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1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team

1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team

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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]

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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

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Team staff members

Results

The team did not reach the gold-medal game for the first time in its history. They beat Australia in the bronze-medal game 78–49.[6]

Final standings

See also

References

  1. [1]
    1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men 17 to 30 Sep. 1988 - Seoul in Korea.
  2. [2]
    "THE SEOUL OLYMPICS: Men's Basketball; After 16-Year Wait, Soviets Stun U.S. Again, 82-76 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
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    Kalb, Elliott; Weinstein, Mark (2009). The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All-Time. Skyhorse. p. 71. ISBN 9781602396784. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
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    Freedman, Lew (2015). The 100 Most Important Sporting Events in American History. ABC-CLIO. p. 121. ISBN 9781440835759. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
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    "1988 USA Men's Olympic Games Roster Archived 2010-01-03 at the Wayback Machine." usabasketball.com. Retrieved on April 28, 2014.
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    "USAB: Games of the XXIVth Olympiad -- 1988". usab.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
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    1988 USA Olympic basketball team info
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