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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. FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and the Summer Olympics basketball tournaments, which are sanctioned by the IOC. [1]
Nevertheless, the IOC does publish medal tallies for information purposes, showing the total number of Olympic medals earned by athletes representing each country's respective National Olympic Committee. [2] The convention used by the IOC is to sort by the number of gold medals the athletes from a country have earned.
Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account. As of completion of the 2022 Winter Olympics , 12 National Olympic Committees have participated on a standalone basis in all 24 Winter Olympic Games.
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. ... 2021 Tokyo Olympics. USA. France ...
Australia won the bronze with a 107–93 win over Slovenia, winning its first medal in men's basketball after a series of losses in bronze medal games. [5] The medals for the competition were presented by IOC vice-president Anita DeFrantz and the medalists' bouqets by FIBA first vice-president Sheikh Saud Ali Al-Thani.
The U.S. won the overall medal count with 126 — 40 gold, 44 silver and 42 bronze. Team USA tied China in the gold medal count after winning the women's basketball gold. Here is the top 10 by ...
The basketball action at the 2024 Paris Olympics kicks off on Saturday with a bronze medal match between Germany and Serbia, setting the stage for the highly anticipated gold medal showdown ...
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.