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Basketball

Games: 18 games in 15 countries
Events: 2

Sports:

Participants: 3,232 (2,390 men and 842 women) from 65 countries
Youngest Participant: CUB Andrea Borrell (16 years, 254 days), 1980 Summer Games
Oldest Participant: CHI Eduardo Kapstein (44 years, 125 days), 1948 Summer Games
Top Athlete Medalist(s): USA Teresa Edwards (5 medals)
Top Country Medalist(s): USA United States (26 medals)

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Country Medal Leaders

Rk Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 21 2 3 26
2 Soviet Union 4 4 4 12
3 Yugoslavia 1 4 2 7
4 Australia 0 3 2 5
5 Brazil 0 1 4 5
6 Spain 0 3 0 3
7 France 0 3 0 3
8 Russia 0 0 3 3
9 Lithuania 0 0 3 3
10 Argentina 1 0 1 2
11 Italy 0 2 0 2
12 China 0 1 1 2
13 Bulgaria 0 1 1 2
14 Uruguay 0 0 2 2
15 Unified Team 1 0 0 1
16 Serbia and Montenegro 0 1 0 1
17 Croatia 0 1 0 1
18 South Korea 0 1 0 1
19 Canada 0 1 0 1
20 Cuba 0 0 1 1
21 Mexico 0 0 1 1

Athlete Medal Leaders

Rk Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Teresa Edwards (USA) 4 0 1 5
2 Lisa Leslie (USA) 4 0 0 4
3 Gennady Volnov (URS) 1 2 1 4
4 Sergey Belov (URS) 1 0 3 4
5 Kristi Harrower (AUS) 0 3 1 4
6 Lauren Jackson (AUS) 0 3 1 4
7 Dawn Staley (USA) 3 0 0 3
8 Sheryl Swoopes (USA) 3 0 0 3
9 Katie Smith (USA) 3 0 0 3
10 Sue Bird (USA) 3 0 0 3
11 Tamika Catchings (USA) 3 0 0 3
12 Diana Taurasi (USA) 3 0 0 3
13 Katrina McClain (USA) 2 0 1 3
14 David Robinson (USA) 2 0 1 3
15 Carmelo Anthony (USA) 2 0 1 3
16 LeBron James (USA) 2 0 1 3
17 Krešimir Ćosić (YUG) 1 2 0 3
18 Dražen Dalipagić (YUG) 1 1 1 3
19 Andro Knego (YUG) 1 1 1 3
20 Rajko Žižić (YUG) 1 1 1 3
21 Rimas Kurtinaitis (URS, LTU) 1 0 2 3
22 Šarūnas Marčiulionis (LTU, URS) 1 0 2 3
23 Arvydas Sabonis (URS, LTU) 1 0 2 3
24 Jānis Krūmiņš (URS) 0 3 0 3
25 Valdis Muižnieks (URS) 0 3 0 3
26 Maigonis Valdmanis (URS) 0 3 0 3
27 Sandy Brondello (AUS) 0 2 1 3
28 Trish Fallon (AUS) 0 2 1 3
29 Rachael Sporn (AUS) 0 2 1 3
30 Dražen Petrović (CRO, YUG) 0 2 1 3
31 Suzy Batkovic (AUS) 0 2 1 3
32 Belinda Snell (AUS) 0 2 1 3
33 Laura Summerton-Hodges (AUS) 0 2 1 3
34 Gintaras Einikis (LTU) 0 0 3 3

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