1936 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 1936 throughout the world.

Tournaments

Men's tournaments

Olympics

• 1936 Olympics at Berlin

Amateur

• AAU
  • Globe Refiners (McPherson, KS) 47, Universal Pictures (Hollywood, CA) 35

Births

• August 21 — Wilt Chamberlain, Hall of Fame center (died 1999)