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How long has basketball been in the olympics

History, top teams and all you need to know

Basketball was invented in the United States of America in 1891. But it didn’t take too long for the sport to become popular. Today, it’s one of the most-watched sports in the world.

Its rise can be traced back to its roots in a gym class in Springfield, Massachusetts, making its way into high school and colleges before evolving into a professional sport it is today. Eventually, it made its way to the sport’s grandest events.

When did basketball start in the Olympics?

Basketball was introduced in the Olympic programme at the 1904 Games in St Louis as a demonstration event. Basketball was first contested as a medal event at the 1936 Olympics. Women’s basketball, meanwhile, made its debut at the Montreal 1976 Games.

3x3 basketball made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.

Who qualifies for Olympic basketball?

A total of 12 teams, each in the men’s and the women’s competition, qualify for the basketball event at the Olympic Games.

While seven teams can gain entry through the FIBA World Cup, four slots are determined through the FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament. The last remaining slot is reserved for the hosts.

Which country has won the most Olympic gold medals in basketball?

The United States of America is the most successful team in the history of Olympics basketball.

The USA Olympic men’s basketball team has won the gold medal a record 16 times, which includes an unbeaten streak from 1936 to 1968.

The USA women’s basketball team, meanwhile, has pocketed the gold medal on nine occasions. This includes an unbeaten run that’s still in place and dates back to Atlanta 1996.

USA dominates Olympic basketball

Having invented the sport in the late 1800s, it was no surprise that the USA dominated basketball once it was included as a medal event at the 1936 Olympics.

With the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) playing a key role in spreading the sport to various nations, as many as 21 teams competed for the top honours at the Berlin 1936 Games.

But none could stand in the USA’s way as they romped home to emphatic wins in each of their matches to take home the gold.

The coming years saw the Americans grow stronger as they retained the Olympic title in commanding fashion. With no losses throughout their campaigns, their wins in the gold medal matches were most startling.

The USA basketball team beat France 65-21 in the final of the 1948 Games. The Soviet Union, meanwhile, lost to the Americans in the following four editions -- 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 -- with the champions recording dominating wins to retain their crown.

This period also saw the rise of the Soviet Union as a force in the international basketball scene.

The Soviets had made their presence felt at the continental stage by winning the biennial European Basketball Championships 10 times from 1951 to 1971 and the FIBA World Championships in 1972.

And when the 1972 Munich Olympics came around, their sole focus was to capture the only title missing from their cabinet -- an Olympic gold in basketball.

USA gets a shock at Munich Olympics

Coming into the Munich Olympics, the Americans were once again favourites to retain their title. But a look at their build-up suggested otherwise.

They had lost out to the Soviets in the final of the 1970 World University Games and bowed out of the 1971 Pan American Games without a medal.

What really hurt them in this phase was the lack of international experience in the squad. With the Olympic competition being restricted to amateurs, the best hoopsters in America were kept out of the Olympic team -- as they turned pro by joining the NBA -- while the top collegiate talent made up the squad.

Though this worked for the USA in the previous editions, this time the Soviets had found a way to exploit the American limitation by listing their players as soldiers or workers, which allowed them to breach the amateur rules.

This meant while the USA had high school sophomore Doug Collins and the North Carolina State University rookie Tommy Burleson as their best players, the Soviets rode on the brilliance of experienced stars Sergei Belov, Modestas Paulauskas and Alexander Belov.

However, it wasn’t until the gold medal game that the lack of experience came to haunt the USA.

Having come into the gold medal match without losing a game, the final was expected to be a close contest. But the Soviets had a different plan.

The USA lost to the Soviet Union in the final of the 1972 Olympics in Munich.

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The Soviet Union basketball team controlled the proceedings with smart ball play, often using the length of the court to stretch the American defence to score points at will. The Soviets scored first and led by the healthy margin of 26-21 at the half.

“We particularly struggled against the Russians because they were adept at controlling the tempo,” Mike Bantom, a member of the ’72 team, now senior vice president for NBA player development, told the New York Times.

While the Americans mounted a comeback in the second period it wasn’t until the final six minutes that they had their opponents in trouble.

Trailing by eight points, the Americans put pressure and saw the Soviets stumble, helping them reduce the gap to just a point with six seconds left on the clock.

Down to the wire for the gold medal, Doug Collins - the pillar of his team - was not done yet as he made a fine open-court steal and drove towards the paint before being knocked down.

The foul meant the Americans were awarded two free throws to seal the match. While Collins sank them both to put his side ahead, the Soviets called for a time-out.

The game resumed with a second left, and when that went by, the United States players started celebrating. But the drama was not over yet.

Moments later, the FIBA president was seen on court asking for a redo of the final three seconds due to a refereeing error.

This time though, the Soviets ensured that they made the most of the opportunity as Alexander Belov pulled out a buzzer-beater to subject the USA to their first loss at the Olympic stage.

Though the Americans appealed against the final decision, it was turned down as the Soviet Union won their maiden basketball Olympic crown.

The Dream Team

The coming years also saw a number of countries making the most of the loopholes in the amateur player rule to field top talents at the Olympics.

However, this changed in 1992 after FIBA ruled to include professionals for the Barcelona Olympics.

This allowed the USA to select what was later dubbed as the greatest sports team ever assembled.

The team featured the likes of NBA superstars Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Patrick Ewing, Scottie Pippen and Karl Malone among others.

The Dream Team, coached by Chuck Daly, a two-time NBA champion, had a pre-competition camp in Monaco and then moved into a luxury hotel in Barcelona, where they stayed during the Games.

The Dream Team dominated the Olympic competition, sailing through to win the gold medal. They were the first team to score 100 points in every match at the Games, something that led to their head coach commenting: “It was like Elvis and the Beatles put together. ”

However, it’s the legacy that the team left behind that had a lasting impact on the popularity that basketball enjoys today.

Following Barcelona 1992, foreign recruits have been a major draw in the NBA with Yao Ming and Andrea Bargnani being the number one draft picks in (2002) and (2006) respectively. Meanwhile, Dirk Nowitzki and Giannis Antetokounmpo have won the NBA MVP award since.

Olympic basketball winners: Men's

Men's Olympic basketball: All medallists
Olympics	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Berlin 1936	USA	Canada	Mexico
London 1948	USA	France	Brazil
Helsinki 1952	USA	Soviet Union	Uruguay
Melbourne 1956	USA	Soviet Union	Uruguay
Rome 1960	USA	Soviet Union	Brazil
Tokyo 1964	USA	Soviet Union	Brazil
Mexico 1968	USA	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union
Munich 1972	Soviet Union	USA	Cuba
Montreal 1976	USA	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union
Moscow 1980	Yugoslavia	Italy	Soviet Union
Los Angeles 1984	USA	Spain	Yugoslavia
Seoul 1988	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	USA
Barcelona 1992	USA	Croatia	Lithuania
Atlanta 1996	USA	Yugoslavia	Lithuania
Sydney 2000	USA	France	Lithuania
Athens 2004	Argentina	Italy	USA
Beijing 2008	USA	Spain	Argentina
London 2012	USA	Spain	Russia
Rio 2016	USA	Serbia	Spain
Tokyo 2020	USA	France	Australia

Women’s basketball at the Olympics

While the men’s game has enjoyed a storied history under the Olympic banner, women’s basketball has a similarly rich vein of tales to tap into.

The USA is the most successful team in women's Olympic basketball with eight titles.

Making its debut at the 1976 Games in Montreal, women’s basketball has been a constant presence at the Olympics ever since.

The Soviet Union was the first to claim the Olympic title in the women’s category by beating the United States in the final at the 1976 Games. While the Soviets retained their crown at their home Games in 1980, the Americans took the gold medals in the following two Games.

In 1992, a Unified Team consisting of the former Soviet Republics beat China for the title.

The Americans, however, returned to regain their crown at Atlanta 1996 and have won the title at every edition since.

Olympic basketball winners: Women's

Women's Olympic basketball: All medallists
Olympics	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Montreal 1976	Soviet Union	USA	Bulgaria
Moscow 1980	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Yugoslavia
Los Angeles 1984	USA	South Korea	China
Seoul 1988	USA	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union
Barcelona 1992	Unified Team	China	USA
Atlanta 1996	USA	Brazil	Australia
Sydney 2000	USA	Australia	Brazil
Athens 2004	USA	Australia	Russia
Beijing 2008	USA	Australia	Russia
London 2012	USA	France	Australia
Rio 2016	USA	Spain	Serbia
Tokyo 2020	USA	Japan	France

Team USA Men's Basketball Loses First Olympics Game Since 2004.

American Fans Are Free to Freak Out

Stunning defeats to Nigeria and Australia in exhibition games before the Olympics are one thing. Those losses by Team USA men’s basketball team—featuring superstars like Kevin Durant and Damian Lillard and Jason Tatum—you could somewhat shrug off. But falling to France, 83-76, in the Tokyo Olympics opener?

American basketball fans are free to freak out.

Team USA men’s national basketball team on Sunday lost in the Olympics for the first time since the disastrous 2004 Games, when Puerto Rico crushed the Americans in the opening game; Lithuania also beat the U.S. in pool play. That team—for which current Team USA coach Gregg Popovich was assistant coach—finished in third place after losing to Argentina in the semifinals. The result led to a complete overhaul of the Olympics selection process—and a trio of gold medals in Beijing, London and Rio. The question tonight, which is fair: despite being the country that still produces the best basketball players in the world, has the American Olympic basketball team hit another low point?

Evan Fournier, who played for the Orlando Magic and Boston Celtics last season and is a free agent, led France with 28 points; hitting deep three-pointers and slithering to the hoop with ease. Team USA blew a 7-point lead with just over 3 minutes remaining. With France trailing 74-73 with under a minute left, Fournier sent a deep three from the right wing, to take a 76-74 lead; then Team USA couldn’t buy a bucket. Durant, Zach LaVine and Jrue Holiday all missed open three-pointers. France made their foul shots the rest of the way.

France’s Rudy Gobert, the reigning NBA defensive player of the year, clogged the middle and shuffled for some easy dunks. At the end of the third quarter, in which France outscored Team USA 25-11 to erase a half-time deficit, Thomas Heurtel hit a last second three pointer that gave a 62-56 advantage and seemed to demoralize the Americans. The U.S. fought back in the fourth, only to let another lead slip away.

In some ways, this loss isn’t surprising; France’s roster is chock-full of NBA players like Gobert and Fournier and Nicolas Batum, and they’ve played together for on the French national team for years. The players on France’s bench were up off all their feet all night cheering; the U. S. side felt sullen. All night, it was hard to discern an appreciable talent difference between the two teams. France more than belonged.

“I don’t understand the word surprised,” Popovich said after the game. “That sort of disses the French team so to speak, as if we were supposed to beat them by 30 or something. That’s a hell of a team. With a great coaching staff and NBA players and other talented players playing in Europe who’ve been together for a long time. I don’t know why that would be a surprise. I think that’s a little bit of hubris, as if you think the Americans are supposed to just roll out the ball and win.”

America’s preparations for Tokyo have been beset by problems. Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal, a scoring machine, tested positive for COVID-19 and couldn’t make it to Tokyo. Another player, LaVine, had been placed COVID-19 protocols in the tune-up for Tokyo. Kevin Love backed out. Team USA had to scramble for replacements; Keldon Johnson of the Spurs didn’t look like he belonged out there.

Three Team USA players—Holiday, Devin Booker and Khris Middleton—played fresh off a 14-hour flight to Japan after completing a six-game NBA Finals series. It’s difficult to just drop into a national team at the last second, across all those time zones, and expect players to magically gel. On Sunday the trio shot a combined 6-21 from the field.

“They need to work on their chemistry,” said France’s Moustapha Fall after the game.

There’s plenty of time for Team USA to course correct in pool play: with wins in upcoming games against Iran and the Czech Republic, the Americans will make the knockout round and get their shot at gold. And this loss was different than that night in Athens in 2004, when tiny Puerto Rico humiliated the Americans in a blowout, 92-73. Here, the Americans fought and lost a tight game to better team. But going into the opener Sunday night, Team USA had enjoyed a 25-game Olympic winning streak. That’s over. As is America’s overwhelming confidence that names like Durant, Lillard, and Tatum will just roll to Olympic gold.

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Write to Sean Gregory at [email protected].

Tokyo 2021 3x3 Basketball: Everything you need to know

The long-awaited 3x3 basketball debuted at the Tokyo Olympics. Therefore, we decided to tell a little about this young sport.

3x3 basketball made its debut at the Tokyo Olympics, which we have been waiting for so long. Therefore, we decided to tell a little about this young sport.

WE TALK ABOUT WHAT 3X3 BASKETBALL IS, HOW IT BEGINS AND WHY IT BECAME SO POPULAR

For many, streetball and 3x3 basketball are one and the same, but if you pay attention to the details, you can understand that this is not at all the case. Streetball was born in the poor neighborhoods of New York at the beginning of the 20th century. Then the guys just played for one ring, instead of which there were often plastic boxes, and 3x3 basketball is a similar story, but with completely different playing conditions. It's like comparing chess and checkers: it seems that the goal is the same and the field is similar, but these are completely different disciplines.

What is 3x3 basketball?

3x3 is one hoop basketball. Two teams, consisting of 4 people, play 3 on 3. At the same time, there are three on the court as part of one team, plus one substitute player. The number of substitutions is not limited. Since they are playing for one ring, in order to start their attack, the team that was in defense must take the ball over the three-point line.

Played with a size 6 ball that weighs the same as a standard size 7. You have 12 seconds to attack. Live ball rule - after a successful hit, there is no pause, the defending team immediately starts their attack, no pauses for a check. Personal fouls do not count, they go to the team standings.

The match is played for 10 minutes (overtime is possible) or up to 21 points (3 points - 2 points, 2 pieces - 1 point, free kick - 1 point). The dropped ball always goes to the side of the defending team. The coach cannot tell in the match, he just sits on the podium.

Who is involved?

For girls it is: Russia, Japan, Mongolia, China, USA, Romania, Italy, France.

Guys: Russia, China, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Latvia, Serbia, Japan.

Why is there no US in the men's grid?

This year there was a difficult team selection system with experimental additional criteria, so many strong teams failed to make it through the qualifiers. For example, powerful teams from the USA, Lithuania and Slovenia.

What is the composition of the Russian team?

The men's team represented Ilya Karpenkov, Kirill Pisklov, Stanislav Sharov, Alexander Zuev, and the women's team represented Yulia Kozik, Anastasia Logunova, Olga Frolkina and Evgenia Frolkina.

Who is the favorite?

Everything is complicated and unpredictable in the women's net. We certainly believe in our girls, and we also do not forget about the strong teams of the USA, Japan and France.

The situation is not easier for men: the legendary Serbs, the world champions from Riga, the daring Dutch, as well as the amazing Poles and Belgians. Our team is not a favorite, but it is also able to break into their number at the end of the group stage. Many expect that Latvia and Serbia will meet in the final, in the composition of which there will be people who have taken most of the significant trophies in recent years.

How is the tournament going?

We won't paint too much, so we'll just leave this photo here.

Who is the main star of the tournament?

Well, everything has been clear here for a long time. This is Dusan Bulut. We will not talk much about this Serb, but simply say that he is the official face of this sport and show his highlights.

3x3 games are held on a special high-quality surface, and this is stated in the competition regulations.

Now, thanks to the PlayStroy company, you have the opportunity to rent this official FIBA 3x3 "ENLIO" SES BATTLE surface for competitions and trainings in order to be as prepared for the conditions of the games as possible.

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Basketball 3x3 is not only a sport, but a great show. And in Russia they learned to carry it out at the highest level

The level of performance corresponds to the level of sports achievements of our basketball players. In recent years, the number of players participating in the World Tour and other top tournaments has increased significantly in the country. Our basketball players not only go to big tournaments, but also achieve great success there. Russian basketball players are current youth world champions. More and more international tournaments are being held in Russia. In general, it is absolutely natural that Russia is one of the leading countries in the world of 3x3 basketball.

Both Russian teams were selected for the Olympics according to the rating, which consists of the total rating of the top 100 athletes in the world ranking table. What is especially cool is that only 8 teams for men and women will perform at the Games. And we made it to the top eight without unnecessary additional qualifications.

Our teams will be represented by the following players.

Members of the Russian women's team: Yulia Kozik, Anastasia Logunova, Evgenia Frolkina, Olga Frolkina.

Members of the Russian men's team: Alexander Zuev, Ilya Karpenkov, Kirill Pisklov, Stanislav Sharov.

The 3x3 Olympic Basketball Tournament will begin the day after the opening of the Games (July 24) and will last five days. It is in it that the first two sets of medals in Tokyo among all team sports will be played. And the Russians have excellent chances to be among the victors of the Olympics.

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