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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

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]

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 a gold medal. 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.

ZoneMenWomen
World Cup11
African championship11
Americas championship21
Asian championship11
European championship21
Oceania championship11
World qualifying tournament35
Host Nation11
Total1212

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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YearHostsGold medal gameBronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place
1936Germany
Berlin
United States		19–8
Canada
Mexico		26–12
Poland
1948United Kingdom
London
United States		65–21
France
Brazil		52–47
Mexico
1952Finland
Helsinki
United States		36–25
Soviet Union
Uruguay		68–59
Argentina
1956Australia
Melbourne
United States		89–55
Soviet Union
Uruguay		71–62
France
1960Italy
Rome
United States		81–57
Soviet Union
Brazil		78–75
Italy
1964Japan
Tokyo
United States		73–59
Soviet Union
Brazil		76–60
Puerto Rico
1968Mexico
Mexico City
United States		65–50
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union		70–53
Brazil
1972West Germany
Munich
Soviet Union		51–50
United States
Cuba		66–65
Italy
1976Canada
Montreal
United States		95–74
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union		100–72
Canada
1980Soviet Union
Moscow
Yugoslavia		86–77
Italy[a]
Soviet Union		117–94
Spain[a]
1984United States
Los Angeles
United States		96–65
Spain
Yugoslavia		88–82
Canada
1988South Korea
Seoul
Soviet Union		76–63
Yugoslavia
United States		78–49
Australia
1992Spain
Barcelona
United States		117–85
Croatia
Lithuania		82–78
Unified Team
1996United States
Atlanta
United States		95–69
Yugoslavia
Lithuania		80–74
Australia
2000Australia
Sydney
United States		85–75
France
Lithuania		89–71
Australia
2004Greece
Athens
Argentina		84–69
Italy
United States		104–96
Lithuania
2008China
Beijing
United States		118–107
Spain
Argentina		87–75
Lithuania
2012United Kingdom
London
United States		107–100
Spain
Russia		81–77
Argentina
2016Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
United States		96–66
Serbia
Spain		89–88
Australia
2020[b]Japan
Tokyo
United States		87–82
France
Australia		107–93
Slovenia
2024France
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]
  • The 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 Serbia and Montenegro.

Performance by confederation

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

Confederation1936
Nazi Germany		1948
United Kingdom		1952
Finland		1956
Australia		1960
Italy		1964
Japan		1968
Mexico		1972
West Germany		1976
Canada		1980
Soviet Union		1984
United States		1988
South Korea		1992
Spain		1996
United States		2000
Australia		2004
Greece		2008
China		2012
United Kingdom		2016
Brazil		2020
Japan		2024
France
FIBA Africa15th–18th19th9th–16th–––15th15th12th11th12th10th10th11th12th12th12th10th11th10th9th
FIBA Americas1st1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd1st5th1st3rd1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st
FIBA Asia5th8th9th–16th7th11th10th13th13th11th12th10th9th12th8th10th8th8th12th12th11th11th
FIBA Europe4th2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd
FIBA Oceania–––12th–9th–9th8th8th7th4th6th4th4th9th7th7th4th3rd6th
Nations212323151616161612121212121212121212121212

Participating nations

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Nation1936
Nazi Germany		1948
United Kingdom		1952
Finland		1956
Australia		1960
Italy		1964
Japan		1968
Mexico		1972
West Germany		1976
Canada		1980
Soviet Union		1984
United States		1988
South Korea		1992
Spain		1996
United States		2000
Australia		2004
Greece		2008
China		2012
United Kingdom		2016
Brazil		2020
Japan		2024
France		Appearances
 AngolaA10th11th12th12th12th5
 Argentina15th4th9th1st3rd4th8th7th8
 Australia12th9th9th8th8th7th4th6th4th4th9th7th7th4th3rd6th16
 Belgium19th11th17th3
 Brazil9th3rd6th6th3rd3rd4th7th5th9th5th5th6th5th9th7th16
 Bulgaria7th5th16th10th4
 Canada2nd9th9th9th14th4th4th6th7th5th10
 Central African RepublicA10th1
 Chile9th6th5th8th4
 ChinaA10th11th12th8th10th8th8th12th12th9
 Chinese TaipeiB15th18th11th3
 CroatiaC2nd7th6th5th4
 Cuba13th9th11th3rd7th6th6
 Czech RepublicK9th1
 Czechoslovakia9th7th9th5th8th6th9thA7
 Egypt15th19th9th16th12th12th12th7
 Estonia9thD1
 Finland9th11th2
 France19th2nd8th4th10th11th2nd6th6th2nd2nd11
 GermanyE15th12th8th7th10th8th4th7
 Great Britain20th9th2
 Greece17th5th5th5th8th5
 Hungary16th9th9th13th4
 India12th1
 Iran14th11th12th3
 Iraq22nd1
 Ireland23rd1
 IsraelA17th1
 Italy7th17th17th4th5th8th4th5th2nd5th5th2nd5th13
 Japan9th10th15th10th14th11th11th11th8
 Latvia15thD1
 LithuaniaD3rd3rd3rd4th4th8th7th7
 Mexico3rd4th9th12th12th5th10th7
 MoroccoA16th1
 New Zealand11th10th2
 Nigeria10th11th10th3
 Panama12th1
 Peru8th10th15th3
 Philippines5th12th9th7th11th13th13th7
 Poland4th7th6th6th10th7th6
 Puerto RicoA13th4th9th6th9th7th8th10th6th12th10
 Romania17th1
 RussiaDF8th9th3rd3
 SenegalA15th15th11th3
 SerbiaGH2nd3rd2
 Serbia and MontenegroG11thA1
 SingaporeA13thI1
 SloveniaC4th1
 South KoreaA8th14th16th14th9th12th6
 South SudanA9th1
 Soviet UnionJ2nd2nd2nd2nd3rd1st3rd3rd1stFA9
 Spain14th7th11th4th2nd8th9th9th7th2nd2nd3rd6th10th14
 Sweden10th1
  Switzerland9th21st17th3
 ThailandA15th1
 Tunisia11th1
 Turkey19th17th2
 Unified TeamD4thA1
 United States1st1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd1st1st3rd1st1st1st3rd1st1st1st1st1st20
 Uruguay6th5th3rd3rd8th8th6th7
 Venezuela11th10th2
 Yugoslavia6th7th2nd5th2nd1st3rd2nd2nd6thA10
Nations212323151616161612121212121212121212121212

Notes

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^A The NOC was not member of the IOC.
^B As Taiwan China from 1936 to 1956.
^C Part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia from 1936 to 1988.
^D Part of  Soviet Union.
^E As West Germany West Germany from 1968 to 1988.
^F Part of  Unified Team in 1992.
^G Now Serbia 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 Malaysia in 1964.
^J The Soviet Union chose not to compete in 1936 and 1948.
^K Part of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1992.

Women

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Summaries

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YearHostsGold medal gameBronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place
1976Canada
Montreal
Soviet Union		112–77
United States
Bulgaria		67–66
Czechoslovakia
1980Soviet Union
Moscow
Soviet Union		104–73
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia		68–65
Hungary
1984United States
Los Angeles
United States		85–55
South Korea
China		63–57
Canada
1988South Korea
Seoul
United States		77–70
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union		68–53
Australia
1992Spain
Barcelona
Unified Team		76–66
China
United States		88–74
Cuba
1996United States
Atlanta
United States		111–87
Brazil
Australia		66–56
Ukraine
2000Australia
Sydney
United States		76–54
Australia
Brazil		84–73 (OT)
South Korea
2004Greece
Athens
United States		74–63
Australia
Russia		71–62
Brazil
2008China
Beijing
United States		92–65
Australia
Russia		94–81
China
2012United Kingdom
London
United States		86–50
France
Australia		83–74
Russia
2016Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
United States		101–72
Spain
Serbia		70–63
France
2020[a]Japan
Tokyo
United States		90–75
Japan
France		91–76
Serbia
2024France
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.

Confederation1976
Canada		1980
Soviet Union		1984
United States		1988
South Korea		1992
Spain		1996
United States		2000
Australia		2004
Greece		2008
China		2012
United Kingdom		2016
Brazil		2020
Japan		2024
France
FIBA Africa–––––12th12th11th12th12th12th11th8th
FIBA Americas2nd5th1st1st3rd1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st
FIBA Asia5th–2nd6th2nd7th4th9th4th5th8th2nd9th
FIBA Europe1st1st6th2nd1st4th5th3rd3rd2nd2nd3rd2nd
FIBA Oceania––5th4th–3rd2nd2nd2nd3rd5th8th3rd
Nations666881212121212121212

Participating nations

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Nation1976
Canada		1980
Soviet Union		1984
United States		1988
South Korea		1992
Spain		1996
United States		2000
Australia		2004
Greece		2008
China		2012
United Kingdom		2016
Brazil		2020
Japan		2024
France		Years
 Angola12th1
 Australia5th4th3rd2nd2nd2nd3rd5th8th3rd10
 BelarusBC6th9th2
 Belgium7th4th2
 Brazil7th2nd3rd4th11th9th11th7
 Bulgaria3rd2nd5th3
 Canada6th4th11th10th8th7th9th11th8
 ChinaA3rd6th2nd9th9th4th6th10th5th9th10
 CroatiaF10th1
 Cuba5th4th6th9th4
 Czech RepublicD5th7th7th3
 Czechoslovakia4th8th6thA3
 DR CongoE12th1
 France5th2nd4th3rd2nd5
 Germany7th1
 Great Britain11th1
 Greece7th1
 Hungary4th1
 Italy6th8th8th3
 Japan5th7th10th8th2nd12th6
 LatviaB9th1
 Mali12th1
 New Zealand11th8th10th3
 Nigeria11th11th8th3
 Poland8th1
 Puerto Rico12th10th2
 RussiaBC5th6th3rd3rd4th5
 Senegal12th12th2
 SerbiaF3rd4th6th3
 SlovakiaD7th1
 South Korea2nd7th10th4th12th8th10th7
 Soviet Union1st1st3rdCA3
 Spain5th6th5th2nd6th5th6
 Turkey5th6th2
 UkraineBC4th1
 Unified TeamA1stA1
 United States2nd1st1st3rd1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st12
 Yugoslavia3rd6th2ndA3
Nations666881212121212121212

Notes

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

Overall 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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TeamGames playedWinsLossesWinning percentage
 Angola31328.097
 Argentina573324.579
 Australia1155857.504
 Belgium1367.462
 Brazil1156649.574
 Bulgaria331617.485
 Canada703931.557
 Central African Republic725.286
 Chile261214.462
 China50743.140
 Chinese Taipei281612.571
 Croatia281612.571
 Cuba452223.489
 Czechoslovakia462323.500
 Czech Republic312.333
 Egypt44638.136
 Estonia312.333
 Finland1248.333
 France724032.556
 Germany441529.341
 Great Britain13211.154
 Greece281414.500
 Hungary331419.424
 India707.000
 Iran15213.133
 Iraq707.000
 Ireland606.000
 Israel202.000
 Italy955639.589
 Japan471136.234
 Latvia312.333
 Lithuania523220.615
 Mexico492623.531
 Morocco909.000
 New Zealand12210.167
 Nigeria13211.154
 Panama927.222
 Peru22913.409
 Philippines522527.481
 Poland492326.469
 Puerto Rico753441.453
 Romania202.000
 Russia201010.500
 Senegal24222.083
 Serbia412318.561
 Singapore725.286
 Slovenia642.667
 South Korea47839.170
 South Sudan312.333
 Soviet Union746113.824
 Spain1025547.539
 Sweden734.429
  Switzerland1349.308
 Thailand707.000
 Tunisia505.000
 Turkey404.000
 Unified Team853.625
 United States1551496.961
 Uruguay562927.518
 Venezuela1239.250
 Yugoslavia604812.800

As of 10 August 2024

Women's tournament

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updated at the end of the 2024 Olympics (11 August 2024)

TeamGames playedWinsLossesWinning percentage
 Angola505.000
 Australia664521.682
 Belgium1046.400
 Brazil441925.432
 Belarus1138.273
 Bulgaria16106.625
 Canada421131.262
 China552629.473
 Croatia514.200
 Cuba24915.375
 Czechoslovakia15312.200
 Czech Republic19811.421
 DR Congo707.000
 France352312.657
 Germany422.500
 Great Britain505.000
 Greece734.429
 Hungary624.333
 Italy18315.167
 Japan341321.382
 Latvia514.200
 Mali505.000
 New Zealand18414.222
 Nigeria13310.231
 Poland734.429
 Puerto Rico606.000
 Russia392514.641
 Serbia1899.500
 Senegal11011.000
 Slovakia734.429
 South Korea411526.366
 Soviet Union16142.875
 Spain342212.647
 Turkey1275.583
 Ukraine844.500
 Unified Team541.800
 United States81783.963
 Yugoslavia1688.500

Records

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CategoryMenWomen
Highest game score229 points: USA 156–73 Nigeria (2012)190 points: Japan 62–128 Brazil (2004)
Lowest game score27 points: USA 19–8 Canada (1936)100 points: Senegal 32–68 Slovakia (2000)
Biggest margin100 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 overtimes2 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 streak63 games: USA (1936–72)58 games: USA (1992–2024)
All-time top cumulative scorer1,093 points: Oscar Schmidt (Brazil)581 points: Lauren Jackson (Australia)
All-time top average scorer28.8 points per game: Oscar Schmidt (Brazil)22 points per game: Lara Sanders (Turkey)
Single game scorer55 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
PlayerPTSGPPPG
Brazil Oscar Schmidt1,0933828.8
Poland Mieczysław Młynarski182726.0
Egypt Mohamed Sayed Soliman179725.6
Australia Ed Palubinskas40916
Croatia Bojan Bogdanović152625.3
Uruguay Horacio López199824.9
Panama Davis Peralta214923.8
Peru Ricardo Duarte212923.6
Italy Antonello Riva187823.4
South Korea Lee Chung-hee160722.9

Women

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Total points scored
PlayerPTS
Australia Lauren Jackson581
Brazil Janeth Arcain535
United States Lisa Leslie488
United States Diana Taurasi384
China Chen Nan317
Brazil Alessandra Santos de Oliveira290
China Miao Lijie284
United States Sheryl Swoopes
China Zheng Haixia280
South Korea Jung Sun-min276
Points per game
PlayerPTSGPPPG
Turkey LaToya Sanders132622.0
Soviet Union Uljana Semjonova131621.8
Nigeria Mfon Udoka130621.7
Greece Evanthia Maltsi146720.9
Poland Margo Dydek143720.4
Japan Keiko Namai1025
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sofija Pekić121620.2
Hungary Lenke Jacsó-Kiss120620.0
South Korea Choi Kyung-hee98519.6
Soviet Union Uljana Semjonova97519.4

Top scorer per tournament

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YearMenPPGWomenPPG
1948Mexico Ignacio Romo Porchas21.0N/a
1952Czechoslovakia Ivan Mrázek22.0N/a
1956Uruguay Oscar Moglia26.0N/a
1960Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać23.6N/a
1964Peru Ricardo Duarte23.6N/a
1968Panama Davis Peralta23.8N/a
1972Japan Masatomo Taniguchi23.9N/a
1976Australia Ed Palubinskas31.3Japan Keiko Namai20.4
1980Australia Ian Davies29.3Soviet Union Uljana Semjonova21.8
1984Egypt Mohamed Sayed Soliman25.6South Korea Kim Hwa-soon16.8
1988Brazil Oscar Schmidt42.3South Korea Choi Kyung-hee
Bulgaria Evladiya Slavcheva		19.6
1992Brazil Oscar Schmidt24.8Brazil Hortência Marcari18.8
1996Brazil Oscar Schmidt27.4Cuba Yamilé Martínez20.5
2000Australia Andrew Gaze19.9Brazil Janeth Arcain20.5
2004Spain Pau Gasol22.4Australia Lauren Jackson22.9
2008Spain Pau Gasol19.6China Miao Lijie17.3
2012Australia Patty Mills21.2Brazil Érika de Souza16.2
2016Croatia Bojan Bogdanović25.3Australia Elizabeth Cambage23.5
2020Australia Patty Mills26.8Belgium Emma Meesseman27.3
2024Greece Giannis Antetokounmpo25.8Belgium Emma Meesseman23.2

Awards

[edit]
Main article: FIBA Awards

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Presentation". FIBA.basketball.
  2. ^ "Tokyo 2020 event programme to see major boost for female participation, youth and urban appeal". International Olympic Committee. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ "IOC adds 3-on-3 basketball to 2020 Olympics". National Basketball Association. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b c Naveen Peter (11 February 2023). "History of basketball at Olympics: A tale of American domination". Olympics. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Before They Were Giants". SLAM. 20 August 2008.
  6. ^ "Basketball Hall of Fame – Phog Allen". Archived from the original on 30 December 2007.
  7. ^ "Biggest Olympic scandals: The most controversial basketball game of all-time".
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  9. ^ "How the Russians break the Olympic rules". The Christian Science Monitor. 15 April 1980.
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    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

    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]

    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 a gold medal. 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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.

    ZoneMenWomen
    World Cup11
    African championship11
    Americas championship21
    Asian championship11
    European championship21
    Oceania championship11
    World qualifying tournament35
    Host Nation11
    Total1212

    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

    Summaries

    YearHostsGold medal gameBronze medal game
    GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place
    1936Germany
    Berlin
    United States    		19–8
    Canada
    Mexico    		26–12
    Poland
    1948United Kingdom
    London
    United States    		65–21
    France
    Brazil    		52–47
    Mexico
    1952Finland
    Helsinki
    United States    		36–25
    Soviet Union
    Uruguay    		68–59
    Argentina
    1956Australia
    Melbourne
    United States    		89–55
    Soviet Union
    Uruguay    		71–62
    France
    1960Italy
    Rome
    United States    		81–57
    Soviet Union
    Brazil    		78–75
    Italy
    1964Japan
    Tokyo
    United States    		73–59
    Soviet Union
    Brazil    		76–60
    Puerto Rico
    1968Mexico
    Mexico City
    United States    		65–50
    Yugoslavia
    Soviet Union    		70–53
    Brazil
    1972West Germany
    Munich
    Soviet Union    		51–50
    United States
    Cuba    		66–65
    Italy
    1976Canada
    Montreal
    United States    		95–74
    Yugoslavia
    Soviet Union    		100–72
    Canada
    1980Soviet Union
    Moscow
    Yugoslavia    		86–77
    Italy[a]
    Soviet Union    		117–94
    Spain[a]
    1984United States
    Los Angeles
    United States    		96–65
    Spain
    Yugoslavia    		88–82
    Canada
    1988South Korea
    Seoul
    Soviet Union    		76–63
    Yugoslavia
    United States    		78–49
    Australia
    1992Spain
    Barcelona
    United States    		117–85
    Croatia
    Lithuania    		82–78
    Unified Team
    1996United States
    Atlanta
    United States    		95–69
    Yugoslavia
    Lithuania    		80–74
    Australia
    2000Australia
    Sydney
    United States    		85–75
    France
    Lithuania    		89–71
    Australia
    2004Greece
    Athens
    Argentina    		84–69
    Italy
    United States    		104–96
    Lithuania
    2008China
    Beijing
    United States    		118–107
    Spain
    Argentina    		87–75
    Lithuania
    2012United Kingdom
    London
    United States    		107–100
    Spain
    Russia    		81–77
    Argentina
    2016Brazil
    Rio de Janeiro
    United States    		96–66
    Serbia
    Spain    		89–88
    Australia
    2020[b]Japan
    Tokyo
    United States    		87–82
    France
    Australia    		107–93
    Slovenia
    2024France
    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

    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]
    • The 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 Serbia and Montenegro.

    Performance by confederation

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

    Confederation1936
    Nazi Germany    		1948
    United Kingdom    		1952
    Finland    		1956
    Australia    		1960
    Italy    		1964
    Japan    		1968
    Mexico    		1972
    West Germany    		1976
    Canada    		1980
    Soviet Union    		1984
    United States    		1988
    South Korea    		1992
    Spain    		1996
    United States    		2000
    Australia    		2004
    Greece    		2008
    China    		2012
    United Kingdom    		2016
    Brazil    		2020
    Japan    		2024
    France
    FIBA Africa15th–18th19th9th–16th–––15th15th12th11th12th10th10th11th12th12th12th10th11th10th9th
    FIBA Americas1st1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd1st5th1st3rd1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st
    FIBA Asia5th8th9th–16th7th11th10th13th13th11th12th10th9th12th8th10th8th8th12th12th11th11th
    FIBA Europe4th2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd
    FIBA Oceania–––12th–9th–9th8th8th7th4th6th4th4th9th7th7th4th3rd6th
    Nations212323151616161612121212121212121212121212

    Participating nations

    Nation1936
    Nazi Germany    		1948
    United Kingdom    		1952
    Finland    		1956
    Australia    		1960
    Italy    		1964
    Japan    		1968
    Mexico    		1972
    West Germany    		1976
    Canada    		1980
    Soviet Union    		1984
    United States    		1988
    South Korea    		1992
    Spain    		1996
    United States    		2000
    Australia    		2004
    Greece    		2008
    China    		2012
    United Kingdom    		2016
    Brazil    		2020
    Japan    		2024
    France    		Appearances
     AngolaA10th11th12th12th12th5
     Argentina15th4th9th1st3rd4th8th7th8
     Australia12th9th9th8th8th7th4th6th4th4th9th7th7th4th3rd6th16
     Belgium19th11th17th3
     Brazil9th3rd6th6th3rd3rd4th7th5th9th5th5th6th5th9th7th16
     Bulgaria7th5th16th10th4
     Canada2nd9th9th9th14th4th4th6th7th5th10
     Central African RepublicA10th1
     Chile9th6th5th8th4
     ChinaA10th11th12th8th10th8th8th12th12th9
     Chinese TaipeiB15th18th11th3
     CroatiaC2nd7th6th5th4
     Cuba13th9th11th3rd7th6th6
     Czech RepublicK9th1
     Czechoslovakia9th7th9th5th8th6th9thA7
     Egypt15th19th9th16th12th12th12th7
     Estonia9thD1
     Finland9th11th2
     France19th2nd8th4th10th11th2nd6th6th2nd2nd11
     GermanyE15th12th8th7th10th8th4th7
     Great Britain20th9th2
     Greece17th5th5th5th8th5
     Hungary16th9th9th13th4
     India12th1
     Iran14th11th12th3
     Iraq22nd1
     Ireland23rd1
     IsraelA17th1
     Italy7th17th17th4th5th8th4th5th2nd5th5th2nd5th13
     Japan9th10th15th10th14th11th11th11th8
     Latvia15thD1
     LithuaniaD3rd3rd3rd4th4th8th7th7
     Mexico3rd4th9th12th12th5th10th7
     MoroccoA16th1
     New Zealand11th10th2
     Nigeria10th11th10th3
     Panama12th1
     Peru8th10th15th3
     Philippines5th12th9th7th11th13th13th7
     Poland4th7th6th6th10th7th6
     Puerto RicoA13th4th9th6th9th7th8th10th6th12th10
     Romania17th1
     RussiaDF8th9th3rd3
     SenegalA15th15th11th3
     SerbiaGH2nd3rd2
     Serbia and MontenegroG11thA1
     SingaporeA13thI1
     SloveniaC4th1
     South KoreaA8th14th16th14th9th12th6
     South SudanA9th1
     Soviet UnionJ2nd2nd2nd2nd3rd1st3rd3rd1stFA9
     Spain14th7th11th4th2nd8th9th9th7th2nd2nd3rd6th10th14
     Sweden10th1
      Switzerland9th21st17th3
     ThailandA15th1
     Tunisia11th1
     Turkey19th17th2
     Unified TeamD4thA1
     United States1st1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd1st1st3rd1st1st1st3rd1st1st1st1st1st20
     Uruguay6th5th3rd3rd8th8th6th7
     Venezuela11th10th2
     Yugoslavia6th7th2nd5th2nd1st3rd2nd2nd6thA10
    Nations212323151616161612121212121212121212121212

    Notes

    ^A The NOC was not member of the IOC.
    ^B As Taiwan China from 1936 to 1956.
    ^C Part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia from 1936 to 1988.
    ^D Part of  Soviet Union.
    ^E As West Germany West Germany from 1968 to 1988.
    ^F Part of  Unified Team in 1992.
    ^G Now Serbia 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 Malaysia in 1964.
    ^J The Soviet Union chose not to compete in 1936 and 1948.
    ^K Part of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1992.

    Women

    Summaries

    YearHostsGold medal gameBronze medal game
    GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place
    1976Canada
    Montreal
    Soviet Union    		112–77
    United States
    Bulgaria    		67–66
    Czechoslovakia
    1980Soviet Union
    Moscow
    Soviet Union    		104–73
    Bulgaria
    Yugoslavia    		68–65
    Hungary
    1984United States
    Los Angeles
    United States    		85–55
    South Korea
    China    		63–57
    Canada
    1988South Korea
    Seoul
    United States    		77–70
    Yugoslavia
    Soviet Union    		68–53
    Australia
    1992Spain
    Barcelona
    Unified Team    		76–66
    China
    United States    		88–74
    Cuba
    1996United States
    Atlanta
    United States    		111–87
    Brazil
    Australia    		66–56
    Ukraine
    2000Australia
    Sydney
    United States    		76–54
    Australia
    Brazil    		84–73 (OT)
    South Korea
    2004Greece
    Athens
    United States    		74–63
    Australia
    Russia    		71–62
    Brazil
    2008China
    Beijing
    United States    		92–65
    Australia
    Russia    		94–81
    China
    2012United Kingdom
    London
    United States    		86–50
    France
    Australia    		83–74
    Russia
    2016Brazil
    Rio de Janeiro
    United States    		101–72
    Spain
    Serbia    		70–63
    France
    2020[a]Japan
    Tokyo
    United States    		90–75
    Japan
    France    		91–76
    Serbia
    2024France
    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

    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

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

    Confederation1976
    Canada    		1980
    Soviet Union    		1984
    United States    		1988
    South Korea    		1992
    Spain    		1996
    United States    		2000
    Australia    		2004
    Greece    		2008
    China    		2012
    United Kingdom    		2016
    Brazil    		2020
    Japan    		2024
    France
    FIBA Africa–––––12th12th11th12th12th12th11th8th
    FIBA Americas2nd5th1st1st3rd1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st
    FIBA Asia5th–2nd6th2nd7th4th9th4th5th8th2nd9th
    FIBA Europe1st1st6th2nd1st4th5th3rd3rd2nd2nd3rd2nd
    FIBA Oceania––5th4th–3rd2nd2nd2nd3rd5th8th3rd
    Nations666881212121212121212

    Participating nations

    Nation1976
    Canada    		1980
    Soviet Union    		1984
    United States    		1988
    South Korea    		1992
    Spain    		1996
    United States    		2000
    Australia    		2004
    Greece    		2008
    China    		2012
    United Kingdom    		2016
    Brazil    		2020
    Japan    		2024
    France    		Years
     Angola12th1
     Australia5th4th3rd2nd2nd2nd3rd5th8th3rd10
     BelarusBC6th9th2
     Belgium7th4th2
     Brazil7th2nd3rd4th11th9th11th7
     Bulgaria3rd2nd5th3
     Canada6th4th11th10th8th7th9th11th8
     ChinaA3rd6th2nd9th9th4th6th10th5th9th10
     CroatiaF10th1
     Cuba5th4th6th9th4
     Czech RepublicD5th7th7th3
     Czechoslovakia4th8th6thA3
     DR CongoE12th1
     France5th2nd4th3rd2nd5
     Germany7th1
     Great Britain11th1
     Greece7th1
     Hungary4th1
     Italy6th8th8th3
     Japan5th7th10th8th2nd12th6
     LatviaB9th1
     Mali12th1
     New Zealand11th8th10th3
     Nigeria11th11th8th3
     Poland8th1
     Puerto Rico12th10th2
     RussiaBC5th6th3rd3rd4th5
     Senegal12th12th2
     SerbiaF3rd4th6th3
     SlovakiaD7th1
     South Korea2nd7th10th4th12th8th10th7
     Soviet Union1st1st3rdCA3
     Spain5th6th5th2nd6th5th6
     Turkey5th6th2
     UkraineBC4th1
     Unified TeamA1stA1
     United States2nd1st1st3rd1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st12
     Yugoslavia3rd6th2ndA3
    Nations666881212121212121212

    Notes

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

    Overall medal table

    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

    Men's tournament

    TeamGames playedWinsLossesWinning percentage
     Angola31328.097
     Argentina573324.579
     Australia1155857.504
     Belgium1367.462
     Brazil1156649.574
     Bulgaria331617.485
     Canada703931.557
     Central African Republic725.286
     Chile261214.462
     China50743.140
     Chinese Taipei281612.571
     Croatia281612.571
     Cuba452223.489
     Czechoslovakia462323.500
     Czech Republic312.333
     Egypt44638.136
     Estonia312.333
     Finland1248.333
     France724032.556
     Germany441529.341
     Great Britain13211.154
     Greece281414.500
     Hungary331419.424
     India707.000
     Iran15213.133
     Iraq707.000
     Ireland606.000
     Israel202.000
     Italy955639.589
     Japan471136.234
     Latvia312.333
     Lithuania523220.615
     Mexico492623.531
     Morocco909.000
     New Zealand12210.167
     Nigeria13211.154
     Panama927.222
     Peru22913.409
     Philippines522527.481
     Poland492326.469
     Puerto Rico753441.453
     Romania202.000
     Russia201010.500
     Senegal24222.083
     Serbia412318.561
     Singapore725.286
     Slovenia642.667
     South Korea47839.170
     South Sudan312.333
     Soviet Union746113.824
     Spain1025547.539
     Sweden734.429
      Switzerland1349.308
     Thailand707.000
     Tunisia505.000
     Turkey404.000
     Unified Team853.625
     United States1551496.961
     Uruguay562927.518
     Venezuela1239.250
     Yugoslavia604812.800

    As of 10 August 2024

    Women's tournament

    updated at the end of the 2024 Olympics (11 August 2024)

    TeamGames playedWinsLossesWinning percentage
     Angola505.000
     Australia664521.682
     Belgium1046.400
     Brazil441925.432
     Belarus1138.273
     Bulgaria16106.625
     Canada421131.262
     China552629.473
     Croatia514.200
     Cuba24915.375
     Czechoslovakia15312.200
     Czech Republic19811.421
     DR Congo707.000
     France352312.657
     Germany422.500
     Great Britain505.000
     Greece734.429
     Hungary624.333
     Italy18315.167
     Japan341321.382
     Latvia514.200
     Mali505.000
     New Zealand18414.222
     Nigeria13310.231
     Poland734.429
     Puerto Rico606.000
     Russia392514.641
     Serbia1899.500
     Senegal11011.000
     Slovakia734.429
     South Korea411526.366
     Soviet Union16142.875
     Spain342212.647
     Turkey1275.583
     Ukraine844.500
     Unified Team541.800
     United States81783.963
     Yugoslavia1688.500

    Records

    CategoryMenWomen
    Highest game score229 points: USA 156–73 Nigeria (2012)190 points: Japan 62–128 Brazil (2004)
    Lowest game score27 points: USA 19–8 Canada (1936)100 points: Senegal 32–68 Slovakia (2000)
    Biggest margin100 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 overtimes2 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 streak63 games: USA (1936–72)58 games: USA (1992–2024)
    All-time top cumulative scorer1,093 points: Oscar Schmidt (Brazil)581 points: Lauren Jackson (Australia)
    All-time top average scorer28.8 points per game: Oscar Schmidt (Brazil)22 points per game: Lara Sanders (Turkey)
    Single game scorer55 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

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

    Men

    Points per game
    PlayerPTSGPPPG
    Brazil Oscar Schmidt1,0933828.8
    Poland Mieczysław Młynarski182726.0
    Egypt Mohamed Sayed Soliman179725.6
    Australia Ed Palubinskas40916
    Croatia Bojan Bogdanović152625.3
    Uruguay Horacio López199824.9
    Panama Davis Peralta214923.8
    Peru Ricardo Duarte212923.6
    Italy Antonello Riva187823.4
    South Korea Lee Chung-hee160722.9

    Women

    Total points scored
    PlayerPTS
    Australia Lauren Jackson581
    Brazil Janeth Arcain535
    United States Lisa Leslie488
    United States Diana Taurasi384
    China Chen Nan317
    Brazil Alessandra Santos de Oliveira290
    China Miao Lijie284
    United States Sheryl Swoopes
    China Zheng Haixia280
    South Korea Jung Sun-min276
    Points per game
    PlayerPTSGPPPG
    Turkey LaToya Sanders132622.0
    Soviet Union Uljana Semjonova131621.8
    Nigeria Mfon Udoka130621.7
    Greece Evanthia Maltsi146720.9
    Poland Margo Dydek143720.4
    Japan Keiko Namai1025
    Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sofija Pekić121620.2
    Hungary Lenke Jacsó-Kiss120620.0
    South Korea Choi Kyung-hee98519.6
    Soviet Union Uljana Semjonova97519.4

    Top scorer per tournament

    YearMenPPGWomenPPG
    1948Mexico Ignacio Romo Porchas21.0N/a
    1952Czechoslovakia Ivan Mrázek22.0N/a
    1956Uruguay Oscar Moglia26.0N/a
    1960Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać23.6N/a
    1964Peru Ricardo Duarte23.6N/a
    1968Panama Davis Peralta23.8N/a
    1972Japan Masatomo Taniguchi23.9N/a
    1976Australia Ed Palubinskas31.3Japan Keiko Namai20.4
    1980Australia Ian Davies29.3Soviet Union Uljana Semjonova21.8
    1984Egypt Mohamed Sayed Soliman25.6South Korea Kim Hwa-soon16.8
    1988Brazil Oscar Schmidt42.3South Korea Choi Kyung-hee
    Bulgaria Evladiya Slavcheva    		19.6
    1992Brazil Oscar Schmidt24.8Brazil Hortência Marcari18.8
    1996Brazil Oscar Schmidt27.4Cuba Yamilé Martínez20.5
    2000Australia Andrew Gaze19.9Brazil Janeth Arcain20.5
    2004Spain Pau Gasol22.4Australia Lauren Jackson22.9
    2008Spain Pau Gasol19.6China Miao Lijie17.3
    2012Australia Patty Mills21.2Brazil Érika de Souza16.2
    2016Croatia Bojan Bogdanović25.3Australia Elizabeth Cambage23.5
    2020Australia Patty Mills26.8Belgium Emma Meesseman27.3
    2024Greece Giannis Antetokounmpo25.8Belgium Emma Meesseman23.2

    Awards

    See also

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