History of basketball at the Olympics

NZ Newswire - July 5, 2012, 11:30 am

History of basketball at the Olympics:

Men's basketball became part of the Olympics in 1936.

Women's basketball became an Olympic sport in 1976.

The United States have dominated the sport, winning 13 of the 17 men's gold medals and six of the past seven women's gold medals.

Professional basketballers from the world's premier competition, the NBA, were allowed to take part in the 1992 Games for the first time.

That year, the United States "Dream Team" won gold with a star-studded line-up including Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.

New Zealand has never won a medal in basketball. The Tall Blacks have appeared twice with their best finish 10th in 2004, while the Tall Ferns' best result from three appearances was eighth in Athens - both teams have not qualified for London.

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    Shaun09:17pm Saturday 07th July 2012 ESTReport Abuse

    history of basketball at olympics?? man what a sad story is that all you know? sad and shot, man this years USAolympic team with the exception of rose, howard, bosh, wade are going to be hard to topple their offence is a huge threat. kevin durant forward / guard - chris paul guard - lebron james forward - kobe bryant guard - tyson chandler center - deron williams. guard/ forward Are my starters

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    Masao01:05pm Friday 06th July 2012 ESTReport Abuse

    Basketballers? What the hell? Who writes this stuff?... Maybe that's why NZ is losing on the qualifiers. NZ basketball is so outdated, slow, and lacks modern coaching.

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