Basketball at the Summer Olympics

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Basketball has been played consistently at the Summer Olympic Games since 1936, with a demonstration event in 1904. The United States have won all the gold medals in the men's competition from 1936-2004, with the exception of 1972 and 1988 (Soviet Union) , 1980 (Yugoslavia) and 2004 (Argentina).

Contents 1 Men's tournaments 1.1 Medal table 1.2 Performance per federation 2 Women's tournaments 2.1 Medal table 2.2 Performance per federation 3 See also

Men's tournaments

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
1936 details	Berlin		Image:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	19-8	Image:Canadian Red Ensign 1921.svg Canada		Image:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).png Mexico	26-12	Poland
1948 details	London		Image:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	65-21	France		Brazil	52-47	Image:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).png Mexico
1952 details	Helsinki		Image:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	36-25	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union		Image:Flag of Uruguay (bordered).svg Uruguay	68-59	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
1956 details	Melbourne		Image:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	89-55	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union		Image:Flag of Uruguay (bordered).svg Uruguay	71-62	France
1960 details	Rome		United States	3-0 in group	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union		Brazil	1-2 in group	Italy
1964 details	Tokyo		United States	73-59	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union		Brazil	76-60	Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
1968 details	Mexico City		United States	65-50	Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia		Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	70-53	Brazil
1972 details	Munich		Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	51-50	United States		Cuba	66-65	Italy
1976 details	Montreal		United States	95-74	Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia		Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	100-72	Canada
1980 details	Moscow		Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia	86-77	Italy		Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	117-94	Spain
1984 details	Los Angeles		United States	96-65	Spain		Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia	88-82	Canada
1988 details	Seoul		Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	76-63	Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia		United States	78-49	Australia
1992 details	Barcelona		United States	117-85	Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia		Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania	82-78	Image:Flag of the Olympic Movement.svg Unified Team
1996 details	Atlanta		United States	95-69	Image:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg Yugoslavia		Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania	80-74	Australia
2000 details	Sydney		United States	85-75	France		Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania	89-71	Australia
2004 details	Athens		Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	84-69	Italy		United States	104-96	Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)	12	1	2	15
2	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (URS)	2	4	3	9
3	Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	4	1	6
4	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
5	France (FRA)	0	2	0	2
	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
7	Image:Flag of Canada (bordered).svg Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
10	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (BRA)	0	0	3	3
	Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	3	3
12	Image:Flag of Uruguay (bordered).svg Uruguay (URU)	0	0	2	2
13	Image:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (CUB)	0	0	1	1
	Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1

Performance per federation

• FIBA Americas - 13 gold medals (12 USA, 1 Argentina)
• FIBA Europe - 3 gold medals (2 USSR, 1 Yugoslavia)
• FIBA Oceania - fourth place (Australia)
• FIBA Asia - fifth place (Philippines)
• FIBA Africa - tenth place (Angola, Central African Republic)

Women's tournaments

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
1976 details	Montreal		Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union		United States		Image:Flag of Bulgaria (bordered).svg Bulgaria		Poland
1980 details	Moscow		Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	104-73	Image:Flag of Bulgaria (bordered).svg Bulgaria		Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia	68-65	Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
1984 details	Los Angeles		United States	85-55	Image:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg South Korea		China	63-57	Canada
1988 details	Seoul		United States	77-70	Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia		Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	68-53	Australia
1992 details	Barcelona		Image:Flag of the Olympic Movement.svg Unified Team	76-66	China		United States	88-74	Cuba
1996 details	Atlanta		United States	111-87	Brazil		Australia	66-56	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
2000 details	Sydney		United States	76-54	Australia		Brazil	84-73	Image:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg South Korea
2004 details	Athens		United States	74-63	Australia		Russia	71-62	Brazil

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)	5	1	1	7
2	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (URS)	2	0	1	3
3	Image:Flag of the Olympic Movement (bordered).svg Unified Team (EUN)	1	0	0	1
4	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia (AUS)	0	2	1	3
5	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (BRA)	0	1	1	2
	Image:Flag of Bulgaria (bordered).svg Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	1	2
	Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN)	0	1	1	2
	Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	1	2
9	Image:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
10	Image:Flag of Russia (bordered).svg Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1

Performance per federation

• FIBA Americas - 5 gold medals (5 USA)
• FIBA Europe - 3 gold medals (2 USSR, 1 Unified Team)
• FIBA Oceania - 2 silver medals (Australia)
• FIBA Asia - 1 silver medal (China)
• FIBA Africa - eleventh place (Nigeria)

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in basketball

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Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship      North and South America: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship      Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship      Europe: FIBA Europe – Eurobasket      Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship Image:FIBA map.png

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1904 (demonstration) • 1908–1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in basketball

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