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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.
Thanks in part to the effort of Phog Allen [5] [6] —a Kansas Jayhawks collegiate coach—the first Olympic basketball tournament was organized in the 1936 Berlin Olympics on outdoor tennis courts. Dr. Naismith presented the medals to the top three teams. According to the Olympic rules of that time, all of the competitors were amateurs.
The U.S. men's team was considered a favorite in the run-up to the 1972 Games. Since the first Olympic basketball tournament at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, the Americans had not lost a single game, winning seven consecutive gold medals in dominating fashion. Their record reached an unprecedented 63–0 before the final game.
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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 November 2024. National basketball squad 2012 United States men's Olympic basketball team Head coach Mike Krzyzewski 2012 Summer Olympics Scoring leader Kevin Durant 19.5 Rebounding leader Kevin Love 7.6 Assists leader LeBron James 5.6 ← 2008 2016 → The men's national basketball team of the United ...
The following is a list of results of the United States men's basketball team at the Summer Olympics: 1936 Summer Olympics. Game # Opponent Result Point differential
The 1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The team's head coach was John Thompson, of Georgetown University. Team USA won the tournament's bronze medal, their lowest finish to that point in any Olympic basketball tournament. [2]
The 1976 United States men's Olympic basketball team represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The U.S. team won its eighth gold medal, out of the previous nine Summer Olympic Games.