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1996 United States men's Olympic basketball team
Head coachLenny Wilkens
1996 Summer Olympics
Scoring leaderUnited States Charles Barkley[1]
12.4
Rebounding leaderUnited States Charles Barkley
6.6
Assists leaderUnited States Gary Payton
4.5
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The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Led by Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Lenny Wilkens, the team won gold for the second straight Olympics. Nicknamed Dream Team III,[2][3] the team included five players who were Olympic teammates on the original "Dream Team", from the 1992 Olympic basketball tournament: Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, John Stockton, and David Robinson. Gary Payton was a late replacement for the injured Glenn Robinson.[4][5]

Roster

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With Michael Jordan intimating in 1994 that he would pass on the opportunity to participate in his third Olympic Games (previously in 1984 and 1992 (the "Dream Team")) to let others get their chance at a gold medal, USA Basketball officials sought to construct the team dubbed Dream Team III (Dream Team II was the moniker of the lesser-known 1994 FIBA World Championship team)[3] with a winning combination of veteran players from the 1992 Dream Team that won the gold medal in Barcelona and some of the league's best young talent.

The first ten players of the 1996 United States Men's national basketball team roster were announced in the summer of 1995, featuring young talent, and first-time Olympians, included the likes of Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Shaquille O'Neal, and Gary Payton, who was added as a replacement for an injured Glenn Robinson. Other veteran players who were first-time Olympians were Reggie Miller and Hakeem Olajuwon. Mitch Richmond, along with Charles Barkley, were added in April 1996 completing the roster as the eleventh and twelfth members. Thus, the holdovers from the 1992 Olympic Team, Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, John Stockton, and Charles Barkley, coupled with the first-time Olympians and 1988 Olympian Mitch Richmond formed the 1996 United States Men's Olympic basketball team roster.[3]

United States men's national basketball team – 1996 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.[6] # Name[7] Age Height Weight From
PF 4 Barkley, Charles 33 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Phoenix Suns
SF 5 Hill, Grant 23 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Detroit Pistons
PG 6 Hardaway, Anfernee 25 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Orlando Magic
C 7 Robinson, David 30 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) San Antonio Spurs
SF 8 Pippen, Scottie 30 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Chicago Bulls
SG 9 Richmond, Mitch 31 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sacramento Kings
SG 10 Miller, Reggie 30 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Indiana Pacers
PF 11 Malone, Karl 33 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Utah Jazz
PG 12 Stockton, John 34 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Utah Jazz
C 13 O'Neal, Shaquille 24 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 301 lb (137 kg) Orlando Magic
PG 14 Payton, Gary 28 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Seattle SuperSonics
C 15 Olajuwon, Hakeem 33 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Houston Rockets
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Staff

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1996 USA results

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1996 Olympic standings

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References

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  1. ^ 1996 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men 20 Jul. to 3 Aug. 1996 - Atlanta in United States of America.
  2. ^ Rhoden, William C. (July 23, 1996). "Sports of The Times;Competitors Without a Competition". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 24, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2017. WAGERS were being taken on how badly Dream Team III would route Angola last night in Game 2 of its gold-medal tour.
  3. ^ a b c OlympicTalk (May 1, 2020). "Why Michael Jordan didn't return for 1996 Atlanta Olympics". NBC Sports. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "Glenn Robinson off Dream Team". Associated Press.
  5. ^ "Robinson Out of Olympics". Chicago Tribune.
  6. ^ "Team USA Basketball: What About the 1996 Dream Team II?". Bleacher Report. September 3, 2008. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Games of the XXVIth Olympiad -- 1996". USA Basketball. NBA Media Ventures. September 14, 2012. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
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