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Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from 9 to 24 August 2008 at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States 2 0 0 2
2 Australia Australia 0 1 0 1
Spain Spain 0 1 0 1
4 Argentina Argentina 0 0 1 1
Russia Russia 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men United States United States
Carmelo Anthony
Carlos Boozer
Chris Bosh
Kobe Bryant
Dwight Howard
Lebron James
Jason Kidd
Chris Paul
Tayshaun Prince
Michael Redd
Dwyane Wade
Deron Williams
Spain Spain
Jose Manuel Calderon
Rudy Fernandez
Jorge Garbajosa
Marc Gasol
Pau Gasol
Carlos Jimenez
Raul Lopez
Alex Mumbru
Juan Carlos Navarro
Felipe Reyes
Berni Rodriguez
Ricky Rubio
Argentina Argentina
Carlos Francisco Delfino
Emanuel David Ginobili
Roman Javier Gonzalez
Leonardo Martin Gutierrez
Guillermo Federico Kammerichs
Juan Pedro Gutierrez Llanas
Andres Marcelo Nocioni
Fabricio Raul Jesus Oberto
Antonio Alejandro Porta Pernigotti
Pablo Prigioni
Alfredo Paolo Quinteros
Luis Alberto Scola
Women United States United States
Seimone Augustus
Sue Bird
Tamika Catchings
Sylvia Fowles
Kara Lawson
Lisa Leslie
Delisha Milton-Jones
Candace Parker
Cappie Pondexter
Katie Smith
Diana Taurasi
Tina Thompson
Australia Australia
Suzy Batkovic
Tully Bevilaqua
Rohanee Cox
Hollie Grima
Kristi Harrower
Lauren Jackson
Erin Phillips
Emma Randall
Jenni Screen
Belinda Snell
Laura Summerton
Penny Taylor
Russia Russia
Svetlana Abrosimova
Rebekka Linn Hammon
Marina Karpunina
Ilona Korstin
Marina Kuzina
Ekaterina Lisina
Irina Osipova
Oxana Rakhmatulina
Tatiana Shchegoleva
Irina Sokolovskaya
Maria Stepanova
Natalia Vodopyanova

Statistics[]

  • There were 287 total athletes from 19 countries.
  • Ricky Rubio was the youngest participant with 17 years and 293 days.
  • Lisa Leslie was the oldest participant with 36 years and 33 days.
  • 5 participants were chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
  • The United States won 2 out of 2 gold medals.
  • Spain won its first medal in the sport since Los Angeles 1984.
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