| Basketball on 2008 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Tournaments | ||||
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| Compositions | ||||
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Basketball competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to 24 . 12 male and 12 female teams took part, which played two sets of awards respectively.
Content
- 1 Medals
- 1.1 General classification
- 1.2 Medalists
- 2 Men
- 2.1 Group stage
- 2.1.1 Group A
- 2.1.2 Group B
- 2.2 Playoffs
- 2.1 Group stage
- 3 women
- 3.1 Group stage
- 3.1.1 Group A
- 3.1.2 Group B
- 3.2 Playoffs
- 3.1 Group stage
- 4 References
Medals
Overall classification
( Bold indicates the largest number of medals in its category; the host country is also highlighted)
| Total number of medals |  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| one |  USA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Australia | 0 | one | 0 | one |
 Spain | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| 3 |  Argentina | 0 | 0 | one | one |
 Russia | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
Medalists
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | USA Carlos Boozer | Spain Pau Gasol | Argentina Louis Skola |
| Women | USA Cappie Pondexter | Australia Erin Phillips | Russia Marina Kuzina |
Men
Group Stage
Group A
| A place | Team | AT | P | MH | MP | Mr | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Lithuania | four | one | 425 | 400 | +25 | 9 |
| 2 | Argentina | four | one | 425 | 361 | +64 | 9 |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 399 | 380 | +19 | 8 |
| four | Australia | 3 | 2 | 457 | 405 | +52 | 8 |
| 5 | Russia | one | four | 387 | 406 | −19 | 6 |
| 6 | Iran | 0 | 5 | 323 | 464 | −141 | 5 |
Group B
| A place | Team | AT | P | MH | MP | Mr | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | USA | 5 | 0 | 515 | 354 | +161 | 10 |
| 2 | Spain | four | one | 418 | 369 | +49 | 9 |
| 3 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 415 | 375 | +40 | 8 |
| four | China | 2 | 3 | 366 | 400 | −34 | 7 |
| 5 | Germany | one | four | 330 | 390 | −60 | 6 |
| 6 | Angola | 0 | 5 | 321 | 477 | −156 | 5 |
Playoffs
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | The final | ||||||||
| August 20 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 80 | |||||||||
| August 22 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| Greece | 78 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 81 | |||||||||
| August 20 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| USA | 101 | |||||||||
| USA | 116 | |||||||||
| August 24 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| Australia | 85 | |||||||||
| USA | 118 | |||||||||
| August 20 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| Spain | 107 | |||||||||
| Spain | 72 | |||||||||
| August 22 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| Croatia | 59 | |||||||||
| Lithuania | 86 | 3rd place match | ||||||||
| August 20 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| Spain | 91 | |||||||||
| Lithuania | 94 | Argentina | 87 | |||||||
| China | 68 | Lithuania | 75 | |||||||
| August 24 - Beijing | ||||||||||
Women
Group Stage
Group A
| A place | Team | AT | P | MH | MP | Mr | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Australia | 5 | 0 | 424 | 319 | +105 | 10 |
| 2 | Russia | four | one | 339 | 333 | +6 | 9 |
| 3 | Belarus | 2 | 3 | 324 | 332 | −8 | 7 |
| four | The Republic of Korea | 2 | 3 | 327 | 360 | −33 | 7 |
| 5 | Latvia | one | four | 334 | 387 | −53 | 6 |
| 6 | Brazil | one | four | 337 | 354 | −17 | 6 |
Group B
| A place | Team | AT | P | MH | MP | Mr | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | USA | 5 | 0 | 491 | 276 | +215 | 10 |
| 2 | China | four | one | 358 | 346 | +12 | 9 |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 357 | 324 | +33 | 8 |
| four | Czech | 2 | 3 | 346 | 356 | −10 | 7 |
| 5 | New Zealand | one | four | 320 | 423 | −103 | 6 |
| 6 | Mali | 0 | 5 | 255 | 402 | −147 | 5 |
Playoffs
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | The final | ||||||||
| August 19 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| China | 77 | |||||||||
| August 21 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| Belarus | 62 | |||||||||
| China | 56 | |||||||||
| August 19 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| Australia | 90 | |||||||||
| Australia | 79 | |||||||||
| August 23 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| Czech | 46 | |||||||||
| Australia | 65 | |||||||||
| August 19 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| USA | 92 | |||||||||
| USA | 104 | |||||||||
| August 21 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| The Republic of Korea | 60 | |||||||||
| USA | 67 | 3rd place match | ||||||||
| August 19 - Beijing | ||||||||||
| Russia | 52 | |||||||||
| Russia | 84 | Russia | 94 | |||||||
| Spain | 65 | China | 81 | |||||||
| August 23 - Beijing | ||||||||||
Links
- Basketball on the official website of the Games (English) (Chinese) (French)
- International Basketball Federation (English) (Spanish)