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Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Carlos Borja: 23 – () 23 May 1913 4 Víctor Borja: 24 – () 18 July 1912 5 Rodolfo Choperena: 31 – () 11 February 1905 9 Luis de la Vega
As was the custom at the time, the Olympic trials consisted of a tournament between top teams from the AAU, the YMCA and the National Collegiate Athletic Association.One notably absent team from the tournament was the 1935–36 Long Island Blackbirds, who had just completed a 25–0 season behind stars Jules Bender, Ben Kramer and Art Hillhouse.
For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads. Each country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation; however, only seven were allowed to dress for competition at any one game. A total of 199(*) basketball players from 21 nations competed at the Berlin Games:
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.
Basketball at the Summer Olympics has been a sport for men consistently since 1936. Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport, basketball was held as an unofficial demonstration event in 1904 and 1924. Women's basketball made its debut in the Summer Olympics in 1976.
Pages in category "Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 204 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Poland has competed six times at the Olympic Games, with their best finish being fourth place at the first edition of the event in 1936. Poland have also made two appearances at the FIBA World Cup , with their first coming in 1967 , and their second occurring 52 years later in 2019 .
The Latvia national basketball team participated in the first appearance of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. Latvia were reigning European champions and were considered to be one of the pre-tournament favorites. Although the Olympics did not go that well for the Latvians. They began the tournament with a 20–17 victory over Uruguay.