Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament


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The men's tournament in basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul began on 17 September and ended on 30 September.

Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Korea
CitySeoul
Dates17–30 September
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place United States
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played46
Top scorerBrazil Oscar Schmidt
(42.3 points per game)

The Soviet Union won its second gold medal, defeating Yugoslavia 76–63 in the gold medal match.

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.[1][2]

Competition schedule

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G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals C Classification matches B Bronze medal match F Final
Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30
G G G G G G C ¼ C ½ C B C F

A NOC could enter one men's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the winners from the previous edition. The remaining teams were decided by the continental championships in Asia, Oceania, Africa and Americas and European qualifying tournament. Champions of Asia and Oceania, top two teams from Africa and top three from Americas earned direct qualification. Last three berths are allocated from European qualifying tournament, held in Netherlands.

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
1984 Summer Olympics 29 July – 10 August 1984   Los Angeles 1   United States
Host nation 30 September 1981   Baden-Baden 1   South Korea
1987 FIBA Oceania Championship 31 August – 4 September 1987   Timaru
  Christchurch		 1   Australia
FIBA Africa Championship 1987 17–27 December 1987   Tunis 2   Central African Republic
  Egypt
1988 Tournament of the Americas 22–31 May 1988   Montevideo 3   Brazil
  Puerto Rico
  Canada
European qualifying tournament July 1988   Netherlands 3   Soviet Union
  Yugoslavia
  Spain
1987 ABC Championship 14–27 November 1987   Bangkok 1   China
Total 12

Each NOC was limited to one team per tournament. Each team had a roster of twelve players.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Yugoslavia 5 4 1 468 384 +84 9[a] Quarterfinals
2   Soviet Union 5 4 1 460 393 +67 9[a]
3   Australia 5 3 2 429 408 +21 8[b]
4   Puerto Rico 5 3 2 382 387 −5 8[b]
5   Central African Republic 5 1 4 346 436 −90 6 9th–12th classification round
6   South Korea (H) 5 0 5 384 461 −77 5

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. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 1–0 Soviet Union
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Puerto Rico
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 5 5 0 485 302 +183 10 Quarterfinals
2   Spain 5 4 1 484 435 +49 9
3   Brazil 5 3 2 590 522 +68 8
4   Canada 5 2 3 479 455 +24 7
5   China 5 1 4 433 527 −94 6 9th–12th classification round
6   Egypt 5 0 5 338 568 −230 5

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.

China   98–84   Egypt
Scoring by half: 47–43, 51–41
Egypt   70–113   Spain
Scoring by half: 44–57, 26–56
China   74–106   Spain
Scoring by half: 43–59, 31–57

Championship bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
          
September 26
(A1)   Yugoslavia95
September 28
(B4)   Canada73
(A1)   Yugoslavia91
September 26
(A3)   Australia70
(B2)   Spain74
September 30
(A3)   Australia77
(A1)   Yugoslavia63
September 26
(A2)   Soviet Union76
(B1)   United States94
September 28
(A4)   Puerto Rico57
(B1)   United States76
September 26
(A2)   Soviet Union82 Third place
(A2)   Soviet Union110
September 29
(B3)   Brazil105
(A3)   Australia49
(B1)   United States78

Classification round

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5th–8th Place

September 28 5th place (September 30)
      
B3   Brazil 104
A4   Puerto Rico 86
B3   Brazil 106
B4   Canada 90
B4   Canada 96
B2   Spain 91 7th place (September 29)
A4   Puerto Rico 93
B2   Spain 92

9th–12th Place

September 26 9th place (September 29)
      
A5   Central Afr. Rep. 63
B6   Egypt 57
A5   Central Afr. Rep. 81
A6   South Korea 89
B5   China 90
A6   South Korea 93 11th place (September 29)
B6   Egypt 75
B5   China 97

Classification 5–8 semifinals

Classification 7–8

Classification 5–6

Classification 9–12 semifinals

Classification 11–12

Classification 9–10

1988 Olympic Basketball Champions
 
Soviet Union
Second title

Rankings are determined by classification games:

Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD
Gold medal game participants
    Soviet Union 8 7 1 728 637 +91
    Yugoslavia 8 6 2 717 603 +114
Bronze medal game participants
    United States 8 7 1 733 490 +243
4th   Australia 8 4 4 625 651 −26
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th   Brazil 8 5 3 905 808 +97
6th   Canada 8 3 5 738 747 −9
7th   Puerto Rico 8 4 4 618 677 −59
8th   Spain 8 4 4 741 701 +40
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9th   South Korea 7 2 5 566 632 −66
10th   Central African Republic 7 2 5 490 582 −92
11th   China 7 2 5 620 695 −75
12th   Egypt 7 0 7 470 728 −258
  1. ^ Kalb, Elliott; Weinstein, Mark (2009). The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All-Time. Skyhorse. p. 71. ISBN 9781602396784. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ^ Freedman, Lew (2015). The 100 Most Important Sporting Events in American History. ABC-CLIO. p. 121. ISBN 9781440835759. Retrieved 5 May 2020.