| Basketball at the Pan American Games | |
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| No. of events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
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Basketball at the Pan American Games began at the inaugural edition in Buenos Aires, Argentina for men only. The women competition began at the 1959 edition in Chicago, United States, and was not held in 1995 edition in Mar del Plata.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 |  Brazil | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 |  Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 |  Puerto Rico | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 |  Mexico | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Dominican Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
| Team | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1963 | 1967 | 1971 | 1975 | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | Total |
| Argentina |  | | – | – | 6th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 7th |  | 4th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 5th | | | 17 |
 Bahamas | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Brazil |  | | | | 7th | | | | | | 5th | | | | | 5th | | – | | 18 |
| Canada | – | – | 5th | 6th | 9th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 10th | – | 5th | 7th | 7th | 6th | | – | – | 14 |
 Chile | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 2 |
 Colombia | 10th | – | – | – | 10th | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Cuba | 4th | 5th | 6th | – | 4th | | 5th | 4th | 7th | – | 4th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| Dominican Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 9th | – | – | – | 6th | | – | 4th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 8 |
 Ecuador | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 El Salvador | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Haiti | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Mexico | 8th | 4th | 4th | 7th | | 4th | 4th | 8th | | 4th | | 5th | – | 5th | – | | 8th | 7th | 4th | 17 |
| Panama | 6th | – | – | – | | 6th | – | 7th | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | 8th | 7 |
 Paraguay | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Peru | – | – | – | 5th | 8th | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Puerto Rico | – | – | | | 5th | | | | 6th | | | 6th | | | | | 6th | | 7th | 17 |
 Suriname | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| United States | | | | | | 7th | | | | | | | | 4th | 5th | | | | – | 18 |
| Uruguay | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 8th | 4th | 8th | 8th | | 8th | – | 6th | – | 9 |
| Venezuela | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 8th | 8th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 5th | | 8 |
 Virgin Islands | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 10th | 10th | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 8th | – | 6 |
| Nations | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
| Team |  1955 |  1959 |  1963 | 1967 | 1971 | 1975 |  1979 |  1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | Total |
| Argentina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 8 |
 Bolivia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Brazil | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 1st | 17 |
| Canada | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 1st | 6th | - | 16 |
| Chile | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 4 |
| Colombia | - | - | - | - | 7th | 6th | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | 5th | 4th | - | 4th | 2nd | 7 |
| Cuba | - | - | - | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | - | 3rd | - | 4th | 12 |
| Dominican Republic | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | 6th | 6th | - | - | 8th | - | - | 4 |
| Ecuador | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| El Salvador | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Jamaica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 8th | - | - | - | 2 |
| Mexico | 4th | 5th | - | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 5th | - | 5th | - | - | - | 7th | 2nd | - | - | 8th | 10 |
| Paraguay | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | 1 |
| Peru | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | 1st | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 6 |
| United States | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | - | 16 |
| Venezuela | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | 5th | 3 |
| Virgin Islands | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | 1 |
| Pan American Games | |||||
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| Years | Hosts |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | 4th place |
| 2019 Details | Lima, Peru |  United States |  Puerto Rico |  Dominican Republic |  Brazil |
| 2023 Details | Santiago, Chile | United States |  Chile |  Trinidad and Tobago |  Venezuela |
| Pan American Games | |||||
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| Years | Hosts | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th place |
| 2019 Details | Lima, Peru | United States |  Argentina | Dominican Republic | Brazil |
| 2023 Details | Santiago, Chile | United States |  Colombia | Chile | Puerto Rico |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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