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The 1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team represented the
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at the
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in
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. The team's head coach was John Thompson, of
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won the
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's bronze medal, their lowest finish to that point in any Olympic basketball tournament. This was the last Olympic basketball tournament in which
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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.


Roster


Team staff members

*Head Coach: John Thompson of
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*Assistant coach: George Raveling of the
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*Assistant coach: Craig Esherick of
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*Assistant coach: Mary Fenlon of
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*Manager: Bill Stein of St. Peter's College, in New Jersey *Team physician: James Hill of
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*Athletic trainer: Troy Young of
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Results

* beat , 97–53 * beat , 76–70 * beat , 102–87 * beat (PRC), 108–57 * beat , 102–35 * beat , 94–57 * beat , 82–76 * beat , 78–49 The team did not reach the gold-medal game for the first time in its history. They beat
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in the bronze-medal game 78–49.


Final standings

*1. (7–1) *2. (6–2) *3. (7–1) *4. (4–4) *5. (5–3) *6. (3–5) *7. (4–4) *8. (4–4) *9. (2–5) *10. (2–5) *11. (2–5) *12. (0–7)1988 USA Olympic basketball team info
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See also

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Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was the twelfth appearance of the sport of Basketball at the Summer Olympics, basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at the Jamsil Arena, Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea from 17 S ...


References


External links


USA Basketball
official site {{United States Men Basketball Squad 1988 Summer Olympics United States at the Olympic men's basketball tournament
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