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Olympic men's basketball group play results. July 27 . Australia 92, Spain 80. Germany 97, Japan 77. France 78, Brazil 66. Canada 86, Canada 79. July 28. South Sudan 90, Puerto Rico 79. United ...
USA suffers sixth loss in Olympic competition: Game 2: Iran: W 120–66 +54: Group Play: Game 3: Czech Republic: W 119–84 +35: Group Play: Game 4: Spain: W 95–81 +14: Quarterfinals: Game 5: Australia: W 97–78 +19: Semifinals: Game 6: France: W 87–82 +5: Gold Medal Final: USA wins gold medal (16) Tournament totals: 5–1 record; 99 ...
Team USA opened against Brazil, who was 1–2 in Group B. [60] For the second straight Olympics, the Americans defeated the French in the gold–medal game, having won over France 87–82 in the 2020 Olympics. [77] The United States improved their record to 4–0 in gold medal games versus France. [31]
Swimmer Michael Phelps and President George W. Bush on August 10, 2008, at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing.Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [11] [12] Dara Torres is the third-most decorated female American Olympic athlete after Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky, celebrated not only for her athletic achievements but also for defying age norms in competitive sports.
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
He dominated the field in the 400-meter individual medley final with an Olympic record time of 4:02.95. Japan's Tomoyuki Matsushita took silver nearly six seconds back (4:08.62).
It ended their 24-game Olympic winning streak since 1992, when National Basketball Association (NBA) players were first allowed to compete. [5] The team also lost a group stage game to Lithuania and the semi-final game to Argentina. In addition, the U.S. lost a friendly preparation game prior to the Olympics, against Italy, by a score of 95–78.
Canadian B-boy Phil Wizard, whose real name is Philip Kim, beat hometown favorite Dany Dann of France in the final at La Concorde to win the first Olympic gold medal in men's breaking history.