Basketball at the Summer Olympics has been a
sport for men consistently since
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
.
Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport,
basketball was held as a demonstration event in
1904
Events
January
* January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''.
* January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
* ...
. Women's basketball made its debut in the
Summer Olympics
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in
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
.
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
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
.
The United States is by far the most successful country in Olympic basketball, with
United States men's teams having won 16 of 19 tournaments in which they participated, including seven consecutive titles from
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
through
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
.
United States women's teams have won 8 titles out of the 10 tournaments in which they competed, including seven in a row from
1996
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to
2020
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. Besides the United States,
Argentina is the only nation still in existence who has won either the men's or women's tournament. The
Soviet Union,
Yugoslavia and the
Unified Team are the countries no longer in existence who have won the tournament. The United States are the defending champions in both men's and women's tournaments.
On 9 June 2017, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee announced that
3x3 basketball
3x3 basketball (pronounced ''three-ex-three'') is a variation of basketball played three-a-side, with one backboard and in a half-court setup. According to an ESSEC Business School study commissioned by the International Olympic Committee, 3x3 ...
would become an official Olympic sport as of the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in
Tokyo,
Japan
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, for both men and women.
History
Basketball was invented by
James Naismith in
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ...
, in 1891. Within a few decades, the new game became popular throughout the United States as an indoor sport. The popularity spread overseas and the
International Basketball Federation (FIBA) was organized in 1932 in
Geneva,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. The
Young Men's Christian Association
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by George Williams in London, originally ...
(YMCA) had a big part in the spread of this sport to many countries, and as many as 21 teams competed in the first Olympic basketball tournament.
American dominance
Thanks in part to the effort of
Phog Allen—a
Kansas Jayhawks
The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as simply KU or Kansas, are the athletic teams that represent the University of Kansas. KU is one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a mem ...
collegiate coach—the first Olympic basketball tournament was organized in the
1936 Berlin Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...
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 tournament was held indoors for the first time in
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
. The
American team proved its dominance, winning the first seven Olympic tournaments through
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
, without losing a single game. While the Americans were barred from sending a team that contained players from the professional
National Basketball Association, they instead sent in college players; teams from some other countries sent in their best players, as some of their players were classified as "amateur" by FIBA, by earning allowances instead of wages.
Munich and after
The U.S. winning streak ended in
1972
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in one of the most
controversial matches in history, when the
Soviet Union beat them in the gold-medal game by one point.
The U.S. team reclaimed the gold medal in
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
, with
Yugoslavia, which had beaten the Soviet Union in the semifinal, finishing runner-up for the second time. In
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
, with the Americans' absence due to the
boycott
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, Yugoslavia became the third team to win the title, after beating the Soviets anew in the semifinals and
Italy in the final. The Americans regained the title in
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
, by beating
Spain in the final, with the Soviets
boycotting
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this time. The Soviets won the gold medal for the second time in
1988
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, after beating the U.S. team for the second time in the semifinal, and the Yugoslavs in the gold medal game.
Professional era: renewed American dominance
The advent of the state-sponsored "full-time amateur athlete" of the
Eastern Bloc
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc, was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America under the influence of the Soviet Union that existed du ...
countries eroded the ideology of the pure
amateur
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, as it put the self-financed amateurs of the Western countries at a disadvantage. The
Soviet Union entered teams of athletes who were all nominally listed in the military, but all of whom were in fact paid by the state to train full-time. In April 1989, through the leadership of Secretary General
Borislav Stanković,
FIBA approved the rule that allowed
NBA
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...
players to compete in international tournaments, including the Olympics. In the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
, the
U.S. "Dream Team" won the gold medal with an average winning margin of 44 points per game, and without calling a timeout. By this time, the
Soviet Union and
Yugoslavia no longer existed, but their successor states continued to be among the leading forces. Two newly independent countries of the former Yugoslavia and Soviet Union,
Croatia and
Lithuania
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, won the silver and bronze medals respectively.
The American team repeated its victory in
1996
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and
2000
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, but its performance was not as dominant as in 1992. Since active NBA players have been allowed to compete in the Summer Olympics, the 1996 Games in
Atlanta is the only instance where the Olympic host city also had a home NBA team — the
Hawks
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* The subfamily Accipitrinae includes goshawks, sparrowhawks, sharp-shinned hawks and others. This subfamily a ...
.
Yugoslavia was the runner-up in Atlanta, and
France in
Sydney
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, with Lithuania winning bronze again on both occasions.
The renewed dominance of the U.S. was interrupted in
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
, when the Americans barely made it to the semifinal, after losing to
Puerto Rico and
Lithuania
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in the preliminaries;
Argentina defeated them in the semifinals, on their way to a gold medal finish, where they beat
Italy in the final, and became the fourth team to win the Olympic title.
The Americans
regrouped in
2008
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, beating the reigning
FIBA world champions,
Spain, in an intense gold medal game, with the Argentines beating the Lithuanians in the bronze medal game. The Americans and the Spaniards met again in the
2012
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gold medal game, with the
U.S. again winning, although with the closest winning margin for the American team. The
U.S. won again in
2016
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, defeating the Serbians in the gold medal game, a rematch of the
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, after eliminating the Spaniards, who settled for bronze.
Women
The
first women's tournament was staged in the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...
. The
Soviet Union won five straight games, becoming the inaugural champion. The next two tournaments followed the six-team round-robin format, with the Soviets defending their title in
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
amid the U.S.-led boycott, and the
U.S. winning in
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
, against the
South Koreans, amid the Soviet-led boycott. In
1988
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, the tournament expanded into eight teams, with the Americans beating
Yugoslavia in the gold medal game. In
1992
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, the
Unified Team, consisting of the former
Soviet republics, defeated
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
in the gold medal game. In
1996
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, the tournament settled into its current 12-team format; the U.S. has swept all of the tournaments since then, winning 48 consecutive games.
Venues
All venues were indoor stadiums except for the 1936 tournament which was held outdoors on lawn tennis courts.
* Berlin 1936:
Reichssportfeld
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,
Berlin
* London 1948:
Harringay Arena,
London
* Helsinki 1952:
Tennis Palace
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and
Messuhalli II, both in
Helsinki
* Melbourne 1956:
Royal Exhibition Building,
Melbourne
* Rome 1960:
Sports Arena and
Sports Palace
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,
Rome
* Tokyo 1964:
Yoyogi National Gymnasium,
Tokyo
* Mexico City 1968:
Palacio de los Deportes,
Mexico City
* Munich 1972:
Basketballhalle,
Munich
* Montreal 1976:
Étienne Desmarteau Centre
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Étienne, Etienne, Ettiene or Ettienne may refer to:
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* ...
and the
Montreal Forum,
Montreal
* Moscow 1980:
CSCA Sports Palace and
Olimpiysky Stadium,
Moscow
* Los Angeles 1984:
The Forum,
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Places
Australia
*Inglewood, Queensland
* Shire of Inglewood, Queensland, a former local government area
*Inglewood, South Australia
*Inglewood, Victoria
* Inglewood, Western Australia
Canada
* Inglewood, Ontario
*Inglewo ...
* Seoul 1988:
Jamsil Arena
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,
Seoul
* Barcelona 1992:
Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona,
Badalona
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* Atlanta 1996:
Forbes Arena
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and the
Georgia Dome,
Atlanta
* Sydney 2000:
The Dome and
Sydney SuperDome
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...
,
Parramatta
* Athens 2004:
Hellinikon Indoor Arena
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and the
Olympic Indoor Hall
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,
Elliniko
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and
Marousi
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* Beijing 2008:
Wukesong Indoor Stadium
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,
Beijing
* London 2012:
Olympic Basketball Arena and
The O2 Arena,
London
* Rio de Janeiro 2016:
Carioca Arena 1 and
Youth Arena
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,
Rio de Janeiro
* Tokyo 2020:
Saitama Super Arena,
Saitama
* Paris 2024:
Accor Arena,
Paris
* Los Angeles 2028:
Crypto.com Arena,
Los Angeles
Qualifying
As of
2012
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, the qualifying process consists of three stages:
#1 team (for each gender) qualifies as the reigning world champion.
#7 teams for men and 5 for women qualify through their respective regional championships.
#3 teams for men and 5 for women qualify through a world qualifying tournament, in which the best teams which did not qualify directly from each zone compete for the remaining berths.
Additionally, the teams of the host nation qualify automatically.
In 2020, the men's tournament will have a new qualification system. After the
2019 FIBA World Cup
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, seven teams will qualify directly: the top two European and American teams, and the top team from Africa, Asia and Oceania. The next 16 best teams from the FIBA World Cup will join the two teams from each continent at the Olympic qualifiers. It will feature four groups of six teams, where the best team of each group will get the remaining spots at the Olympics. The continental championships will no longer be used for Olympic qualifying.
Men's tournaments
Performance by confederation
This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament.
Participating nations
=Notes
=
:
NOC
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was not member of
IOC
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:
as China from 1936–56
:
part of Yugoslavia from 1936–1988
:
part of
:
as West Germany from 1968–88
:
part of in 1992
:
now Serbia, part of in 1936–1988, as in 1992 and part of in 1996–2000
:
part of in 2004
:
part of Malaysia in 1964
:
Soviet Union chose not to compete in 1936 and 1948
:
part of Czechoslovakia from 1920–92
Women's tournaments
Performance by confederation
This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament.
Participating nations
Notes
:
NOC
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was not member of
IOC
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:
competed as part of Soviet Union from 1952–88
:
part of in 1992
:
part of Czechoslovakia from 1920–92
:
as
Zaire from 1984–96
:
part of "Yugoslavia" from 1976–2000 and "Serbia and Montenegro" in 2004
Medal table
Sources:
Total
*
Soviet Union (as of 1992) and
Yugoslavia (as of 2006) are defunct. No team carried over the records of these nations.
*
Yugoslavia has been the designation from two distinct national entities: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988 formed as a joint state of 6 republics; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1996 to 2006 formed as a joint state by only Montenegro and Serbia. In 2003, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was renamed to Serbia and Montenegro, however both Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro represented the same national entity: a joint state of Montenegro and Serbia.
Medal table (men)
*
Soviet Union (as of 1992) and
Yugoslavia (as of 2006) are defunct. No team carried over the records of these nations.
*
Yugoslavia has been the designation from two distinct national entities: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988 formed as a joint state of 6 republics; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1996 to 2006 formed as a joint state by only Montenegro and Serbia. In 2003, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was renamed to Serbia and Montenegro, however both Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro represented the same national entity: a joint state of Montenegro and Serbia.
Medal table (women)
*
Soviet Union (as of 1992) and
Yugoslavia (as of 2006) are defunct. No team carried over the records of these nations.
*
Yugoslavia has been the designation from two distinct national entities: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988 formed as a joint state of 6 republics; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1996 to 2006 formed as a joint state by only Montenegro and Serbia.
Win–loss records
Men's tournament
''As of 8 August 2021''
Women's tournament
''As of 8 August 2021''
Records
''As of 1 May 2018.''
Top career scorers
The
International Olympic Committee does not recognize
records for basketball, although
FIBA does.
Men
''As of 8 August 2021''
Women
Top scorer per tournament
See also
*
3x3 basketball at the Summer Olympics
3x3 basketball was introduced at the Summer Olympic Games as an official Olympic sport at 2020.
History
On 9 June 2017, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee announced that 3x3 basketball would become an official Olympic ...
*
Basketball at the Asian Games
*
Basketball at the African Games
*
Basketball at the Commonwealth Games
*
Basketball at the Youth Olympic Games
Basketball was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2010 for both boys and girls. The tournaments use the FIBA 3x3 rules. The program also includes skill challenge.
Boys Summaries
Team appearances
Dunk contest
...
*
Basketball at the Pacific Games
*
Basketball at the Pan American Games
*
Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympics since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.
Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honour in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Champions ...
Notes
References
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