Team USA basketball has dominated the competition at the Olympics. Basketball was first introduced at the Olympics at the 1904 Games in St. Louis, solely as a demonstration. More than three ...

The United States has the most medals in the Basketball game in Olympic history ... the USA team won 1 silver medal in 1972, and two bronze medals in 1988 and 2004 making it 19 medals.

The United States has dominated basketball at the Games since it became an official Olympic sport in 1936 ... to win multiple gold medals with two (1972 and 1988). Yugoslavia (1980) and Argentina ...

1976, Montreal: U.S. (95–74 win over Yugoslavia); Soviet Union bronze 1972, Munich: Soviet Union (51-50 win over U.S.); Cuba bronze The U.S. men's basketball team experienced its first Olympic ...