# List of results of the United States men's basketball team at the Olympics

The following is a list of results of the United States men's basketball team at the Summer Olympics:

## 1936 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) |||||||
| vteUnited States basketball squad – 1936 Summer Olympics – Gold medal Balter Bishop Fortenberry Gibbons Johnson Knowles Lubin Mollner Piper Ragland Schmidt Shy Swanson Wheatley Coach: Needles |||||||
| Game 1 | Spain | W 2–0 | -- | First Round | Spain forfeited; USA credited with 2–0 victory |
| Game 2 | Estonia | W 52–28 | +24 | Second Round | |
| Game 3 | Philippines | W 56–23 | +33 | Fourth Round | |
| Game 4 | Mexico | W 25–10 | +15 | Semifinals | |
| Game 5 | Canada | W 19–8 | +11 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal |
| Tournament totals: 5–0 record; 38 points per game; +20.8 average point differential |||||||

## 1948 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 1948 Summer Olympics (London) |||||||
| vteUnited States basketball squad – 1948 Summer Olympics – Gold medal Beck Beard Groza Barker Lumpp Rollins Jones Boryla Barksdale Renick Carpenter Robinson Kurland Pitts Coach: Browning |||||||
| Game 1 | Switzerland | W 86–21 | +65 | Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Czechoslovakia | W 53–28 | +25 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Argentina | W 59–57 | +2 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | Egypt | W 66–28 | +38 | Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Peru | W 61–33 | +28 | Group Play | |
| Game 6 | Uruguay | W 63–28 | +35 | Quarterfinals | |
| Game 7 | Mexico | W 71–40 | +31 | Semifinals | |
| Game 8 | France | W 65–21 | +44 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (2) |
| Tournament totals: 8–0 record; 65.5 points per game; +33.5 average point differential |||||||

## 1952 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 1952 Summer Olympics (Helsinki) |||||||
| vteUnited States basketball squad – 1952 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 3 Hoag 4 Hougland 5 Keller 6 Kelley 7 Kenney 8 Lienhard 9 Lovellette 10 Freiberger 11 Glasgow 12 McCabe 13 Pippin 14 Williams 15 Bontemps 16 Kurland Coach: Womble |||||||
| Game 1 | Hungary | W 66–48 | +18 | Preliminary Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Czechoslovakia | W 72–47 | +25 | Preliminary Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Uruguay | W 57–44 | +13 | Preliminary Group Play | |
| Game 4 | USSR | W 86–58 | +28 | Quarterfinal Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Chile | W 103–55 | +48 | Quarterfinal Group Play | |
| Game 6 | Brazil | W 57–53 | +4 | Quarterfinal Group Play | |
| Game 7 | Argentina | W 85–76 | +9 | Semifinals | |
| Game 8 | USSR | W 36–25 | +11 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (3) |
| Tournament totals: 8–0 record; 70.3 points per game; +19.5 average point differential |||||||

## 1956 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne) |||||||
| vteUnited States basketball squad – 1956 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 3 Cain 4 Hougland 5 Jones 6 Russell 7 Walsh 8 Evans 9 Haldorson 10 Tomsic 11 Boushka 12 Ford 13 Jeangerard 14 Darling Coach: Tucker |||||||
| Game 1 | Japan | W 98–40 | +58 | Preliminary Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Thailand | W 101–29 | +72 | Preliminary Group Play | Second largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition |
| Game 3 | Philippines | W 121–53 | +68 | Preliminary Group Play | Tied for third largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition |
| Game 4 | Bulgaria | W 85–44 | +41 | Quarterfinal Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Brazil | W 113–51 | +62 | Quarterfinal Group Play | |
| Game 6 | USSR | W 85–55 | +30 | Quarterfinal Group Play | |
| Game 7 | Uruguay | W 101–38 | +63 | Semifinals | |
| Game 8 | USSR | W 89–55 | +34 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (4) |
| Tournament totals: 8–0 record; 99.1 points per game; +53.5 average point differential |||||||

## 1960 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 1960 Summer Olympics (Rome) |||||||
| vteUnited States basketball squad – 1960 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 3 West 4 Bellamy 5 Boozer 6 Dischinger 7 Haldorson 8 Imhoff 9 Kelley 10 Lane 11 Lucas 12 Smith 13 Arnette 14 Robertson Coach: Newell |||||||
| Game 1 | Italy | W 88–54 | +34 | Preliminary Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Japan | W 125–66 | +59 | Preliminary Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Hungary | W 107–63 | +44 | Preliminary Group Play | |
| Game 4 | Yugoslavia | W 104–42 | +62 | Semifinal Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Uruguay | W 108–50 | +58 | Semifinal Group Play | |
| Game 6 | USSR | W 81–57 | +24 | Semifinal Group Play | |
| Game 7 | Italy | W 112–81 | +31 | Medal Group Play | |
| Game 8 | Brazil | W 90–63 | +27 | Medal Group Play | USA wins gold medal (5) |
| Tournament totals: 8–0 record; 101.9 points per game; +42.4 average point differential |||||||

## 1964 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo) |||||||
| vteUnited States basketball squad – 1964 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Barnes 5 Bradley 6 Brown 7 Caldwell 8 Counts 9 Davies 10 Hazzard 11 Jackson 12 McCaffrey 13 Mullins 14 Shipp 15 Wilson Coach: Iba |||||||
| Game 1 | Australia | W 78–45 | +33 | Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Finland | W 77–51 | +26 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Peru | W 60–45 | +15 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | Uruguay | W 83–28 | +55 | Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Yugoslavia | W 69–61 | +8 | Group Play | |
| Game 6 | Brazil | W 86–53 | +33 | Group Play | |
| Game 7 | South Korea | W 116–50 | +66 | Group Play | |
| Game 8 | Puerto Rico | W 62–42 | +20 | Semifinals | |
| Game 9 | USSR | W 73–59 | +14 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (6) |
| Tournament totals: 9–0 record; 78.2 points per game; +30 average point differential |||||||

## 1968 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 1968 Summer Olympics (Mexico City) |||||||
| vteUnited States basketball squad – 1968 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Barrett 5 Clawson 6 Dee 7 Fowler 8 Haywood 9 Hosket 10 King 11 Saulters 12 Scott 13 Silliman 14 Spain 15 White Coach: Iba |||||||
| Game 1 | Spain | W 81–46 | +35 | Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Senegal | W 93–36 | +57 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Philippines | W 96–75 | +21 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | Yugoslavia | W 73–58 | +15 | Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Panama | W 95–60 | +35 | Group Play | |
| Game 6 | Italy | W 100–61 | +39 | Group Play | |
| Game 7 | Puerto Rico | W 61–56 | +5 | Group Play | |
| Game 8 | Brazil | W 75–63 | +12 | Semifinals | |
| Game 9 | Yugoslavia | W 65–50 | +15 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (7) |
| Tournament totals: 9–0 record; 82.1; +26 average point differential |||||||

## 1972 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 1972 Summer Olympics (Munich) |||||||
| vteUnited States basketball squad – 1972 Summer Olympics – Silver medal 4 Davis 5 Collins 6 Henderson 7 Bantom 8 B. Jones 9 D. Jones 10 Forbes 11 Brewer 12 Burleson 13 McMillen 14 Joyce 15 Ratleff Coach: Iba |||||||
| Game 1 | Czechoslovakia | W 66–35 | +31 | Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Australia | W 81–55 | +26 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Cuba | W 67–48 | +19 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | Brazil | W 61–54 | +7 | Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Egypt | W 96–31 | +65 | Group Play | |
| Game 6 | Spain | W 72–56 | +16 | Group Play | |
| Game 7 | Japan | W 99–33 | +66 | Group Play | |
| Game 8 | Italy | W 68–38 | +30 | Semifinals | |
| Game 9 | USSR | L 50–51 | -1 | Gold Medal Final | USA suffers first loss in Olympic competition; wins silver medal |
| Tournament totals: 8–1 record; 73.3; +28.8 average point differential |||||||

## 1976 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 1976 Summer Olympics (Montreal) |||||||
| vteUnited 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 12 Armstrong 13 LaGarde 14 Hubbard 15 Kupchak Coach: Smith |||||||
| Game 1 | Italy | W 106–86 | +20 | Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Yugoslavia | W 95–74 | +21 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Puerto Rico | W 95–94 | +1 | Group Play | Smallest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition |
| Game 4 | Yugoslavia | W 112–93 | +19 | Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Egypt | W 2–0 | -- | Group Play | Egypt forfeited; USA credited with 2-0 victory |
| Game 6 | Czechoslovakia | W 81–76 | +5 | Semifinals | |
| Game 7 | Canada | W 95–77 | +18 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (8) |
| Tournament totals: 7–0 record; 97.3 points per game; +14 average point differential |||||||

## 1980 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes | Ref. |
| 1980 Summer Olympics (Moscow) |||||||
| USA qualified for Olympic tournament but did not participate due to 1980 Summer Olympics boycott |||||||

## 1984 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 1984 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles) |||||||
| vteUnited States men's basketball squad – 1984 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Alford 5 Wood 6 Ewing 7 Fleming 8 Robertson 9 Jordan 10 Kleine 11 Koncak 12 Tisdale 13 Mullin 14 Perkins 15 Turner Coach: Knight |||||||
| Game 1 | China | W 97–49 | +48 | Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Canada | W 89–68 | +21 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Uruguay | W 104–68 | +36 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | France | W 120–62 | +58 | Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Spain | W 101–68 | +33 | Group Play | |
| Game 6 | F. R. Germany | W 78–67 | +11 | Quarterfinals | |
| Game 7 | Canada | W 78–59 | +19 | Semifinals | |
| Game 8 | Spain | W 96–65 | +31 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (9) |
| Tournament totals: 8–0 record; 95.4 points per game; +32.1 average point differential |||||||

## 1988 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 1988 Summer Olympics (Seoul) |||||||
| vteUnited States men's basketball squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal 4 Richmond 5 C. Smith IV 6 Coles 7 Hawkins 8 Grayer 9 C.D. Smith 10 Anderson 11 Augmon 12 Majerle 13 Manning 14 Reid 15 Robinson Coach: Thompson |||||||
| Game 1 | Spain | W 97–53 | +44 | Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Canada | W 76–70 | +6 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Brazil | W 102–87 | +15 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | China | W 108–57 | +51 | Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Egypt | W 102–35 | +67 | Group Play | |
| Game 6 | Puerto Rico | W 94–57 | +37 | Quarterfinals | |
| Game 7 | USSR | L 76–82 | -6 | Semifinals | USA suffers second loss in Olympic competition |
| Game 8 | Australia | W 78–49 | +29 | Bronze Medal Final | USA wins bronze medal |
| Tournament totals: 7–1 record; 91.6 points per game; +30.375 average point differential |||||||

## 1992 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 1992 Summer Olympics (Barcelona) |||||||
| vteUnited States men's basketball squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Laettner 5 Robinson 6 Ewing 7 Bird 8 Pippen 9 Jordan 10 Drexler 11 Malone 12 Stockton 13 Mullin 14 Barkley 15 Johnson Coach: Daly |||||||
| Game 1 | Angola | W 116–48 | +68 | Group Play | Tied for third largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition |
| Game 2 | Croatia | W 103–70 | +33 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Germany | W 111–68 | +43 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | Brazil | W 127–83 | +44 | Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Spain | W 122–81 | +41 | Group Play | |
| Game 6 | Puerto Rico | W 115–77 | +38 | Quarterfinals | |
| Game 7 | Lithuania | W 127–76 | +51 | Semifinals | |
| Game 8 | Croatia | W 117–85 | +32 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (10) |
| Tournament totals: 8–0 record; 117.3 points per game; +43.8 average point differential |||||||

## 1996 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 1996 Summer Olympics (Atlanta) |||||||
| vteUnited States men's basketball squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Barkley 5 Hill 6 Hardaway 7 Robinson 8 Pippen 9 Richmond 10 Miller 11 Malone 12 Stockton 13 O'Neal 14 Payton 15 Olajuwon Coach: Wilkens |||||||
| Game 1 | Argentina | W 96–68 | +28 | Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Angola | W 87–54 | +33 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Lithuania | W 104–82 | +22 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | China | W 133–70 | +63 | Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Croatia | W 101–71 | +30 | Group Play | |
| Game 6 | Brazil | W 98–75 | +23 | Quarterfinals | |
| Game 7 | Australia | W 101–73 | +28 | Semifinals | |
| Game 8 | Yugoslavia | W 95–69 | +26 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (11) |
| Tournament totals: 8–0 record; 102 points per game; +31.6 average point differential |||||||

## 2000 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney) |||||||
| vteUnited States men's basketball squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Smith 5 Kidd 6 Houston 7 Mourning 8 Hardaway 9 Carter 10 Garnett 11 Baker 12 Allen 13 McDyess 14 Payton 15 Abdur-Rahim Coach: Tomjanovich |||||||
| Game 1 | China | W 119–72 | +47 | Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Italy | W 93–61 | +32 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Lithuania | W 85–76 | +9 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | New Zealand | W 102–56 | +46 | Group Play | |
| Game 5 | France | W 106–94 | +12 | Group Play | |
| Game 6 | Russia | W 85–70 | +15 | Quarterfinals | |
| Game 7 | Lithuania | W 85–83 | +2 | Semifinals | |
| Game 8 | France | W 85–75 | +10 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (12) |
| Tournament totals: 8–0 record; 95 points per game; +21.6 average point differential |||||||

## 2004 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens) |||||||
| vteUnited States men's basketball squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal 4 Iverson 5 Marbury 6 Wade 7 Boozer 8 Anthony 9 James 10 Okafor 11 Marion 12 Stoudemire 13 Duncan 14 Odom 15 Jefferson Coach: Brown |||||||
| Game 1 | Puerto Rico | L 73–92 | -19 | Group Play | USA suffers third and biggest loss in Olympic competition |
| Game 2 | Greece | W 77–71 | +6 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Australia | W 89–79 | +10 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | Lithuania | L 90–94 | -4 | Group Play | USA suffers fourth loss in Olympic competition |
| Game 5 | Angola | W 89–53 | +36 | Group Play | |
| Game 6 | Spain | W 102–94 | +8 | Quarterfinals | |
| Game 7 | Argentina | L 81–89 | -8 | Semifinals | USA suffers fifth loss in Olympic competition |
| Game 8 | Lithuania | W 104–96 | +8 | Bronze Medal Final | USA wins bronze medal (2) |
| Tournament totals: 5–3 record; 88.1 points per game; +4.6 average point differential |||||||

## 2008 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing) |||||||
| vteUnited States men's basketball squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Boozer 5 Kidd 6 James 7 Williams 8 Redd 9 Wade 10 Bryant 11 Howard 12 Bosh 13 Paul 14 Prince 15 Anthony Coach: Krzyzewski |||||||
| Game 1 | China | W 101–70 | +31 | Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Angola | W 97–76 | +21 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Greece | W 92–69 | +23 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | Spain | W 119–82 | +37 | Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Germany | W 106–57 | +49 | Group Play | |
| Game 6 | Australia | W 116–85 | +31 | Quarterfinals | |
| Game 7 | Argentina | W 101–81 | +20 | Semifinals | |
| Game 8 | Spain | W 118–107 | +11 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (13) |
| Tournament totals: 8–0 record; 106.3 points per game; +27.9 average point differential |||||||

## 2012 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 2012 Summer Olympics (London) |||||||
| vteUnited States men's basketball squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Chandler 5 Durant 6 James 7 Westbrook 8 Williams 9 Iguodala 10 Bryant 11 Love 12 Harden 13 Paul 14 Davis 15 Anthony Coach: Krzyzewski |||||||
| Game 1 | France | W 98–71 | +27 | Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Tunisia | W 110-63 | +47 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Nigeria | W 156–73 | +83 | Group Play | Largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition |
| Game 4 | Lithuania | W 99-94 | +5 | Group Play | |
| Game 5 | Argentina | W 126-97 | +29 | Group Play | |
| Game 6 | Australia | W 119–86 | +33 | Quarterfinals | |
| Game 7 | Argentina | W 109-83 | +26 | Semifinals | |
| Game 8 | Spain | W 107-100 | +7 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (14) |
| Tournament totals: 8–0 record; 115.5 points per game; +32.1 average point differential |||||||

## 2016 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro) |||||||
| vteUnited States men's basketball squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Butler 5 Durant 6 Jordan 7 Lowry 8 Barnes 9 DeRozan 10 Irving 11 Thompson 12 Cousins 13 George 14 Green 15 Anthony Coach: Krzyzewski |||||||
| Game 1 | China | W 119–62 | +57 | Group Play | |
| Game 2 | Venezuela | W 113–69 | +44 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Australia | W 98–88 | +10 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | Serbia | W 94–91 | +3 | Group Play | |
| Game 5 | France | W 100–97 | +3 | Group Play | |
| Game 6 | Argentina | W 105–78 | +27 | Quarterfinals | |
| Game 7 | Spain | W 82–76 | +6 | Semifinals | |
| Game 8 | Serbia | W 96–66 | +30 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (15) |
| Tournament totals: 8–0 record; 100.9 points per game; +22.5 average point differential |||||||

## 2020 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo) |||||||
| vteUnited States men's basketball squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Johnson 5 LaVine 6 Lillard 7 Durant 8 Middleton 9 Grant 10 Tatum 11 McGee 12 Holiday 13 Adebayo 14 Green 15 Booker Coach: Popovich |||||||
| Game 1 | France | L 76–83 | -7 | Group Play | USA suffers sixth loss in Olympic competition |
| Game 2 | Iran | W 120–66 | +54 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Czech Republic | W 119–84 | +35 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | Spain | W 95–81 | +14 | Quarterfinals | |
| Game 5 | Australia | W 97–78 | +19 | Semifinals | |
| Game 6 | France | W 87–82 | +5 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (16) |
| Tournament totals: 5–1 record; 99 points per game; +20 average point differential |||||||

## 2024 Summer Olympics

| Game # | Opponent | Result | Point differential | Round | Notes |
| 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris) |||||||
| vteUnited States men's basketball squad – 2024 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Curry 5 Edwards 6 James 7 Durant 8 White 9 Haliburton 10 Tatum 11 Embiid 12 Holiday 13 Adebayo 14 Davis 15 Booker Coach: Kerr |||||||
| Game 1 | Serbia | W 110–84 | +26 | Group Play | |
| Game 2 | South Sudan | W 103–86 | +17 | Group Play | |
| Game 3 | Puerto Rico | W 104–83 | +21 | Group Play | |
| Game 4 | Brazil | W 122–87 | +35 | Quarterfinals | |
| Game 5 | Serbia | W 95–91 | +4 | Semifinals | USA overcame the largest points deficit (-17) to win in Olympic competition |
| Game 6 | France | W 98–87 | +11 | Gold Medal Final | USA wins gold medal (17) |
| Tournament totals: 6–0 record; 105.3 points per game; +19 average point differential |||||||