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Official Basketball results from the Berlin 1936 Olympics. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments.
- Berlin 1936 basketball men Results - Olympic basketball
Find out who took home gold, silver and bronze in 1936....
- Berlin 1936 basketball men Results - Olympic basketball
Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the first appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event.The tournament was played between 7 August and 14 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany.23 nations entered the competition, making basketball the largest tournament of the team sports, but Hungary and Spain withdrew, meaning 21 ...
Find out who took home gold, silver and bronze in 1936. Official results of the basketball basketball men event at the Berlin Summer Olympics.
Relive scenes from the men's basketball competitions at Berlin 1936 that would culminate in a gold medal for the Americans. Official Olympic Video of Berlin 1936 Basketball.
All the results from the games played in the basketball tournament of the 1936 Olympics with stages, dates, scores, boxscores and more.
Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Dates. 7 – 14 August 1936. Medal Events. 1. A small exhibition of basketball was held in 1904 during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, but it is not usually considered an Olympic event. Basketball made its true Olympic début in 1936 at Berlin, with the inventor of the game, James Naismith, present to ...
The 1936 Olympic basketball event was played outdoors on a sand court, and unfortunately, the final was played underneath a heavy rain, which turned the court into a quagmire and markedly limited scoring. The United States defeated Canada, 19-8, to win the first Olympic basketball gold medal.
