Printable List of Olympic Basketball Champions: All of the Gold Medal Winners
The printable list of Olympic basketball champions does have some teams that are not the USA on it. Basketball has been an official sport at the Summer Games since 1936 for the men. There have been three teams who have won the gold medal in the sport other than the U.S. Argentina, Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union. Argentina is the only one of the three that is still in existence. Heading into the Paris Summer Olympics, Team USA is the defending Champion.
List of Olympic Basketball Champions
The list of Olympic basketball champions for the men’s tournament goes back to 1936. The list has the Olympic year, host country, and team who won the gold medal. The Paris Summer Olympics basketball tournament has 12 teams competing for the chance to become the next gold medal winning team. While the Tokyo Olympics are listed as occurring in 2020, the games were delayed until 2021 due to COVID vice being canceled.
| Olympics (Host) | Gold Medalist |
| 2020 (Tokyo) | USA |
| 2016 (Rio) | USA |
| 2012 (London) | USA |
| 2008 (Beijing) | USA |
| 2004 (Athens) | Argentina |
| 2000 (Sydney) | USA |
| 1996 (Atlanta) | USA |
| 1992 (Barcelona) | USA |
| 1988 (Seoul) | Soviet Union |
| 1984 (Los Angeles) | USA |
| 1980 (Moscow) | Yugoslavia |
| 1976 (Montreal) | USA |
| 1972 (Munich) | Soviet Union |
| 1968 (Mexico) | USA |
| 1964 (Tokyo) | USA |
| 1960 (Rome) | USA |
| 1956 (Melbourne) | USA |
| 1952 (Helsinki) | USA |
| 1948 (London) | USA |
| 1936 (Berlin) | USA |
Printable List of Olympic Basketball Champions
If you’re like me, having a printable whenever I find a list that I want to take notes on is key. The printable list of Olympic basketball champions is up here in PDF for you. If you prefer the image format it is above to use as well. The printable is free to download, share, and post as you prefer as we watch the Paris Games.
Tokyo Olympic Basketball Highlights
Here are the highlights of the Tokyo Olympics gold medal game for men’s basketball. Team USA defeated France to win the gold. The 2024 Paris Olympics sees Team Canada as the #2 ranked team behind the US to win the Olympic championship.
