Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from 26 July to 8 August 1992 at Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona.
For the first time, professional NBA players were eligible to play in the Olympic basketball program after FIBA approved a decision in April 1989.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 |  Unified Team |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  China |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Croatia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Lithuania |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | United States Charles Barkley Larry Bird Clyde Drexler Patrick Ewing Earvin Johnson Michael Jordan Christian Laettner Karl Malone Christopher Mullin Scottie Pippen David Robinson John Stockton |
Croatia Vladan Aranovic Franjo Arapovic Danko Cvjeticanin Alan Gregov Arijan Komazec Toni Kukoc Aramis Naglic Velimir Perasovic Drazen Petrovic Dino Radja Dejan Tomasevic Milenko Topic |
Lithuania Romanas Brazdauskis Valdemaras Chomicius Darius Dimavicius Gintaras Einikis Sergejus Jovaisa Arturas Karnisovas Gintaras Krapikas Rimas Kurtinaitis Sarunas Marciulionis Alvydas Pazdrazdis Arvydas Sabonis Arunas Visockas |
| Women | Unified Team Elena Baranova Elen Bounatiants Elena Chvaibovitch Irina Guerlits Elena Jirko Elena Khoudachova Irina Minkh Irina Soumnikova Marina Tkatchenko Elena Tornikidou Svetlana Zaboloueva Natalia Zassoulskaia |
China Cong Xuedi He Jun Li Dongmei Li Xin Liu Jun Liu Quing Peng Ping Wang Fang Zhan Shuping Zheng Dongmei Zheng Haixia Zheng Xiulin |
United States Vicky Bullett Daedra Charles Cynthia Cooper Clarissa Davis Medina Dixon Teresa Edwards Tammy Jackson Carolyn Jones Katrina McClain Suzie McConnell Vickie Orr Teresa Weatherspoon |
Statistics[]
- There were 236 total athletes from 15 countries.
- Elena Paparazzo was the youngest participant with 19 years and 80 days.
- Sam Shepherd was the oldest participant with 39 years and 109 days.
- Song Ligang of China was the only basketball player chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Croatia and Lithuania won their first-ever medal in the sport since the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, respectively.
- China won its first medal in the sport since Los Angeles 1984.
