14th Olympic Basketball Tournament | |||||||||
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Atlanta 1996 | |||||||||
Tournament details | |||||||||
Olympics | 1996 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
Host nation | United States | ||||||||
City | Atlanta | ||||||||
Duration | July 20 – August 4 | ||||||||
Men's tournament | |||||||||
Teams | 12 | ||||||||
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Women's tournament | |||||||||
Teams | 12 | ||||||||
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Tournaments | |||||||||
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Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games was the fourteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It held from July 20 to August 4, 1996. Games took place in the Morehouse College Gymnasium and in the Georgia Dome.
See also: List of Olympic medalists in basketball |
With the U.S. men's team winning the gold medal, Scottie Pippen would become the first person to win an NBA championship and Olympic gold medal in the same year twice, after having played for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Finals.[1] He had previously played with the Bulls in the 1992 and later that year, for the "Dream Team" at the Barcelona Olympics.
An NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. The reigning world champions and the host country qualify automatically, as do the winners of the five continental championships, plus the runner-up and third place from the Americas, the runner-up from Asia and the second through fourth places from the Europe tournament. For the women's tournament, the extra teams consisted of the runner-up from the Americas, in addition to the second and third places from Asia and Europe.
Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification |
Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Automatic qualifiers |
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Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification |
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Tie-breaking criteria:
Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament |
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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5 | 0 | 522 | 345 | +177 | 10 | |
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3 | 2 | 427 | 354 | +73 | 8 | 1W–0L |
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3 | 2 | 422 | 386 | +36 | 8 | 0W–1L |
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2 | 3 | 360 | 502 | −142 | 7 | 1W–0L |
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2 | 3 | 351 | 396 | −45 | 7 | 0W–1L |
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0 | 5 | 280 | 379 | −99 | 5 |
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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5 | 0 | 478 | 364 | +114 | 10 |
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4 | 1 | 492 | 438 | +54 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 402 | 416 | −14 | 8 |
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2 | 3 | 498 | 494 | +4 | 7 |
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1 | 4 | 447 | 465 | −18 | 6 |
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0 | 5 | 422 | 562 | −140 | 5 |
Quarterfinals (July 30) | Semifinals (August 1) | Gold medal (August 3) | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 128 | ||||||||||||
A4 | ![]() | 61 | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 66 | ||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 58 | ||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 99 | ||||||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 66 | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 69 | ||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 95 | ||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 73 | ||||||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 71 | ||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 73 | Bronze medal (August 3) | |||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 101 | ||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 98 | A2 | ![]() | 80 | |||||||||
B4 | ![]() | 75 | B2 | ![]() | 74 |
Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament |
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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5 | 0 | 424 | 360 | +64 | 10 |
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4 | 1 | 378 | 342 | +36 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 330 | 309 | +21 | 8 |
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2 | 3 | 365 | 396 | −31 | 7 |
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1 | 4 | 347 | 378 | −31 | 6 |
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0 | 5 | 293 | 352 | −59 | 5 |
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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5 | 0 | 507 | 339 | +168 | 10 | |
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3 | 2 | 354 | 358 | −4 | 8 | 1W–0L |
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3 | 2 | 369 | 319 | +50 | 8 | 0W–1L |
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2 | 3 | 365 | 377 | −12 | 7 | 1W–0L |
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2 | 3 | 347 | 389 | −42 | 7 | 0W–1L |
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0 | 5 | 287 | 447 | −160 | 5 |
Quarterfinals (July 31) | Semifinals (August 2) | Gold medal (August 4) | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 101 | ||||||||||||
A4 | ![]() | 69 | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 81 | ||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 60 | ||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 59 | ||||||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 50 | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 87 | ||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 111 | ||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 70 | ||||||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 74 | ||||||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 71 | Bronze medal (August 4) | |||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 93 | ||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 108 | A2 | ![]() | 56 | |||||||||
B4 | ![]() | 93 | A3 | ![]() | 66 |
Rank | Men | Women | ||||||
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Team | Pld | W | L | Team | Pld | W | L | |
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8 | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
8 | 8 | 0 |
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8 | 7 | 1 | ![]() |
8 | 7 | 1 |
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8 | 5 | 3 | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 3 |
4th | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 3 | ![]() |
8 | 4 | 4 |
Eliminated at the quarterfinals | ||||||||
5th | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 3 | ![]() |
8 | 6 | 2 |
6th | ![]() |
8 | 3 | 5 | ![]() |
8 | 3 | 5 |
7th | ![]() |
8 | 4 | 4 | ![]() |
8 | 3 | 5 |
8th | ![]() |
8 | 2 | 6 | ![]() |
8 | 3 | 5 |
Preliminary round 5th placers | ||||||||
9th | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 3 | ![]() |
7 | 3 | 4 |
10th | ![]() |
7 | 2 | 5 | ![]() |
7 | 3 | 4 |
Preliminary round 6th placers | ||||||||
11th | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 6 | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 6 |
12th | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 7 | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 7 |