Basketball Medals in the Olympic Games

The basketball was introduced as an olympic sport in Berlin 1936. From the beginning it was dominated by the USA National Team, that won the first seven golden medals. NBA players weren't allow to participate in the Olympic Games until 1992 when Barcelona was the witness of the best group of players ever to play in the same team, the original and incomparable "Dream Team" of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley and the list goes on. The US players won 12 of a total 16 golden medals but their dominance has decreased with the time and the things are not so easy for them as it was in the past, to the point that the current champion Argentina, guided by Manu Ginobili gave them a lesson of collective basketball in their way to the gold in Athens.

Year by year - Summary of winners

Year by year Basketball Olympic Medallists

Summary of Basketball Olympic Winners

Basketball Olympic Medals Summary
National Team	Golden Medals	Silver Medals	Bronze Medals	Total Medals
USA	13 1936 - 1948 - 1952 1956 - 1960 - 1964 1968 - 1976 - 1984 1992 - 1996 - 2000 2008	1 1972	2 1988 - 2004	16
USSR	2 1972 - 1988	4 1952 - 1956 - 1960 1964	3 1968 - 1976 - 1980	9
SFR Yugoslavia (BIH, CRO, MK, SLO, YU)	1 1980	3 1968 - 1976 - 1988	1 1984	5
Argentina	1 2004	-	1 2008	2
France	-	2 1948 - 2000	-	2
Italy	-	2 1980 - 2004	-	2
Spain	-	2 1984 - 2008	-	2
Canada	-	1 1936	-	1
Croatia	-	1 1992	-	1
Yugoslavia	-	1 1996	-	1
Lithuania	-	-	4 1992 1996 2000 2004	4
Brazil	-	-	3 1948 1960 1964	3
Uruguay	-	-	2 1952 1956	2
Mexico	-	-	1 1936	1
Cuba	-	-	1 1972	1