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The USA Men's Basketball Team on August 10, 2008. The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. They qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, began on 10 August and ended on 24 August, when the United States defeated Spain 118–107 for the gold medal. All games were held at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium .
Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the seventeenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from 9 August to 24 August 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. [1]
The only Olympic Games in which Team USA did not medal in men's 5x5 basketball was in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, when the U.S. boycotted the Games over the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.
Netflix has partnered with the International Olympic Committee for The Redeem Team—a new documentary looking at the U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball team’s iconic victory of 2008, which will be ...
The United States is the defending champion of both the men's and women's tournaments. As of the 2016 Summer Olympics, 90 medals (30 of each color) have been awarded to teams from 20 National Olympic Committees. Two gold medal-winning teams were inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
Gold Medal Final: USA suffers first loss in Olympic competition; wins silver medal ... 2008 Summer Olympics ... List of results of the United States men's basketball ...
With the Team USA men’s basketball team defeating France 98-87 to win the gold medal for the fifth straight Olympics and Serbia earning a 93-83 win over Germany to come away with the bronze ...