| Type: | Olympics |
| City: | Montreal |
| Year: | 1976 |
| Size: | 140px |
| Games: | 1976 Summer Olympics |
| Host: | Canada |
| Dates: | July 18–27 |
| Men Teams: | 12 |
| Men Gold: | United States |
| Men Silver: | Yugoslavia |
| Men Bronze: | Soviet Union |
| Women Teams: | 6 |
| Women Gold: | Soviet Union |
| Women Silver: | United States |
| Women Bronze: | Bulgaria |
| Prev: | Munich 1972 |
| Next: | Moscow 1980 |
Basketball events at the 1976 Summer Olympics was the ninth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place from July 18 to July 27 at the Centre Étienne Desmarteau and the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Women's basketball was introduced to the Olympic program for the first time at this Games. The United States won the gold against Yugoslavia in the men's tournament, while the Soviet Union won the gold medal against the United States in the women's competition.
A single NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country for both events plus the three medal winners from the previous Olympic Games for the men's tournament, and the three first places at the 1975 FIBA World Championship for the women's tournament. Additional spots for the men's tournament were decided via the continental qualification tournaments held by FIBA and an extra qualifying tournament held in Hamilton, Canada months prior to the contest. The remaining slots for the women's competition were also assigned via another tournament held in the same city.
| width=11% | Africa ! | width=13% | Americas ! | width=10% | Asia ! | width=16% | Europe ! | width=13% | Oceania ! | width=28% | Automatic qualifiers |
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| – Gold medal in 1972 – Silver medal in 1972 – Bronze medal in 1972 – Olympic hosts |
| width=13% | Americas ! | width=13% | Europe ! | width=26% | Automatic qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – World Champions – 2nd place at the 1975 World Championship – 3rd place at the 1975 World Championship – Olympic hosts |
Men's tournament:
Women's tournament:
Tie-breaking criteria:
See main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.
The first two places in each of the preliminary round groups advanced to the semifinals, where Group A teams would meet Group B teams. The Soviet Union and the United States, two of the powerhouses at this tournament, finished the preliminary round undefeated. The host nation, Canada, also qualified for the semifinals together with Yugoslavia.
Egypt played only one match, against Czechoslovakia, and then flew home supporting the boycott of several African countries. Their remaining matches were forfeited.
5th–8th Place
9th–12th Place
Forfeited match.
See main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.
The first Olympic Basketball Tournament for Women consisted of a single round-robin group, where final standings were determined by the group rankings. The Soviet team finished undefeated and won the gold medal, while the American team won the silver medal through a victory over the Bulgarian team that broke the tie between the two teams in favor of the American team.
| Rank | Men | Women | |||||||||||||
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| width=150px | Team ! | width=20px | Pld ! | width=20px | W ! | width=20px | L ! | width=150px | Team ! | width=20px | Pld ! | width=20px | W ! | width=20px | L |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 4th | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5th | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 6th | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 7th | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8th | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 9th | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 10th | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 11th | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 12th | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||