1904, at the third Olympic Games held in St. Louis, USA, two American teams played basketball for the first time. 1936, at the 1 1 Berlin Olympic Games, the men's basketball team was finally listed as an official Olympic event. The women's basketball didn't become an official event until197621Montreal Olympic Games.
Looking back on the development of Olympic basketball, Bostankovic, former secretary general of FIBA, once said, "1936 should be a masterpiece in the history of basketball." Being able to board the Olympic Games is undoubtedly a milestone in the development of basketball.
At the 1 1 Berlin Olympic Games, * * 2 1 teams from North America, South America, Asia, Europe and Africa participated in the basketball competition, which became the largest team event in the Berlin Olympic Games at that time, showing the great charm of basketball.
Of course, the level of basketball competition in this Olympic Games is still not high. The final was played between the United States and Canada. The result of the two teams was 19∶8, and the United States won the first basketball game of the Olympic Games. Mr. Shu Hong, a famous basketball referee in China, served as the referee on the spot. Today, although there are only two team events for men and women in the Olympic basketball competition, each with three medals of gold, silver and bronze, all countries attach great importance to the Olympic basketball competition. It can be said that the Olympic basketball game has become the most important thing in the world basketball game today. The United States dominated the Olympic basketball events for half a century, during which it only lost controversially to the Soviet Union in 1972, boycotted the Moscow Olympic Games in 1980, and lost to the former Soviet Union in the semi-final of Seoul Olympic Games in 1988, and failed to win the gold medal. However, since 1992 released the restrictions on professional athletes, there is no suspense about the ownership of men's gold medals. What people consider is who will win the second place. America's "dream team" is really invincible. 1992 At the Barcelona Olympic Games, NBA stars participated for the first time and won the reputation of "dream team". By the end of that game, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, larry bird and their teammates all scored more than 40 points on average. Modern basketball was introduced to China in 1896. 19 13 North China Sports Federation listed it as an official event. 1 951may,1the national basketball match was held in Beijing. China is one of the most developed countries in the world.