Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men
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| Host nation |
 Brazil
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| Dates | 6–21 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 12 (from 5 federations) | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 1 (in 1 host cities) | ||||||||||||
| Games played | 38 | ||||||||||||
| Champions |
 United States (15th title)
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The men's tournament in basketball at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro began on 6 August and ended on 21 August.
The gold medal game in this discipline was the final competitive event before the Closing Ceremony.
The United States won their fifteenth gold medal after defeating Serbia 96–66 in the gold medal match, the largest margin of victory in a gold medal game since the 1992 Olympics. Spain won the bronze medal after a 89–88 win over Australia.
The medals were presented by Patrick Baumann, Switzerland, Dr. Rene Fasel, Switzerland, and Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe, members of the International Olympic Committee and the gifts were presented by Horacio Muratore, President of the FIBA, Hamine Niang, First Vice-President of FIBA and Jerry Colangelo, Chairman of USA Basketball.
Each NOC was limited to one team per tournament. Each team had a roster of twelve players, one of which could be a naturalized player.
The following referees were selected for the tournament.
The draw was held at the FIBA Headquarters, also known as the "House of Basketball" in Mies, Switzerland on 11 March 2016. As the three winners of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men (OQT) were yet to be known, they were assigned placeholders as "OQT 1", "OQT 2" and "OQT 3". These were the pot assignments:
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