1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team

none August 2023 1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team John Thompson 1988 Summer Olympics 16px Dan Majerle1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men 17 to 30 Sep. 1988 - Seoul in Korea. USA 14.1 David Robinson USA 6.9 Mitch Richmond USA 2.1 1984 1992 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.https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/28/sports/seoul-olympics-men-s-basketball-after-16-year-wait-soviets-stun-us-again-82-76.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fO%2fOlympic%20Games&pagewanted=print 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 2014-04-28 This was the last Olympic basketball tournament in which 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.Kalb Elliott Weinstein Mark The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All-Time 2009 Skyhorse 9781602396784 71 https://books.google.com/books?id=1715slX-OrEC&pg=PA71 5 May 2020Freedman Lew The 100 Most Important Sporting Events in American History 2015 ABC-CLIO 9781440835759 121 https://books.google.com/books?id=OgjHCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121 5 May 2020 Roster Name "1988 USA Men's Olympic Games Roster https://web.archive.org/web/20100103180202/http://usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=moly_1988 2010-01-03 ." usabasketball.com. Retrieved on April 28, 2014. Position Height Weight Age Team/School Home TownWillie AndersonG6'7"19022GeorgiaAtlanta, GeorgiaStacey AugmonF6'7"19220UNLVPasadena, CaliforniaBimbo ColesG6'1"17520Virginia TechLewisburg, West VirginiaJeff GrayerG6'6"20622Iowa StateFlint, MichiganHersey HawkinsG6'2"19221BradleyChicago, IllinoisDan MajerleG/F6'5"22523Central MichiganTraverse City, MichiganDanny ManningF6'9"23122KansasLawrence, KansasJ. R. ReidF6'9"20620North CarolinaVirginia Beach, VirginiaMitch RichmondG6'4"22223Kansas StateLauderdale Lakes, FloridaDavid RobinsonC7'0"22623NavyWoodbridge, VirginiaCharles D. SmithF6'9"22823PittsburghBridgeport, ConnecticutCharles SmithG6'0"14920GeorgetownWashington, DC Team staff members Head Coach: John Thompson of Georgetown University Assistant coach: George Raveling of the University of Southern California Assistant coach: Craig Esherick of Georgetown University Assistant coach: Mary Fenlon of Georgetown University Manager: Bill Stein of St. Peter's College, in New Jersey Team physician: James Hill of Chicago, Illinois Athletic trainer: Troy Young of Arizona State University Results USA beat Spain, 97–53 USA beat Canada, 76–70 USA beat Brazil, 102–87 USA beat China (PRC), 108–57 USA beat Egypt, 102–35 USA beat Puerto Rico, 94–57 USSR beat USA, 82–76 USA beat Australia, 78–49 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.http://www.usab.com/mens/national/moly_1988.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130927085941/http://www.usab.com/mens/national/moly_1988.html dead September 27, 2013 USAB: Games of the XXIVth Olympiad -- 1988 usab.com 2014-05-01 Final standings Soviet Union (7–1) Yugoslavia (6–2) United States (7–1) Australia (4–4) Brazil (5–3) Canada (3–5) Puerto Rico (4–4) Spain (4–4) South Korea (2–5) Central African Republic (2–5) China (2–5) Egypt (0–7)1988 USA Olympic basketball team info See also Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics References External links USA Basketball, official site Category:United States at the Olympic men's basketball tournament United States Olympics