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The Men’s Basketball competition was included in the Olympics in 1936. Since then, the sport has been a part of the Olympics 20 times with the United States being the most successful team in the competition with 16 Gold Medal wins.
The USA also won the Gold Medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and will be looking to defend its title again in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Here’s the list of Gold Medal winners in Basketball in the last five editions of the Olympics
5. Argentina - 2004
Argentina won their first-ever Gold Medal in Basketball in the Olympics in 2004. After defeating the most successful United States in the semi-final, Argentina and went on to defeat Italy by 84-69 in the final of the 2004 Athens Olympics to win a Gold Medal.
