Men's 5x5 basketball at the Olympics has been an event long dominated by Team USA. The Americans have won 17 of the 21 Olympic gold medals in 5x5 basketball since the event made its debut at the ...

With the 2024 Summer Olympics beginning Friday, we look back at one of the most controversial moments in sports history: the 1972 basketball game between the United States and Russia.

Both teams head to the 2024 Olympics in ... gold medals with two (1972 and 1988). Yugoslavia (1980) and Argentina (2004) have also captured the gold in men’s basketball. The U.S. women’s ...

the United State holds the record for most gold medals in basketball at the Summer Olympics, with 16. Only three other teams have ever won the gold medal: the Soviet Union (in 1972 and 1988 ...

Team USA boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Olympic men's basketball gold ...

Members of the United States basketball teams ... the most in Olympic history. The Soviet Union is the only other country to win multiple gold medals with two (1972 and 1988).