Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Dates 25 July – 8 August 2021
Medal Events 2

Basketball was held for men and women in Tokyo, with all the games taking place at Saitama Super Arena. Both fields had 12 teams entered. There was a minor change in the format, as the last several Olympics had two groups of 6 teams each, with eight teams advancing to a knockout stage. In Tokyo the groups were changed into three groups of 4 teams each, again with eight teams entering the single elimination phase. The change meant that finalists would only have to play 6 games instead of 8 as at past Olympics.

Both tournaments were won by the United States teams, with the USA women winning their seventh consecutive gold medal, while the men won their fourth consecutive and their 16th Olympic title of 20 Olympic tournaments. Both teams seemed more vulnerable coming into the tournament and lost several pre-Olympic match-ups, but in Tokyo they continued their Olympic dominance.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Basketball, Men Olympic 25 July – 7 August 2021 143 12
Basketball, Women Olympic 26 July – 8 August 2021 142 12
285 (143/142) 18 (12/12)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Basketball, Men United StatesUSA FranceFRA AustraliaAUS
Basketball, Women United StatesUSA JapanJPN FranceFRA

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 2 0 0 2
France FRA 0 1 1 2
Japan JPN 0 1 0 1
Australia AUS 0 0 1 1