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Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

International basketball tournament

Basketball 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, with the women's team's victory marking their first-ever gold medal. 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.

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Medal summary

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Qualification

A 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.

Men

Host nation
Olympic Champion
Runners-up at the Previous Games
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Women

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  • 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
  2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – 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 hosts United States and reigning Olympic Champions Yugoslavia advanced undefeated to the knockout phase. China, Egypt, Brazil, and France placed fifth and sixth in their respective groups and competed in the classification round.

Group A

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Source: [ FIBA archive]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
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

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Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
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

Knockout stage

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

Main article: Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – 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 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.

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Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Canada 1–0 China
  2. Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Yugoslavia
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  47–81  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

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See also

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