Head coach | John Thompson |
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1988 Summer Olympics | |
Scoring leader | Dan Majerle 14.1 |
Rebounding leader | David Robinson 6.9 |
Assists leader | Mitch Richmond 2.1 |
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.
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.
Name | Position | Height | Weight | Age | Team/School | Home Town |
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Willie Anderson | G | 6'7" | 190 | 22 | Georgia | Atlanta, Georgia |
Stacey Augmon | F | 6'7" | 192 | 20 | UNLV | Pasadena, California |
Bimbo Coles | G | 6'1" | 175 | 20 | Virginia Tech | Lewisburg, West Virginia |
Jeff Grayer | G | 6'6" | 206 | 22 | Iowa State | Flint, Michigan |
Hersey Hawkins | G | 6'2" | 192 | 21 | Bradley | Chicago, Illinois |
Dan Majerle | G/F | 6'5" | 225 | 23 | Central Michigan | Traverse City, Michigan |
Danny Manning | F | 6'9" | 231 | 22 | Kansas | Lawrence, Kansas |
J. R. Reid | F | 6'9" | 206 | 20 | North Carolina | Virginia Beach, Virginia |
Mitch Richmond | G | 6'4" | 222 | 23 | Kansas State | Lauderdale Lakes, Florida |
David Robinson | C | 7'0" | 226 | 23 | Navy | Woodbridge, Virginia |
Charles D. Smith | F | 6'9" | 228 | 23 | Pittsburgh | Bridgeport, Connecticut |
Charles Smith | G | 6'0" | 149 | 20 | Georgetown | Washington, DC |
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.
United States men's national basketball team | |
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Olympic Games | |
FIBA World Cup | |
In culture |
United States men's basketball squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal | ||
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