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Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 12th Olympic Basketball Tournament, Seoul 1988
Duration: September 17 – September 30
This project refers to basketball medalists players: men's and women's, who was played and represented a States at the Summer Olympics, the 12th Olympic Basketball Tournament, in Seoul 1988.
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Basketball in the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at the Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. The United States won the gold medal in the women's competition, thus repeating their performance from the 1984 tournament. In the men's tournament, the Soviet Union took home their second gold medal in the team's history for this event. This was the last Olympic basketball tournament where NBA players were not allowed to participate, although professionals from other leagues were allowed to compete, since players from other leagues were still considered amateurs. These were also the last Olympic basketball tournaments where the Soviets fielded a team, as the Soviet Union broke up prior to the 1992 Games. The United States was a major favorite to win it all with odds at -850.
References:
- Official Olympic Report
- USA Basketball
- 1988 Olympic Games: Tournament for Men, FIBA Archive
- 1988 Olympic Games: Tournament for Women, FIBA Archive
See also: List of Olympic medalists in basketball
Medalists
Men's
'''from Soviet Union (URS): Gold medal'''
- Aleksandr Volkov
- Tiit Sokk
- Sergei Tarakanov
- Šarūnas Marčiulionis
- Igors Miglinieks
- Valeri Tikhonenko
- Rimas Kurtinaitis
- Arvydas Sabonis
- Viktor Pankrashkin
- Valdemaras Chomičius
- Aleksandr Belostennyi
- Valeri Goborov
from Yugoslavia (YUG): Silver medal
- Dražen Petrović
- Zdravko Radulović
- Zoran Čutura
- Toni Kukoč
- Žarko Paspalj
- Željko Obradović
- Jure Zdovc
- Stojko Vranković
- Vlade Divac
- Franjo Arapović
- Dino Rađa
- Danko Cvjetićanin
from United States (USA): Bronze medal
- Mitch Richmond
- Charles Smith IV
- Bimbo Coles
- Hersey Hawkins
- Jeff Grayer
- Charles D. Smith
- Willie Anderson
- Stacey Augmon
- Dan Majerle
- Danny Manning
- J. R. Reid
- David Robinson
Women's
from United States (USA): Gold medal
- Teresa Edwards
- Kamie Ethridge
- Cynthia Brown
- Anne Donovan
- Teresa Weatherspoon
- Bridgette Gordon
- Victoria Bullett
- Andrea Lloyd
- Katrina McClain
- Jennifer Gillom
- Cynthia Cooper
- Suzanne McConnell
from Yugoslavia (YUG): Silver medal
- Stojna Vangelovska
- Mara Lakić
- Žana Lelas
- Eleonora Wild
- Kornelija Kvesić
- Danira Nakić
- Slađana Golić
- Polona Dornik
- Razija Mujanović
- Vesna Bajkuša
- Anđelija Arbutina
- Bojana Milošević
from Soviet Union (URS): Bronze medal
- Olga Yevkova
- Irina Gerlits
- Olesya Barel
- Irina Sumnikova
- Olga Buryakina
- Olga Yakovleva
- Irina Minkh
- Aleksandra Leonova
- Yelena Khudashova
- Vitalija Tuomaitė
- Natalya Zasulskaya
- Galina Savitskaya