Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Basketball contests at the 1984 Summer Olympics was the eleventh appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California, United States from July 29 to August 10. The United States won the gold medal in both events, the first in the women's team history. Due to the boycott, the Soviet Union and Hungary withdrew from the tournament. The former, having already qualified for both events was replaced by West Germany in the men's competition, while both nations' women's teams were replaced by Australia and South Korea.

11th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Los Angeles 1984
Tournament details
Olympics1984 Summer Olympics
Host nationUnited States of America
CityLos Angeles
DurationJuly 29 – August 10
Men's tournament
Teams12
Medals
Gold medalists  United States
Silver medalists Spain
Bronze medalists  Yugoslavia
Women's tournament
Teams6
Medals
Gold medalists  United States
Silver medalists South Korea
Bronze medalists  China
Tournaments
← Moscow 1980  Seoul 1988 →
Basketball at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Tournament
menwomen
Squads
menwomen
Qualification
women

Medal summary
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
  United States (USA)
Steve Alford
Leon Wood
Patrick Ewing
Vernon Fleming
Alvin Robertson
Michael Jordan
Joe Kleine
Jon Koncak
Wayman Tisdale
Chris Mullin
Sam Perkins
Jeff Turner		  Spain (ESP)
José Manuel Beirán
José Luis Llorente
Fernando Arcega
Josep Maria Margall
Andrés Jiménez
Fernando Romay
Fernando Martín
Juan Antonio Corbalán
Ignacio Solozábal
Juan Domingo de la Cruz
Juan Manuel López Iturriaga
Juan Antonio San Epifanio, "Epi"		  Yugoslavia (YUG)
Dražen Petrović
Aleksandar Petrović
Rajko Žižić
Andro Knego
Nebojša Zorkić
Ivan Sunara
Sabit Hadžić
Dražen Dalipagić
Emir Mutapčić
Ratko Radovanović
Mihovil Nakić
Branko Vukičević
Women's
  United States (USA)
Teresa Edwards
Lea Henry
Lynette Woodard
Anne Donovan
Cathy Boswell
Cheryl Miller
Janice Lawrence
Cindy Noble
Kim Mulkey
Denise Curry
Pam McGee
Carol Menken-Schaudt		  South Korea (KOR)
Choi Aei-young
Kim Eun-sook
Lee Hyung-sook
Choi Kyung-hee
Lee Mi-ja
Moon Kyung-ja
Kim Hwa-soon
Jeong Myung-hee
Kim Young-hee
Sung Jung-a
Park Chan-sook
Park Yang-gae		  China (CHN)
Chen Yuefang
Li Xiaoqin
Ba Yan
Song Xiaobo
Qui Chen
Wang Jun
Xiu Lijuan
Zheng Haixia
Cong Xuedi
Zhang Hui
Liu Qing
Zhang Yueqin

Qualification

An NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country for both events plus the gold and silver medal winners from the previous Olympic Games in the men's tournament, and the champion at the 1983 FIBA World Championship in the women's tournament. Additional spots for the men's tournament were decided via the continental championships held by FIBA, while additional spots for the women's competition were assigned to the top six teams in a tournament held in Havana, Cuba.

Host nation
Olympic Champion
Runners-up at the Previous Games
Qualified teams for the Men's Tournament
Americas Europe Asia Africa Oceania
 United States  Soviet Union[a]  China  Egypt  Australia
 Canada  Yugoslavia
 Brazil  Italy
 Uruguay  France
 Spain
 West Germany[b]
Berth allocations for the Men's Tournament
Region Berths coming from
Continental Championships		 Berths from the
Previous Games		 Berth as
Host nation		 Total
FIBA Europe 3 2 N/A 5
FIBA Americas 3 N/A 1 4
FIBA Asia 1 N/A 1
FIBA Africa 1 1
FIBA Oceania 1 1
TOTAL 9 2 1 12

Women
AmericasAsiaEuropeOceaniaAutomatic qualifiers
 Canada China
 South Korea[c]		 Yugoslavia
 Hungary[a]		 Australia[c] Soviet Union[a] – World Champions
 United States – Olympic hosts
  • a Withdrew from the tournament.
  • b Replaced the Soviet Union.
  • c Replaced the Soviet Union and Hungary.

Format

Men's tournament:

  • Two groups of six teams are formed, where the top four from each group advance to the knockout stage.
  • Fifth and sixth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 9th–12th places in the final ranking.
  • In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
    • The four teams eliminated from the quarterfinals form an additional bracket to decide 5th–8th places in the final ranking.
  • The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Women's tournament:

  • One round-robin group is formed containing all six teams, where the top two compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze medal in an additional match.
  • The remaining two teams finish with their group rank in the final standings.

Tie-breaking criteria:

  1. Head to head results

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

The top four places in each of the preliminary round groups advanced to the eight team, single-elimination knockout stage, where Group A teams would meet Group B teams. Both the host nation's team United States and then Olympic Champions Yugoslavia advanced undefeated to the second stage. The only teams representing Asia and Africa, China and Egypt respectively couldn't advance and ended up competing for eighth place with Brazil and France.

Group A
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 Yugoslavia50457366+9110
 Italy41437363+749
 Australia32383403−208
 West Germany23384376+87
 Brazil14401423−226
 Egypt05349480−1315
July 29
Italy  110–62  Egypt
Scoring by half: 56–31, 54–31
July 29
Yugoslavia  96–83  West Germany
Scoring by half: 49–41, 47–42
July 29
Australia  76–72  Brazil
Scoring by half: 34–38, 42–34
July 30
Italy  80–72  West Germany
Scoring by half: 33–39, 47–33
July 30
Brazil  91–82  Egypt
Scoring by half: 45–43, 46–39
July 30
Yugoslavia  94–64  Australia
Scoring by half: 39–28, 55–36
August 1
Australia  67–66  West Germany
Scoring by half: 31–36, 36–30
August 1
Yugoslavia  100–69  Egypt
Scoring by half: 56–31, 55–36
August 1
Italy  89–78  Brazil
Scoring by half: 43–44, 46–34
August 2
West Germany  85–58  Egypt
Scoring by half: 40–24, 45–34
August 2
Yugoslavia  98–85  Brazil
Scoring by half: 55–50, 43–35
August 2
Italy  93–82  Australia
Scoring by half: 48–48, 45–34
August 4
Australia  94–78  Egypt
Scoring by half: 38–37, 56–41
August 4
West Germany  78–75  Brazil
Scoring by half: 41–37, 37–38
August 4
Yugoslavia  69–65  Italy
Scoring by half: 34–28, 35–37

Group B
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States50511315+19610
 Spain41457438+199
 Canada32462401+618
 Uruguay23403460−577
 China14364477−1136
 France05383489−1065
July 29
Uruguay  91–87 (OT)  France
Scoring by half: 35–41, 38–32 Overtime: 18–14
July 29
United States  97–49  China
Scoring by half: 50–29, 47–20
July 29
Spain  83–82  Canada
Scoring by half: 45–40, 38–42
July 31
China  85–83  France
Scoring by half: 39–48, 46–35
July 31
United States  89–68  Canada
Scoring by half: 43–28, 46–40
July 31
Uruguay  90–107  Spain
Scoring by half: 43–58, 47–49
August 1
China  80–121  Canada
Scoring by half: 32–59, 48–62
August 1
United States  104–68  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 58–37, 46–31
August 1
France  82–97  Spain
Scoring by half: 47–58, 35–39
August 3
China  83–102  Spain
Scoring by half: 38–50, 45–52
August 3
United States  120–62  France
Scoring by half: 57–25, 63–37
August 3
Canada  95–80  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 46–47, 49–33
August 4
United States  101–68  Spain
Scoring by half: 46–41, 55–27
August 4
Canada  96–69  France
Scoring by half: 40–31, 56–38
August 4
China  67–74  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 24–37, 43–37

Championship bracket
  Quarterfinals (August 6) Semifinals (August 8) Gold medal (August 10)
                           
  A1  Yugoslavia 110  
B4  Uruguay 82  
  A1  Yugoslavia 61  
  B2  Spain 74  
B2  Spain 101
  A3  Australia 93  
    B2  Spain 65
  B1  United States 96
  B1  United States 78  
A4  West Germany 67  
  B1  United States 78 Bronze medal (August 9)
  B3  Canada 59  
A2  Italy 72 A1  Yugoslavia 88
  B3  Canada 78   B3  Canada 82

Classification brackets

5th–8th Place

  August 8     5th place (August 10)
                 
  A3  Australia 95  
  B4  Uruguay 101    
      B4  Uruguay 102
      A2  Italy 111
  A2  Italy 98    
  A4  West Germany 71   7th place (August 10)
 
A3  Australia 83
  A4  West Germany 78

9th–12th Place

  August 5     9th place (August 10)
                 
  A5  Brazil 100  
  B6  France 86    
      A5  Brazil 86
      B5  China 76
  B5  China 76    
  A6  Egypt 73   11th place (August 9)
 
B6  France 102
  A6  Egypt 78

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

The first two places in the preliminary group compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze. The remaining teams' group ranking determines their positions in the final standings. With the withdrawal of the Soviet Union's women's team, a new Olympic champion was to be crowned in Los Angeles. The host nation's team went through the first round undefeated and won their first gold medal in women's basketball history against South Korea, one of the teams invited to replace the Soviet Union and Hungary. China, the other Asian representative, earned a bronze medal by defeating Canada. Yugoslavia's team couldn't repeat their bronze medal performance from the previous tournament and finished at the bottom of the rankings.

Competed for the gold medal
Competed for the bronze medal
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 United States50431265+16610
 South Korea41292302−109
 Canada23313335−2271W–0L
 China23318348−3070W–1L
 Australia14267317−5061W–0L
 Yugoslavia14293347−5460W–1L
July 30
Yugoslavia  55–83  United States
Scoring by half: 29–43, 26–40
July 30
Australia  64–67  China
Scoring by half: 22–28, 42–39
July 30
South Korea  67–62  Canada
Scoring by half: 34–32, 33–30
July 31
Australia  41–81  United States
Scoring by half: 28–51, 19–30
July 31
Yugoslavia  52–55  South Korea
Scoring by half: 24–27, 28–28
July 31
China  61–66  Canada
Scoring by half: 33–35, 28–31
August 2
Australia  45–56  Canada
Scoring by half: 18–30, 28–26
August 2
United States  84–47  South Korea
Scoring by half: 40–20, 44–27
August 2
China  79–58  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 34–28, 45–30
August 3
Australia  48–54  South Korea
Scoring by half: 19–26, 29–28
August 3
Canada  68–69  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–34, 35–35
August 3
China  55–91  United States
Scoring by half: 26–38, 29–53
August 5
South Korea  69–56  China
Scoring by half: 34–25, 35–31
August 5
Canada  61–92  United States
Scoring by half: 31–41, 30–51
August 5
Australia  62–59  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 25–31, 37–28

Medal matches

Gold Medal

August 7
United States  85–55  South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–27, 43–28

Bronze Medal

August 7
China  63–57  Canada
Scoring by half: 37–29, 26–28

Final standings
Rank Men Women
TeamPldWLTeamPldWL
 United States880  United States660
 Spain862  South Korea642
 Yugoslavia871  China633
4th Canada844  Canada624
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th Italy862  Australia514
6th Uruguay835  Yugoslavia514
7th Australia844
8th West Germany826
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th Brazil734
10th China725
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th France716
12th Egypt707

See also

References
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