USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM 1992 RESULTS
BARCELONA, SPAIN • JULY 25-AUGUST 10, 1992
The media, their opponents, and fans of basketball all agreed that this team would be unbeatable. And it was. Featuring basketball’s best of the best, the U.S. men were never challenged as a new era of international basketball made its debut. International rules, which had previously prevented only NBA players from being eligible for Olympic basketball, were changed by the FIBA membership on April 7, 1989, by virtue of a 56-13 vote in favor of ‘open competition.’ With the rule change, USA Basketball set forth on its mission of assembling the best possible team. The U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team strolled past its opponents en route to an 8-0 record and the Olympic gold medal. Opening against Angola, behind Barkley’s 24 points the U.S. squad stomped to a one-sided 116-48 victory. Facing a talented Croatian team a day later, the “Dream Team” managed a 33-point win, 103-70. Jordan led the U.S. team with 21 points. The U.S. team had an easy time with a solid Germany team, rolling to a 111-68 victory as Bird led the USA offensive attack with 19 points, while Karl Malone chipped in 18. While seven members scored in double digits, recorded 30 points as the USA crushed Brazil, 127-83. Closing out pool play against host Spain, the U.S. scored a convincing 122-81 victory as Barkley tallied 20 points and Clyde Drexler added 17 points. Advancing to the quarterfinals, Mullin accounted for a team high 21 points as the USA easily defeated Puerto Rico, 115-77. Meeting Lithuania in the semifinals American team jumped out to 11-0 and 34-8 leads to quickly put this contest out of reach and went on to record an impres- sive 127-76 win as nine U.S. players scored in double figures. Facing Croatia in the gold medal contest, the U.S. again prevailed in the rematch, this time winning by 32 points, 117-85. Jordan led the U.S. in the gold medal contest with 22 points, while Barkley and Ewing accounted for 17 and 15 points, respectively.
1992 USA MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER
1992 USA RESULTS (8-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
Angola Croatia
W, 116-48 W, 103-70 W, 111-68 W, 127-83 W, 122-81 W, 115-77 W, 127-76 W, 117-85
Charles Barkley
F F
6-6 6-9 6-7 7-0
250 220 222 240 220 198 235 256 215 210 235 175
29 35 30 30 32 29 22 29 29 26 27 30
Phoenix Suns (Auburn)
Bala Cynwyd, PA Brookline, MA
Larry Bird
Boston Celtics (Indiana State) Portland Trail Blazers (Houston) New York Knicks (Georgetown) Los Angeles Lakers (Michigan State) Chicago Bulls (North Carolina) Utah Jazz (Louisiana Tech) Golden State Warriors (St. John’s) Chicago Bulls (Central Arkansas) San Antonio Spurs (U.S. Naval Academy) Duke University
Germany
Clyde Drexler Patrick Ewing Earvin Johnson Michael Jordan Christian Laettner
G C G G
Portland, OR Fort Lee, NJ
Brazil Spain
6-9 6-6 6-11 6-9
Beverly Hills, CA
Puerto Rico
Chicago, IL Angola, NY
F F F
Lithuania
Karl Malone Chris Mullin
Salt Lake City, UT
Croatia
6-7 6-7 7-1 6-1
Alamo, CA
Scottie Pippen David Robinson John Stockton
G/F
Northbrook, IL San Antonio, TX Salt Lake City, UT
C G
Utah Jazz (Gonzaga)
FINAL STANDINGS
HEAD COACH: Chuck Daly, New Jersey Nets ASSISTANT COACH: Lenny Wilkens, Cleveland Cavaliers ASSISTANT COACH: P.J. Carlesimo, Seton Hall ASSISTANT COACH: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University TEAM PHYSICIAN: David Fischer, Minneapolis Timberwolves TEAM PHYSICIAN: Steve Lombardo, Los Angeles Lakers TEAM PHYSICIAN: Norman Scott, New York Knicks ATHLETIC TRAINER: Ed Lacerte, Boston Celtics
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (8-0)
Croatia (6-2) Lithuania (6-2)
Com. of Ind. States (5-3)
Brazil (4-4)
Australia (4-4) Germany (3-5) Puerto Rico (3-5)
1992 USA MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
9. Spain (3-4) 10. Angola (2-5) 11. Venezuela (2-5) 12. China (0-7)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Barkley Jordan Malone Mullin Drexler Ewing Pippen
8/4 8/8 8/4 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/3 8/4 8/3 6/5 8/0 4/0
59- 83 51-113 40- 62 39- 63 37- 64 33- 53 28- 47 27- 47 25- 48 17- 30 9- 20
.711 .451 .645 .619 .578 .623 .596 .574 .521 .567 .450 .500 .578 .365
7- 8
.875 .211 .538 .286 .---
19- 26 13- 19 24- 32 11- 14 4- 10 10- 16 11- 15 18- 26 8- 10 8- 10 18- 20
.731 .684 .750 .786 .400 .625 .733 .692 .800 .800 .900 .667 .726 .682
33/ 4.1 19/ 2.4 42/ 5.3 13/ 1.6 24/ 3.0 42/ 5.3 17/ 2.1 33/ 4.1 30/ 3.8 14/ 2.3 20/ 2.5 1/ 0.3
144/ 18.0 119/ 14.9 104/ 13.0 103/ 12.9 84/ 10.5 76/ 9.5 72/ 9.0 72/ 9.0
19 38 29 29 9
1 4 5 2 2
21 37 12 14 19 23 14 14 7
4- 19 0- 0 6- 21 0- 0 5- 13 0- 0 14- 26
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3
15
.385
47
1
Robinson
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7
12
Bird
9- 27 6- 13
.333 .462 .333 .500 .400 .305
67/ 8.4 48/ 8.0 38/ 4.8 11/ 2.8
14 33
2 0 3 0
Johnson Laettner Stockton
8 8 0
2- 6 1- 2
3 8
4- 8
2- 3
USA OPP.
8 8
369-638 214-586
54-135 57-187
146-201 103-151
288/36.0 180/22.5
938/117.3 239
47 13
177 104
588/73.5
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