ACOG - Basketball - IBM


Detailed Information
  • Spectator's Guide to Basketball
  • Who to Watch in Basketball
  • History of Olympic Basketball
  • Olympic Medals in Basketball
  • Competition Dates
    20 Jul to 4 Aug 1996

    O Olympic Basketball Draw Results -- now with game times!

    Venue
    Georgia Dome (preliminaries, semifinals and finals)
    Capacity:35,500
    Morehouse College (preliminaries)
    Capacity: 5,998

    Events / Disciplines
    Two Events

    MenWomen
    TeamTeam

    Number of Athletes
    144 men (12 teams of 12), 144 women (12 teams of 12), 288 total

    Changes Since Barcelona
    Added: Four teams to the women’s tournament

    Qualifications
    Gold medalists, and teams finishing second through seventh for men, and second through sixth for women, at the 1994 World Championships and additional zone qualifying tournaments qualified. The host country qualified directly.

    Competition Format
    Two pools of six teams in round-robin tournaments, with the top four teams in each pool progressing to quarterfinals, semifinals and medal-round games.

    International Federation
    FIBA - Fédération Internationale de Basketball

    Olympic Debut
    Men: 1936
    Women:1976

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    Olympic Factoid
    Pin trading was one of the most popular Olympic sports, with more than 1.2 million pins changing hands during the Games in the Coca Cola Pin Trading Center at Centennial Olympic Park.