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LeBron James (USA, in white) attempts a shot against China's Yao Ming at the 2008 Olympics. Basketball is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games. A men's basketball tournament was first held at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration; it has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1936.
Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan was held from 24 July to 8 August 2021. [1] The basketball competitions were held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama , while the debuting 3x3 competitions were held at the temporary Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo.
Australia won the bronze with a 107–93 win over Slovenia, winning its first medal in men's basketball after a series of losses in bronze medal games. [5] The medals for the competition were presented by IOC vice-president Anita DeFrantz and the medalists' bouqets by FIBA first vice-president Sheikh Saud Ali Al-Thani.
Team USA defeated Australia 97-78 in the semi-finals on Thursday, thanks in part to Kevin Durant, who recently became the all-time leading scorer of U.S. men's basketball at the Olympics ...
Team USA has dominated men's 5x5 basketball at the Olympics, winning 16 of 20 gold medals since the event made its debut as a medal sport in 1936. ... The only Olympic Games in which Team USA did ...
Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport, basketball was held as an unofficial demonstration event in 1904 and 1924. Women's basketball made its debut in the Summer Olympics in 1976. FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and the Summer Olympics basketball tournaments, which are sanctioned by the IOC. [1]
A 73-69 win over Germany set up a rematch of the Tokyo Olympics gold medal game against Team USA. Olympic men's basketball bracket Quarterfinals: Tuesday, Aug. 6
The following is a list of results of the United States men's basketball team at the Summer Olympics: 1936 Summer Olympics ... wins silver medal [8] Tournament totals ...