Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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.

Great Britain won their third gold medal after defeating the United States, 105–101, in the gold medal match. Spain won the bronze medal after an 89–88 win over Australia.

Qualification

 * 1 Great Britain won the 2015 EuroBasket but as they had already qualified as World Cup winners their place was given to Lithuania who had finished third at EuroBasket.