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{{Infobox basketball tournament at games
| type = Olympics
| city = Atlanta
| year = 1996
| logo = 
| 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
| website = 
| prev = [[Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona 1992]]
| next = [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney 2000]]
}}
{{BasketballAt1996SummerOlympics}}
[[Basketball]] contests at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympic Games]] was the fourteenth appearance of the sport of [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|basketball as an official Olympic medal event]]. It held from July 20 to August 4, 1996. Games took place in the [[Forbes Arena|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

==Medalists==
{{see also|List of Olympic medalists in basketball}}
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|- valign=top
|Men's <br>{{DetailsLink|Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}
| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1996 Summer}}<br>[[Charles Barkley]]<br> [[Penny Hardaway]]<br> [[Grant Hill]]<br> [[Hakeem Olajuwon]]<br> [[Karl Malone]]<br> [[Reggie Miller]]<br> [[Shaquille O'Neal]]<br> [[Gary Payton]]<br> [[Scottie Pippen]]<br> [[Mitch Richmond]]<br> [[David Robinson]]<br> [[John Stockton]] 
| {{flagIOCteam|YUG|1996 Summer}}<br>[[Dejan Tomašević]]<br> [[Miroslav Berić]]<br> [[Dejan Bodiroga]]<br> [[Željko Rebrača]]<br> [[Predrag Danilović]]<br> [[Vlade Divac]]<br> [[Aleksandar Đorđević]]<br> [[Saša Obradović]]<br> [[Žarko Paspalj]]<br> [[Zoran Savić]]<br> [[Nikola Lončar]]<br> [[Milenko Topić]]<br>
| {{flagIOCteam|LTU|1996 Summer}}<br>[[Arvydas Sabonis]]<br> [[Rimas Kurtinaitis]]<br> [[Darius Lukminas]]<br> [[Saulius Štombergas]]<br> [[Eurelijus Žukauskas]]<br> [[Šarūnas Marčiulionis]]<br> [[Mindaugas Žukauskas]]<br> [[Gintaras Einikis]]<br> [[Artūras Karnišovas]]<br> [[Rytis Vaišvila]]<br> [[Tomas Pačėsas]]
|- valign=top
|Women's <br>{{DetailsLink|Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}
| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1996 Summer}}<br>[[Teresa Edwards]]<br> [[Dawn Staley]]<br> [[Ruthie Bolton]]<br> [[Sheryl Swoopes]]<br> [[Jennifer Azzi]]<br> [[Lisa Leslie]]<br> [[Carla McGhee]]<br> [[Katy Steding]]<br> [[Katrina Felicia McClain]]<br> [[Rebecca Lobo]]<br> [[Venus Lacy]]<br> [[Nikki McCray]]
| {{flagIOCteam|BRA|1996 Summer}}<br>[[Hortência Marcari|Hortência Marcari Oliva]]<br> [[Maria Angélica|Maria Angélica Gonçalves da Silva]]<br> [[Adriana Aparecida Santos]]<br> [[Leila Sobral]]<br> [[Maria Paula Silva]]<br> [[Janeth Arcain]]<br> [[Roseli Gustavo]]<br> [[Marta Sobral]]<br> [[Silvia Luz]]<br> [[Alessandra Santos de Oliveira]]<br> [[Cintia Santos]]<br> [[Claudia Maria Pastor]]<br>
| {{flagIOCteam|AUS|1996 Summer}}<br>[[Robyn Maher]]<br> [[Allison Tranquilli|Allison Cook]]<br> [[Sandy Brondello]]<br> [[Michele Timms]]<br> [[Shelley Sandie]]<br> [[Trisha Fallon]]<br> [[Michelle Chandler]]<br> [[Fiona Robinson]]<br> [[Carla Boyd]]<br> [[Jenny Whittle]]<br> [[Rachael Sporn]]<br> [[Michelle Brogan]]
|}

With the U.S. men's team winning the gold medal, [[Scottie Pippen]] would become the first person to win an [[List of NBA champions|NBA championship]] and [[Olympic gold medal]] in the same year twice, after having played for the [[Chicago Bulls]] in the [[1996 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]].<ref>{{cite news|title=DREAM TEAM WITH GOLD MEDAL|date=August 4, 1996|first=Sam|last=Smith|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|page=1}}</ref> He had previously played with the Bulls in the {{nbafy|1992}} and later that year, for the [[1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team|"Dream Team"]] at the [[Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Barcelona Olympics]].

==Qualification==
An [[National Olympic Committee|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.

===Men===
{{main|Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification}}
{|class=wikitable width=100%
|-
!width=13%|Africa !!width=13%| Americas !!width=13%| Asia !!width=13%| Europe !!width=13%| Oceania !!width=26%| Automatic qualifiers
|- valign=top
|{{Bk|ANG}} || {{Bk|PUR}}<br>{{Bk|ARG}}<br>{{Bk|BRA}} || {{Bk|CHN}}<br>{{Bk|KOR}} || {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[FR Yugoslavia national basketball team|FR Yugoslavia]]<br>{{Bk|LTU|1988}}<br>{{Bk|CRO}}<br>{{Bk|GRE}}|| {{Bk|AUS}} || {{Bk|USA}} – [[1994 FIBA World Championship|World champions]] and Olympic hosts
|}

===Women===
{{main|Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification}}
{|class=wikitable width=100% valign=top
|-
!width=13%|Africa !!width=13%| Americas !!width=13%| Asia !!width=13%| Europe !!width=13%| Oceania !!width=26%| Automatic qualifiers
|- valign=top
|{{Bkw|ZAI}} || {{Bkw|CAN}}<br>{{Bkw|CUB}} || {{Bkw|CHN}}<br>{{Bkw|KOR}}<br>{{Bkw|JPN}} || {{Bkw|UKR}}<br>{{Bkw|ITA}}<br>{{Bkw|RUS}} || {{Bkw|AUS}} || {{Bkw|BRA}} – [[1994 FIBA World Championship for Women|World champions]]<br>{{Bkw|USA}} – Olympic hosts
|}

==Format==
* Twelve teams are split into two preliminary round groups of six teams each.
* The top four teams from both groups qualify for the knockout stage. 
* Fifth and sixth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 9th–12th places in the final ranking.
* In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
** The four eliminated from the quarterfinals form an additional bracket to decide 5th–8th places in the final ranking.
* The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
* The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Tie-breaking criteria:
# Head to head results
# [[Goal difference|Goal average]] (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
# Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

==Men's tournament==
{{main|Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}
[[Image:Olympics basketball 1996 men.PNG|thumb|225px|1996 men's teams.]]

===Preliminary round===
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

====Group A====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Qualified for the quarterfinals
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=180|Team
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=30|PF
!width=30|PA
!width=30|PD
!width=20|Pts
!width=50|Tie
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bk|USA}} || 5 || 0 || 522 || 345 || +177 || '''10''' ||
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bk|LTU|1988}} || 3 || 2 || 427 || 354 || +73 || '''8''' || 1W–0L
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bk|CRO}} || 3 || 2 || 422 || 386 || +36 || '''8''' || 0W–1L
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bk|CHN}} || 2 || 3 || 360 || 502 || −142 || '''7''' || 1W–0L
|-
|align=left|{{Bk|ARG}} || 2 || 3 || 351 || 396 || −45 || '''7''' || 0W–1L
|-
|align=left|{{Bk|ANG}} || 0 || 5 || 280 || 379 || −99 || '''5''' || 
|}

====Group B====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Qualified for the quarterfinals
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=180|Team
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=30|PF
!width=30|PA
!width=30|PD
!width=20|Pts
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[FR Yugoslavia national basketball team|FR Yugoslavia]] || 5 || 0 || 478 || 364 || +114 || '''10'''
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bk|AUS}} || 4 || 1 || 492 || 438 || +54 || '''9'''
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bk|GRE}} || 3 || 2 || 402 || 416 || −14 || '''8''' 
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bk|BRA}} || 2 || 3 || 498 || 494 || +4 || '''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{Bk|PUR}} || 1 || 4 || 447 || 465 || −18 || '''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{Bk|KOR}} || 0 || 5 || 422 || 562 || −140 || '''5'''
|}

===Knockout stage===

{{8TeamBracket-with third | RD1=Quarterfinals (July 30)
| RD2=Semifinals (August 1)
| RD3=Gold medal (August 3)
| RD3b=Bronze medal (August 3)

| RD1-seed1=B1
| RD1-team1='''{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[FR Yugoslavia national basketball team|FR Yugoslavia]]'''
| RD1-score1='''128'''
| RD1-seed2=A4
| RD1-team2={{bk|CHN}}
| RD1-score2=61

| RD1-seed3=A2
| RD1-team3='''{{bk|LTU|1988}}'''
| RD1-score3='''99'''
| RD1-seed4=B3
| RD1-team4={{bk|GRE}}
| RD1-score4=66

| RD1-seed5=B2
| RD1-team5='''{{bk|AUS}}'''
| RD1-score5='''73'''
| RD1-seed6=A3
| RD1-team6={{bk|CRO}}
| RD1-score6=71

| RD1-seed7=A1
| RD1-team7='''{{bk|USA}}'''
| RD1-score7='''98'''
| RD1-seed8=B4
| RD1-team8={{bk|BRA}}
| RD1-score8=75

| RD2-seed1=B1
| RD2-team1='''{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[FR Yugoslavia national basketball team|FR Yugoslavia]]'''
| RD2-score1='''66'''
| RD2-seed2=A2
| RD2-team2={{bk|LTU|1988}}
| RD2-score2=58

| RD2-seed3=B2
| RD2-team3={{bk|AUS}}
| RD2-score3=73
| RD2-seed4=A1
| RD2-team4='''{{bk|USA}}'''
| RD2-score4='''101'''

| RD3-seed1=B1
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[FR Yugoslavia national basketball team|FR Yugoslavia]]
| RD3-score1=69
| RD3-seed2=A1
| RD3-team2='''{{bk|USA}}'''
| RD3-score2='''95'''

| RD3-seed3=A2
| RD3-team3='''{{bk|LTU|1988}}'''
| RD3-score3='''80'''
| RD3-seed4=B2
| RD3-team4={{bk|AUS}}
| RD3-score4=74
}}

==Women's tournament==
{{main|Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}
[[Image:Olympics basketball 1996 women.PNG|thumb|225px|1996 women's teams.]]

===Preliminary round===
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

====Group A====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Qualified for the quarterfinals
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150|Team
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=30|PF
!width=30|PA
!width=30|PD
!width=20|Pts
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bkw|BRA}} || 5 || 0 || 424 || 360 || +64 || '''10'''
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bkw|RUS}} || 4 || 1 || 378 || 342 || +36 || '''9'''
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bkw|ITA}} || 3 || 2 || 330 || 309 || +21 || '''8'''
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bkw|JPN}} || 2 || 3 || 365 || 396 || −31 || '''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{Bkw|CHN}} || 1 || 4 || 347 || 378 || −31 || '''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{Bkw|CAN}} || 0 || 5 || 293 || 352 || −59 || '''5'''
|}

====Group B====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Qualified for the quarterfinals
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150|Team
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=30|PF
!width=30|PA
!width=30|PD
!width=20|Pts
!width=50|Tie
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bkw|USA}} || 5 || 0 || 507 || 339 || +168 || '''10''' ||
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bkw|UKR}} || 3 || 2 || 354 || 358 || −4 || '''8''' || 1W–0L
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bkw|AUS}} || 3 || 2 || 369 || 319 || +50 || '''8''' || 0W–1L
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Bkw|CUB}} || 2 || 3 || 365 || 377 || −12 || '''7''' || 1W–0L
|-
|align=left|{{Bkw|KOR}} || 2 || 3 || 347 || 389 || −42 || '''7''' || 0W–1L
|-
|align=left|{{Bkw|ZAI}} || 0 || 5 || 287 || 447 || −160 || '''5''' ||
|}

===Knockout stage===

{{8TeamBracket-with third | RD1=Quarterfinals (July 31)
| RD2=Semifinals (August 2)
| RD3=Gold medal (August 4)
| RD3b=Bronze medal (August 4)

| RD1-seed1=B1
| RD1-team1='''{{bkw|BRA}}'''
| RD1-score1='''101'''
| RD1-seed2=A4
| RD1-team2={{bkw|CUB}}
| RD1-score2=69

| RD1-seed3=A2
| RD1-team3='''{{bkw|UKR}}'''
| RD1-score3='''59'''
| RD1-seed4=B3
| RD1-team4={{bkw|ITA}}
| RD1-score4=50

| RD1-seed5=B2
| RD1-team5={{bkw|RUS}}
| RD1-score5=70
| RD1-seed6=A3
| RD1-team6='''{{bkw|AUS}}'''
| RD1-score6='''74'''

| RD1-seed7=A1
| RD1-team7='''{{bkw|USA}}'''
| RD1-score7='''108'''
| RD1-seed8=B4
| RD1-team8={{bkw|JPN}}
| RD1-score8=93

| RD2-seed1=B1
| RD2-team1='''{{bkw|BRA}}'''
| RD2-score1='''81'''
| RD2-seed2=A2
| RD2-team2={{bkw|UKR}}
| RD2-score2=60

| RD2-seed3=A3
| RD2-team3={{bkw|AUS}}
| RD2-score3=71
| RD2-seed4=A1
| RD2-team4='''{{bkw|USA}}'''
| RD2-score4='''93'''

| RD3-seed1=B1
| RD3-team1={{bkw|BRA}}
| RD3-score1=87
| RD3-seed2=A1
| RD3-team2='''{{bkw|USA}}'''
| RD3-score2='''111'''

| RD3-seed3=A2
| RD3-team3={{bkw|UKR}}
| RD3-score3=56
| RD3-seed4=A3
| RD3-team4='''{{bkw|AUS}}'''
| RD3-score4='''66'''
}}

==Final standings==

{|class=wikitable
|-
!rowspan=2|Rank
!colspan=4| Men
!colspan=4| 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 
|-align=center
| {{Gold1}} ||align=left|{{Bk|USA}}  || 8 || 8 || 0
|align=left|{{Bkw|USA}}  || 8 || 8 || 0 
|-align=center
| {{Silver2}} ||align=left|{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[FR Yugoslavia national basketball team|FR Yugoslavia]] || 8 || 7 || 1 
|align=left|{{Bkw|BRA}} || 8 || 7 || 1 
|-align=center
| {{Bronze3}} ||align=left|{{Bk|LTU|1988}} || 8 || 5 || 3 
|align=left|{{Bkw|AUS}} || 8 || 5 || 3 
|-align=center
| 4th ||align=left|{{Bk|AUS}} || 8 || 5 || 3
|align=left|{{Bkw|UKR}} || 8 || 4 || 4
|-
!colspan=9|Eliminated at the quarterfinals
|-align=center
| 5th ||align=left|{{Bk|GRE}} || 8 || 5 || 3
|align=left|{{Bkw|RUS}} || 8 || 6 || 2
|-align=center
| 6th ||align=left|{{Bk|BRA}} || 8 || 3 || 5
|align=left|{{Bkw|CUB}} || 8 || 3 || 5
|-align=center
| 7th ||align=left|{{Bk|CRO}} || 8 || 4 || 4
|align=left|{{Bkw|JPN}} || 8 || 3 || 5
|-align=center
| 8th ||align=left|{{Bk|CHN}} || 8 || 2 || 6
|align=left|{{Bkw|ITA}} || 8 || 3 || 5
|-
!colspan=9|Preliminary round 5th placers
|-align=center
| 9th ||align=left|{{Bk|ARG}} || 7 || 4 || 3
|align=left|{{Bkw|CHN}} || 7 || 3 || 4
|-align=center
| 10th ||align=left|{{Bk|PUR}} || 7 || 2 || 5
|align=left|{{Bkw|KOR}} || 7 || 3 || 4
|-
!colspan=9|Preliminary round 6th placers
|-align=center
| 11th ||align=left|{{Bk|ANG}} || 7 || 1 || 6
|align=left|{{Bkw|CAN}} || 7 || 1 || 6
|-align=center
| 12th ||align=left|{{Bk|KOR}} || 7 || 0 || 7 
|align=left|{{Bkw|ZAI}} || 7 || 0 || 7
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090808061040/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid/sid/2944/_/1996_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html 1996 Olympic Games: Tournament for Men], ''FIBA Archive''. Accessed June 25, 2011.
*[https://archive.today/20130103060054/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid/WOLYW/sID/2951/_/1996_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women_Final_Round/index.html 1996 Olympic Games: Tournament for Women], ''FIBA Archive''. Accessed June 25, 2011.

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