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Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Basketball World Cup (523)

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Host cities:

Basketball World Cup (known as World Championship up to 2010)

Women’s Basketball World Cup (known as World Championship for Women up to 2014)

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Role(s) Era Notes
Pons Saldaña PHI BKB Olympics 1952 0–0–1 1954 BRA bronze
Aleksandr Salnikov URS
UKR		 BKB Olympics 1976—1980 1–0–0 1974 PUR gold
Luis Salvadores CHI BKB Olympics 1956 0–0–1 1959 CHI bronze
Marcos Sánchez CHI BKB Olympics 1948 0–0–1 1950 ARG bronze
Pepe Sánchez ARG BKB Olympics 2004 0–1–0 2002 USA silver
José Aparecido dos Santos BRA BKB Olympics 1968—1972 0–1–0 1970 YUG silver
Misako Satake JPN BKB Olympics 1976 0–1–0 1975 COL silver
Zoran Savić SRB
SCG		 BKB Olympics 1996 1–0–0 1990 ARG gold
Galina Savitskaya BLR
URS		 BKB Olympics 1988 1–0–0 1983 BRA gold
Vlado Šćepanović MNE
SCG		 BKB Olympics 2000—2004 1–0–0 1998 GRE gold (competed for FR Yugoslavia)
Oscar Schmidt BRA BKB Olympics / Olympic Flagbearer 1980—2016 0–0–1 1978 PHI bronze
Sofoklis Schortsanitis GRE BKB Olympics 2008 0–1–0 2006 JPN silver
Luis Scola ARG BKB Olympics / Opening Flagbearer 2004—2020 0–2–0 2002 USA silver; 2019 CHN silver
Hugo Ariel Sconochini ARG BKB Olympics 2004 0–1–0 2002 USA silver
Jenni Screen AUS BKB Olympics 2008—2012 1–0–0 2006 BRA gold
Renaldas Seibutis LTU BKB Olympics 2012—2016 0–0–1 2010 TUR bronze
Yury Selikhov RUS
URS
EUN		 BKB Olympics / Coach 1968—1992 1–0–0 1967 URU gold
Uļjana Semjonova LAT
URS		 BKB Olympics 1976—1980 3–0–0 1971 BRA gold; 1975 COL gold; 1983 BRA gold
Sérgio Macarrão BRA BKB Olympics 1964—1968 0–1–1 1967 URU bronze; 1970 YUG silver
Tatyana Shchogoleva RUS BKB Olympics 2004—2008 0–2–0 2002 CHN silver; 2006 BRA silver
Nadezhda Shuvayeva-Olkhova RUS
URS		 BKB Olympics 1976—1980 2–0–0 1975 COL gold (competed as Nadezhda Shuvayeva); 1983 BRA gold
Orlando Silva CHI BKB Olympics 1952—1956 0–0–1 1959 CHI bronze
Edvar Simões BRA BKB Olympics / Non-starter 1964—1972 0–1–1 1967 URU bronze; 1970 YUG silver
Ljubodrag Simonović SRB
YUG		 BKB Olympics 1972 1–0–0 1970 YUG gold
Marko Simonović SRB BKB Olympics 2016 0–1–0 2014 ESP silver
Petar Skansi CRO
YUG		 BKB Olympics / Coach 1968—1996 1–1–0 1967 URU silver; 1970 YUG gold
Branko Skroče CRO
YUG		 BKB Olympics 1980 1–0–0 1978 PHI gold
Zoran Slavnić SRB
YUG		 BKB Olympics 1976—1980 1–1–0 1974 PUR silver; 1978 PHI gold
Bev Smith CAN BKB Olympics / Coach 1984—2000 0–0–2 1979 KOR bronze; 1986 URS bronze
Charles D. Smith USA BKB Olympics 1988 1–0–0 1986 ESP gold
Katie Smith USA BKB Olympics 2000—2008 2–0–1 1998 GER gold; 2002 CHN gold; 2006 BRA bronze
Steve Smith USA BKB Olympics 2000 1–0–0 1994 CAN gold
Belinda Snell AUS BKB Olympics 2004—2012 1–0–1 2006 BRA gold; 2014 TUR bronze
Tiit Sokk EST
URS		 BKB Olympics 1988 0–2–0 1986 ESP silver; 1990 ARG silver
Damir Šolman CRO
YUG		 BKB Olympics 1968—1976 1–1–0 1970 YUG gold; 1974 PUR silver
Song Xiaobo CHN BKB Olympics 1984 0–0–1 1983 BRA bronze
Vasilis Spanoulis GRE BKB Olympics / Coach 2004—2024 0–1–0 2006 JPN silver
Rachael Sporn AUS BKB Olympics 1996—2004 0–0–1 1998 GER bronze
Dawn Staley USA BKB Olympics / Coach / Opening Flagbearer 1996—2020 2–0–1 1994 AUS bronze; 1998 GER gold; 2002 CHN gold
Mariya Stepanova RUS BKB Olympics 1996—2008 0–2–0 1998 GER silver; 2006 BRA silver
Breanna Stewart USA BKB Olympics 2016—2024 2–0–0 2014 TUR gold; 2018 ESP gold
Vladimir Štimac SRB BKB Olympics 2016 0–1–0 2014 ESP silver
Peja Stojaković SRB
SCG		 BKB Olympics 2000 1–0–0 2002 USA gold (competed for FR Yugoslavia)
Succar BRA BKB Olympics 1960—1968 1–0–1 1963 BRA gold; 1967 URU bronze
Edita Šujanová CZE BKB Olympics 2008 0–1–0 2010 CZE silver
Dmitry Sukharev TJK
EUN		 BKB Olympics 1992 0–1–0 1990 ARG silver (competed for the Soviet Union)
Olga Sukharnova RUS
URS		 BKB Olympics 1976—1980 2–0–0 1975 COL gold; 1983 BRA gold
Laura Summerton-Hodges AUS BKB Olympics 2004—2016 1–0–2 2002 CHN bronze (competed as Laura Summerton); 2006 BRA gold (competed as Laura Summerton); 2014 TUR bronze (competed as Laura Hodges)
Irina Sumnikova RUS
URS
EUN		 BKB Olympics 1988—2000 0–1–0 1986 URS silver (competed as Irina Sviridenko for the Soviet Union)
Sylvia Sweeney CAN BKB Olympics 1976—1984 0–0–1 1979 KOR bronze
Sheryl Swoopes USA BKB Olympics 1996—2004 1–0–2 1994 AUS bronze; 2002 CHN gold; 2006 BRA bronze
Steph Talbot AUS BKB Olympics 2016—2024 0–2–0 2018 ESP silver
Sergey Tarakanov RUS
URS		 BKB Olympics 1980—1988 1–1–0 1982 COL gold; 1986 ESP silver
Diana Taurasi USA BKB Olympics 2004—2024 3–0–1 2006 BRA bronze; 2010 CZE gold; 2014 TUR gold; 2018 ESP gold
Penny Taylor AUS BKB Olympics 2004—2016 1–0–2 2002 CHN bronze; 2006 BRA gold; 2014 TUR bronze
Miloš Teodosić SRB BKB Olympics 2016 0–1–0 2014 ESP silver
Thales BRA BKB Olympics 1952 0–1–0 1954 BRA silver
Misty Thomas CAN BKB Olympics 1984 0–0–1 1986 URS bronze
Klay Thompson USA BKB Olympics 2016 1–0–0 2014 ESP gold
Tina Thompson USA BKB Olympics 2004—2008 1–0–1 1998 GER gold; 2006 BRA bronze
Valery Tikhonenko KAZ
URS
EUN		 BKB Olympics 1988—1992 0–2–0 1986 ESP silver (competed for the Soviet Union); 1998 GRE silver (competed for Russia)
Kim Tillie FRA BKB Olympics 2016 0–0–1 2014 ESP bronze
Michele Timms AUS BKB Olympics 1988—2000 0–0–1 1998 GER bronze
Vladimir Tkachenko URS BKB Olympics 1976—1980 1–2–0 1978 PHI silver; 1982 COL gold; 1986 ESP silver
Mariano Tolentino PHI BKB Olympics 1952—1956 0–0–1 1954 BRA bronze
Marianna Tolo AUS BKB Olympics 2016—2024 0–0–1 2014 TUR bronze
Dejan Tomašević SRB
SCG		 BKB Olympics 1996—2004 2–0–0 1998 GRE gold (competed for FR Yugoslavia); 2002 USA gold (competed for FR Yugoslavia)
Priit Tomson EST
URS		 BKB Olympics 1968 2–0–1 1967 URU gold; 1970 YUG bronze; 1974 PUR gold
Milenko Topić SRB
SCG		 BKB Olympics 1996 1–0–0 1998 GRE gold (competed for FR Yugoslavia)
Yelena Tornikidu EUN
UZB		 BKB Olympics 1992 0–1–0 1986 URS silver (competed for the Soviet Union)
Alba Torrens ESP BKB Olympics 2008—2024 0–1–2 2010 CZE bronze; 2014 TUR silver; 2018 ESP bronze
Aleksandr Travin RUS
URS		 BKB Olympics 1964 1–0–1 1963 BRA bronze; 1967 URU gold
Kostas Tsartsaris GRE BKB Olympics 2004—2008 0–1–0 2006 JPN silver
Jeff Turner USA BKB Olympics 1984 0–1–0 1982 COL silver
Rato Tvrdić CRO
YUG		 BKB Olympics 1972 1–2–0 1967 URU silver; 1970 YUG gold; 1974 PUR silver
Juan Carlos Uder ARG BKB Olympics 1948—1952 1–0–0 1950 ARG gold
Vladimer Ugrekhelidze GEO
URS		 BKB Olympics 1960 0–0–1 1963 BRA bronze
Amaya Valdemoro ESP BKB Olympics 2004—2008 0–0–1 2010 CZE bronze
Panagiotis Vasilopoulos GRE BKB Olympics 2008 0–1–0 2006 JPN silver
Hugo del Vecchio ARG BKB Olympics 1952 1–0–0 1950 ARG gold
Ivana Večeřová CZE BKB Olympics 2004—2008 0–1–0 2010 CZE silver
Jana Veselá CZE BKB Olympics 2004—2012 0–1–0 2010 CZE silver
Roberto Viau ARG BKB Olympics 1952 1–0–0 1950 ARG gold
Olga Vigil CUB BKB Olympics 1992—1996 0–0–1 1990 MAS bronze
Eleonora Vild SRB
YUG		 BKB Olympics 1988 0–1–0 1990 MAS silver
Eva Vítečková CZE BKB Olympics 2004—2012 0–1–0 2010 CZE silver
Nataliya Vodopyanova RUS BKB Olympics 2004—2012 0–1–0 2006 BRA silver
Aleksandr Volkov URS
UKR
EUN		 BKB Olympics 1988—1992 0–2–0 1986 ESP silver (competed for the Soviet Union); 1990 ARG silver (competed for the Soviet Union)
Gennady Volnov RUS
URS		 BKB Olympics 1960—1972 1–0–1 1963 BRA bronze; 1967 URU gold
Josip Vranković CRO BKB Olympics 1996 0–0–1 1994 CAN bronze
Stojko Vranković CRO
YUG		 BKB Olympics 1988—1996 0–0–2 1986 ESP bronze, 1994 CAN bronze
Vlasta Vrbková CZE
TCH		 BKB Olympics 1976 0–0–1 1975 COL bronze
Dwyane Wade, Jr. USA BKB Olympics 2004—2008 0–0–1 2006 JPN bronze
Kimi Wakitashiro JPN BKB Olympics 1976 0–1–0 1975 COL silver
Wang Fang CHN BKB Olympics 1992 0–1–0 1994 AUS silver
Teresa Weatherspoon USA BKB Olympics 1988—1992 1–0–0 1986 URS gold
Russell Westbrook USA BKB Olympics 2012 1–0–0 2010 TUR gold
Lindsay Whalen USA BKB Olympics 2012—2016 2–0–0 2010 CZE gold; 2014 TUR gold
Jenny Whittle AUS BKB Olympics 1996—2000 1–0–2 1998 GER bronze; 2002 CHN bronze; 2006 BRA gold
Natalie Williams USA BKB Olympics 2000 2–0–0 1998 GER gold; 2002 CHN gold
Rubén Wolkowyski ARG BKB Olympics 1996—2004 0–1–0 2002 USA silver
Kara Wolters USA BKB Olympics 2000 1–0–1 1994 AUS bronze; 1998 GER gold
Lynette Woodard USA BKB Olympics 1984 1–1–0 1983 BRA silver; 1990 MAS gold
Marta Xargay ESP BKB Olympics 2016 0–1–1 2014 TUR silver; 2018 ESP bronze
Xiu Lijuan CHN BKB Olympics 1984 0–0–1 1983 BRA bronze
Olga Yakovleva RUS
URS		 BKB Olympics 1988 0–1–0 1986 URS silver
Sachiyo Yamamoto JPN BKB Olympics 1976 0–1–0 1975 COL silver
Ivan Yedeshko BLR
URS		 BKB Olympics 1972—1976 1–1–0 1974 PUR gold; 1978 PHI silver
Stanislav Yeryomin RUS
URS		 BKB Olympics / Coach 1980—2000 1–1–0 1978 PHI silver; 1982 COL gold
Tatyana Zakharova-Nadyrova URS
UKR		 BKB Olympics 1976—1980 1–0–0 1975 COL gold (competed as Tatyana Zakharova)
Nadezhda Zakharova RUS
URS		 BKB Olympics 1976 2–0–0 1971 BRA gold; 1975 COL gold
Nataliya Zasulskaya RUS
URS
EUN		 BKB Olympics 1988—2000 0–1–0 1998 GER silver (competed for Russia)
Jure Zdovc SLO
YUG		 BKB Olympics 1988 1–0–0 1990 ARG gold
Zhang Hui CHN BKB Olympics 1984 0–0–1 1983 BRA bronze
Zhang Yueqin CHN BKB Olympics 1984 0–0–1 1983 BRA bronze
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov RUS
URS		 BKB Olympics 1972—1976 0–1–1 1970 YUG bronze; 1978 PHI silver
Zheng Dongmei CHN BKB Olympics 1992—1996 0–1–0 1994 AUS silver
Zheng Haixia CHN BKB Olympics 1984—1996 0–1–1 1983 BRA bronze; 1994 AUS silver
Vladimir Zhigily RUS
URS		 BKB Olympics 1976—1980 1–1–0 1974 PUR gold; 1978 PHI silver
Nikos Zisis GRE BKB Olympics 2004—2008 0–1–0 2006 JPN silver
Rajko Žižić MNE
YUG		 BKB Olympics 1976—1984 1–0–1 1978 PHI gold; 1982 COL bronze
Aljoša Žorga SLO
YUG		 BKB Olympics 1968 1–0–0 1970 YUG gold
Viktor Zubkov RUS
URS		 BKB Olympics 1956—1960 0–0–1 1963 BRA bronze