List of Olympic medalists in basketball

The Soviet Union entered teams of athletes who were all nominally students, soldiers, or working in a profession, but all of whom were in reality paid by the state to train on a full-time basis.

[5] 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.

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.

Two other American women, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young, are the only players to have won medals of any color in both the full-court and 3x3 variants of the sport.

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.