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American woman Diana Taurasi is the all-time leader for the most Olympic medals in basketball, with six gold, with three other women having won five medals—Americans Sue Bird (five gold) and Teresa Edwards (four gold and one bronze) plus Australia's Lauren Jackson (three silver and two bronze).
Andy Murray is the only men's player to have won two singles gold medals. Only on three occasions has a player defended their gold medal: Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández in women's doubles in 1992 and 1996, Serena Williams and Venus Williams in women's doubles in 2008 and 2012, and Andy Murray in the men's singles in 2012 and 2016.
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.
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. ... All-time Olympic medal winners in men's 5x5 ...
Tennis: Women's doubles: September 27 Gold: Rulon Gardner: Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg: September 27 Gold: Steven López: Taekwondo: Men's 68 kg: September 28 Gold: Venus Williams: Tennis: Women's singles: September 28 Gold: Nick Hysong: Athletics: Men's pole vault: September 29 Gold: Kenneth Brokenburr * Jon Drummond Maurice Greene ...
At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he won bronze in the men's 50 km walk. [9] Oldest male athletics gold medalist 42 Pat McDonald: At the 1920 Summer Olympics, he won the men's 56 lbs toss. [9] Oldest female athletics medalist 40 Merlene Ottey: At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won bronze in the women's 100m dash. [9] Oldest female athletics gold ...
He has 518 career Olympic points – seventh on the all-time list. No American player – male or female – has more points, and he is the U.S. men’s all-time leading rebounder. All-Tournament team
The U.S. women's basketball team wins their eighth gold medal. On Sunday—after overcoming a 10-point third quarter deficit—Team USA secured a 67-66 win against France, earning the gold medal.