Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's basketball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, began on 6 August and ended on 21 August. The gold medal game in this discipline was the final competitive event before the Closing Ceremony. The United States won their fifteenth gold medal, after defeating Serbia, 96–66, in the [|gold medal match], which was the largest margin of victory in a gold medal game, since the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Spain won the bronze medal, after an [|89–88 win] over Australia.
The medals were presented by Patrick Baumann of Switzerland, Dr. Rene Fasel of Switzerland, Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, and members of the International Olympic Committee, while the gifts were presented by Horacio Muratore, the President of FIBA, Hamine Niang, the first Vice-President of FIBA, and Jerry Colangelo, the chairman of USA Basketball.

Competition schedule

Qualification

Squads

Each NOC was limited to one team per tournament. Each team had a roster of twelve players, one of which could be a naturalized player.

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.

Carlos Júlio
Leandro Lezcano
Scott Beker
Vaughan Mayberry
Guilherme Locatelli
Cristiano Maranho
Karen Lasuik
Stephen Seibel
Duan Zhu
Sreten Radović
Natalia Cuello
Eddie Viator
Robert Lottermoser
Anne Panther
Christos Christodoulou
Nadege Zouzou
Hwang In-tae
Oļegs Latiševs
José Reyes
Chahinaz Boussetta
Ahmed Al-Bulushi
Ferdinand Pascual
Piotr Pastusiak
Roberto Vázquez
Ilija Belošević
Damir Javor
Juan Carlos García
Carlos Peruga
Borys Ryzhyk
Steven Anderson
Draw

The draw was held at the FIBA Headquarters, also known as the "House of Basketball" in Mies, Switzerland, on 11 March 2016. As the three winners of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men were yet to be known, they were assigned placeholders as "OQT 1", "OQT 2" and "OQT 3". These were the pot assignments:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
				OQT 1	OQT 2 OQT 3

Group A was assigned with OQT 1 and OQT 2, while Group B had OQT 3.
After the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament on 10 July 2016, another draw was held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines, to determine which among the teams would be assigned to which group. This was a straight draw: there were two pots containing three balls each. One pot had the names of the teams that won the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, while the other pot had the name of the placeholders.

Team	Placeholder	Group
	OQT 1	Group A
	OQT 2	Group A
	OQT 3	Group B

Group stage

All times are local.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Awards

Statistical leaders

Source

Individual tournament highs

;Points

Name	GP	PPG
	6	25.3
	7	21.3
	5	20.4
	8	19.5
	8	19.4

;Rebounds

Name	GP	RPG
	8	8.9
	5	8.6
	6	8.3
	6	7.2
	6	7.0

;Assists

Name	GP	APG
	6	7.5
	8	7.0
	5	6.6
	6	5.8
	8	5.4

;Blocks

Name	GP	BPG
	5	2.4
	8	1.9
	6	1.8
	7	1.4
	5	1.2

;Steals

Name	GP	SPG
	6	2.8
	5	2.2
	5	2.0
	8	1.9
	8	1.5
	8	1.5

;Minutes

Name	GP	MPG
	6	35.3
	6	33.1
	5	32.8
	6	31.7
	6	31.7

Individual game highs

Statistic	Name	Total	Opponent
Points		37
Total Rebounds		16
Assists		13
Blocks		5
Steals		5
Minutes		47:23
Field goal percentage		90%
2-point field goal percentage		100%
3-point field goal percentage		100%
Free throw percentage		100%
Turnovers		6

Statistic	Name	Total	Opponent
Field goals made		12
Field goals attempted		22
2-point field goals made		11
2-point field goals attempted		17
3-point field goals made		9
3-point field goals attempted		15
Free throws made		11
Free throws attempted		17
Offensive Rebounds		8
Defensive Rebounds		13

Team tournament highs