| Date | 25 July 1996 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Participants | 34 from 11 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. | |
The Cuban “Black Musketeers” entered as World Champions after claiming the title in 1995 in the Netherlands; however, their hopes of adding an Olympic title were thwarted when Russia defeated them in the semi-finals. Russia would go on to win gold against Poland in the final but not without having to survive a series of incredibly tight matches. They defeated Hungary 45-43, Cuba 45-44 and had to rally to defeat the Poles after Poland took an early lead. Cuba recovered from the semi-final defeat to win bronze.
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Russian Federation |  RUS | Gold | |||||
| Dmitry Shevchenko • Ilgar Mamedov • Vladislav Pavlovich | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Poland |  POL | Silver | |||||
| Adam Krzesiński • Piotr Kiełpikowski • Ryszard Sobczak • Jarosław Rodzewicz | |||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Cuba |  CUB | Bronze | |||||
| Elvis Gregory • Óscar García • Rolando Tucker | |||||||||
| 4 | 7 | Austria |  AUT | ||||||
| Benny Wendt • Marco Falchetto • Michael Ludwig | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Hungary |  HUN | ||||||
| Márk Marsi • Róbert Kiss • Zsolt Érsek | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Germany |  GER | ||||||
| Alexander Koch • Uwe Römer • Wolfgang Wienand | |||||||||
| 7 | 9 | Republic of Korea |  KOR | ||||||
| Jeong Su-Gi • Kim Yong-Guk • Kim Yeong-Ho | |||||||||
| 8 | 2 | Italy |  ITA | ||||||
| Alessandro Puccini • Marco Arpino • Stefano Cerioni | |||||||||
| 9 | 8 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | ||||||
| Ye Chong • Dong Zhaozhi • Wang Haibin | |||||||||
| 10 | 10 | United States |  USA | ||||||
| Cliff Bayer • Nick Bravin • Peter Devine | |||||||||
| 11 | 11 | Venezuela |  VEN | ||||||
| Alfredo Pérez • Carlos Rodríguez • Rafael Suárez | |||||||||
| Date | 25 July 1996 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 25 Jul | Cuba | CUB | bye | ||||
| Match #2 | 25 Jul | Piste 2 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 45 – 42 | People's Republic of China | CHN | |
| Match #3 | 25 Jul | Hungary | HUN | bye | ||||
| Match #4 | 25 Jul | Russian Federation | RUS | bye | ||||
| Match #5 | 25 Jul | Germany | GER | bye | ||||
| Match #6 | 25 Jul | Piste 4 | Poland | POL | 45 – 27 | Venezuela | VEN | |
| Match #7 | 25 Jul | Piste 6 | Austria | AUT | 45 – 32 | United States | USA | |
| Match #8 | 25 Jul | Italy | ITA | bye |
| Date | 25 July 1996 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 25 Jul | Piste 2 | Cuba | CUB | 45 – 34 | Republic of Korea | KOR | |
| Match #2 | 25 Jul | Piste 1 | Russian Federation | RUS | 45 – 43 | Hungary | HUN | |
| Match #3 | 25 Jul | Piste 5 | Poland | POL | 45 – 44 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #4 | 25 Jul | Piste 6 | Austria | AUT | 45 – 36 | Italy | ITA |
| Date | 25 July 1996 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final round. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 25 Jul | Piste 4 | Russian Federation | RUS | 45 – 44 | Cuba | CUB | |
| Match #2 | 25 Jul | Piste 5 | Poland | POL | 45 – 38 | Austria | AUT |
| Date | 25 July 1996 |
|---|
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 25 Jul | Piste 2 | United States | USA | 45 – 35 | Venezuela | VEN |
| Date | 25 July 1996 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 25 Jul | Piste 1 | Hungary | HUN | 45 – 42 | Republic of Korea | KOR | |
| Match #2 | 25 Jul | Piste 6 | Germany | GER | 45 – 36 | Italy | ITA |
| Date | 25 July 1996 |
|---|
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 25 Jul | Piste 1 | Russian Federation | RUS | 45 – 40 | Poland | POL | |
| Match 3/4 | 25 Jul | Piste 1 | Cuba | CUB | 45 – 28 | Austria | AUT | |
| Match 5/6 | 25 Jul | Piste 1 | Hungary | HUN | 45 – 44 | Germany | GER | |
| Match 7/8 | 25 Jul | Piste 5 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 45 – 34 | Italy | ITA | |
| Match 9/10 | 25 Jul | Piste 2 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 45 – 42 | United States | USA |
