Basketball at the Summer Olympics

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Basketball at the Summer Olympics

IOC Code| BKB
Governing body| FIBA
Events| 4 (men: 2; women: 2)
Summer Olympics

* 1896
* 1900
* 1904
* 1908
* 1912
* 1920

* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948
* 1952

* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976

* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000

* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

* 2028
* 2032

Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics

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* Medalists

Basketball at the Summer Olympics has been a sport for men consistently since 1936. Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport, basketball was held as an unofficial demonstration event in 1904 and 1924. Women's basketball made its debut in the Summer Olympics in 1976. FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and the Summer Olympics basketball tournaments, which are sanctioned by the IOC.[1]

The United States is by far the most successful country in Olympic basketball, with United States men's teams having won 17 of 20 tournaments in which they participated, including seven consecutive titles from 1936 through 1968. United States women's teams have won 10 titles out of the 12 tournaments in which they competed, including eight in a row from 1996 to 2024. Besides the United States, Argentina is the only nation still in existence which has won both the men's and the women's tournament. The Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and the Unified Team are the countries no longer in existence who have won the tournament. The United States are the defending champions in both men's and women's tournaments.

On 9 June 2017, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee announced that 3x3 basketball would become an official Olympic sport as of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, for both men and women.[2][3]

## History

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Basketball was invented by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891. Within a few decades, the new game became popular throughout the United States as an indoor sport. The popularity spread overseas and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) was organized in 1932 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) had a big part in the spread of this sport to many countries, and as many as 21 teams competed in the first Olympic basketball tournament.[4]

### American dominance

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Thanks in part to the effort of Phog Allen[5][6]—a Kansas Jayhawks collegiate coach—the first Olympic basketball tournament was organized in the 1936 Berlin Olympics on outdoor tennis courts. Dr. Naismith presented the medals to the top three teams. According to the Olympic rules of that time, all of the competitors were amateurs. The tournament was held indoors for the first time in 1948. The American team proved its dominance, winning the first seven Olympic tournaments through 1968, without losing a single game. While the Americans were barred from sending a team that contained players from the professional National Basketball Association, they instead sent in college players; teams from some other countries sent in their best players, as some of their players were classified as "amateur" by FIBA, by earning allowances instead of wages.

### Munich and after

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The U.S. winning streak ended in 1972, when the Soviet Union controversially won the gold medal game against the United States by one point.[7][8]

The U.S. team reclaimed the gold medal in 1976, with Yugoslavia, which had beaten the Soviet Union in the semifinal, finishing runner-up for the second time. In 1980, with the Americans' absence due to the boycott, Yugoslavia became the third team to win the title, after beating the Soviets anew in the semifinals and Italy in the final. The Americans regained the title in 1984, by beating Spain in the final, with the Soviets boycotting this time. The Soviets won the gold medal for the second time in 1988, after beating the U.S. team for the second time in the semifinal, and the Yugoslavs in the gold medal game.

### Professional era: renewed American dominance

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The advent of the state-sponsored "full-time amateur athlete" of the Eastern Bloc countries eroded the ideology of the pure amateur, as it put the self-financed amateurs of the Western countries at a disadvantage. The Soviet Union entered teams of athletes who were all nominally listed in the military, but all of whom were in fact paid by the state to train full-time.[4][9][10][11] In April 1989, through the leadership of Secretary General Borislav Stanković, FIBA approved the rule that allowed NBA players to compete in international tournaments, including the Olympics.[4] In the 1992 Summer Olympics, the U.S. "Dream Team" won the gold medal with an average winning margin of 44 points per game, and without calling a timeout. By this time, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia no longer existed, but their successor states continued to be among the leading forces. Two newly independent countries of the former Yugoslavia and Soviet Union, Croatia and Lithuania, won the silver and bronze medals respectively.

The American team repeated its victory in 1996 and 2000, but its performance was not as dominant as in 1992. Since active NBA players have been allowed to compete in the Summer Olympics, the 1996 Games in Atlanta is the only instance where the Olympic host city also had a home NBA team — the Hawks. Yugoslavia was the runner-up in Atlanta, and France in Sydney, with Lithuania winning bronze again on both occasions.

The renewed dominance of the U.S. was interrupted in 2004, when the Americans barely made it to the semifinal, after losing to Puerto Rico and Lithuania in the preliminaries; Argentina defeated them in the semifinals, on their way to a gold medal finish, where they beat Italy in the final, and became the fourth team to win the Olympic title.

The Americans regrouped in 2008, beating the reigning FIBA world champions, Spain, in an intense gold medal game, with the Argentines beating the Lithuanians in the bronze medal game. The Americans and the Spaniards met again in the 2012 gold medal game, with the U.S. again winning, although with the closest winning margin for the American team. The U.S. won again in 2016, defeating the Serbians in the gold medal game, a rematch of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, after eliminating the Spaniards, who settled for bronze. The American team defended their title by winning again at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, extending their run to four consecutive gold medal finishes, and seven out of the last eight.

### Women

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The first women's tournament was staged in the 1976 Summer Olympics. The Soviet Union won five straight games, becoming the inaugural champion. The next two tournaments followed the six-team round-robin format, with the Soviets defending their title in 1980 amid the U.S.-led boycott, and the U.S. winning in 1984, against the South Koreans, amid the Soviet-led boycott. In 1988, the tournament expanded into eight teams, with the Americans beating Yugoslavia in the gold medal game. In 1992, the Unified Team, consisting of the former Soviet republics, defeated China in the gold medal game. In 1996, the tournament settled into its current 12-team format; the U.S. has swept all of the tournaments since then, winning 61 consecutive games.

## Venues

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Main article: List of Olympic venues in basketball

All venues were indoor stadiums except for the 1936 tournament, which was held outdoors on lawn tennis courts.

* Berlin 1936: Reichssportfeld, Berlin
* London 1948: Harringay Arena, London
* Helsinki 1952: Tennis Palace and Messuhalli II, both in Helsinki
* Melbourne 1956: Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
* Rome 1960: Sports Arena and Sports Palace, Rome
* Tokyo 1964: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
* Mexico City 1968: Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
* Munich 1972: Basketballhalle, Munich
* Montreal 1976: Étienne Desmarteau Centre and the Montreal Forum, Montreal
* Moscow 1980: CSCA Sports Palace and Olimpiysky Stadium, Moscow
* Los Angeles 1984: The Forum, Inglewood
* Seoul 1988: Jamsil Arena, Seoul
* Barcelona 1992: Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona, Badalona
* Atlanta 1996: Forbes Arena and the Georgia Dome, Atlanta
* Sydney 2000: The Dome and Sydney SuperDome, Parramatta
* Athens 2004: Hellinikon Indoor Arena and the Olympic Indoor Hall, Elliniko and Marousi
* Beijing 2008: Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
* London 2012: Olympic Basketball Arena and The O2 Arena,[a] London
* Rio de Janeiro 2016: Carioca Arena 1 and the Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
* Tokyo 2020: Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
* Paris 2024: Accor Arena[b], Paris and Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
* Los Angeles 2028: Crypto.com Arena,[c] the Los Angeles Convention Center, both in Los Angeles, and Intuit Dome,[c] Inglewood
* Brisbane 2032: Brisbane Indoor Sports Centre, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast Indoor Sports Centre, Kawana Waters

1. ^ The O2 Arena was known as the North Greenwich Arena during the games due to Olympics regulations regarding corporate sponsorship of event sites.
2. ^ The Accor Arena is known as the Bercy Arena during the games due to Olympics regulations regarding corporate sponsorship of event sites.
3. ^ a b Due to Olympic regulations regarding corporate sponsorship of event sites, this venue will be known by a yet-to-be-determined name during the Games.

## Qualifying

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As of 2012, the qualifying process consists of three stages:

1. 1 team (for each gender) qualifies as the reigning world champion.
2. 7 teams for men and 5 for women qualify through their respective regional championships.
3. 3 teams for men and 5 for women qualify through a world qualifying tournament, in which the best teams which did not qualify directly from each zone compete for the remaining berths.

Additionally, the teams of the host nation qualify automatically.

Zone | Men | Women

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World Cup  | 1 | 1
African championship  | 1 | 1
Americas championship  | 2 | 1
Asian championship  | 1 | 1
European championship  | 2 | 1
Oceania championship  | 1 | 1
World qualifying tournament  | 3 | 5
Host Nation  | 1 | 1
Total | 12 | 12

In 2020, the men's tournament will have a new qualification system. After the 2019 FIBA World Cup, seven teams will qualify directly: the top two European and American teams, and the top team from Africa, Asia and Oceania. The next 16 best teams from the FIBA World Cup will join the two teams from each continent at the Olympic qualifiers. It will feature four groups of six teams, where the best team of each group will get the remaining spots at the Olympics. The continental championships will no longer be used for Olympic qualifying.

## Men

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### Summaries

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Year  | Hosts  | Gold medal game  | Bronze medal game

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Gold  | Score  | Silver  | Bronze  | Score  | Fourth place
1936 |
Berlin |
United States | 19–8  |
Canada |
Mexico | 26–12  |
Poland
1948 |
London |
United States | 65–21  |
France |
Brazil | 52–47  |
Mexico
1952 |
Helsinki |
United States | 36–25  |
Soviet Union |
Uruguay | 68–59  |
Argentina
1956 |
Melbourne |
United States | 89–55  |
Soviet Union |
Uruguay | 71–62  |
France
1960 |
Rome |
United States | 81–57  |
Soviet Union |
Brazil | 78–75  |
Italy
1964 |
Tokyo |
United States | 73–59  |
Soviet Union |
Brazil | 76–60  |
Puerto Rico
1968 |
Mexico City |
United States | 65–50  |
Yugoslavia |
Soviet Union | 70–53  |
Brazil
1972 |
Munich |
Soviet Union | 51–50 |
United States |
Cuba | 66–65  |
Italy
1976 |
Montreal |
United States | 95–74  |
Yugoslavia |
Soviet Union | 100–72  |
Canada
1980 |
Moscow |
Yugoslavia | 86–77  |
Italy[a] |
Soviet Union | 117–94  |
Spain[a]
1984 |
Los Angeles |
United States | 96–65  |
Spain |
Yugoslavia | 88–82  |
Canada
1988 |
Seoul |
Soviet Union | 76–63  |
Yugoslavia |
United States | 78–49  |
Australia
1992 |
Barcelona |
United States | 117–85  |
Croatia |
Lithuania | 82–78  |
Unified Team
1996 |
Atlanta |
United States | 95–69  |
Yugoslavia |
Lithuania | 80–74  |
Australia
2000 |
Sydney |
United States | 85–75  |
France |
Lithuania | 89–71  |
Australia
2004 |
Athens |
Argentina | 84–69  |
Italy |
United States | 104–96  |
Lithuania
2008 |
Beijing |
United States | 118–107  |
Spain |
Argentina | 87–75  |
Lithuania
2012 |
London |
United States | 107–100  |
Spain |
Russia | 81–77  |
Argentina
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro |
United States | 96–66  |
Serbia |
Spain | 89–88  |
Australia
2020[b] |
Tokyo |
United States | 87–82  |
France |
Australia | 107–93  |
Slovenia
2024 |
Paris |
United States | 98–87  |
France |
Serbia | 93–83  |
Germany

1. ^ a b Several teams competed under the Olympic Flag in support for the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott.
2. ^ The 2020 Summer Olympics were held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### Medal table

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Updated after the gold medal match of the 2024 Olympic tournament.

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States| 17| 1| 2| 20
2|  Soviet Union| 2| 4| 3| 9
3|  Yugoslavia| 1| 3| 1| 5
4|  Argentina| 1| 0| 1| 2
5|  France| 0| 4| 0| 4
6|  Spain| 0| 3| 1| 4
7|  Italy| 0| 2| 0| 2
8|  Serbia| 0| 1| 1| 2
9|  Canada| 0| 1| 0| 1
Croatia| 0| 1| 0| 1
Serbia and Montenegro| 0| 1| 0| 1
12|  Brazil| 0| 0| 3| 3
Lithuania| 0| 0| 3| 3
14|  Uruguay| 0| 0| 2| 2
15|  Australia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Cuba| 0| 0| 1| 1
Mexico| 0| 0| 1| 1
Russia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (18 entries)| 21| 21| 21| 63

Source: [12]

* The Soviet Union (as of 1992) and Yugoslavia (as of 2006) are defunct. No team carried over the records of these nations.
* Yugoslavia has been the designation from two distinct national entities: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988 formed as a joint state of 6 republics; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1996 to 2006 formed as a joint state by only Montenegro and Serbia. In 2003, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was renamed to Serbia and Montenegro, however both Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro represented the same national entity: a joint state of Serbia and Montenegro.

### Performance by confederation

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This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament.

Confederation  | 1936
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| 1996
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FIBA Africa | 15th–18th | 19th | 9th–16th | – | – | – | 15th | 15th | 12th | 11th | 12th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 10th | 11th | 10th | 9th
FIBA Americas | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st
FIBA Asia | 5th | 8th | 9th–16th | 7th | 11th | 10th | 13th | 13th | 11th | 12th | 10th | 9th | 12th | 8th | 10th | 8th | 8th | 12th | 12th | 11th | 11th
FIBA Europe | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd
FIBA Oceania | – | – | – | 12th | – | 9th | – | 9th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 9th | 7th | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 6th
Nations | 21 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12

### Participating nations

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Nation  | 1936
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Angola | A |  |  |  | 10th | 11th | 12th | 12th | 12th |  |  |  |  | 5
Argentina |  | 15th | 4th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9th |  | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 8th | 7th |  | 8
Australia |  |  |  | 12th |  | 9th |  | 9th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 9th | 7th | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 16
Belgium | 19th | 11th | 17th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Brazil | 9th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 7th |  | 5th | 9th | 5th | 5th | 6th |  |  |  | 5th | 9th |  | 7th | 16
Bulgaria |  |  | 7th | 5th | 16th |  | 10th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
Canada | 2nd | 9th | 9th | 9th |  | 14th |  |  | 4th |  | 4th | 6th |  |  | 7th |  |  |  |  |  | 5th | 10
Central African Republic | A |  |  |  |  |  | 10th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Chile | 9th | 6th | 5th | 8th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
China |  |  |  |  | A |  | 10th | 11th | 12th | 8th | 10th | 8th | 8th | 12th | 12th |  |  | 9
Chinese TaipeiB | 15th | 18th |  | 11th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Croatia | C | 2nd | 7th |  |  | 6th |  | 5th |  |  | 4
Cuba |  | 13th | 9th |  |  |  | 11th | 3rd | 7th | 6th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6
Czech Republic | K |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9th |  | 1
Czechoslovakia | 9th | 7th | 9th |  | 5th |  |  | 8th | 6th | 9th |  |  |  | A | 7
Egypt | 15th | 19th | 9th |  |  |  |  | 16th | 12th |  | 12th | 12th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7
Estonia | 9th | D |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Finland |  |  | 9th |  |  | 11th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
France | 19th | 2nd | 8th | 4th | 10th |  |  |  |  |  | 11th |  |  |  | 2nd |  |  | 6th | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 11
GermanyE | 15th |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12th |  |  | 8th |  | 7th |  |  |  | 10th |  |  | 8th | 4th | 7
Great Britain |  | 20th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9th |  |  |  | 2
Greece |  |  | 17th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5th |  | 5th | 5th |  |  |  | 8th | 5
Hungary |  | 16th | 9th |  | 9th | 13th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
India |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Iran |  | 14th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11th |  |  | 12th |  | 3
Iraq |  | 22nd |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Ireland |  | 23rd |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Israel | A | 17th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Italy | 7th | 17th | 17th |  | 4th | 5th | 8th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 5th |  |  |  | 5th | 2nd |  |  |  | 5th |  | 13
Japan | 9th |  |  | 10th | 15th | 10th |  | 14th | 11th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11th | 11th | 8
Latvia | 15th | D |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Lithuania |  | D | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 8th | 7th |  |  | 7
Mexico | 3rd | 4th | 9th |  | 12th | 12th | 5th |  | 10th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7
Morocco | A |  |  | 16th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
New Zealand |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11th | 10th |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Nigeria |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10th | 11th | 10th |  | 3
Panama |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Peru | 8th | 10th |  |  |  | 15th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Philippines | 5th | 12th | 9th | 7th | 11th |  | 13th | 13th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7
Poland | 4th |  |  |  | 7th | 6th | 6th | 10th |  | 7th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6
Puerto Rico | A |  |  |  | 13th | 4th | 9th | 6th | 9th |  |  | 7th | 8th | 10th |  | 6th |  |  |  |  | 12th | 10
Romania |  |  | 17th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Russia | D | F |  | 8th |  | 9th | 3rd |  |  |  | 3
Senegal | A |  | 15th | 15th |  | 11th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Serbia | G | H |  |  | 2nd |  | 3rd | 2
Serbia and Montenegro | G | 11th | A | 1
Singapore | A |  |  | 13th |  | I |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Slovenia | C |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4th |  | 1
South Korea | A | 8th |  | 14th |  | 16th | 14th |  |  |  |  | 9th |  | 12th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6
South Sudan | A |  |  | 9th | 1
Soviet Union | J | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd |  | 1st | F | A | 9
Spain |  |  |  |  | 14th |  | 7th | 11th |  | 4th | 2nd | 8th | 9th |  | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 10th | 14
Sweden |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Switzerland | 9th | 21st | 17th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Thailand | A |  | 15th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Tunisia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11th |  |  |  | 1
Turkey | 19th |  | 17th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Unified Team | D | 4th | A | 1
United States | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st |  | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 20
Uruguay | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 8th |  |  |  |  | 6th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7
Venezuela |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11th |  |  |  |  |  | 10th |  |  | 2
Yugoslavia |  |  |  |  | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd |  | 2nd | 6th | A | 10
Nations | 21 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Notes

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^A The NOC was not member of the IOC.
^B As  China from 1936 to 1956.
^C Part of  Yugoslavia from 1936 to 1988.
^D Part of  Soviet Union.
^E As  West Germany from 1968 to 1988.
^F Part of  Unified Team in 1992.
^G Now  Serbia, part of  Yugoslavia in 1936–1988, as  Independent Olympic Participants in 1992 and part of  Yugoslavia in 1996–2000.
^H Part of  Serbia and Montenegro in 2004.
^I Part of  Malaysia in 1964.
^J The Soviet Union chose not to compete in 1936 and 1948.
^K Part of  Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1992.

## Women

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### Summaries

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Year  | Hosts  | Gold medal game  | Bronze medal game

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Gold  | Score  | Silver  | Bronze  | Score  | Fourth place
1976 |
Montreal |
Soviet Union | 112–77  |
United States |
Bulgaria | 67–66  |
Czechoslovakia
1980 |
Moscow |
Soviet Union | 104–73  |
Bulgaria |
Yugoslavia | 68–65  |
Hungary
1984 |
Los Angeles |
United States | 85–55  |
South Korea |
China | 63–57  |
Canada
1988 |
Seoul |
United States | 77–70  |
Yugoslavia |
Soviet Union | 68–53  |
Australia
1992 |
Barcelona |
Unified Team | 76–66  |
China |
United States | 88–74  |
Cuba
1996 |
Atlanta |
United States | 111–87  |
Brazil |
Australia | 66–56  |
Ukraine
2000 |
Sydney |
United States | 76–54  |
Australia |
Brazil | 84–73 (OT)  |
South Korea
2004 |
Athens |
United States | 74–63  |
Australia |
Russia | 71–62  |
Brazil
2008 |
Beijing |
United States | 92–65  |
Australia |
Russia | 94–81  |
China
2012 |
London |
United States | 86–50  |
France |
Australia | 83–74  |
Russia
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro |
United States | 101–72  |
Spain |
Serbia | 70–63  |
France
2020[a] |
Tokyo |
United States | 90–75  |
Japan |
France | 91–76  |
Serbia
2024 |
Paris |
United States | 67–66  |
France |
Australia | 85–81  |
Belgium

1. ^ The 2020 Summer Olympics were held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### Medal table

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Source: FIBA[13]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States| 10| 1| 1| 12
2|  Soviet Union| 2| 0| 1| 3
3|  Unified Team| 1| 0| 0| 1
4|  Australia| 0| 3| 3| 6
5|  France| 0| 2| 1| 3
6|  Brazil| 0| 1| 1| 2
Bulgaria| 0| 1| 1| 2
China| 0| 1| 1| 2
Yugoslavia| 0| 1| 1| 2
10|  Japan| 0| 1| 0| 1
South Korea| 0| 1| 0| 1
Spain| 0| 1| 0| 1
13|  Russia| 0| 0| 2| 2
14|  Serbia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (14 entries)| 13| 13| 13| 39

* Soviet Union (as of 1992) and Yugoslavia (as of 2006) are defunct. No team carried over the records of these nations.
* Yugoslavia has been the designation from two distinct national entities: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988 formed as a joint state of 6 republics; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1996 to 2006 formed as a joint state by only Montenegro and Serbia.

### Performance by confederation

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This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament.

Confederation  | 1976
| 1980
| 1984
| 1988
| 1992
| 1996
| 2000
| 2004
| 2008
| 2012
| 2016
| 2020
| 2024

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FIBA Africa | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 12th | 11th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 11th | 8th
FIBA Americas | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st
FIBA Asia | 5th | – | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 7th | 4th | 9th | 4th | 5th | 8th | 2nd | 9th
FIBA Europe | 1st | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd
FIBA Oceania | – | – | 5th | 4th | – | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 3rd
Nations  | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12

### Participating nations

[edit]

Nation  | 1976
| 1980
| 1984
| 1988
| 1992
| 1996
| 2000
| 2004
| 2008
| 2012
| 2016
| 2020
| 2024
| Years

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Angola |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12th |  |  |  | 1
Australia |  |  | 5th | 4th |  | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 10
Belarus | B | C |  |  |  | 6th |  | 9th |  |  | 2
Belgium |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7th | 4th | 2
Brazil |  |  |  |  | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 11th | 9th | 11th |  |  | 7
Bulgaria | 3rd | 2nd |  | 5th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Canada | 6th |  | 4th |  |  | 11th | 10th |  |  | 8th | 7th | 9th | 11th | 8
China | A |  | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 9th |  | 9th | 4th | 6th | 10th | 5th | 9th | 10
Croatia | F |  |  |  |  |  | 10th |  |  |  | 1
Cuba |  | 5th |  |  | 4th | 6th | 9th |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
Czech Republic | D |  |  | 5th | 7th | 7th |  |  |  | 3
Czechoslovakia | 4th |  |  | 8th | 6th | A | 3
DR CongoE |  |  |  |  |  | 12th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
France |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5th |  |  | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 5
Germany |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7th | 1
Great Britain |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11th |  |  |  | 1
Greece |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7th |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Hungary |  | 4th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Italy |  | 6th |  |  | 8th | 8th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Japan | 5th |  |  |  |  | 7th |  | 10th |  |  | 8th | 2nd | 12th | 6
Latvia | B |  |  |  |  | 9th |  |  |  |  | 1
Mali |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12th |  |  |  |  | 1
New Zealand |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11th | 8th | 10th |  |  |  |  | 3
Nigeria |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11th |  |  |  | 11th | 8th | 3
Poland |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8th |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Puerto Rico |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12th | 10th | 2
Russia | B | C | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th |  |  |  | 5
Senegal |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12th |  |  |  | 12th |  |  | 2
Serbia | F |  |  | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 3
Slovakia | D |  | 7th |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
South Korea |  |  | 2nd | 7th |  | 10th | 4th | 12th | 8th |  |  | 10th |  | 7
Soviet Union | 1st | 1st |  | 3rd | C | A | 3
Spain |  |  |  |  | 5th |  |  | 6th | 5th |  | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 6
Turkey |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5th | 6th |  |  | 2
Ukraine | B | C | 4th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Unified Team | A | 1st | A | 1
United States | 2nd |  | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 12
Yugoslavia |  | 3rd | 6th | 2nd |  |  |  | A | 3
Nations | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Notes

[edit]

^A NOC was not member of IOC
^B competed as part of  Soviet Union from 1952–88
^C part of  Unified Team in 1992
^D part of  Czechoslovakia from 1920–92
^E as  Zaire from 1984–96
^F part of "Yugoslavia" from 1976–2000 and "Serbia and Montenegro" in 2004

## Overall medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States| 27| 2| 3| 32
2|  Soviet Union| 4| 4| 4| 12
3|  Yugoslavia| 1| 4| 2| 7
4|  Argentina| 1| 0| 1| 2
5|  Unified Team| 1| 0| 0| 1
6|  France| 0| 6| 1| 7
7|  Spain| 0| 4| 1| 5
8|  Australia| 0| 3| 4| 7
9|  Italy| 0| 2| 0| 2
10|  Brazil| 0| 1| 4| 5
11|  Serbia| 0| 1| 2| 3
12|  Bulgaria| 0| 1| 1| 2
China| 0| 1| 1| 2
14|  Canada| 0| 1| 0| 1
Croatia| 0| 1| 0| 1
Japan| 0| 1| 0| 1
Serbia and Montenegro| 0| 1| 0| 1
South Korea| 0| 1| 0| 1
19|  Lithuania| 0| 0| 3| 3
Russia| 0| 0| 3| 3
21|  Uruguay| 0| 0| 2| 2
22|  Cuba| 0| 0| 1| 1
Mexico| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (23 entries)| 34| 34| 34| 102

* Soviet Union (as of 1992) and Yugoslavia (as of 2006) are defunct. No team carried over the records of these nations.
* Yugoslavia has been the designation from two distinct national entities: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988 formed as a joint state of 6 republics; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1996 to 2006 formed as a joint state by only Montenegro and Serbia. In 2003, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was renamed to Serbia and Montenegro, however both Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro represented the same national entity: a joint state of Montenegro and Serbia.

## Win–loss records

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### Men's tournament

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Team | Games played | Wins | Losses | Winning percentage

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Angola | 31 | 3 | 28 | .097
Argentina | 57 | 33 | 24 | .579
Australia | 115 | 58 | 57 | .504
Belgium | 13 | 6 | 7 | .462
Brazil | 115 | 66 | 49 | .574
Bulgaria | 33 | 16 | 17 | .485
Canada | 70 | 39 | 31 | .557
Central African Republic | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286
Chile | 26 | 12 | 14 | .462
China | 50 | 7 | 43 | .140
Chinese Taipei | 28 | 16 | 12 | .571
Croatia | 28 | 16 | 12 | .571
Cuba | 45 | 22 | 23 | .489
Czechoslovakia | 46 | 23 | 23 | .500
Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333
Egypt | 44 | 6 | 38 | .136
Estonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333
Finland | 12 | 4 | 8 | .333
France | 72 | 40 | 32 | .556
Germany | 44 | 15 | 29 | .341
Great Britain | 13 | 2 | 11 | .154
Greece | 28 | 14 | 14 | .500
Hungary | 33 | 14 | 19 | .424
India | 7 | 0 | 7 | .000
Iran | 15 | 2 | 13 | .133
Iraq | 7 | 0 | 7 | .000
Ireland | 6 | 0 | 6 | .000
Israel | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000
Italy | 95 | 56 | 39 | .589
Japan | 47 | 11 | 36 | .234
Latvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333
Lithuania | 52 | 32 | 20 | .615
Mexico | 49 | 26 | 23 | .531
Morocco | 9 | 0 | 9 | .000
New Zealand | 12 | 2 | 10 | .167
Nigeria | 13 | 2 | 11 | .154
Panama | 9 | 2 | 7 | .222
Peru | 22 | 9 | 13 | .409
Philippines | 52 | 25 | 27 | .481
Poland | 49 | 23 | 26 | .469
Puerto Rico | 75 | 34 | 41 | .453
Romania | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000
Russia | 20 | 10 | 10 | .500
Senegal | 24 | 2 | 22 | .083
Serbia | 41 | 23 | 18 | .561
Singapore | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286
Slovenia | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667
South Korea | 47 | 8 | 39 | .170
South Sudan | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333
Soviet Union | 74 | 61 | 13 | .824
Spain | 102 | 55 | 47 | .539
Sweden | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429
Switzerland | 13 | 4 | 9 | .308
Thailand | 7 | 0 | 7 | .000
Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000
Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000
Unified Team | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625
United States | 155 | 149 | 6 | .961
Uruguay | 56 | 29 | 27 | .518
Venezuela | 12 | 3 | 9 | .250
Yugoslavia | 60 | 48 | 12 | .800

As of 10 August 2024

### Women's tournament

[edit]

updated at the end of the 2024 Olympics (11 August 2024)

Team | Games played | Wins | Losses | Winning percentage

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Angola | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000
Australia | 66 | 45 | 21 | .682
Belgium | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400
Brazil | 44 | 19 | 25 | .432
Belarus | 11 | 3 | 8 | .273
Bulgaria | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625
Canada | 42 | 11 | 31 | .262
China | 55 | 26 | 29 | .473
Croatia | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200
Cuba | 24 | 9 | 15 | .375
Czechoslovakia | 15 | 3 | 12 | .200
Czech Republic | 19 | 8 | 11 | .421
DR Congo | 7 | 0 | 7 | .000
France | 35 | 23 | 12 | .657
Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500
Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000
Greece | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429
Hungary | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333
Italy | 18 | 3 | 15 | .167
Japan | 34 | 13 | 21 | .382
Latvia | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200
Mali | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000
New Zealand | 18 | 4 | 14 | .222
Nigeria | 13 | 3 | 10 | .231
Poland | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429
Puerto Rico | 6 | 0 | 6 | .000
Russia | 39 | 25 | 14 | .641
Serbia | 18 | 9 | 9 | .500
Senegal | 11 | 0 | 11 | .000
Slovakia | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429
South Korea | 41 | 15 | 26 | .366
Soviet Union | 16 | 14 | 2 | .875
Spain | 34 | 22 | 12 | .647
Turkey | 12 | 7 | 5 | .583
Ukraine | 8 | 4 | 4 | .500
Unified Team | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800
United States | 81 | 78 | 3 | .963
Yugoslavia | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500

## Records

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Category | Men | Women

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Highest game score  | 229 points: USA 156–73 Nigeria (2012) | 190 points: Japan 62–128 Brazil (2004)
Lowest game score  | 27 points: USA 19–8 Canada (1936) | 100 points: Senegal 32–68 Slovakia (2000)
Biggest margin  | 100 points:
Korea 120–20 Iraq (1948)
China 125–25 Iraq (1948) | 66 points:
Japan 62–128 Brazil (2004)
Italy 53–119 Soviet Union (1980)
Games with most overtimes  | 2 overtimes:
Argentina 111–107 Brazil (2016)
Canada 86–83 Russia (2000)
Lithuania 83–81 Croatia (1996)
Australia 109–101 Brazil (1996) | 2 overtimes:
Turkey 79–76 Brazil (2016)
Spain 92–80 Italy (1992)
Longest winning streak  | 63 games: USA (1936–72) | 58 games: USA (1992–2024)
All-time top cumulative scorer  | 1,093 points: Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) | 581 points: Lauren Jackson (Australia)
All-time top average scorer  | 28.8 points per game: Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) | 22 points per game: Lara Sanders (Turkey)
Single game scorer  | 55 points: Oscar Schmidt (Spain vs. Brazil, 1988) | 39 points: Evladiya Slavcheva-Stefanova (Bulgaria vs. South Korea, 1988)

As of 4 August 2024

### Top career scorers

[edit]

The International Olympic Committee does not recognize records for basketball, although FIBA does.

#### Men

[edit]

Total points scored[14] Player | PTS

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Oscar Schmidt | 1,093
Andrew Gaze | 789
Pau Gasol | 649
Luis Scola | 591
Patty Mills | 567
Manu Ginóbili | 523
Kevin Durant | 518
Wlamir Marques | 500
Sergei Belov | 475
Dražen Dalipagić | 461
Dražen Petrović

Points per game  Player | PTS | GP | PPG

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Oscar Schmidt | 1,093 | 38 | 28.8
Mieczysław Młynarski | 182 | 7 | 26.0
Mohamed Sayed Soliman | 179 | 7 | 25.6
Ed Palubinskas | 409 | 16
Bojan Bogdanović | 152 | 6 | 25.3
Horacio López | 199 | 8 | 24.9
Davis Peralta | 214 | 9 | 23.8
Ricardo Duarte | 212 | 9 | 23.6
Antonello Riva | 187 | 8 | 23.4
Lee Chung-hee | 160 | 7 | 22.9

#### Women

[edit]

Total points scored  Player | PTS

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Lauren Jackson | 581
Janeth Arcain | 535
Lisa Leslie | 488
Diana Taurasi | 384
Chen Nan | 317
Alessandra Santos de Oliveira | 290
Miao Lijie | 284
Sheryl Swoopes
Zheng Haixia | 280
Jung Sun-min | 276
Points per game  Player | PTS | GP | PPG

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LaToya Sanders | 132 | 6 | 22.0
Uljana Semjonova | 131 | 6 | 21.8
Mfon Udoka | 130 | 6 | 21.7
Evanthia Maltsi | 146 | 7 | 20.9
Margo Dydek | 143 | 7 | 20.4
Keiko Namai | 102 | 5
Sofija Pekić | 121 | 6 | 20.2
Lenke Jacsó-Kiss | 120 | 6 | 20.0
Choi Kyung-hee | 98 | 5 | 19.6
Uljana Semjonova | 97 | 5 | 19.4

### Top scorer per tournament

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Year | Men | PPG | Women | PPG

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1948  |  Ignacio Romo Porchas | 21.0  | —
1952  |  Ivan Mrázek | 22.0  | —
1956  |  Oscar Moglia | 26.0  | —
1960  |  Radivoj Korać | 23.6  | —
1964  |  Ricardo Duarte | 23.6  | —
1968  |  Davis Peralta | 23.8  | —
1972  |  Masatomo Taniguchi | 23.9  | —
1976  |  Ed Palubinskas | 31.3  |  Keiko Namai | 20.4
1980  |  Ian Davies | 29.3  |  Uljana Semjonova | 21.8
1984  |  Mohamed Sayed Soliman | 25.6  |  Kim Hwa-soon | 16.8
1988  |  Oscar Schmidt | 42.3  |  Choi Kyung-hee
Evladiya Slavcheva | 19.6
1992  |  Oscar Schmidt | 24.8  |  Hortência Marcari | 18.8
1996  |  Oscar Schmidt | 27.4  |  Yamilé Martínez | 20.5
2000  |  Andrew Gaze | 19.9  |  Janeth Arcain | 20.5
2004  |  Pau Gasol | 22.4  |  Lauren Jackson | 22.9
2008  |  Pau Gasol | 19.6  |  Miao Lijie | 17.3
2012  |  Patty Mills | 21.2  |  Érika de Souza | 16.2
2016  |  Bojan Bogdanović | 25.3  |  Elizabeth Cambage | 23.5
2020  |  Patty Mills | 26.8  |  Emma Meesseman | 27.3
2024  |  Giannis Antetokounmpo | 25.8  |  Emma Meesseman | 23.2

## Awards

[edit]

Main article: FIBA Awards

## See also

[edit]

* 3x3 basketball at the Summer Olympics
* Basketball at the Asian Games
* Basketball at the African Games
* Basketball at the Commonwealth Games
* Basketball at the Youth Olympic Games
* Basketball at the Pacific Games
* Basketball at the Pan American Games
* Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics

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[edit]

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13. ^ "Paris 2024 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament Media Guide" (PDF). FIBA.
14. ^ "Men's Olympics Career Leaders and Records for Points". Basketball-Reference.com.

## External links

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