Event
When
15 to 17 January 2016
Where
Carioca Arena 1
Countries
4
Athletes
48
Trivia
History
Basketball has been a part of the Olympic programme since the 1936 Games in Berlin.
"Dream team"
Among the 24 teams to qualify for the Olympics (12 each for both the men's and women's tournaments), none brings as much expectations as that of the United States' men side.
Numbers
Brazil's Oscar Schmidt is the leading scorer in the history of the Olympic basketball competition, having amassed 1,093 points in five Olympiads, between Moscow 1980 and Atlanta 1996.
