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Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

, there are 29 venues that have been or will be used for basketball. The first official venue was outdoors under the auspices of the International Basketball Federation although the game was played indoors. Being played on tennis courts of clay, the final was held in a heavy rain which turned the courts into mud.Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Basketball: Men". In ''The Completed Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 400. Since those games, the basketball games have been played indoors.

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Olympic venues The following are lists of all Olympic venues, starting with the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, organized alphabetically, by sport, and by year. As a multi-sport event, competitions held during a given Olympics usually take place in differ ...