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

[edit] Men's tournaments

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

[edit] Medal table

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Women's tournaments

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

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	5	1	1	7
2	Soviet Union (URS)	2	0	1	3
3	Unified Team (EUN)	1	0	0	1
4	Australia (AUS)	0	2	1	3
5	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	1	2
	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	1	2
	China (CHN)	0	1	1	2
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	1	2
9	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
10	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1

[edit] 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)

[edit] See also

• List of Olympic medalists in basketball

International basketball v • d • e
FIBA | World Championship (men) - (women) | Olympic Tournament | Teams by Country | Players | Leagues | World Under-21 Championship (men) - (women)
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

Basketball at the Summer Olympics
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