Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics information
International basketball tournament
12th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Seoul 1988
Tournament details
Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
Host nation
South Korea
City
Seoul
Duration
September 17 – September 30
Men's tournament
Teams
12
Medals
Gold medalists
Soviet Union
Silver medalists
Yugoslavia
Bronze medalists
United States
Women's tournament
Teams
8
Medals
Gold medalists
United States
Silver medalists
Yugoslavia
Bronze medalists
Soviet Union
Tournaments
← Los Angeles 1984
Barcelona 1992 →
Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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Tournament
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Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was the twelfth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at the Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea from 17 September to 30 September 1988. The United States won the gold medal in the women's competition, repeating their performance from the 1984 tournament.
In the men's tournament, the Soviet Union took home their second gold medal in the team's history for this event. That team included a large percentage of Baltic basketballers: Sabonis, Chomičius, Kurtinaitis and Marčiulionis from Lithuania, Miglinieks from Latvia, and Tiit Sokk from Estonia.
This was the last Olympic basketball tournament where NBA players were not allowed to participate; FIBA voted in a rule change in 1989 that lifted that restriction, leading to the dominance of 1992's Dream Team.[1][2]
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