Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the seventeenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from 9 August to 24 August 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.

Medalists

Men Carmelo Anthony Carlos Boozer Chris Bosh Kobe Bryant Dwight Howard LeBron James Jason Kidd Deron Williams Chris Paul Tayshaun Prince Michael Redd Dwyane Wade José Calderón Rudy Fernández Jorge Garbajosa Marc Gasol Pau Gasol Carlos Jiménez Raúl López Álex Mumbrú Juan Carlos Navarro Felipe Reyes Berni Rodríguez Ricky Rubio Carlos Delfino Manu Ginóbili Román González Juan Pedro Gutiérrez Leonardo Gutiérrez Federico Kammerichs Andrés Nocioni Fabricio Oberto Pablo Prigioni Antonio Porta Paolo Quinteros Luis Scola Women Seimone Augustus Sue Bird Tamika Catchings Sylvia Fowles Kara Lawson Lisa Leslie DeLisha Milton-Jones Candace Parker Cappie Pondexter Katie Smith Diana Taurasi Tina ThompsonSuzy Batkovic Tully Bevilaqua Rohanee Cox Hollie Grima Kristi Harrower Lauren Jackson Erin Phillips Emma Randall Jenni Screen Belinda Snell Laura Summerton Penny TaylorSvetlana Abrosimova Becky Hammon Marina Karpunina Ilona Korstin Marina Kuzina Ekaterina Lisina Irina Osipova Oxana Rakhmatulina Tatiana Shchegoleva Irina Sokolovskaya Maria Stepanova Natalia Vodopyanova

Medal count

Flag bearers Basketball players that carried their flags at the opening ceremony were Yao Ming (for the People's Republic of China), Šarūnas Jasikevičius (for Lithuania), Dirk Nowitzki (for Germany), Andrei Kirilenko (for the Russian Federation), and Manu Ginóbili (for Argentina).

Events Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events: Basketball – Men Basketball – Women

Qualification A NOC may enter one men's team with 12 players and one women's team with 12 players. The reigning world champions and the host country qualify automatically, as do the winners of the five continental championships (plus the men's runners-up from Europe and the Americas).

The best teams from the continental championships that did not automatically qualify participated in the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament or FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women to determine the final spots in Beijing.

Italicized teams qualified via the wildcard tournaments.

Basketball – Men

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualifiers – World champions – Olympic hosts

Basketball – Women

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualifiers – World champions – Olympic hosts

Format Twelve teams are split into two preliminary round groups of six teams each. The top four teams from both groups qualify for the knockout stage. Fifth-placed teams from both groups are ranked 9th–10th by basis of their records. Sixth-placed teams from both groups are ranked 11th–12th by basis of their records. In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1. The eliminated teams at the quarterfinals are ranked 5th–8th by basis of their preliminary round records The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1. The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Tie-breaking criteria: Head to head results Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Calendar Preliminary round Quarterfinals Semifinals M Event finals

August 9thS10thS11thM12thT13thW14thT15thF16thS17thS18thM19thT20thW21stT22ndF23rdS24thSGoldmedals Men M 1 Women M 1

Rosters

Each team is limited to twelve players on its roster.

Men

Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinalsThe four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A TeamWLPFPAPDPts41425400+25941425361+64932399380+19832457405+52814387406−19605323464−1415 August 10, 2008 71 – 49 79 – 75 82 – 97 August 12, 2008 67 – 99 85 – 78 85 – 68 August 14, 2008 106 – 68 86 – 79 77 – 53 August 16, 2008 80 – 95 73 – 86 82 – 97 August 18, 2008 57 – 91 106 – 75 91 – 79

Group B TeamWLPFPAPDPts50515354+1611041418369+49932415375+40823366400−34714330390−60605321477−1565

2008-08-10 95 – 66 81 – 66 101 – 70 2008-08-12 87 – 64 75 – 85 (OT) 76 – 97 2008-08-14 59 – 72 68 – 85 92 – 69 2008-08-16 102 – 61 59 – 55 82 – 119 2008-08-18 91 – 77 50 – 98 106 – 57

Tournament bracket

Women

Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A TeamWLPFPAPDPts50349264+851041278258+20923320332−12723352360−8714266315−49614337354−176

2008-08-09 64 – 83 68 – 62 (OT) 57 – 62 2008-08-11 72 – 77 57 – 79 80 – 65 2008-08-13 65 – 71 78 – 79 62 – 90 2008-08-15 73 – 96 74 – 64 53 – 63 2008-08-17 75 – 55 72 – 68 68 – 53

Group B TeamWLPFPAPDPts50491276+2151041358346+12932357324+33823346356−10714320423−103605255402−1475

2008-08-09 72 – 76 67 – 64 57 – 97 2008-08-11 62 – 85 81 – 47 63 – 108 2008-08-13 74 – 55 80 – 63 41 – 972008-08-15 90 – 59 69 –48 93–552008-08-17 47 – 79 79 – 63 60 – 96

Tournament bracket

Final standings

Rank Men WomenTeam Pld W L Team Pld W L 8 8 0 8 8 0 8 6 2 8 7 1 8 6 2 8 6 2 4th 8 5 3 8 5 3Eliminated at the quarterfinals 5th 6 3 3 6 3 3 6th 6 3 3 6 2 4 7th 6 3 3 6 2 4 8th 6 2 4 6 2 4Preliminary round 5th placers 9th 5 1 4 5 1 4 10th 5 1 4 5 1 4Preliminary round 6th placers 11th 5 0 5 5 1 4 12th 5 0 5 5 0 5

See also Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

External links FIBA's Complete coverage of the Olympic Basketball Tournament Beijing 2008 Olympic Games International Basketball Federation FIBA-Results of the Draw for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Basketball tournaments Updated Women's Draw after Qualifying Tournament Basketball – Official Results Book