1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team

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The 1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The team's head coach was John Thompson, of Georgetown University. Team USA won the tournament's bronze medal, their lowest finish to that point in any Olympic basketball tournament.[2]

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1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team
Head coachJohn Thompson
1988 Summer OlympicsBronze_medal.svg
Scoring leaderUnited States Dan Majerle[1]
14.1
Rebounding leaderUnited States David Robinson
6.9
Assists leaderUnited States Mitch Richmond
2.1
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This was the last Olympic basketball tournament where NBA 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.[3][4]