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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.
The basketball competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, were held from 27 July to 11 August 2024. [1] Preliminary 5x5 basketball matches occurred at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, with the final phase staged at the Bercy Arena (not referred to as the Accor Arena due to IOC rules disallowing Olympic host venues to be named after corporate sponsors) in Paris.
Thanks in part to the effort of Phog Allen [5] [6] —a Kansas Jayhawks collegiate coach—the first Olympic basketball tournament was organized in the 1936 Berlin Olympics on outdoor tennis courts. Dr. Naismith presented the medals to the top three teams. According to the Olympic rules of that time, all of the competitors were amateurs.
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 beat host France 98-87 to win the gold medal in the 2024 Olympicmen’s basketball tournament on Saturday night at Bercy Arena. Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and LeBron James led ...
With the semifinal round of the 2024 Paris Olympics' men's basketball tournament over, the final two teams are set: Team USA and France. Each of those teams are leaving Paris with a medal, the ...
The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and won the gold medal.They qualified for the Olympics as one of the top two FIBA Basketball World Cup finishers from the Americas in 2023. [1]
Olympic men's basketball group play results. July 27 . Australia 92, Spain 80. Germany 97, Japan 77. France 78, Brazil 66. Canada 86, Canada 79. July 28. South Sudan 90, Puerto Rico 79.