Olympic men's basketball gold medal winners: Complete list of medalists at Summer Games

Men's 5x5 basketball at the Olympics has been an event long dominated by Team USA.

The Americans have won 17 of the 21 Olympic gold medals in 5x5 basketball since the event made its debut at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a medal sport. Team USA has won gold in the past five Olympic games and eight of the last nine.

The only Olympic Games in which Team USA did not medal in men's 5x5 basketball was in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, when the U.S. boycotted the Games over the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.

Here's a list of the every single medal awarded in men's 5x5 basketball at the Olympics:

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All-time Olympic medal winners in men's 5x5 basketball

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Team USA medals in men's 5x5 basketball

• 1936 Berlin Olympics: gold

• 1948 London Olympics: gold

• 1952 Helsinki Olympics: gold

• 1956 Melbourne Olympics: gold

• 1960 Rome Olympics: gold

• 1964 Tokyo Olympics: gold

• 1968 Mexico Olympics: gold

• 1972 Munich Olympics: silver

• 1976 Montreal Olympics: gold

• 1984 Los Angeles Olympics: gold

• 1988 Seoul Olympics: bronze

• 1992 Barcelona Olympics: gold

• 1996 Atlanta Olympics: gold

• 2000 Sydney Olympics: gold

• 2004 Athens Olympics: bronze

• 2008 Beijing Olympics: gold

• 2012 London Olympics: gold

• 2016 Rio Olympics: gold

• 2021 Tokyo Olympics: gold

• 2024 Paris Olympics: gold

*Team USA boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Olympic men's basketball gold medal winners through the years