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Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics was played at two venues: the Morehouse College Gymnasium and the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The tournament ran from the 20th of July to the 4th of August, 1996.
The United States won the gold medal in men's basketball at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The roster included Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone, Gary Payton, and John Stockton, among others. The team went eight and zero through the full tournament.
The United States won the gold medal in women's basketball at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The team included Teresa Edwards, Dawn Staley, Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes, and Rebecca Lobo. They finished the tournament with an eight and zero record.
Scottie Pippen became the first person to win an NBA championship and an Olympic gold medal in the same year twice. He had previously accomplished the feat with the Chicago Bulls and the 1992 Dream Team at the Barcelona Olympics, then repeated it in 1996 at Atlanta.
The reigning world champions and the host country received automatic berths. The winners of the five continental championships also qualified, along with additional teams from the Americas, Asia, and Europe based on their finishes in continental qualifying tournaments. The women's draw had a slightly different allocation of those additional spots.
FR Yugoslavia won the silver medal in men's basketball at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, finishing seven and one overall. Lithuania won the bronze, with a roster that included Arvydas Sabonis, Sarunas Marciulionis, and Saulius Stombergas.