The former Soviet Union is in second place with four gold medals. Among present-day countries, Argentina (men's basketball at Athens 2004) is the only nation besides the U.S. to win gold. (Yugoslavia ...
Soviet Union (51-50 win over U.S.); Cuba bronze The U.S. men's basketball team experienced its first Olympic defeat in the ...
Team USA has dominated Olympic basketball, winning the most Gold Medals by a wide margin. Other countries that have won Olympic basketball gold include the Soviet Union, Argentina and Yugoslavia.