This is an accepted version of this page The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Led by Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Lenny Wilkens, the team won gold for the second straight Olympics.

The first ten players of the 1996 United States Men's national basketball team roster were announced in the summer of 1995, featuring young talent, and first-time Olympians, included the likes of Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Shaquille O'Neal, and Gary Payton, who was added as a replacement for an injured Glenn Robinson.

Mitch Richmond, along with Charles Barkley, were added in April 1996 completing the roster as the eleventh and twelfth members.

Thus, the holdovers from the 1992 Olympic Team, Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, John Stockton, and Charles Barkley, coupled with the first-time Olympians and 1988 Olympian Mitch Richmond formed the 1996 United States Men's Olympic basketball team roster.