With the U.S. men's basketball team closing in on another medal, let’s take a look at just how dominant Team USA has been by looking at some Olympic basketball records.

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12. South Sudan. South Sudan will compete at the Olympics in men's basketball for the first time ever, after finishing as the highest-ranked African country (17th) at the FIBA World Cup in 2023.

The Olympic women’s 5x5 basketball event begins July 28 in Lille, France at Pierre Mauroy Stadium and concludes with the gold-medal and bronze-medal games Aug. 11 in Paris at Bercy Arena.

Overview of Olympic 3x3 Basketball. 3x3 basketball was featured at several youth Olympic games over the years, but it wasn't until 2021 when it made its debut at the Tokyo Olympics.

PARIS — Down by 11 in the fourth quarter, against what looked like overwhelming odds, the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team got a spark. Six points in two seconds.

Three-on-three basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics. For years, three-on-three basketball has been a popular format worldwide, but 2020 will be the first time it makes an appearance at the Olympics.

Taurasi will become the first basketball player to compete in six Olympics, and this will likely be the 42-year-old’s last hurrah on the Olympic stage. Olympics men’s basketball odds.

Olympic basketball overtime rules, explained Olympic basketball uses 10-minute quarters — two minutes shorter than the NBA. Its overtime length, however, is the same.