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The 1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, representing the United States. The USA's senior men's team was led by coach Bob Knight, who was also the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers at the time. The team won the tournament's gold medal.
Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the tenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and at the CSKA Sports Palace , [ 2 ] both located in Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union .
A NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country for both events plus the gold and silver medal winners from the previous Olympic Games in the men's tournament, and the champion at the 1983 FIBA World Championship in the women's tournament.
The following is a list of results of the United States men's basketball team at ... 1980 Summer Olympics : USA qualified for Olympic tournament ... Russia: W 85–70 ...
The 1980 Summer Olympics were disrupted by another, even larger, boycott led by the United States in protest of the 1979 Soviet–Afghan War. The Soviet invasion spurred President Jimmy Carter to issue an ultimatum on 20 January 1980, which stated that the U.S. would boycott the Moscow Olympics if Soviet troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan ...
After a protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the United States boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics. [2] The Soviet Union boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in response. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Both boycotts affected basketball at the Olympics, as both had successful basketball teams at the time.
Yugoslavia won their first gold in a major tournament at the 1970 FIBA World Championship, where they defeated Brazil (55–80), the United States (70–63), and Soviet Union (72–87). Krešimir Ćosić, who led Yugoslavia to one of the greatest runs in international basketball history, [3] was included in the All-Tournament Team. [3]
The 1984 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, representing the United States of America.The U.S. women's Olympic team won their first gold medal at the event having previously finished runner-up in the 1976 Olympics and not having competed in the 1980 Olympics due to the Olympic boycott.