1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team
| Head coach | Chuck Daly |
|---|---|
| 1992 Summer Olympics | |
| Scoring leader | Charles Barkley[1] 18.0 |
| Rebounding leader | Karl Malone 5.3 Patrick Ewing 5.3 |
| Assists leader | Scottie Pippen 5.9 |
The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and won the gold medal. Nicknamed the "Dream Team", it was the first American Olympic team to include active professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA). Team USA defeated its opponents by an average of 44 points en route to winning the gold medal round against Croatia.[2][3] The team has often been described as the greatest sports team ever assembled.[4][5][6]
The team was collectively inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2009, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010, and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2017. The Naismith Hall of Fame calls the team "the greatest collection of basketball talent on the planet".[7] In addition to the team induction, 11 players and three coaches have been inducted individually into the Naismith Hall of Fame.
- ^ "USA accumulated statistics | 1992 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men | ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ The Original Dream Team Archived May 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. nba.com. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ "Games of the XXVth Olympiad -- 1992". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015.
- ^ McCallum, Jack (2013). Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever. Random House Publishing Group. p. 313. ISBN 9780345520494. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
- ^ "This Day in Sports: The Dream Team Takes Gold in Barcelona ". ESPN. August 8, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
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