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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.
Group Play: USA suffers third and biggest loss in Olympic competition [15] [16] Game 2: Greece: W 77–71 +6: Group Play [17] Game 3: Australia: W 89–79 +10: Group Play [18] Game 4: Lithuania: L 90–94-4: Group Play: USA suffers fourth loss in Olympic competition [19] Game 5: Angola: W 89–53 +36: Group Play [20] Game 6: Spain: W 102–94 ...
A NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country for both events plus the gold and silver medal winners from the previous Olympic Games in the men's tournament, and the champion at the 1983 FIBA World Championship in the women's tournament.
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.
With Leonard, the United States team would have included 11 players who were All-Stars in 2024 as well as a combined 84 All-Star selections, the most ever in the Olympics. They also would have been the second Olympic team filled entirely with former All-Stars, joining the 1996 U.S. team. [5]
Olympic basketball has arrived in full here via the greatest quadruple header on the best day of basketball ever played … at least until they do it again in L.A. Show comments Advertisement
He was the captain of Poly's 1926 lacrosse team and played on the football and basketball teams as well. At the age of 18, he performed at the playoffs for the 1928 Olympic games. Turnbull attended Johns Hopkins University, where he played on the 1932 team. He graduated from Hopkins with a bachelor's degree in engineering after only three years.
Lacrosse was a medal sport at both the 1904 and 1908 Olympic games, with Canada winning the gold both times. It was also a demonstration event during the 1948 London Olympics.