Olympic Basketball History By InsideHoops.com / Aug
17, 2004
Olympic basketball history, updated including 2000 Olympic
basketball competition, not including the 2004 Olympics. Once 2004 Olympics basketball
history is in the books, we'll update this page.
All-time Olympic Basketball Medal
Count
Place Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States
17
3
3
23
2 Soviet Union
4
4
4
12
3 Yugoslavia
1
5
2
8
4 Brazil
0
1
4
5
5 Lithuania
0
0
3
3
6 France
0
2
0
2
7 China
0
1
1
2
7-tie Bulgaria
0
1
1
2
7-tie Australia
0
1
1
2
10 Uruguay
0
0
2
2
11 Unified Team
1
0
0
1
12-t Canada
0
1
0
1
12-t Croatia
0
1
0
1
12-t Italy
0
1
0
1
12-t South Korea
0
1
0
1
12-t Spain
0
1
0
1
17-t Cuba
0
0
1
1
17-t Mexico
0
0
1
1
Olympics Basketball History:
Olympic Basketball History, Yearly Medal Winners:
2000
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
United States
France
Lithuania
Women's
United States
Australia
Brazil
1996
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
United States
Yugoslavia
Lithuania
Women's
United States
Brazil
Australia
1992
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
United States
Croatia
Lithuania
Women's
Unified Team
China
United States
1988
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
United States
Women's
United States
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
1984
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
United States
Spain
Yugoslavia
Women's
United States
South Korea
China
1980
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
Yugoslavia
Italy
Soviet Union
Women's
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
1976
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
United States
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Women's
Soviet Union
United States
Bulgaria
1972
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
Soviet Union
United States
Cuba
1968
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
United States
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
1964
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
United States
Soviet Union
Brazil
1960
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
United States
Soviet Union
Brazil
1956
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
United States
Soviet Union
Uruguay
1952
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
United States
Soviet Union
Uruguay
1948
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
United States
France
Brazil
1936
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
United States
Canada
Mexico
1904
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men's
United States
United States
United States
