basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was the eleventh appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California, United States from July 29 to August 10. The United States wo ...
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Group A
Australia
The following players represented Australia:
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Andy Campbell
Andrew Paul Campbell (born 18 April 1979) is an English football manager and former player who is currently manager of Middlesbrough Women.
Campbell played as a striker, notably for Middlesbrough, Cardiff City and Dunfermline Athletic. Afte ...
Danny Morseu
Danny Morseu (born 1 January 1958) is an Australian basketball player who played on the Australian national basketball team in the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics.
International career
Morseu played for the Australian team at th ...
Larry Sengstock
Larry Sengstock (born 4 March 1960 in Maryborough, Queensland) is an Australian retired basketball player and was the CEO of Basketball Australia and the NBL until April 2012.
Career
Larry was born in Maryborough Qld. He was a champion swi ...
Phil Smyth
Philip John Smyth AM (born 11 May 1958) is an Australian former professional basketball player and coach. He won three National Basketball League (NBL) championships with the Canberra Cannons before going on to be a three-time championship-wi ...
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Ray Borner
Ray Borner OAM (born 27 May 1962) is an Australian former basketball player who competed in the National Basketball League. He was named as the NBL's Most Valuable Player for the 1985 season, becoming the first Australian born player to win ...
Marcelo
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* Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...
Marquinhos
Marcos Aoás Corrêa (born 14 May 1994), known as Marquinhos, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, which he captains, and the Brazil national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can ...
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Nilo Guimarães
Nilo de Oliveira Guimarães (born 30 September 1954) is a São Toméan businessman and politician.
Running as an independent candidate in the 30 July 2006 presidential election
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Cadum
Ricardo Cardoso Guimarães (born 4 October 1959), commonly known as Cadum , is a Brazilian former professional basketball player and coach.
Professional playing career
During his pro club career, Cadum won 5 Brazilian Championships, in the ...
Alain Attalah
Alain Pierre Joseph Attalah (; born 5 October 1964) is an Egyptian basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Lions de Genève of the Swiss Basketball League (SBL).
As a player, Attallah competed with the Egypt national ...
Mohsen Medhat Warda
Mohsen Medhat Warda (born 1 November 1955) is an Egyptian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1 ...
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Mohamed Khaled
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Muhammad and variations may also refer to:
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Mohamed Sayed Soliman
Mohamed Sayed Soliman (born 2 November 1958) is an Egyptian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
References
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1958 births
Living people
Egyptian men's basketball play ...
The following players represented Italy:
* Antonello Riva
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Carlo Caglieris
Carlo Caglieris (born 2 July 1951) is an Italian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Caglieris is widely regarded as one of the greatest Italian point guards of his generation, having won th ...
Enrico Gilardi
Enrico Gilardi (born 20 January 1957) is a former professional basketball player from Italy. Gilardi was born in Rome. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2016.
Professional career
Gilardi won the EuroLeague championsh ...
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Marco Bonamico
Marco Bonamico (born 18 January 1957 in Genoa) is a former professional basketball player from Italy. At a height of 2.01 m (6'7") tall, he played at the small forward and power forward positions. During his playing career, his nickname was, "il ...
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Pierluigi Marzorati
Pierluigi "Pierlo" Marzorati (born 12 September 1952) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is considered to have been one of the best point guards of all time in Europe, and was named the Mister Europa, in 1976. He was named on ...
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Renato Villalta
Renato Villalta (born 3 February 1955 in Maserada sul Piave, province of Treviso) is a former professional basketball player from Italy. At a height of 2.04 m (6'8 ") tall, and a weight of 102 kg (225 lbs), he played at the power forwa ...
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Renzo Vecchiato
Renzo Vecchiato (born August 8, 1955 in Trieste) is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
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Roberto Brunamonti
Roberto Brunamonti (born 14 April 1959 in Spoleto) is a retired Italian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 191 cm (6'3") tall, he played at the point guard position. He was among the 105 player nominees for the 50 Grea ...
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Roberto Premier
Roberto Premier (born 1958) is an Italian former professional basketball player and basketball coach. At a height of 1.97 m (6 ft 5 in) tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was the FIBA Saporta Cup Finals To ...
Walter Magnifico
Walter Magnifico (born June 18, 1961 in San Severo, Italy) is a former Italian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.09 m (6'10 ") tall, he played at the power forward and center positions. He is considered to be one of th ...
West Germany
The following players represented West Germany:
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Armin Sowa
Armin Sowa (born 2 August 1959) is a West German former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
References
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1959 births
Living people
German men's basketball players
Olympi ...
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Christian Welp
Christian Ansgar Welp (January 2, 1964 – March 1, 2015) was a German professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was a , center. He played three seasons in the NBA. He was the MVP of the 1993 EuroBasket.
College career
Welp ...
Ingo Mendel
Ingo Mendel (born 24 June 1960) is a former West German basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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Ulrich Peters
Ulrich Peters (born 3 June 1951 in Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former West German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1960s and 1970s.
He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K-1 team: 1975), a sil ...
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Uwe Blab
Uwe Konstantin Blab (born March 26, 1962) is a German former professional basketball player who had a five-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
High School and College
Blab attended Effingham High School in Illinois, which ...
Uwe Sauer
Uwe Sauer (born 30 August 1943) is a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He was born in Hamburg. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with Montevideo
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Ivan Sunara
Ivan Sunara (born 27 March 1959, in Drniš) is a Croats, Croatian former basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
References
1959 births
Living people
Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
Croat ...
Sabit Hadžić
Sabit Hadžić (7 August 1957 – 3 March 2018) was a Bosnian basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) ...
Branko Vukićević
Branko Vukićević (born 18 December 1961) is a Serbian former basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Vukićević played for Cibona Zagreb until June 1991, when he left for Belgrade after a dispute with the cl ...
Group B
Canada
The following players represented Canada:
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Tony Simms
Tony Simms (born 16 February 1959) is a Canadian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were ...
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Bill Wennington
William Percey Wennington (born April 26, 1963) is a Canadian former professional basketball player who won three National Basketball Association (NBA) championships with the Chicago Bulls. A center, he represented Canada in the 1984 Olympics and ...
Eli Pasquale
Ilario Enrico "Eli" Pasquale (August 24, 1960 – November 4, 2019) was a Canadian basketball player. A 6-foot, 1-inch point guard, he led the Canadian national men's basketball team during two Olympic Games, three FIBA World Championships ...
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Gerald Kazanowski
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Howard Kelsey
Howard Kelsey (born 8 August 1957) is a Canadian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Kelsey was in the seventh grade when he first starting playing basketball, in a local church league. ...
Karl Tilleman
Karl Michael Tilleman (born November 1, 1960) is an attorney and two-time Canadian Olympian. Among his accomplishments, Tilleman holds the Olympic record for the most three-point baskets in a single basketball game, hitting ten of sixteen three- ...
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Romel Raffin
Romel Raffin (born April 23, 1954, in Toronto, Ontario) is a three-time Canadian Olympian in men's basketball.
A resident of Kitchener, Ontario, Raffin played for Canada at the 1976, 1984, and 1988 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the 1980 ...
China
The following players represented China:
* Hu Zhangbao
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Huang Yunlong
Huang Yunlong (born 10 July 1960) is a Chinese former basketball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Ji Zhaoguang
Ji Zhaoguang (born 5 December 1956) is a Chinese former basketball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international ...
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Kuang Lubin
Kuang Lubin (; born 26 January 1956) is a Chinese former international basketball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
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Li Yaguang
Li Yaguang (born 8 June 1958) is a Chinese former basketball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Investigation
On 2 February 2023, he was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of ...
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Liu Jianli
Liu Jianli (4 April 1956 – 18 February 2015) was a Chinese
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Lü Jinqing
Lu Jinqing (born 5 December 1962) is a Chinese former basketball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
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Sun Fengwu
Sun Fengwu (born 19 March 1962 in Chuzhou District, Huai'an, Jiangsu) is a Chinese basketball coach and former Olympic player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, the 1988 Summer Olympics, and the 1992 Summer Olympics.
After retired as a p ...
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Wang Haibo Wang Haibo may refer to:
* Wang Haibo (basketball) (王海波), competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
* Wang Haibo (swimmer) (汪海波), competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Éric Beugnot
Éric Beugnot (born March 22, 1955) is a French former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.00 m (6' 6 ") tall, Beugnot played at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
Professional career
During his pro career, Beugnot play ...
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Grégor Beugnot
Grégor "Grég" Beugnot (born October 7, 1957 in Cliron, France) is a former French professional basketball player and a current professional coach. During his playing career, he played at the point guard position.
Playing career Club career
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Patrick Cham
Patrick Cham (born May 18, 1959 in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe) is a French former professional basketball player.
Professional career
Cham was the French 2nd Division French Player's MVP in 1992, while playing with Levallois Sporting Club
The Lev ...
Jean-Luc Deganis
Jean-Luc Deganis (born 10 March 1959) is a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) wer ...
Bangaly Kaba
Bangaly Kaba (born 17 February 1959) is a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were ...
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Jacques Monclar
Jacques Monclar (born 3 March 1957) is a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
References
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1957 births
Living people
French men's basketball players
Olympic basket ...
Jean-Michel Sénégal
Jean-Michel Sénégal (born 5 June 1953) is a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame
The French Basketball Academy (French: Académie ...
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Philippe Szanyiel
Philippe "Philip" Szanyiel (born 23 December 1960) is a French former professional basketball player and coach. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, as a player, in 2011.
Professional career
Szanyiel was named to the FIBA Eu ...
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Georges Vestris
Georges Vestris (born 8 June 1959 in Fort-de-France, Martinique
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Josep Maria Margall
Josep Maria Margall i Tauler (; born 17 March 1955 in Calella, Catalonia,
Spain) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. Standing at 1.98 m (6'6"), he played at the small forward position.
Professional career
Margall's number 7 j ...
Juan de la Cruz
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The following players represented the United States:
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Steve Alford
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Michael Jordan
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Jon Koncak
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Carlos Peinado
Carlos J. Peinado Stagnero (born 23 December 1954) is a retired Uruguayan professional basketball player. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where the Uruguay national basketball team
The ...
Luis Pierri
Luis E. Pierri Barros (born 10 March 1963) is an Uruguayan former basketball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an inte ...
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Wilfredo Ruiz
Wilfredo Eduardo "Fefo" Ruiz Bruno (born June 1, 1962) is a retired Uruguayan professional basketball player. At a height of 1.92 m (6'3 ") tall, and a weight of 84 kg (185 lbs.), he played at the small forward position.
Professional career
Dur ...
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Álvaro Tito
Álvaro Tito Moreno (born 17 January 1962) is an Uruguayan former basketball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an inte ...
References
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1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...