Sports History Alpha IndexIndex by SportHistory Bits ForumLinksSearch Olympic Basketball Table of Contents History Men's Medalists U.S. Gold Medal Men's Teams Women's Medalists U.S. Gold Medal Women's Teams Other Resources History U.S. teams demonstrated basketball at the Olympics in 1904, 1924, and 1928. When the game became an official Olympic sport in 1932, its inventor, James Naismith, was given the honor of tossing the opening jump ball for the first game. The Un ...

www.olympic.org Français Olympic Games Sports Athletes News Passion Organisation olympic news © IOC/RRH8 June 2006 Vancouver 2010: learning from the past, progressing confidently forward After two days of meetings and visits by the IOC Coordination Commission, under the Chairmanship of IOC member René Fasel, the Commission has successfully completed its 3rd visit to the Organising Committee for the Vancouver... [Full story] 12th Olympic Collectors World Fair12th Olympic Colle ...

www.olympic.org Français Olympic Games Sports Athletes News Passion Organisation olympic news © IOC/RRH8 June 2006 Vancouver 2010: learning from the past, progressing confidently forward After two days of meetings and visits by the IOC Coordination Commission, under the Chairmanship of IOC member René Fasel, the Commission has successfully completed its 3rd visit to the Organising Committee for the Vancouver... [Full story] 12th Olympic Collectors World Fair12th Olympic Colle ...