{"history":[],"article":{"id":"a88a8c36-73b4-4e94-82ee-c95bd44cb33a","title":"Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics","slug":"basketball-at-the-1984-summer-olympics","content":":::summary\n![undefined](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/olympic///rings///without///rims.svg)\n**Type:** Olympics \n**City:** Los Angeles \n**Year:** 1984 \n**Size:** 150px \n**Games:** [1984 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/1984-summer-olympics) \n**Host:** United States of America \n**Dates:** July 29 – August 10 \n**Men Teams:** 12 \n**Men Gold:** United States \n**Men Silver:** Spain \n**Men Bronze:** Yugoslavia \n**Women Teams:** 6 \n**Women Gold:** United States \n**Women Silver:** South Korea \n**Women Bronze:** China \n**Prev:** [Moscow 1980](https://bliptext.com/articles/basketball-at-the-1980-summer-olympics) \n**Next:** [Seoul 1988](https://bliptext.com/articles/basketball-at-the-1988-summer-olympics) \n:::\n\n# \n[Basketball](https://bliptext.com/articles/basketball) at the [1984 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/1984-summer-olympics) was the eleventh appearance of the sport of [basketball as an official Olympic medal event](https://bliptext.com/articles/basketball-at-the-summer-olympics).\nIt took place at [The Forum](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-forum-inglewood-california) in [Inglewood, California](https://bliptext.com/articles/inglewood-california), United States from July 29 to August 10.\nThe [United States](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-states-at-the-1984-summer-olympics) won the gold medal in both events, with the women's team's victory marking their first-ever gold medal.\nDue to the [boycott](https://bliptext.com/articles/1984-summer-olympics-boycott), the Soviet Union and Hungary withdrew from the tournament.\nThe former, having already qualified for both events was replaced by [West Germany](https://bliptext.com/articles/west-germany-at-the-1984-summer-olympics) in the men's competition, while both nations' women's teams were replaced by [Australia](https://bliptext.com/articles/australia-at-the-1984-summer-olympics) and [South Korea](https://bliptext.com/articles/south-korea-at-the-1984-summer-olympics).\n\n# Medal summary\n\n# Qualification\nA [NOC](https://bliptext.com/articles/national-olympic-committee) may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players.\nAutomatic qualifications were granted to the host country for both events plus the gold and silver medal winners from [the previous Olympic Games](https://bliptext.com/articles/basketball-at-the-1980-summer-olympics) in the men's tournament, and the champion at the [1983 FIBA World Championship](https://bliptext.com/articles/1983-fiba-world-championship-for-women) in the women's tournament.\nAdditional spots for the men's tournament were decided via the continental championships held by [FIBA](https://bliptext.com/articles/international-basketball-federation), while additional spots for the women's competition were assigned to the top six teams in a tournament held in [Havana](https://bliptext.com/articles/havana), [Cuba](https://bliptext.com/articles/cuba).\n\n## Men\n\n## Women\n\n# Format\n**Men's tournament:**\n**Women's tournament:**\nTie-breaking criteria:\n\n# Men's tournament\n\n## Preliminary round\nThe 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.\nBoth hosts [United States](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-states-men-s-national-basketball-team) and reigning Olympic Champions [Yugoslavia](https://bliptext.com/articles/yugoslavia-national-basketball-team) advanced undefeated to the knockout phase.\n[China](https://bliptext.com/articles/china-men-s-national-basketball-team), [Egypt](https://bliptext.com/articles/egypt-national-basketball-team), [Brazil](https://bliptext.com/articles/brazil-national-basketball-team), and [France](https://bliptext.com/articles/france-national-basketball-team) placed fifth and sixth in their respective groups and competed in the classification round.\n\n### Group A\n

\n\n### Group B\n

\n\n## Knockout stage\n\n### Championship bracket\n\n### Classification brackets\n**5th–8th Place**\n**9th–12th Place**\n\n# Women's tournament\n\n## Preliminary round\nThe first two places in the preliminary group compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze.\nThe remaining teams' group ranking determines their positions in the final standings.\nWith the withdrawal of the Soviet Union's women's team, a new Olympic champion was to be crowned in Los Angeles.\nThe host nation's team went through the first round undefeated and won their first gold medal against South Korea, one of the teams invited to replace the Soviet Union and Hungary.\nChina, the other Asian representative, earned a bronze medal by defeating Canada.\nYugoslavia's team couldn't repeat their bronze medal performance from the previous tournament and finished at the bottom of the rankings.\n

\n\n## Bronze medal game\n

\n\n## Gold medal game\n

\n\n# Final standings","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-25T21:52:57.392Z","updated_at":"2025-01-25T21:52:57.392Z","search_vector":"'1984':4 'basketbal':1 'olymp':6 'summer':5","search_content":" \n \n**Type:** Olympics \n**City:** Los Angeles \n**Year:** 1984 \n**Size:** 150px \n**Games:** [1984 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/1984-summer-olympics) \n**Host:** United States of America \n**Dates:** July 29 – August 10 \n**Men Teams:** 12 \n**Men Gold:** United States \n**Men Silver:** Spain \n**Men Bronze:** Yugoslavia \n**Women Teams:** 6 \n**Women Gold:** United States \n**Women Silver:** South Korea \n**Women Bronze:** China \n**Prev:** [Moscow 1980](https://bliptext.com/articles/basketball-at-the-1980-summer-olympics) \n**Next:** [Seoul 1988](https://bliptext.com/articles/basketball-at-the-1988-summer-olympics) \n \n\n# \n[Basketball](https://bliptext.com/articles/basketball) at the [1984 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/1984-summer-olympics) was the eleventh appearance of the sport of [basketball as an official Olympic medal event](https://bliptext.com/articles/basketball-at-the-summer-olympics).\nIt took place at [The Forum](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-forum-inglewood-california) in [Inglewood, California](https://bliptext.com/articles/inglewood-california), United States from July 29 to August 10.\nThe [United States](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-states-at-the-1984-summer-olympics) won the gold medal in both events, with the women's team's victory marking their first-ever gold medal.\nDue to the [boycott](https://bliptext.com/articles/1984-summer-olympics-boycott), the Soviet Union and Hungary withdrew from the tournament.\nThe former, having already qualified for both events was replaced by [West Germany](https://bliptext.com/articles/west-germany-at-the-1984-summer-olympics) in the men's competition, while both nations' women's teams were replaced by [Australia](https://bliptext.com/articles/australia-at-the-1984-summer-olympics) and [South Korea](https://bliptext.com/articles/south-korea-at-the-1984-summer-olympics).\n\n# Medal summary\n\n# Qualification\nA [NOC](https://bliptext.com/articles/national-olympic-committee) may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players.\nAutomatic qualifications were granted to the host country for both events plus the gold and silver medal winners from [the previous Olympic Games](https://bliptext.com/articles/basketball-at-the-1980-summer-olympics) in the men's tournament, and the champion at the [1983 FIBA World Championship](https://bliptext.com/articles/1983-fiba-world-championship-for-women) in the women's tournament.\nAdditional spots for the men's tournament were decided via the continental championships held by [FIBA](https://bliptext.com/articles/international-basketball-federation), while additional spots for the women's competition were assigned to the top six teams in a tournament held in [Havana](https://bliptext.com/articles/havana), [Cuba](https://bliptext.com/articles/cuba).\n\n## Men\n\n## Women\n\n# Format\n**Men's tournament:**\n**Women's tournament:**\nTie-breaking criteria:\n\n# Men's tournament\n\n## Preliminary round\nThe 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.\nBoth hosts [United States](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-states-men-s-national-basketball-team) and reigning Olympic Champions [Yugoslavia](https://bliptext.com/articles/yugoslavia-national-basketball-team) advanced undefeated to the knockout phase.\n[China](https://bliptext.com/articles/china-men-s-national-basketball-team), [Egypt](https://bliptext.com/articles/egypt-national-basketball-team), [Brazil](https://bliptext.com/articles/brazil-national-basketball-team), and [France](https://bliptext.com/articles/france-national-basketball-team) placed fifth and sixth in their respective groups and competed in the classification round.\n\n### Group A\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n### Group B\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n## Knockout stage\n\n### Championship bracket\n\n### Classification brackets\n**5th–8th Place**\n**9th–12th Place**\n\n# Women's tournament\n\n## Preliminary round\nThe first two places in the preliminary group compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze.\nThe remaining teams' group ranking determines their positions in the final standings.\nWith the withdrawal of the Soviet Union's women's team, a new Olympic champion was to be crowned in Los Angeles.\nThe host nation's team went through the first round undefeated and won their first gold medal against South Korea, one of the teams invited to replace the Soviet Union and Hungary.\nChina, the other Asian representative, earned a bronze medal by defeating Canada.\nYugoslavia's team couldn't repeat their bronze medal performance from the previous tournament and finished at the bottom of the rankings.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n## Bronze medal game\n \n\n## Gold medal game\n \n\n# Final standings","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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