Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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| Host nation |
 Brazil
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| Dates | 6–20 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 12 (from 6 federations) | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) | ||||||||||||
| Games played | 38 | ||||||||||||
| Champions |
 United States (8th title)
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The women's tournament in basketball at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016.
The United States won their eighth total and sixth consecutive gold medal by defeating Spain 101–72 in the final. Serbia captured their first bronze medal after beating France 70–63.
The medals were presented by Patrick Baumann, Sir Philip Craven and Angela Ruggiero, IOC members from Switzerland, Great Britain and United States respectively and by Horacio Muratore, Lena Wallin Kantzy and José Luis Sáez, President and Central Board Members of FIBA.
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 five winners of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women (OQT) were yet to be known, they were assigned placeholders as "OQT 1", "OQT 2", "OQT 3", "OQT 4" and "OQT 5". These were the pot assignments:
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