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Game 1: Hungary: W 66–48 +18: Preliminary Group Play [3]Game 2: Czechoslovakia: W 72–47 +25: Preliminary Group Play [3]Game 3: Uruguay: W 57–44 +13: Preliminary Group Play
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.
In 2020, the men's tournament will have a new qualification system. After the 2019 FIBA World Cup, seven teams will qualify directly: the top two European and American teams, and the top team from Africa, Asia and Oceania. The next 16 best teams from the FIBA World Cup will join the two teams from each continent at the Olympic qualifiers.
Men's basketball group play at the 2024 Paris Olympics has concluded. The Americans are chasing their fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal and are off to a great start with three easy wins in ...
Both teams are coming off emotional victories in the semifinals. ... Olympic men's basketball group play results. July 27 . Australia 92, Spain 80. Germany 97, Japan 77. France 78, Brazil 66.
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.
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 ...
It was the oldest U.S. men's basketball team, averaging 30 years and 9 months when the Games started, surpassing the 1996 team's average of 29 years, 10 months old. [5] Hill said that he felt obliged to include James (age 39), Curry (36), and Durant (35) after they publicly committed to playing in the 2024 Olympics.