In the summer of 1996, the Olympic Games were played in Atlanta, where the United States with a strong NBA team won the Olympic Gold without too much trouble to beat Yugoslavia in the final by 95-69, the difference between the United States and the rest of the world was abysmal at that time

The Americans eliminated Australia in the semi-finals, also emphatically, by 101-73. The Yugoslavs beat Lithuania 66-58. The bronze was won by Lithuania in their duel with the Australians by 80-74.

United States 95
*Payton – 2p, 2a.
*Miller – 20p, 4a.
*Pippen – 4p, 4r.
*Malone – 0p, 5r.
*Olajuwon – 5p, 5r.
Stockton – 4p, 7a.
A.Hardaway – 17p, 4a.
Richmond – 5p, 1r.
Barkley – 8p, 3r.
Robinson – 28p, 7r.
O´Neal – 2p, 1br.

Yugoslavia 69
*Djordjevic – 13p, 6a, 5r.
*Danilovic – 9p, 2r.
*Bodiroga – 13p, 5r.
*Paspalj – 19p, 2r.
*Divac – 4p, 3r.
Obradovic – 6p, 2r.
Loncar – 0p.
Topic – 0p.
Tomasevic – 1p, 1r.
Rebraca – 4p, 3r.