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The United States is the defending champion of both the men's and women's tournaments. As of the 2016 Summer Olympics, 90 medals (30 of each color) have been awarded to teams from 20 National Olympic Committees. Two gold medal-winning teams were inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Olympics were delayed a year until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 1 ] It was the fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal for the Americans. Team USA qualified for the Olympics by finishing as one of the top two ...
2022 Brazil. The USA Basketball Men's National Team, [ 2 ] commonly known as Team USA and the United States men's national basketball team, is the basketball team representing the United States. It is the most successful team in international competition, winning medals in all twenty Olympic tournaments it has entered, including seventeen golds.
Kyle Feldscher, CNN. August 10, 2024 at 4:33 PM. Mark J. Terrill/Pool/AP. The USA men’s basketball team on Saturday won its fifth straight Olympic gold medal, defeating a spirited French team 98 ...
United States men's basketball squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Gold medal. 4 Ford. 5 Sheppard. 6 Dantley. 7 Davis. 8 Buckner. 9 Grunfeld. 10 Carr. 11 May.
The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Led by Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Lenny Wilkens, the team won gold for the second straight Olympics. Nicknamed Dream Team III, [ 2 ][ 3 ] the team included five players who were Olympic teammates on the original ...
The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They automatically qualified for the Olympics by winning the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2014. The team was coached by Mike Krzyzewski of Duke University, with assistant coaches Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Tom Thibodeau ...
August 10, 2024 at 5:19 PM. PARIS (AP) — The United States beat host France 98-87 to win the gold medal in the 2024 Olympic men’s basketball tournament on Saturday night at Bercy Arena ...