United States men's national basketball team

The Dream Team was the unofficial title of the United States mens basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. New rules allowing professional athletes to play at the Olympics made it possible for the millionaires of professional basketball to compete.

The team featured Michael Jordan, probably the best basketballer in history, amongst a team who featuring many players regarded as amongst the best of all time.

The team won all of its games by huge margins, beating Croatia in the gold medal game by 32 points.

Subsequent United States teams have had the "Dream Team" moniker attached, but with their increasingly less extraordinary performances (nearly losing to Lithuania at the 2000 Sydney Games, and being embarrassed into sixth place at the 2002 World Championships) many regard such a moniker as no longre appropriate.