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Basketball has been played consistently at the ''' Summer Olympic Games ''' since 1936 , with a demonstration event in 1904 . The United States have won all the gold medals in the men's competition from 1936 - 2004 , with the exception of 1972 , 1988 ( Soviet Union ), 1980 ( Yugoslavia ) when they did not participate because of the boycott of the Olympic games, and in 2004 when Argentina won the gold medal. VENUES All venues were indoor stadiums except for the 1936 tournament which was held outdoors on tennis courts.
QUALIFYING Teams qualify according to the FIBA Zone they're affiliated with. The distribution of the different FIBA Zones as per follows, for the 2008 tournament: The wildcards qualify via another qualifying tournament where the best teams from the zones which did not qualify automatically a few weeks before the Olympics. MEN'S TOURNAMENTS Medal table Performance per federation
Participating nations Notes 1 as " China" from 1936-56 2 part of " Yugoslavia" from 1936-1988 3 part of " Soviet Union" from 1952-88 4 as " West Germany" from 1968-88 5 part of in 1992 6 now " Serbia", as " Yugoslavia" from 1996-2002, part of " Yugoslavia" from 1936-1988 WOMEN'S TOURNAMENTS Medal table . Performance per federation
Participating nations Notes 7 as " People's Republic of Congo" since 1996 REFERENCES |
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