Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Template:Infobox basketball tournament at games Template:BasketballAt1976SummerOlympics Basketball events at the 1976 Summer Olympics was the ninth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place from July 18 to July 27 at the Centre Étienne Desmarteau and the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Women's basketball was introduced to the Olympic program for the first time at this Games. The United States won the gold against Yugoslavia in the men's tournament, while the Soviet Union won the gold medal against the United States in the women's competition.

Medal summary

Men's Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Phil Ford Steve Sheppard Adrian Dantley Walter Davis Quinn Buckner Ernie Grunfeld Kenneth Carr Scott May Tate Armstrong Tom LaGarde Philip Hubbard Mitch Kupchak	Template:FlagIOCteam Blagoja Georgievski Dragan Kićanović Vinko Jelovac Rajko Žižić Željko Jerkov Andro Knego Zoran Slavnić Krešimir Ćosić Damir Šolman Žarko Varajić Dražen Dalipagić Mirza Delibašić	Template:FlagIOCteam Vladimir Arzamaskov Aleksandr Salnikov Valery Miloserdov Alzhan Zharmukhamedov Andrey Makeyev Ivan Edeshko Sergei Belov Vladimir Tkachenko Anatoly Myshkin Mikheil Korkia Aleksandr Belov Vladimir Zhigily
Women's Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Olga Barysheva Tamāra Dauniene Natalya Klimova Tatyana Ovechkina Angelė Rupšienė Nadezhda Shuvayeva Nadezhda Zakharova Uljana Semjonova Raisa Kurvyakova Nelli Feryabnikova Olga Sukharnova Tetiana Zakharova	Template:FlagIOCteam Cindy Brogdon Susan Rojcewicz Ann Meyers Lusia Harris Nancy Dunkle Charlotte Lewis Nancy Lieberman Gail Marquis Patricia Roberts Mary Anne O'Connor Patricia Head Juliene Simpson	Template:FlagIOCteam Krasimira Bogdanova Diana Dilova Krasimira Gyurova Penka Metodieva Snezhana Mikhaylova Girgina Skerlatova Mariya Stoyanova Margarita Shtarkelova Petkana Makaveeva Nadka Golcheva Penka Stoyanova Todorka Yordanova

Qualification

A single 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 three medal winners from the previous Olympic Games for the men's tournament, and the three first places at the 1975 FIBA World Championship for the women's tournament. Additional spots for the men's tournament were decided via the continental qualification tournaments held by FIBA and an extra qualifying tournament held in Hamilton, Canada months prior to the contest. The remaining slots for the women's competition were also assigned via another tournament held in the same city.

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1	Template:Bk
1972 Olympic Tournament	27 August–9 September 1972	Template:Flagicon Munchin	3	Template:Bk
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FIBA Africa Championship 1975	20 – 28 December 1975	Template:Flagicon Alexandria	1	Template:BkTemplate:Ref label
1975 Pan American Games	13 – 25 October 1975	Template:Flagicon Mexico City	1	Template:BkTemplate:Ref label
1975 FIBA Oceania Championship	6–9 November 1975	Template:Flagicon Australia	1	Template:Bk
1975 ABC Championship	15 – 26 November 1975	Template:Flagicon Bangkok	1	Template:Bk
				Template:BkTemplate:Ref label
1976 European Pre-Olympic Tournament		Template:Flagicon Edinburgh	1	Template:Bk
World Qualification Tournament	22 June–3 July 1976	Template:Flagicon Hamilton	3	Template:Bk
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Total			12

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1	Template:Bkw
1975 FIBA World Championship for Women	23 September – 14 October 1975	Template:Flagicon Colombia	3	Template:Bkw
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World Qualification Tournament	24 June – 2 July 1976	Template:Flagicon Hamilton	2	Template:Bkw
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Total			6

• Template:Note label Egypt withdrew from the Olympic Games after one match, following the boycott of several African countries against New Zealand. All matches involving Egypt were then forfeited.
• Template:Note label Puerto Rico qualified after winning the silver medal at the 1975 Pan American Games, since the gold medal went to the United States, who had already qualified.
• Template:Note label Replaced China.

Format

Men's tournament:

• Two groups of six teams are formed, where the top two from each group advance to the semifinals.
• Third and fourth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 5th–8th places in the final ranking.
• Fifth and sixth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 9th–12th places in the final ranking.

Women's tournament:

• One round-robin group is formed containing all six teams, where the final standings are decided.

Tie-breaking criteria:

1. Head to head results
2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Men's tournament

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Preliminary round

The first two places in each of the preliminary round groups advanced to the semifinals, where Group A teams would meet Group B teams. The Soviet Union and the United States, two of the powerhouses at this tournament, finished the preliminary round undefeated. The host nation, Canada, also qualified for the semifinals together with Yugoslavia.

Egypt played only one match, against Czechoslovakia, and then flew home supporting the boycott of several African countries. Their remaining matches were forfeited.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Classification brackets

5th–8th Place

9th–12th Place

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Women's tournament

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The first Olympic Basketball Tournament for Women consisted of a single round-robin group, where final standings were determined by the group rankings. The Soviet team finished undefeated and won the gold medal, while the American team won the silver medal through a victory over the Bulgarian team that broke the tie between the two teams in favor of the American team.

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Final standings

Rank	Men				Women
	Team	Pld	W	L	Team	Pld	W	L
Template:Gold1	Template:Bk	7	7	0	Template:Bkw	5	5	0
Template:Silver2	Template:Bk	7	5	2	Template:Bkw	5	3	2
Template:Bronze3	Template:Bk	7	6	1	Template:Bkw	5	3	2
4th	Template:Bk	7	4	3	Template:Bkw	5	2	3
5th	Template:Bk	7	5	2	Template:Bkw	5	2	3
6th	Template:Bk	7	3	4	Template:Bkw	5	0	5
7th	Template:Bk	7	4	3
8th	Template:Bk	7	2	5
9th	Template:Bk	7	3	4
10th	Template:Bk	7	2	5
11th	Template:Bk	7	1	6
12th	Template:Bk	7	0	7

See also

• Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters
• Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

References

• Official Olympic Report

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