Basketball at the Summer Olympics
22 entries in the Basketball at the Summer Olympics compendium.
Basketball at the 1904 Summer OlympicsBasketball debuted as a demonstration sport at the 1904 Olympics.Fort Shaw Indian School Girls Basketball TeamSeven Native American girls became world champions in 1904.Basketball at the 1936 Summer OlympicsFirst Olympic basketball tournament, played outdoors in rain.Basketball at the 1948 Summer OlympicsSecond Olympic basketball event, held indoors at Harringay Arena.Basketball at the 1952 Summer OlympicsThird Olympic basketball tournament with 23 nations and qualifying rounds.Basketball at the 1956 Summer OlympicsFifteen nations competed in 56 games at the Royal Exhibition Building.Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics16 nations competed in Rome for Olympic basketball gold.Basketball at the 1964 Summer OlympicsSixth Olympic basketball event; US won sixth straight gold.Basketball at the 1968 Summer OlympicsSeventh Olympic basketball gold for the United States.Basketball at the 1972 Summer OlympicsSoviet Union controversially won gold; first US loss since 1936.Basketball at the 1976 Summer OlympicsNinth Olympic basketball event; women's competition debuted.Basketball at the 1980 Summer OlympicsTenth Olympic basketball event, held in Moscow amid a boycott.Basketball at the 1984 Summer OlympicsUnited States won both gold medals at the 1984 Olympics.Basketball at the 1988 Summer OlympicsLast Olympic basketball tournament before NBA players were allowed.Basketball at the 1992 Summer OlympicsFirst Olympics with NBA players; Dream Team won gold.Basketball at the 1996 Summer OlympicsFourteenth Olympic basketball event held in Atlanta, Georgia.Basketball at the 2000 Summer OlympicsFifteenth Olympic basketball event; United States won both gold medals.Basketball at the 2004 Summer OlympicsSixteenth Olympic basketball event; Argentina won first gold.Basketball at the 2008 Summer OlympicsSeventeenth Olympic basketball tournament held in Beijing.Basketball at the 2012 Summer OlympicsEighteenth Olympic basketball event, held in London in 2012.Basketball at the 2020 Summer OlympicsFirst Olympic 3x3 basketball tournament held in Tokyo.Basketball at the 2024 Summer OlympicsOlympic basketball held in Paris and Lille, July–August 2024.
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