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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.
1976 USA results. United States beat Italy, 106–86. United States beat Puerto Rico, 95–94. United States beat Yugoslavia, 112–93. United States beat Egypt, 2–0 ( forfeit) United States beat Czechoslovakia, 81–76. United States beat Canada, 95–77. United States beat Yugoslavia, 95–74. Team Record: 7–0.
2004 →. The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. They defeated France by a score of 85–75 in the gold medal game. Team USA won gold for the 12th time in 14 Olympic basketball tournaments. [2]
1988 Summer Olympics ( Seoul) v. t. e. United States men's basketball squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal. 4 Richmond. 5 C. Smith IV. 6 Coles.
The Canada men's national basketball team ( French: Équipe du Canada de basketball masculin) represents Canada in international basketball competitions since 1923. They are overseen by Canada Basketball, the governing body for basketball in Canada . In nine Olympic appearances, Canada has won one medal in basketball – a silver at the 1936 ...
2004 United States men's Olympic basketball team. The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The team was led by future Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Larry Brown . The Americans were favored to win the gold medal, after winning the tournament the previous three Olympics.
1988 →. The 1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, representing the United States. The USA's senior men's team, was led by coach Bob Knight, who was also the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers at the time. The team won the tournament's gold medal.
Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the first appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. The tournament was played between 7 August and 14 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. 23 nations entered the competition, making basketball the largest tournament of the team sports, but Hungary and Spain withdrew, meaning ...