| Type: | Olympics |
| City: | Atlanta |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Size: | 140px |
| Games: | 1996 Summer Olympics |
| Host: | United States |
| Dates: | July 20 – August 4 |
| Men Teams: | 12 |
| Men Gold: | United States |
| Men Silver: | FR Yugoslavia |
| Men Bronze: | Lithuania |
| Women Teams: | 12 |
| Women Gold: | United States |
| Women Silver: | Brazil |
| Women Bronze: | Australia |
| Prev: | Barcelona 1992 |
| Next: | Sydney 2000 |
Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games was the fourteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It held from July 20 to August 4, 1996. Games took place in the Morehouse College Gymnasium and in the Georgia Dome.
It was also the last Time until 2020 where 11 slots have available in the Olympics through the FIBA Continental (1 in Africa, 2 in Asia, 3 in America's, 1 in Oceania & 4 in Europe in the allocation slot for the Olympics) and 1 with a Host due to the world champions team USA have direct qualify to the Olympics as host in 1996 Olympics
See also: List of Olympic medalists in basketball.
With the U.S. men's team winning the gold medal, Scottie Pippen would become the first person to win an NBA championship and Olympic gold medal in the same year twice, after having played for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Finals.[1] He had previously played with the Bulls in the and later that year, for the "Dream Team" at the Barcelona Olympics.
An NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. The reigning world champions and the host country qualify automatically, as do the winners of the five continental championships, plus the runner-up and third place from the Americas, the runner-up from Asia and the second through fourth places from the Europe tournament. For the women's tournament, the extra teams consisted of the runner-up from the Americas, in addition to the second and third places from Asia and Europe.
| width=13% | Africa ! | width=13% | Americas ! | width=13% | Asia ! | width=13% | Europe ! | width=13% | Oceania ! | width=26% | Automatic qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR Yugoslavia | – World champions and Olympic hosts |
| width=13% | Africa ! | width=13% | Americas ! | width=13% | Asia ! | width=13% | Europe ! | width=13% | Oceania ! | width=26% | Automatic qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – World champions – Olympic hosts |
Tie-breaking criteria:
See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
| width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| width=180 | Team | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=30 | PF | width=30 | PA | width=30 | PD | width=20 | Pts | width=50 | Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 522 | 345 | +177 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 427 | 354 | +73 | 8 | 1W–0L | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 422 | 386 | +36 | 8 | 0W–1L | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 360 | 502 | −142 | 7 | 1W–0L | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 351 | 396 | −45 | 7 | 0W–1L | |||||||||
| 0 | 5 | 280 | 379 | −99 | 5 |
| width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| width=180 | Team | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=30 | PF | width=30 | PA | width=30 | PD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 478 | 364 | +114 | 10 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 492 | 438 | +54 | 9 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 402 | 416 | −14 | 8 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 498 | 494 | +4 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 447 | 465 | −18 | 6 | ||||||||
| 0 | 5 | 422 | 562 | −140 | 5 |
See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
| width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| width=150 | Team | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=30 | PF | width=30 | PA | width=30 | PD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 424 | 360 | +64 | 10 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 378 | 342 | +36 | 9 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 330 | 309 | +21 | 8 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 365 | 396 | −31 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 347 | 378 | −31 | 6 | ||||||||
| 0 | 5 | 293 | 352 | −59 | 5 |
| width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| width=150 | Team | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=30 | PF | width=30 | PA | width=30 | PD | width=20 | Pts | width=50 | Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 507 | 339 | +168 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 354 | 358 | −4 | 8 | 1W–0L | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 369 | 319 | +50 | 8 | 0W–1L | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 365 | 377 | −12 | 7 | 1W–0L | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 347 | 389 | −42 | 7 | 0W–1L | |||||||||
| 0 | 5 | 287 | 447 | −160 | 5 |
| Rank | Men | Women | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=150px | Team ! | width=20px | Pld ! | width=20px | W ! | width=20px | L ! | width=150px | Team ! | width=20px | Pld ! | width=20px | W ! | width=20px | L |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4th | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Eliminated at the quarterfinals | |||||||||||||||
| 5th | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6th | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| 7th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| 8th | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round 5th placers | |||||||||||||||
| 9th | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| 10th | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round 6th placers | |||||||||||||||
| 11th | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| 12th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||