1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team

The 1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The team's head coach was John Thompson, of Georgetown University. Team USA won the tournament's bronze medal, their lowest finish to that point in any Olympic basketball tournament.

This was the last Olympic basketball tournament where NBA players were not allowed to participate; FIBA instituted a rule change in 1989 that lifted that restriction, leading to the dominance of 1992's Dream Team.

Team staff members

 * Head Coach: John Thompson of Georgetown University
 * Assistant coach: George Raveling of the University of Southern California
 * Assistant coach: Craig Esherick of Georgetown University
 * Assistant coach: Mary Fenlon of Georgetown University
 * Manager: Bill Stein of St. Peter's College, in New Jersey
 * Team physician: James Hill of Chicago, Illinois
 * Athletic trainer: Troy Young of Arizona State University

Results

 * beat, 97–53
 * beat, 76–70
 * beat, 102–87
 * beat (PRC), 108–57
 * beat, 102–35
 * beat, 94–57
 * beat, 82–76
 * beat, 78–49

The team did not reach the gold-medal game for the first time in its history. They beat Australia in the bronze-medal game 78–49.

Final standings

 * 1. (7–1)
 * 2. (6–2)
 * 3. (7–1)
 * 4. (4–4)
 * 5. (5–3)
 * 6. (3–5)
 * 7. (4–4)
 * 8. (4–4)
 * 9. (2–5)
 * 10. (2–5)
 * 11. (2–5)
 * 12. (0–7)