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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.
In 1972, during the Munich Olympics, the Palestinian terrorist organisation Black September killed 11 members of the Israeli team. The 11 Israeli Olympic Team members who were murdered in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich are: Mark Slavin, 18, wrestler; Eliezer Halfin, 24, wrestler; David Mark Berger, 28, weightlifter; Ze'ev Friedman, 28 ...
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Other deaths were caused by drug abuse. [5] Included are players in the NBA, college, and other leagues. Players who died following the conclusion of their career should not be included. Players are listed with the team for which they last played before death, rather than the team with which the player spent most of their playing career.
In the past when the Americans have lost at the Olympics, the reason was simple. A referee controversy in 1972. College kids in 1988. A poorly constructed roster in 2004.
The United States won the 2024 Olympics overall medal count with 126. China was second with 91, and Great Britain was third with 65. Host nation France finished with 64 total medals.
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.
Imani Bell, 16, died after the coaches at Elite Scholars Academy in Jonesboro, Georgia, held a practice for members of the girls' basketball team in extreme heat.