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Basketball at the Summer Olympics

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For the 3x3 variant, see 3x3 basketball at the Summer Olympics.

Basketball at the Summer Olympics has been a sport for men consistently since 1936. Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport, basketball was held as an unofficial demonstration event in 1904 and 1924. Women's basketball made its debut in the Summer Olympics in 1976. FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and the Summer Olympics basketball tournaments, which are sanctioned by the IOC.[1]

Basketball at the Summer Olympics
IOC CodeBKB
Governing bodyFIBA
Events4 (men: 2; women: 2)
Summer Olympics
  • 1896
  • 1900
  • 1904
  • 1908
  • 1912
  • 1920
Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics

The United States is by far the most successful country in Olympic basketball, with United States men's teams having won 17 of 20 tournaments in which they participated, including seven consecutive titles from 1936 through 1968. United States women's teams have won 10 titles out of the 12 tournaments in which they competed, including eight in a row from 1996 to 2024. Besides the United States, Argentina is the only nation still in existence which has won both the men's and the women's tournament. The Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and the Unified Team are the countries no longer in existence who have won the tournament. The United States are the defending champions in both men's and women's tournaments.

On 9 June 2017, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee announced that 3x3 basketball would become an official Olympic sport as of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, for both men and women.[2][3]

History

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Basketball was invented by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891. Within a few decades, the new game became popular throughout the United States as an indoor sport. The popularity spread overseas and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) was organized in 1932 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) had a big part in the spread of this sport to many countries, and as many as 21 teams competed in the first Olympic basketball tournament.[4]

American dominance

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Thanks in part to the effort of Phog Allen[5][6]—a Kansas Jayhawks collegiate coach—the first Olympic basketball tournament was organized in the 1936 Berlin Olympics on outdoor tennis courts. Dr. Naismith presented the medals to the top three teams. According to the Olympic rules of that time, all of the competitors were amateurs. The tournament was held indoors for the first time in 1948. The American team proved its dominance, winning the first seven Olympic tournaments through 1968, without losing a single game. While the Americans were barred from sending a team that contained players from the professional National Basketball Association, they instead sent in college players; teams from some other countries sent in their best players, as some of their players were classified as "amateur" by FIBA, by earning allowances instead of wages.

Munich and after

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The U.S. winning streak ended in 1972, when the Soviet Union controversially won the gold medal game against the United States by one point.[7][8]

The U.S. team reclaimed the gold medal in 1976, with Yugoslavia, which had beaten the Soviet Union in the semifinal, finishing runner-up for the second time. In 1980, with the Americans' absence due to the boycott, Yugoslavia became the third team to win the title, after beating the Soviets anew in the semifinals and Italy in the final. The Americans regained the title in 1984, by beating Spain in the final, with the Soviets boycotting this time. The Soviets won the gold medal for the second time in 1988, after beating the U.S. team for the second time in the semifinal, and the Yugoslavs in the gold medal game.

Professional era: renewed American dominance

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The advent of the state-sponsored "full-time amateur athlete" of the Eastern Bloc countries eroded the ideology of the pure amateur, as it put the self-financed amateurs of the Western countries at a disadvantage. The Soviet Union entered teams of athletes who were all nominally listed in the military, but all of whom were in fact paid by the state to train full-time.[4][9][10][11] In April 1989, through the leadership of Secretary General Borislav Stanković, FIBA approved the rule that allowed NBA players to compete in international tournaments, including the Olympics.[4] In the 1992 Summer Olympics, the U.S. "Dream Team" won the gold medal with an average winning margin of 44 points per game, and without calling a timeout. By this time, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia no longer existed, but their successor states continued to be among the leading forces. Two newly independent countries of the former Yugoslavia and Soviet Union, Croatia and Lithuania, won the silver and bronze medals respectively.

The American team repeated its victory in 1996 and 2000, but its performance was not as dominant as in 1992. Since active NBA players have been allowed to compete in the Summer Olympics, the 1996 Games in Atlanta is the only instance where the Olympic host city also had a home NBA team — the Hawks. Yugoslavia was the runner-up in Atlanta, and France in Sydney, with Lithuania winning bronze again on both occasions.

The renewed dominance of the U.S. was interrupted in 2004, when the Americans barely made it to the semifinal, after losing to Puerto Rico and Lithuania in the preliminaries; Argentina defeated them in the semifinals, on their way to a gold medal finish, where they beat Italy in the final, and became the fourth team to win the Olympic title.

The Americans regrouped in 2008, beating the reigning FIBA world champions, Spain, in an intense gold medal game, with the Argentines beating the Lithuanians in the bronze medal game. The Americans and the Spaniards met again in the 2012 gold medal game, with the U.S. again winning, although with the closest winning margin for the American team. The U.S. won again in 2016, defeating the Serbians in the gold medal game, a rematch of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, after eliminating the Spaniards, who settled for bronze. The American team defended their title by winning again at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, extending their run to four consecutive gold medal finishes, and seven out of the last eight.

Women

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The first women's tournament was staged in the 1976 Summer Olympics. The Soviet Union won five straight games, becoming the inaugural champion. The next two tournaments followed the six-team round-robin format, with the Soviets defending their title in 1980 amid the U.S.-led boycott, and the U.S. winning in 1984, against the South Koreans, amid the Soviet-led boycott. In 1988, the tournament expanded into eight teams, with the Americans beating Yugoslavia in the gold medal game. In 1992, the Unified Team, consisting of the former Soviet republics, defeated China in the gold medal game. In 1996, the tournament settled into its current 12-team format; the U.S. has swept all of the tournaments since then, winning 61 consecutive games.

Venues

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Main article: List of Olympic venues in basketball

All venues were indoor stadiums except for the 1936 tournament, which was held outdoors on lawn tennis courts.

  1. ^ The O2 Arena was known as the North Greenwich Arena during the games due to Olympics regulations regarding corporate sponsorship of event sites.
  2. ^ The Accor Arena is known as the Bercy Arena during the games due to Olympics regulations regarding corporate sponsorship of event sites.
  3. ^ a b Due to Olympic regulations regarding corporate sponsorship of event sites, this venue will be known by a yet-to-be-determined name during the Games.

Qualifying

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As of 2012, the qualifying process consists of three stages:

  1. 1 team (for each gender) qualifies as the reigning world champion.
  2. 7 teams for men and 5 for women qualify through their respective regional championships.
  3. 3 teams for men and 5 for women qualify through a world qualifying tournament, in which the best teams which did not qualify directly from each zone compete for the remaining berths.

Additionally, the teams of the host nation qualify automatically.

Zone Men Women
World Cup 1 1
African championship 1 1
Americas championship 2 1
Asian championship 1 1
European championship 2 1
Oceania championship 1 1
World qualifying tournament 3 5
Host Nation 1 1
Total 12 12

In 2020, the men's tournament will have a new qualification system. After the 2019 FIBA World Cup, seven teams will qualify directly: the top two European and American teams, and the top team from Africa, Asia and Oceania. The next 16 best teams from the FIBA World Cup will join the two teams from each continent at the Olympic qualifiers. It will feature four groups of six teams, where the best team of each group will get the remaining spots at the Olympics. The continental championships will no longer be used for Olympic qualifying.

Men

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Summaries

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Year Hosts Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1936  
Berlin 		 
United States 		19–8  
Canada 		 
Mexico 		26–12  
Poland
1948  
London 		 
United States 		65–21  
France 		 
Brazil 		52–47  
Mexico
1952  
Helsinki 		 
United States 		36–25  
Soviet Union 		 
Uruguay 		68–59  
Argentina
1956  
Melbourne 		 
United States 		89–55  
Soviet Union 		 
Uruguay 		71–62  
France
1960  
Rome 		 
United States 		81–57  
Soviet Union 		 
Brazil 		78–75  
Italy
1964  
Tokyo 		 
United States 		73–59  
Soviet Union 		 
Brazil 		76–60  
Puerto Rico
1968  
Mexico City 		 
United States 		65–50  
Yugoslavia 		 
Soviet Union 		70–53  
Brazil
1972  
Munich 		 
Soviet Union 		51–50  
United States 		 
Cuba 		66–65  
Italy
1976  
Montreal 		 
United States 		95–74  
Yugoslavia 		 
Soviet Union 		100–72  
Canada
1980  
Moscow 		 
Yugoslavia 		86–77  
Italy[a] 		 
Soviet Union 		117–94  
Spain[a]
1984  
Los Angeles 		 
United States 		96–65  
Spain 		 
Yugoslavia 		88–82  
Canada
1988  
Seoul 		 
Soviet Union 		76–63  
Yugoslavia 		 
United States 		78–49  
Australia
1992  
Barcelona 		 
United States 		117–85  
Croatia 		 
Lithuania 		82–78  
Unified Team
1996  
Atlanta 		 
United States 		95–69  
Yugoslavia 		 
Lithuania 		80–74  
Australia
2000  
Sydney 		 
United States 		85–75  
France 		 
Lithuania 		89–71  
Australia
2004  
Athens 		 
Argentina 		84–69  
Italy 		 
United States 		104–96  
Lithuania
2008  
Beijing 		 
United States 		118–107  
Spain 		 
Argentina 		87–75  
Lithuania
2012  
London 		 
United States 		107–100  
Spain 		 
Russia 		81–77  
Argentina
2016  
Rio de Janeiro 		 
United States 		96–66  
Serbia 		 
Spain 		89–88  
Australia
2020[b]  
Tokyo 		 
United States 		87–82  
France 		 
Australia 		107–93  
Slovenia
2024  
Paris 		 
United States 		98–87  
France 		 
Serbia 		93–83  
Germany
  1. ^ a b Several teams competed under the Olympic Flag in support for the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott.
  2. ^ The 2020 Summer Olympics were held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medal table

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Updated after the gold medal match of the 2024 Olympic tournament.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States171220
2  Soviet Union2439
3  Yugoslavia1315
4  Argentina1012
5  France0404
6  Spain0314
7  Italy0202
8  Serbia0112
9  Canada0101
  Croatia0101
  Serbia and Montenegro0101
12  Brazil0033
  Lithuania0033
14  Uruguay0022
15  Australia0011
  Cuba0011
  Mexico0011
  Russia0011
Totals (18 entries)21212163
Source: [12]
  • Soviet Union (as of 1992) and Yugoslavia (as of 2006) are defunct. No team carried over the records of these nations.
  • Yugoslavia has been the designation from two distinct national entities: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988 formed as a joint state of 6 republics; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1996 to 2006 formed as a joint state by only Montenegro and Serbia. In 2003, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was renamed to Serbia and Montenegro, however both Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro represented the same national entity: a joint state of Montenegro and Serbia.

Performance by confederation

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This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament.

Confederation 1936
  		1948
  		1952
  		1956
  		1960
  		1964
  		1968
  		1972
  		1976
  		1980
  		1984
  		1988
  		1992
  		1996
  		2000
  		2004
  		2008
  		2012
  		2016
  		2020
  		2024
 
FIBA Africa 15th–18th 19th 9th–16th – – – 15th 15th 12th 11th 12th 10th 10th 11th 12th 12th 12th 10th 11th 10th 9th
FIBA Americas 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 5th 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
FIBA Asia 5th 8th 9th–16th 7th 11th 10th 13th 13th 11th 12th 10th 9th 12th 8th 10th 8th 8th 12th 12th 11th 11th
FIBA Europe 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd
FIBA Oceania – – – 12th – 9th – 9th 8th 8th 7th 4th 6th 4th 4th 9th 7th 7th 4th 3rd 6th
Nations 21 23 23 15 16 16 16 16 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Participating nations

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Nation 1936
 		 1948
 		 1952
 		 1956
 		 1960
 		 1964
 		 1968
 		 1972
 		 1976
 		 1980
 		 1984
 		 1988
 		 1992
 		 1996
 		 2000
 		 2004
 		 2008
 		 2012
 		 2016
 		 2020
 		 2024
 		 Years
  Angola A 10th 11th 12th 12th 12th 5
  Argentina 15th 4th 9th 1st 3rd 4th 8th 7th 8
  Australia 12th 9th 9th 8th 8th 7th 4th 6th 4th 4th 9th 7th 7th 4th 3rd 6th 16
  Belgium 19th 11th 17th 3
  Brazil 9th 3rd 6th 6th 3rd 3rd 4th 7th 5th 9th 5th 5th 6th 5th 9th 7th 16
  Bulgaria 7th 5th 16th 10th 4
  Canada 2nd 9th 9th 9th 14th 4th 4th 6th 7th 5th 10
  Central African Republic A 10th 1
  Chile 9th 6th 5th 8th 4
  China A 10th 11th 12th 8th 10th 8th 8th 12th 12th 9
  Chinese TaipeiB 15th 18th 11th 3
  Croatia C 2nd 7th 6th 5th 4
  Cuba 13th 9th 11th 3rd 7th 6th 6
  Czech Republic K 9th 1
  Czechoslovakia 9th 7th 9th 5th 8th 6th 9th A 7
  Egypt 15th 19th 9th 16th 12th 12th 12th 7
  Estonia 9th D 1
  Finland 9th 11th 2
  France 19th 2nd 8th 4th 10th 11th 2nd 6th 6th 2nd 2nd 11
  GermanyE 15th 12th 8th 7th 10th 8th 4th 7
  Great Britain 20th 9th 2
  Greece 17th 5th 5th 5th 8th 5
  Hungary 16th 9th 9th 13th 4
  India 12th 1
  Iran 14th 11th 12th 3
  Iraq 22nd 1
  Ireland 23rd 1
  Israel A 17th 1
  Italy 7th 17th 17th 4th 5th 8th 4th 5th 2nd 5th 5th 2nd 5th 13
  Japan 9th 10th 15th 10th 14th 11th 11th 11th 8
  Latvia 15th D 1
  Lithuania D 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 8th 7th 7
  Mexico 3rd 4th 9th 12th 12th 5th 10th 7
  Morocco A 16th 1
  New Zealand 11th 10th 2
  Nigeria 10th 11th 10th 3
  Panama 12th 1
  Peru 8th 10th 15th 3
  Philippines 5th 12th 9th 7th 11th 13th 13th 7
  Poland 4th 7th 6th 6th 10th 7th 6
  Puerto Rico A 13th 4th 9th 6th 9th 7th 8th 10th 6th 12th 10
  Romania 17th 1
  Russia D F 8th 9th 3rd 3
  Senegal A 15th 15th 11th 3
  Serbia G H 2nd 3rd 2
  Serbia and Montenegro G 11th A 1
  Singapore A 13th I 1
  Slovenia C 4th 1
  South Korea A 8th 14th 16th 14th 9th 12th 6
  South Sudan A 9th 1
  Soviet Union J 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 1st F A 9
  Spain 14th 7th 11th 4th 2nd 8th 9th 9th 7th 2nd 2nd 3rd 6th 10th 14
  Sweden 10th 1
   Switzerland 9th 21st 17th 3
  Thailand A 15th 1
  Tunisia 11th 1
  Turkey 19th 17th 2
  Unified Team D 4th A 1
  United States 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 20
  Uruguay 6th 5th 3rd 3rd 8th 8th 6th 7
  Venezuela 11th 10th 2
  Yugoslavia 6th 7th 2nd 5th 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 6th A 10
Nations 21 23 23 15 16 16 16 16 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Notes

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^A The NOC was not member of the IOC.
^B As   China from 1936 to 1956.
^C Part of   Yugoslavia from 1936 to 1988.
^D Part of   Soviet Union.
^E As   West Germany from 1968 to 1988.
^F Part of   Unified Team in 1992.
^G Now   Serbia, part of   Yugoslavia in 1936–1988, as   Independent Olympic Participants in 1992 and part of   Yugoslavia in 1996–2000.
^H Part of   Serbia and Montenegro in 2004.
^I Part of   Malaysia in 1964.
^J The Soviet Union chose not to compete in 1936 and 1948.
^K Part of   Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1992.

Women

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Summaries

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Year Hosts Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1976  
Montreal 		 
Soviet Union 		112–77  
United States 		 
Bulgaria 		67–66  
Czechoslovakia
1980  
Moscow 		 
Soviet Union 		104–73  
Bulgaria 		 
Yugoslavia 		68–65  
Hungary
1984  
Los Angeles 		 
United States 		85–55  
South Korea 		 
China 		63–57  
Canada
1988  
Seoul 		 
United States 		77–70  
Yugoslavia 		 
Soviet Union 		68–53  
Australia
1992  
Barcelona 		 
Unified Team 		76–66  
China 		 
United States 		88–74  
Cuba
1996  
Atlanta 		 
United States 		111–87  
Brazil 		 
Australia 		66–56  
Ukraine
2000  
Sydney 		 
United States 		76–54  
Australia 		 
Brazil 		84–73 (OT)  
South Korea
2004  
Athens 		 
United States 		74–63  
Australia 		 
Russia 		71–62  
Brazil
2008  
Beijing 		 
United States 		92–65  
Australia 		 
Russia 		94–81  
China
2012  
London 		 
United States 		86–50  
France 		 
Australia 		83–74  
Russia
2016  
Rio de Janeiro 		 
United States 		101–72  
Spain 		 
Serbia 		70–63  
France
2020[a]  
Tokyo 		 
United States 		90–75  
Japan 		 
France 		91–76  
Serbia
2024  
Paris 		 
United States 		67–66  
France 		 
Australia 		85–81  
Belgium
  1. ^ The 2020 Summer Olympics were held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medal table

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Source: FIBA[13]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States101112
2  Soviet Union2013
3  Unified Team1001
4  Australia0336
5  France0213
6  Brazil0112
  Bulgaria0112
  China0112
  Yugoslavia0112
10  Japan0101
  South Korea0101
  Spain0101
13  Russia0022
14  Serbia0011
Totals (14 entries)13131339
  • Soviet Union (as of 1992) and Yugoslavia (as of 2006) are defunct. No team carried over the records of these nations.
  • Yugoslavia has been the designation from two distinct national entities: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988 formed as a joint state of 6 republics; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1996 to 2006 formed as a joint state by only Montenegro and Serbia.

Performance by confederation

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This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament.

Confederation 1976
  		1980
  		1984
  		1988
  		1992
  		1996
  		2000
  		2004
  		2008
  		2012
  		2016
  		2020
  		2024
 
FIBA Africa – – – – – 12th 12th 11th 12th 12th 12th 11th 8th
FIBA Americas 2nd 5th 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
FIBA Asia 5th – 2nd 6th 2nd 7th 4th 9th 4th 5th 8th 2nd 9th
FIBA Europe 1st 1st 6th 2nd 1st 4th 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd
FIBA Oceania – – 5th 4th – 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 5th 8th 3rd
Nations 6 6 6 8 8 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Participating nations

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Nation 1976
 		 1980
 		 1984
 		 1988
 		 1992
 		 1996
 		 2000
 		 2004
 		 2008
 		 2012
 		 2016
 		 2020
 		 2024
 		 Years
  Angola 12th 1
  Australia 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 5th 8th 3rd 10
  Belarus B C 6th 9th 2
  Belgium 7th 4th 2
  Brazil 7th 2nd 3rd 4th 11th 9th 11th 7
  Bulgaria 3rd 2nd 5th 3
  Canada 6th 4th 11th 10th 8th 7th 9th 11th 8
  China A 3rd 6th 2nd 9th 9th 4th 6th 10th 5th 9th 10
  Croatia F 10th 1
  Cuba 5th 4th 6th 9th 4
  Czech Republic D 5th 7th 7th 3
  Czechoslovakia 4th 8th 6th A 3
  DR CongoE 12th 1
  France 5th 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 5
  Germany 7th 1
  Great Britain 11th 1
  Greece 7th 1
  Hungary 4th 1
  Italy 6th 8th 8th 3
  Japan 5th 7th 10th 8th 2nd 12th 6
  Latvia B 9th 1
  Mali 12th 1
  New Zealand 11th 8th 10th 3
  Nigeria 11th 11th 8th 3
  Poland 8th 1
  Puerto Rico 12th 10th 2
  Russia B C 5th 6th 3rd 3rd 4th 5
  Senegal 12th 12th 2
  Serbia F 3rd 4th 6th 3
  Slovakia D 7th 1
  South Korea 2nd 7th 10th 4th 12th 8th 10th 7
  Soviet Union 1st 1st 3rd C A 3
  Spain 5th 6th 5th 2nd 6th 5th 6
  Turkey 5th 6th 2
  Ukraine B C 4th 1
  Unified Team A 1st A 1
  United States 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 12
  Yugoslavia 3rd 6th 2nd A 3
Nations 6 6 6 8 8 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Notes

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^A NOC was not member of IOC
^B competed as part of   Soviet Union from 1952–88
^C part of   Unified Team in 1992
^D part of   Czechoslovakia from 1920–92
^E as   Zaire from 1984–96
^F part of "Yugoslavia" from 1976–2000 and "Serbia and Montenegro" in 2004

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States272332
2  Soviet Union44412
3  Yugoslavia1427
4  Argentina1012
5  Unified Team1001
6  France0617
7  Spain0415
8  Australia0347
9  Italy0202
10  Brazil0145
11  Serbia0123
12  Bulgaria0112
  China0112
14  Canada0101
  Croatia0101
  Japan0101
  Serbia and Montenegro0101
  South Korea0101
19  Lithuania0033
  Russia0033
21  Uruguay0022
22  Cuba0011
  Mexico0011
Totals (23 entries)343434102
  • Soviet Union (as of 1992) and Yugoslavia (as of 2006) are defunct. No team carried over the records of these nations.
  • Yugoslavia has been the designation from two distinct national entities: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988 formed as a joint state of 6 republics; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1996 to 2006 formed as a joint state by only Montenegro and Serbia. In 2003, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was renamed to Serbia and Montenegro, however both Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro represented the same national entity: a joint state of Montenegro and Serbia.

Win–loss records

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Men's tournament

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Team Games played Wins Losses Winning percentage
  Angola 31 3 28 .097
  Argentina 57 33 24 .579
  Australia 115 58 57 .504
  Belgium 13 6 7 .462
  Brazil 115 66 49 .574
  Bulgaria 33 16 17 .485
  Canada 70 39 31 .557
  Central African Republic 7 2 5 .286
  Chile 26 12 14 .462
  China 50 7 43 .140
  Chinese Taipei 28 16 12 .571
  Croatia 28 16 12 .571
  Cuba 45 22 23 .489
  Czechoslovakia 46 23 23 .500
  Czech Republic 3 1 2 .333
  Egypt 44 6 38 .136
  Estonia 3 1 2 .333
  Finland 12 4 8 .333
  France 72 40 32 .556
  Germany 44 15 29 .341
  Great Britain 13 2 11 .154
  Greece 28 14 14 .500
  Hungary 33 14 19 .424
  India 7 0 7 .000
  Iran 15 2 13 .133
  Iraq 7 0 7 .000
  Ireland 6 0 6 .000
  Israel 2 0 2 .000
  Italy 95 56 39 .589
  Japan 47 11 36 .234
  Latvia 3 1 2 .333
  Lithuania 52 32 20 .615
  Mexico 49 26 23 .531
  Morocco 9 0 9 .000
  New Zealand 12 2 10 .167
  Nigeria 13 2 11 .154
  Panama 9 2 7 .222
  Peru 22 9 13 .409
  Philippines 52 25 27 .481
  Poland 49 23 26 .469
  Puerto Rico 75 34 41 .453
  Romania 2 0 2 .000
  Russia 20 10 10 .500
  Senegal 24 2 22 .083
  Serbia 41 23 18 .561
  Singapore 7 2 5 .286
  Slovenia 6 4 2 .667
  South Korea 47 8 39 .170
  South Sudan 3 1 2 .333
  Soviet Union 74 61 13 .824
  Spain 102 55 47 .539
  Sweden 7 3 4 .429
   Switzerland 13 4 9 .308
  Thailand 7 0 7 .000
  Tunisia 5 0 5 .000
  Turkey 4 0 4 .000
  Unified Team 8 5 3 .625
  United States 155 149 6 .961
  Uruguay 56 29 27 .518
  Venezuela 12 3 9 .250
  Yugoslavia 60 48 12 .800

As of 10 August 2024

Women's tournament

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Team Games played Wins Losses Winning percentage
  Angola 5 0 5 .000
  Australia 60 41 19 .683
  Belgium 4 2 2 .500
  Brazil 44 19 25 .432
  Belarus 11 3 8 .273
  Bulgaria 16 10 6 .625
  Canada 39 11 28 .282
  China 52 25 27 .481
  Croatia 5 1 4 .200
  Cuba 24 9 15 .375
  Czechoslovakia 15 3 12 .200
  Czech Republic 19 8 11 .421
  DR Congo 7 0 7 .000
  France 29 19 10 .655
  Great Britain 5 0 5 .000
  Greece 7 3 4 .429
  Hungary 6 2 4 .333
  Italy 18 3 15 .167
  Japan 31 13 18 .419
  Latvia 5 1 4 .200
  Mali 5 0 5 .000
  New Zealand 18 4 14 .222
  Nigeria 9 1 8 .111
  Poland 7 3 4 .429
  Puerto Rico 3 0 3 .000
  Russia 39 25 14 .641
  Serbia 14 7 7 .500
  Senegal 11 0 11 .000
  Slovakia 7 3 4 .429
  South Korea 41 15 26 .366
  Soviet Union 16 14 2 .875
  Spain 30 19 11 .633
  Turkey 12 7 5 .583
  Ukraine 8 4 4 .500
  Unified Team 5 4 1 .800
  United States 75 72 3 .960
  Yugoslavia 16 8 8 .500

As of 8 August 2021

Records

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Category Men Women
Highest game score 229 points: USA 156–73 Nigeria (2012) 190 points: Japan 62–128 Brazil (2004)
Lowest game score 27 points: USA 19–8 Canada (1936) 100 points: Senegal 32–68 Slovakia (2000)
Biggest margin 100 points:
Korea 120–20 Iraq (1948)
China 125–25 Iraq (1948)		 66 points:
Japan 62–128 Brazil (2004)
Italy 53–119 Soviet Union (1980)
Games with most overtimes 2 overtimes:
Argentina 111–107 Brazil (2016)
Canada 86–83 Russia (2000)
Lithuania 83–81 Croatia (1996)
Australia 109–101 Brazil (1996)		 2 overtimes:
Turkey 79–76 Brazil (2016)
Spain 92–80 Italy (1992)
Longest winning streak 63 games: USA (1936–72) 58 games: USA (1992–2024)
All-time top cumulative scorer 1,093 points: Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 581 points: Lauren Jackson (Australia)
All-time top average scorer 28.8 points per game: Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 22 points per game: Lara Sanders (Turkey)
Single game scorer 55 points: Oscar Schmidt (Spain vs. Brazil, 1988) 39 points: Evladiya Slavcheva-Stefanova (Bulgaria vs. South Korea, 1988)

As of 4 August 2024

Top career scorers

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The International Olympic Committee does not recognize records for basketball, although FIBA does.

Men

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Points per game
Player PTS GP PPG
  Oscar Schmidt 1,093 38 28.8
  Mieczysław Młynarski 182 7 26.0
  Mohamed Sayed Soliman 179 7 25.6
  Ed Palubinskas 409 16
  Bojan Bogdanović 152 6 25.3
  Horacio López 199 8 24.9
  Davis Peralta 214 9 23.8
  Ricardo Duarte 212 9 23.6
  Antonello Riva 187 8 23.4
  Lee Chung-hee 160 7 22.9

Women

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Total points scored
Player PTS
  Lauren Jackson 581
  Janeth Arcain 535
  Lisa Leslie 488
  Diana Taurasi 384
  Chen Nan 317
  Alessandra Santos de Oliveira 290
  Miao Lijie 284
  Sheryl Swoopes
  Zheng Haixia 280
  Jung Sun-min 276
Points per game
Player PTS GP PPG
  LaToya Sanders 132 6 22.0
  Uljana Semjonova 131 6 21.8
  Mfon Udoka 130 6 21.7
  Evanthia Maltsi 146 7 20.9
  Margo Dydek 143 7 20.4
  Keiko Namai 102 5
  Sofija Pekić 121 6 20.2
  Lenke Jacsó-Kiss 120 6 20.0
  Choi Kyung-hee 98 5 19.6
  Uljana Semjonova 97 5 19.4

Top scorer per tournament

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Year Men PPG Women PPG
1948   Ignacio Romo Porchas 21.0 —
1952   Ivan Mrázek 22.0 —
1956   Oscar Moglia 26.0 —
1960   Radivoj Korać 23.6 —
1964   Ricardo Duarte 23.6 —
1968   Davis Peralta 23.8 —
1972   Masatomo Taniguchi 23.9 —
1976   Ed Palubinskas 31.3   Keiko Namai 20.4
1980   Ian Davies 29.3   Uljana Semjonova 21.8
1984   Mohamed Sayed Soliman 25.6   Kim Hwa-soon 16.8
1988   Oscar Schmidt 42.3   Choi Kyung-hee
  Evladiya Slavcheva		 19.6
1992   Oscar Schmidt 24.8   Hortência Marcari 18.8
1996   Oscar Schmidt 27.4   Yamilé Martínez 20.5
2000   Andrew Gaze 19.9   Janeth Arcain 20.5
2004   Pau Gasol 22.4   Lauren Jackson 22.9
2008   Pau Gasol 19.6   Miao Lijie 17.3
2012   Patty Mills 21.2   Érika de Souza 16.2
2016   Bojan Bogdanović 25.3   Elizabeth Cambage 23.5
2020   Patty Mills 26.8   Emma Meesseman 27.3
2024   Giannis Antetokounmpo 25.8   Emma Meesseman 23.2

Awards

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Main article: FIBA Awards

See also

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References

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