderhill, Florida
David Robinson C 7'0" 226 23 Navy Woodbridge, Virginia
Charles D. Smith F 6'9" 228 23 Pittsburgh Bridgeport, Connecticut
Charles Smith G 6'0" 149 20 Georgetown Washington, DC

Team staff members

Results

The American team did not reach the gold medal game for the first time in its history. However, the team rebounded, and beat Australia in the bronze medal game, by a score of 78–49.[6]

Final standings

See also

References
  1. 1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men 17 to 30 Sep. 1988 - Seoul in Korea.
  2. "THE SEOUL OLYMPICS: Men's Basketball; After 16-Year Wait, Soviets Stun U.S. Again, 82-76 - The New York Times". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  3. Kalb, Elliott; Weinstein, Mark (2009). The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All-Time. Skyhorse. p. 71. ISBN 9781602396784. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. Freedman, Lew (2015). The 100 Most Important Sporting Events in American History. ABC-CLIO. p. 121. ISBN 9781440835759. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. "1988 USA Men's Olympic Games Roster Archived 2010-01-03 at the Wayback Machine." usabasketball.com. Retrieved on April 28, 2014.
  6. "USAB: Games of the XXIVth Olympiad -- 1988". usab.com. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  7. 1988 USA Olympic basketball team info
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