Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The men's tournament of basketball at the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta, United States, began on July 20 and ended on August 4, when the United States defeated FR Yugoslavia 95–69 for the gold medal.
| |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | United States |
| City | Atlanta |
| Dates | July 20 – August 3 |
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (11th title) |
| Runners-up | .svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(1992–2006).svg.png){kind=small} FR Yugoslavia |
| Third place | .svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania_(1988–2004).svg.png){kind=small} Lithuania |
| Fourth place | .svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_(converted).svg.png){kind=small} Australia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 46 |
| Top scorer |  Oscar Schmidt (27.4 points per game) |
| Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Tournament | ||
| men | women | |
| Squads | ||
| men | women | |
