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Contents. 1996 United States men's Olympic basketball team. The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Led by Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Lenny Wilkens, the team won gold for the second straight Olympics. Nicknamed Dream Team III, [2] [3] the team included ...
The men's tournament of basketball at the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta, United States, began on July 20 and ended on August 4, when the United States defeated FR Yugoslavia 95–69 for the gold medal.
v. t. e. Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games was the fourteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It held from July 20 to August 4, 1996. Games took place in the Morehouse College Gymnasium and in the Georgia Dome .
Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters. Twelve men's teams competed in basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
The '96 Olympic team is considered to be the best women's national team assembled. It is also credited with helping launch the WNBA, the most successful professional women's basketball league in the United States and around the world. In 2022, ESPN aired a 30 for 30 three-part documentary series on the team called "Dream On".
The United States (USA) was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. 646 competitors, 375 men and 271 women, took part in 263 events in 31 sports.. The team finished first in the overall medal rankings for the first time since 1984, and for the first time since 1968 in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics.
5.9. ← 1988. 1996 →. The 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the " Dream Team ", was the first American Olympic team to feature active professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team has often been described as the greatest sports team ever assembled.
W. Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. Categories: Basketball at the Summer Olympics. 1996 Summer Olympics events. 1996 in basketball. 1996–97 in American basketball. International basketball competitions hosted by the United States. Basketball in Georgia (U.S. state)