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Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the seventeenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from 9 August to 24 August 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. [1]
All games were held at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium. The United States , nicknamed the " Redeem Team ", defeated Spain in the gold medal game, finishing the tournament undefeated and winning the gold medal for the first time since 2000 , while Argentina , the defending Olympic champions who lost to the U.S. in the semifinals, won ...
The USA Men's Basketball Team on August 10, 2008. The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , China. They qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship held in Las Vegas, Nevada .
The Americans have won 17 of the 21 Olympic gold medals in 5x5 basketball since the event made its debut at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a medal sport. Team USA has won gold in the past five ...
Netflix has partnered with the International Olympic Committee for The Redeem Team—a new documentary looking at the U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball team’s iconic victory of 2008, which will be ...
Second largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition [4] Game 3: Philippines: W 121–53 +68: Preliminary Group Play: Tied for third largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition [4] Game 4: Bulgaria: W 85–44 +41: Quarterfinal Group Play [4] Game 5: Brazil: W 113–51 +62: Quarterfinal Group Play [4] Game 6: USSR: W 85–55 +30 ...
It will go down as one of the best performances in Olympics basketball history. USA. The men won their fifth consecutive gold medal. Even as other countries narrow the gap, when the U.S. sends its ...
Both won golds in the debut of 3x3 in 2020 and in the full-court game in 2024. [6] [7] The United States is by far the most successful country in full-court Olympic basketball, with United States men's teams having won 17 of 20 tournaments in which they participated, including seven consecutive titles from 1936 through 1968.