1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team
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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 championship. It was the last amateur-level U.S. team to win an Olympic championship in men's basketball. The team was considered to be one of the strongest in the U.S.A.'s history at that time, as it featured four of the five 1984 consensus first team All-Americans, in Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Wayman Tisdale, and Sam Perkins. Due to the 1984 Summer Olympic Games boycott, which was led by the Soviet Union and involved 14 Eastern Bloc countries and satellite states, the Soviet Union national team and the Hungarian national team withdrew from the tournament. However, the 1980 Summer Olympic Games gold medalists, Yugoslavia, defied the boycott to play at the tournament, and ultimately won the bronze medal.
Infobox
Head coach
Bob Knight
1984 Summer Olympics
Gold medal
Scoring leader
Michael Jordan 17.1
Rebounding leader
Wayman Tisdale 5.9
Assists leader
Leon Wood 7.9
Tables
· Roster
Steve Alford
Steve Alford
Name
Steve Alford
Position
Guard
Height
6'1"
Weight
163
Age
19
Home Town
New Castle, Indiana
Team/School
Indiana
Patrick Ewing
Patrick Ewing
Name
Patrick Ewing
Position
Center
Height
7'0"
Weight
248
Age
21
Home Town
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Team/School
Georgetown
Vern Fleming
Vern Fleming
Name
Vern Fleming
Position
Guard
Height
6'5"
Weight
184
Age
22
Home Town
Queens, New York
Team/School
Georgia
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
Name
Michael Jordan
Position
Guard
Height
6'6"
Weight
199
Age
21
Home Town
Wilmington, North Carolina
Team/School
North Carolina
Joe Kleine
Joe Kleine
Name
Joe Kleine
Position
Forward
Height
6'11"
Weight
269
Age
22
Home Town
Slater, Missouri
Team/School
Arkansas
Jon Koncak
Jon Koncak
Name
Jon Koncak
Position
Center
Height
7'0"
Weight
250
Age
21
Home Town
Kansas City, Missouri
Team/School
Southern Methodist
Chris Mullin
Chris Mullin
Name
Chris Mullin
Position
Guard
Height
6'6"
Weight
211
Age
20
Home Town
Brooklyn, New York
Team/School
St. John's
Sam Perkins
Sam Perkins
Name
Sam Perkins
Position
Forward
Height
6'9"
Weight
233
Age
23
Home Town
Latham, New York
Team/School
North Carolina
Alvin Robertson
Alvin Robertson
Name
Alvin Robertson
Position
Guard
Height
6'4"
Weight
193
Age
21
Home Town
Barberton, Ohio
Team/School
Arkansas
Wayman Tisdale
Wayman Tisdale
Name
Wayman Tisdale
Position
Forward
Height
6'9"
Weight
259
Age
20
Home Town
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Team/School
Oklahoma
Jeff Turner
Jeff Turner
Name
Jeff Turner
Position
Forward
Height
6'9"
Weight
229
Age
22
Home Town
Brandon, Florida
Team/School
Vanderbilt
Leon Wood
Leon Wood
Name
Leon Wood
Position
Guard
Height
6'3"
Weight
190
Age
22
Home Town
Santa Monica, California
Team/School
Cal State Fullerton
| Name | Position | Height | Weight | Age | Home Town | Team/School |
| Steve Alford | Guard | 6'1" | 163 | 19 | New Castle, Indiana | Indiana |
| Patrick Ewing | Center | 7'0" | 248 | 21 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Georgetown |
| Vern Fleming | Guard | 6'5" | 184 | 22 | Queens, New York | Georgia |
| Michael Jordan | Guard | 6'6" | 199 | 21 | Wilmington, North Carolina | North Carolina |
| Joe Kleine | Forward | 6'11" | 269 | 22 | Slater, Missouri | Arkansas |
| Jon Koncak | Center | 7'0" | 250 | 21 | Kansas City, Missouri | Southern Methodist |
| Chris Mullin | Guard | 6'6" | 211 | 20 | Brooklyn, New York | St. John's |
| Sam Perkins | Forward | 6'9" | 233 | 23 | Latham, New York | North Carolina |
| Alvin Robertson | Guard | 6'4" | 193 | 21 | Barberton, Ohio | Arkansas |
| Wayman Tisdale | Forward | 6'9" | 259 | 20 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
| Jeff Turner | Forward | 6'9" | 229 | 22 | Brandon, Florida | Vanderbilt |
| Leon Wood | Guard | 6'3" | 190 | 22 | Santa Monica, California | Cal State Fullerton |
References
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- Tip-Off: How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever
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- Times Dailyhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fJUpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tccEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2676%2C3604837
- "Knight Makes Up His Mind Early, Announces Olympic Cage Squad"https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4c8pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s8kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1422,6931392&dq=johnny+dawkins+chuck+person+olympics&hl=en
- HOORAY FOR THE RED, WHITE, BLACK AND BLUE! by Curry Kirkpatrick Sports Illustratedhttps://vault.si.com/vault/1984/07/23/hooray-for-the-red-white-black-and-blue
- Remembering Michael Jordan and the 1984 Olympic trials by Sean Deveney The Sporting Newshttps://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/team-usa-basketball-world-cup-1984-olympics-michael-jordan-bob-knight/9nvwt5a6fewk1k2smvugtdwpe
- VIDEO: Michael Jordan lit up an NBA All-Star team in a pre-1984 Olympic exhibition win by Michael Hulse Archived 2020-06https://www.theherdnow.com/video-michael-jordan-lit-up-an-nba-all-star-team-in-a-pre-1984-olympic-exhibition-win/
- USA 12 - Wayman Tisdale.https://web.archive.org/web/20120702210002/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/93474/sid/2941/tid/379/_/1984_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html
- The Jordan Ruleshttps://archive.org/details/jordanrules00smit