Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
13th Olympic Basketball Tournament | |||||||||
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Barcelona 1992 | |||||||||
Tournament details | |||||||||
Olympics | 1992 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
Host nation | Spain | ||||||||
City | Barcelona | ||||||||
Duration | July 26 - August 8 | ||||||||
Men's tournament | |||||||||
Teams | 12 | ||||||||
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Tournaments | |||||||||
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The men's tournament of basketball at the 1992 Olympics at Barcelona, Spain began on July 26 and ended on August 8, when the United States defeated Croatia 117–85 for the gold medal.
Participants
Format
- 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 through 12th places in the final ranking.
- In the quarterfinals, the pairings 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 through 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.
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
- Head to head results
Squads
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. The United States' Dream Team asserted their dominance by advancing to the next round undefeated and winning their five preliminary games by an average margin of almost 46 points. The only teams representing Asia and Africa, China and Angola respectively couldn't advance and ended up competing for ninth place with Venezuela and host nation Spain.
Group A
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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![]() | 5 | 0 | 579 | 350 | +229 | 10 | |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 423 | 400 | +23 | 9 | |
![]() | 2 | 3 | 420 | 463 | −43 | 7 | 1–0 |
![]() | 2 | 3 | 369 | 432 | −63 | 7 | 0–1 |
![]() | 1 | 4 | 324 | 392 | −68 | 6 | 1–0 |
![]() | 1 | 4 | 398 | 476 | −78 | 6 | 0–1 |
Group B
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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![]() | 4 | 1 | 425 | 373 | +52 | 9 | 1–0 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 481 | 424 | +57 | 9 | 0–1 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 432 | 396 | +36 | 8 | 1–0 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 445 | 440 | +15 | 8 | 0–1 |
![]() | 1 | 4 | 392 | 427 | −35 | 6 | |
![]() | 0 | 5 | 381 | 496 | −115 | 5 |
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | |||||||||||
A1 | ![]() |
115 | |||||||||||
B4 | ![]() |
77 | |||||||||||
A1 | ![]() |
127 | |||||||||||
B2 | ![]() |
76 | |||||||||||
B2 | ![]() |
114 | |||||||||||
A3 | ![]() |
96 | |||||||||||
A1 | ![]() |
117 | |||||||||||
A2 | ![]() |
85 | |||||||||||
B1 | ![]() |
83 | |||||||||||
A4 | ![]() |
76 | |||||||||||
B1 | ![]() |
74 | Bronze medal game | ||||||||||
A2 | ![]() |
75 | |||||||||||
A2 | ![]() |
98 | B1 | ![]() |
78 | ||||||||
B3 | ![]() |
65 | B2 | ![]() |
82 |
5th to 8th place | 5th Place game | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | 86 | |||||||
4 | ![]() | 84 | |||||||
![]() | 90 | ||||||||
![]() | 80 | ||||||||
3 | ![]() | 109 | |||||||
2 | ![]() | 79 | |||||||
Quarterfinals
Semifinals 5th−8th
Semifinals
7th place game
5th place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Awards
1992 Olympic Basketball Champions |
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![]() United States Tenth title |
Final standings
Rank | Team | W | L |
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![]() | ![]() | 8 | 0 |
![]() | ![]() | 6 | 2 |
![]() | ![]() | 6 | 2 |
4th | ![]() | 5 | 3 |
Eliminated at the quarterfinals | |||
5th | ![]() | 4 | 4 |
6th | ![]() | 4 | 4 |
7th | ![]() | 3 | 5 |
8th | ![]() | 3 | 5 |
Eliminated at the preliminary round | |||
9th | ![]() | 3 | 4 |
10th | ![]() | 2 | 5 |
11th | ![]() | 2 | 5 |
12th | ![]() | 0 | 7 |