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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.
International Olympic Committee. January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2011 "Factsheet: Records and medals at the Olympic Winter Games" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. February 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2011 "Results database".
In the beginning, before the Olympics became a global event, sweeps were more common amongst fewer competing countries and larger numbers of entries from a single country. After the 1908 Olympics, a sweep became an increasingly treasured status symbol of national dominance in an event. 1964 was the first Olympiad to have no sweeps.
The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardized at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics. In other years, the distances have been: 1896: 40,000 m (approximately) 1900: 40,260 m (25.02 mi) 1904: 40,000 m (24.85 mi) 1912: 40,200 m (24.98 mi) 1920: 40,750 m (25.32 mi)
Group Play: Game 2: South Sudan: W 103–86 +17: Group Play: Game 3: Puerto Rico: W 104–83 +21: Group Play: Game 4: Brazil: W 122–87 +35: Quarterfinals: Game 5: Serbia: W 95–91 +4: Semifinals: USA overcame the largest points deficit (-17) to win in Olympic competition [44] Game 6: France: W 98–87 +11: Gold Medal Final: USA wins gold ...
Canadian Ian Millar in a 2007 picture. At London 2012 he participated in a record 10th Olympics. Only a small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction competes in multiple Games. 949 athletes [1] (648 men [2] and 301 women [3]) have participated in at least five Olympics from Athens 1896 to Paris 2024, but excluding the 1906 Intercalated ...
For a name as powerful as a gold medal, consider Athena, embodying wisdom and strategy like the goddess of ancient Greek mythology, and paying homage to the site of the first Olympic games in 1896.
This is a list of the men's athletics champions at the Olympics and World Championships in the sprint events since the introduction of the World Championships in 1983. Combining the lists of global champions into a single timeline allows patterns of success and dominance to be demonstrated, as well as highlighting the occasional shock results.