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As of the 2008 Games - Men's Basketball - 1) United States - 12 gold medals

2) Soviet Union - 2 gold medals

3) Yugoslavia and Argentina - 1 gold medal

Women's Basketball - 1) United States - 5 gold medals

2) Soviet Union - 2 gold medals

3) Unified Team - 1 gold medal (The Unified Team was comprised of former Soviet Union republics and competed only at the 1992 Games in Barcelona).

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