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The record fell when Andre Igoudala hit a three-point shot with 4:27 left in the game to make it 139-68, surpassing the previous record of 138 scored by Brazil against Egypt in 1988.
The Americans scored 78 points in the first half alone, beating the previous Olympic record of 72 which was set by that same Brazil team against China in the Seoul Games.
Several records had tumbled by the end. Carmelo Anthony had 37 points, breaking Stephon Marbury's record of 31 for an American player in an Olympic Games.
Their winning margin of 83 points beat their previous best of 72 against Thailand - a 101-29 win in 1956.
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Australia made light work of China to pick up their first win of London 2012 in their 81-61 victory.
Patrick Mills poured in 20 points and David Andersen 17 as Australia finally got their Olympic campaign up and running at the third attempt to boost their hopes of reaching the knockout stage.
Joe Ingles also contributed 13 points, seven assists and seven rebounds.
China, for whom Wang Shipeng scored a match-leading 21 points, have now suffered three straight defeats and look set for an early exit.
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NBA star Tony Parker led France to an ultimately comfortable 82-74 victory over Lithuania to leave them on the verge of a place in the London 2012 quarter-finals.
The San Antonio Spurs man poured in 27 points as the French pulled away in the second half to earn their second win from three games in Group A.
Defeat was a blow for three-time Olympic silver medallists Lithuania, but is unlikely to deny them a place in the knockout stage.
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Argentina needed to rely on Manu Ginobili's star quality as they overcame an early scare to eventually claim a comfortable 92-69 win over lowly Tunisia.
Three-time NBA champion Ginobili top-scored with 24 points but it was his ice cool in a crisis that the 2004 Olympic champions were most indebted to after a horror opening period.
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Vitaliy Fridzon sunk a three-pointer with four seconds remaining to snatch a remarkable win and maintain Russia's perfect start against Brazil 75-74.
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Great Britain suffered yet another hard-luck loss 78-79 against world number two Spain but came close than ever before at the London Olympics.
Britain overcame foul trouble for key duo Luol Deng and Pops Mensah-Bonsu to twice be two points down with a chance to tie in the final minute, but Spain's poise at the free throw line kept them in front and what would have been the greatest victory in the history of the modern British Basketball programme slipped away.
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