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Gene Johnson of Wichita University assisted Needles, while Joe Reilly served as the team's director. 1936 was the first year that basketball was an official medal sport (it had been a demonstration sport in 1904). The U.S. won the first gold medal, defeating Canada, 19–8, in a gold medal match played outdoors on a clay and sand court in the rain.
Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the first appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. The tournament was played between 7 August and 14 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. 23 nations entered the competition, making basketball the largest tournament of the team ...
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 the 1972 Olympics, the final game between the United States and the Soviet Union was a controversial one, as the game's final three seconds were replayed three times by a FIBA (International Basketball ...
The Americans have won 17 of the 21 Olympic gold medals in 5x5 basketball since the event made its debut at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a medal sport. ... Team USA medals in men's 5x5 basketball ...
The following is a list of results of the United States men's basketball team at the Summer Olympics: 1936 Summer Olympics ... 1936 Summer Olympics ... Gold Medal Final:
He was a captain of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal in the first Olympics to include basketball. [1] After college, Fortenberry played for the Ogden Boosters in Utah, and then with the McPherson Oilers in McPherson, Kansas. This was the team that won the AAU National Championship in 1936, prior to the Olympics.
Jesse Owens – Won 4 gold medals in the 100m race, the 200m race, the long jump, and the 4 × 100 m relay team. John Woodruff – Won 1 gold medal in the 800m race. Mack Robinson – Won 1 silver medal in the 200m race. Ralph Metcalfe – Won 1 gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay team and 1 silver medal in the 100m race.
Gold Silver Bronze 60 kg details: Anthony Terlazzo United States: Saleh Soliman Egypt: Ibrahim Shams Egypt: 67.5 kg details: Robert Fein Austria: none awarded (as there was a tie for gold) Karl Jansen Germany: Anwar Mesbah Egypt: 75 kg details: Khadr El Touni Egypt: Rudolf Ismayr Germany: Adolf Wagner Germany: 82.5 kg details: Louis Hostin ...