These are the Olympic medalists in basketball. See Olympic medalists for medalists in other sports.

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1936	United States	Canada	Mexico
1948	United States	France	Brazil
1952	United States	Soviet Union	Uruguay
1956	United States	Soviet Union	Uruguay
1960	United States	Soviet Union	Brazil
1964	United States	Soviet Union	Brazil
1968	United States	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union
1972	Soviet Union	United States	Cuba
1976	United States	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union
1980	Yugoslavia	Italy	Soviet Union
1984	United States	Spain	Yugoslavia
1988	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	United States
1992	United States	Croatia	Lithuania
1996	United States	Yugoslavia	Lithuania
2000	United States	France	Lithuania

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976	Soviet Union	United States	Bulgaria
1980	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Yugoslavia
1984	United States	South Korea	People's Republic of China
1988	United States	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union
1992	Unified Team	People's Republic of China	United States
1996	United States	Brazil	Australia
2000	United States	Australia	Brazil