The Soviet Union (2), Yugoslavia (1) and Argentina (1) are the only other countries to top the Olympic podium in men's basketball. The U.S. women also have the most gold medals, winning the ...

SYDNEY, Oct. 1 -- Hard-hitting Yugoslavia swept past Russia in straight sets Sunday in the men's volleyball final to claim its first Olympic gold medal in the event. Yugoslavia, the masters of ...

The Soviet Union (2), Yugoslavia (1) and Argentina (1) are the only other countries to top the Olympic podium in men's basketball. The U.S. women also have the most gold medals, winning the ...

Fittingly, the Olympics that year were in Paris just like the 2024 Summer Games. ... Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and East Germany each won an Olympic Gold Medal in men’s soccer.

They beat Canada 19-8 in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and beat Nigeria 156-73 at the 2012 Olympics in London. Men's 5x5 Olympic basketball will tip off Saturday, July 27 with Australia against Spain.

This marks the fifth time Serbia has participated in men’s basketball in the Summer Olympics. Under the name FR Yugoslavia, the team reached the gold-medal game in 1996 before losing to the ...

War-scarred Sarajevo is looking back to happier times from February 1984 as it celebrates the 40th anniversary of staging a successful Winter Olympics Stay up to date with notifications from The ...

The 1984 Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, from February 8 to 19. The medal podium at the ski jump venue. Ioanna Sakellaraki / Barcroft Im / Barcroft Media via Getty Images ...

The win was the closest the U.S. has ever won an Olympic gold medal since the 1988 Games when they beat Yugoslavia by seven points. The only other team to keep the U.S. at single digits in a gold ...

Here's every Olympic gold medalist since men's basketball debuted as a medal event at the Games in 1936: 2020, Tokyo: U.S. (87–82 win over France in final); Australia bronze 2016, Rio: U.S. (96 ...