Olympics 2020 Basketball - Men

Olympics 2020 Basketball - Men

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The men's basketball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 20th edition of the event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 25 July to 7 August 2021. All games were played at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.

The United States won their 26th overall and 4th consecutive gold medal, after defeating France in the final. Australia won the bronze with a 107–93 win over Slovenia, winning its first medal in men's basketball after a series of losses in bronze medal games.

The medals for the competition were presented by IOC vice-president Anita DeFrantz and the medalists' bouqets by FIBA first vice-president Sheikh Saud Ali Al-Thani.

Tokyo 2020 meeste olümpiaturniir on 2020. aasta suveolümpiamängude korvpallivõistluste meeste korvpallivõistluste turniir, mis peetakse Jaapanis Tokyos 25. juulist kuni 8. augustini 2021. aastal. Turniiril osaleb 12 meeskonda, kes on jagatud kolmeks alagrupiks. Iga alagrupi neli paremat meeskonda pääseb väljaulatuvvooru. Väljalangemismängud toimuvad olümpiastaadioni piirkonna aheenas.