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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.
The United States are the defending champions in both men's and women's tournaments. On 9 June 2017, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee announced that 3x3 basketball would become an official Olympic sport as of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, for both men and women. [2] [3]
The 1972 Olympic men's basketball gold medal game, marking the first ever loss for the US in Olympic play, ranks among the most controversial events in Olympic history. The United States rode their seven consecutive gold medals and 63–0 Olympic record to Munich for the 1972 Summer Olympics. The team won its first eight games in convincing ...
All-time Olympic medal winners in men's 5x5 basketball. Scottie Pippen (left), Michael Jordan (center) and Clyde Drexler receive their gold medal after the USA men's basketball team completed a ...
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 ...
On 7 April 1989, at a special congress in Munich after the 1988–89 FIBA European Champions Cup finals, FIBA delegates voted, 56-13, to allow professional basketball players to participate in its international events, including the World Cup and the Olympics. The Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America (ABAUSA, renamed ...
In Olympic basketball tournaments, 12 teams take part. The host nation (Greece in 2004) automatically receives a berth in the tournament. By winning the two World Championship tournaments in 2002, FR Yugoslavia, now named Serbia and Montenegro, also put a team into the men's tournament and the United States a team in the women's tournament.
Men's 5x5 basketball winners Steph Curry He had 36 points, including 9-of-14 shooting on 3s against Serbia in the semifinals, and had 24 points on 8-fof-12 shooting against France in the gold ...