basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Olympic basketball tournament basketball competition

Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the tournament best known for featuring the USA "Dream Team," the first Olympic basketball squad composed of active NBA superstars.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic basketball tournament → basketball competition →
cityOfMainVenue	Badalona →
competitionFormat	group stage followed by knockout stage →
continentOfHost	Europe →
country	Spain →
endDate	1992-08-08 →
featuredTeam	USA Dream Team →
followedBy	basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics →
governingBody	FIBA → International Olympic Committee →
hasPart	men's basketball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics → women's basketball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics →
hostCity	Barcelona →
hostContinent	Europe →
hostNation	Spain →
introducedProfessionalPlayers	true →
legacy	increased NBA global visibility → popularization of international basketball →
location	Barcelona →
mediaCoverage	global →
menBronzeMedalist	Lithuania men's national basketball team →
menChampion	United States →
menFinalScore	United States 117–85 Croatia →
menGoldMedalist	United States men's national basketball team →
menNumberOfGroups	2 →
menSilverMedalist	Croatia men's national basketball team →
notableFor	USA Dream Team participation → first Olympic appearance of USA men's team composed of active NBA players →
numberOfTeamsMen	12 →
numberOfTeamsWomen	8 →
Olympiad	Games of the XXV Olympiad →
partOf	1992 Summer Olympics →
precededBy	basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics →
qualificationBasis	continental championships and pre-Olympic tournaments →
ruleChangeContext	introduction of NBA players to Olympic competition →
sport	basketball →
startDate	1992-07-26 →
venue	Palau Sant Jordi → Palau d'Esports de Badalona →
womenBronzeMedalist	United States women's national basketball team →
womenChampion	Unified Team →
womenFinalScore	Unified Team 76–66 China →
womenGoldMedalist	Commonwealth of Independent States women's national basketball team →
womenNumberOfGroups	2 →
womenSilverMedalist	China women's national basketball team →
year	1992 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Clyde Drexler ("1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team") → Larry Bird ("1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team") → Larry Bird ("1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team") → Larry Legend ("1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team") → Michael Jordan ("1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team") → Patrick Ewing ("1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team") → Scottie Pippen ("1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team") →	memberOf
Luc Longley ("1992 Summer Olympics men's basketball") →	competedInTournament
Magic Johnson ("1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team") →	memberOfSportsTeam
Larry Bird →	OlympicMedalEvent