Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held from 29 July to 10 August 1984 at the Los Angeles Forum.
Medal Table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Event | |||
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Men | United States Steve Alford Patrick Ewing Vern Fleming Michael Jordan Joseph Kleine Jon Koncak Chris Mullin Samuel Perkins Alvin Robertson Wayman Tisdale Jeffrey Turner Leon Wood |
Spain Fernando Arcega Jose Manuel Beiran Juan Antonio Corbalan Juan Domingo de la Cruz Andres Jimenez Jose Luis Llorente Juan Maria Lopez Jose Maria Margall Fernando Martin Fernando Romay Juan Antonio San Epifanio Ignacio Solozabal |
Yugoslavia Drazen Dalipagic Saabit Hadzic Andro Knego Emir Mutapcic Mihovil Nakic-Vojnovic Aleksandar Petrovic Drazen Petrovic Ratko Radovanovic Ivan Sunara Branko Vukicevic Rajko Zizic Nebojsa Zorkic |
Women | United States Cathy Boswell Denise Curry Anne Donovan Teresa Edwards Lea Henry Janice Lawrence Pamela McGee Carol Menken-Schaudt Cheryl Miller Kim Mulkey Cindy Noble Lynette Woodard |
South Korea Choi Aei-young Choi Kyung-hee Jeong Myung-hee Kim Eun-sook Kim Hwa-soon Kim Young-hee Lee Hyung-sook Lee Mi-ja Moon Kyung-ja Park Chan-sook Park Yang-gae Sung Jung-a |
China Ba Yan Chen Yuefang Cong Xuedi Li Xiaoqin Liu Qing Qiu Chen Song Xiaobo Wang Jun Xiu Lijuan Zhang Hui Zhang Yuejin Zheng Haixia |
Statistics[]
- There were 213 total athletes from 13 countries.
- Zheng Haixia was the youngest participant with 17 years and 142 days.
- Dino Meneghin was the oldest participant with 34 years and 205 days.
- 4 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- The United States won 2 out of 2 gold medals.
- China, South Korea, and Spain won their first-ever medal in the sport.