American basketball players in the Olympic Games

American Olympic Athletes in Basketball*

Facts Medals Athletes Events


Event			Athletes

Basketball 1936

	Basketball M	USA	Samuel Balter
			Arthur Mollner
			Francis Johnson
			Willard Schmidt
			Frank Lubin
			Joe Fortenberry
			Carl Shy
			Carl Knowles
			William Wheatley
			Duane Swanson
			Ralph Bishop
			Jack Ragland
			John Gibbons
			Donald Piper

Basketball 1948

	Basketball M	USA	Vincent Boryla
			Robert Robinson
			Clifford Barker
			Wallace Jones
			Ralph Beard
			Robert Pitts
			Lewis Beck
			Jesse Renick
			Raymond Lumpp
			Alexander Groza
			Gordon Carpenter
			Kenneth Rollins
			Donald Barksdale
			Robert Kurland

Basketball 1952

	Basketball M	USA	Frank McCabe
			Ronald Bontemps
			Marcus Freiberger
			Robert Kurland
			Victor Wayne Glasgow
			Howard Williams
			Robert Kenney
			John Keller
			William Lienhand
			Melvin Dean Kelley
			Daniel Pippin
			William Hougland
			Charles Hoag
			Clyde Lovellette

Basketball 1956

	Basketball M	USA	James Walsh
			Gilbert Ford
			Carl Cain
			Richard Boushka
			Bill Russell
			William Evans
			Ronald Tomsic
			Burdette Haldorson
			William Hougland
			Robert Jeangerard
			K.C. Jones
			Charles Darling

Basketball 1960

	Basketball M	USA	Oscar Robertson
			Terry Dischinger
			Robert Boozer
			Darrall Imhoff
			Lester Lane
			Walter Bellamy
			Jerry Lucas
			Adrian Smith
			Jay Arnette
			Allen Kelley
			Jerry West
			Burdette Haldorson

Basketball 1964

	Basketball M	USA	George Wilson
			Richard Davis
			James Barnes
			Jerry Shipp
			Mel Counts
			John McCaffrey
			Lawrence Brown
			Jeffrey Mullins
			Joseph Caldwell
			William Bradley
			Luke Jackson
			Walter Hazzard

Basketball 1968

	Basketball M	USA	Calvin Fowler
			Charles Scott
			Donald Dee
			Joseph White
			James King
			Kenneth Spain
			Glynn Saulters
			Spencer Haywood
			John Clawson
			Michael Siliman
			Michael Barrett
			William Hosket

Basketball 1972

	Basketball M	USA	Douglas Collins
			Kevin Joyce
			Thomas McMillen
			Michael Bantom
			Dwight Jones
			James Brewer
			Thomas Henderson
			Kenneth Davis
			Robert Jones
			Ed Ratleff
			James Forbes
			Tommy Burleson

Basketball 1976

	Basketball M	USA	William Buckner
			Adrian Dantley
			Walter Davis
			Thomas La Garde
			Scott May
			Kenneth Carr
			Mitchell Kupchak
			Steve Sheppard
			Phil Ford
			Ernie Grunfeld
			Michel Armstrong
			Philip Hubbard

	Basketball W	USA	Julienne Simpson
			Patricia Head
			Charlotte Lewis
			Lucia Harris
			Cindy Brogdon
			Patricia Roberts
			Nancy Dunkle
			Nancy Lieberman
			Susan Rojcewicz
			Mary Anne O'Connor
			Gail Marquis
			Ann Meyers


Basketball 1984

	Basketball M	USA	Jon Koncak
			Steve Alford
			Vern Fleming
			Joseph Kleine
			Michael Jordan
			Chris Mullin
			Samuel Perkins
			Patrick Ewing
			Jeffrey Turner
			Wayman Tisdale
			Leon Wood
			Alvin Robertson

	Basketball W	USA	Cheryl Miller
			Teresa Edwards
			Lea Henry
			Lynette Woodard
			Anne Donovan
			Carol Menken-Schaudt
			Pamela McGee
			Denise Curry
			Kim Mulkey
			Cindy Noble
			Janice Lawrence
			Cathy Boswell


Basketball 1988

	Basketball M	USA	Jeffrey Grayer
			Herman Reid
			Daniel Majerle
			Hersey Hawkins
			Willie Anderson
			Mitchell Richmond
			Stacey Augmon
			Charles D. Smith
			Charles E. Smith
			David Robinson
			Vernell Coles
			Danny Manning

	Basketball W	USA	Anne Donovan
			Suzanne McConnell
			Cynthia Cooper
			Katrina McClain
			Jennifer Gillom
			Mary Ethridge
			Andrea Lloyd
			Victoria Bullett
			Bridgette Gordon
			Teresa Weatherspoon
			Teresa Edwards
			Cynthia Brown


Basketball 1992

	Basketball M	USA	Scottie Pippen
			David Robinson
			Michael Jordan
			Patrick Ewing
			Erwin "Magic" Johnson
			Christian Laettner
			Karl Malone
			Chris Mullin
			Larry Bird
			John Stockton
			Charles Barkley
			Clyde Drexler

	Basketball W	USA	Carolyn Jones
			Daedra Charles
			Tammy Jackson
			Teresa Weatherspoon
			Cynthia Cooper
			Clarissa Davis
			Katrina McClain
			Vickie Orr
			Victoria Bullett
			Suzanne McConnell
			Teresa Edwards
			Medina Dixon


Basketball 1996

	Basketball M	USA	John Stockton
			Gary Payton
			David Robinson
			Hakeem Olajuwon
			Anfernee Hardaway
			Shaquille O'Neal
			Grant Hill
			Charles Barkley
			Mitch Richmond
			Scottie Pippen
			Karl Malone
			Reggie Miller

	Basketball W	USA	Katy Steding
			Lisa Leslie
			Rebecca Lobo
			Carta McGhee
			Katrina McClain
			Nikki McCray
			Venus Lacey
			Ruthie Bolton-Holifield
			Dawn Staley
			Teresa Edwards
			Jennifer Azzi
			Sheryl Swoopes


Basketball 2000

	Basketball M	USA	Ray Allen
			Tim Hardaway
			Steve Smith
			Vin Baker
			Shareef Abdur-Rahim
			Jason Kidd
			Alonzo Mourning
			Kevin Garnett
			Allan Houston
			Gary Payton
			Antonio McDyess
			Vince Carter

	Basketball W	USA	Chamique Holdsclaw
			Katie Smith
			Natalie Williams
			Teresa Edwards
			Ruthie Bolton-Holifield
			Lisa Leslie
			Sheryl Swoopes
			Nikki McCray
			Delisha Milton
			Kara Wolters
			Yolanda Griffith
			Dawn Staley


Basketball 2004

	Basketball M	USA	Carlos Boozer
			Emeka Okafor
			Timothy Duncan
			Allen Iverson
			Amare Stoudemire
			Carmelo Anthony
			Richard Jefferson
			Shawn Marion
			Lebron James
			Dwyane Wade
			Lamar Odom
			Stephon Marbury

	Basketball W	USA	Ruth Riley
			Tamika Catchings
			Swintayla Cash
			Yolanda Griffith
			Tina Thompson
			Shannon Johnson
			Katie Smith
			Lisa Leslie
			Dawn Staley
			Diana Taurasi
			Sheryl Swoopes
			Suzanne Bird


Basketball 2008

	Basketball M	USA	Carlos Boozer
			Chris Paul
			Michael Redd
			Chris Bosh
			Deron Williams
			Carmelo Anthony
			Kobe Bryant
			Jason Kidd
			Dwight Howard
			Lebron James
			Tayshaun Prince
			Dwyane Wade

	Basketball W	USA	Lisa Leslie
			Candace Parker
			Sylvia Fowles
			Kara Lawson
			Cappie Pondexter
			Tamika Catchings
			Suzanne Bird
			Seimone Augustus
			Katie Smith
			Delisha Milton-Jones
			Tina Thompson
			Diana Taurasi


Basketball 2012

	Basketball M	USA	Russell Westbrook
			Kevin Love
			Kobe Bryant
			James Harden
			Carmelo Anthony
			Anthony Davis
			Kevin Durant
			Andre Iguodala
			Chris Paul
			Deron Williams
			Lebron James
			Tyson Chandler

	Basketball W	USA	Diana Taurasi
			Tina Charles
			Asjha Jones
			Suzanne Bird
			Angel McCoughtry
			Maya Moore
			Lindsay Whalen
			Candace Parker
			Sylvia Fowles
			Tamika Catchings
			Swintayla Cash
			Seimone Augustus


Basketball 2016

	Basketball M	USA	DeAndre Jordan
			Draymond Green
			Jimmy Butler
			Harrison Barnes
			DeMarcus Cousins
			Kevin Durant
			Kyle Lowry
			Paul George
			Carmelo Anthony
			Kyrie Irving
			Klay Thompson
			Demar Derozan

	Basketball W	USA	Tina Charles
			Tamika Catchings
			Angel McCoughtry
			Maya Moore
			Lindsay Whalen
			Sylvia Fowles
			Seimone Augustus
			Diana Taurasi
			Suzanne Bird
			Brittney Griner
			Breanna Stewart
			Elena Delle Donne


Basketball 2020

	Basketball M	USA	Bradley Beal
			Jayson Tatum
			Kevin Love
			Draymond Green
			Khris Middleton
			Jrue Holiday
			Kevin Durant
			Jerami Grant
			Damian Lillard
			Devin Booker
			Zach Lavine
			Bam Adebayo

	Basketball W	USA	Napheesa Collier
			Chelsea Gray
			Jewell Loyd
			Diana Taurasi
			A'ja Wilson
			Skylar Diggins-Smith
			Tina Charles
			Sylvia Fowles
			Ariel Atkins
			Brittney Griner
			Breanna Stewart
			Suzanne Bird

	Basketball 3x3 W	USA	Kelsey Plum
			Stefanie Dolson
			Katie Lou Samuelson
			Allisha Gray

* The list above only shows a selection of American basketball players - All possible medalists are included in the list.

This information about American basketball players at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database





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