When did basketball become a sport in the olympics?
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When did basketball become a demonstration event in the Olympics? When did basketball become a sport in the Summer Olympics? When did women's basketball become a sport in the Summer Olympics?
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1936
1976
Basketball at the Summer Olympics
When did basketball become a sport in the olympics?
Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics Basketball at the Summer Olympics Women's basketball List of Olympic medalists in basketball Basketball 3x3 basketball Basketball in Lithuania Basketball in the Philippines History of netball James Naismith
<b>Basketball</b> at the 1936 Summer <b>Olympics was</b> the first appearance of the <b>sport</b> of 
<b>basketball</b> as an official <b>Olympic</b> medal event. The tournament <b>was</b> played&nbsp;... <b>Basketball</b> at the Summer <b>Olympics</b> has been a <b>sport</b> for men consistently since 
1936. Prior to its inclusion as a medal <b>sport</b>, <b>basketball was</b> held as a 
demonstration ... On June 9, 2017, the Executive Board of the International 
<b>Olympic</b> Committee announced that 3x3 <b>basketball</b> would <b>become</b> an official 
<b>Olympic sport</b> as of&nbsp;... Women&#39;s <b>basketball was</b> developed in the late 1800s in tandem with its men&#39;s 
counterpart. ... However, similar attire <b>was</b> impractical for a more active <b>sport</b> like 
<b>basketball</b>, so the first trousers for women were worn. ... which added women&#39;s 
<b>basketball</b> as an official <b>sport</b> of the <b>Olympic</b> Games in 1976, the men debuted in 
1936&nbsp;... <b>Basketball</b> is a <b>sport</b> contested at the Summer <b>Olympic</b> Games. A men&#39;s 
<b>basketball</b> tournament <b>was</b> first held at the 1904 <b>Olympics</b> as a ... <b>Olympic</b> 
Committee announced that 3x3 <b>basketball</b> would <b>become</b> an official <b>Olympic</b> 
<b>sport</b> as of the&nbsp;... <b>Basketball</b> is a team <b>sport</b> in which two teams, most commonly of five players 
each, opposing ... By the 1950s, <b>basketball</b> had <b>become</b> a major college <b>sport</b>, 
thus paving the way for a growth of interest in professional <b>basketball</b>. In 1959, a 
... Men&#39;s <b>basketball was</b> first included at the Berlin 1936 Summer <b>Olympics</b>, 
although a&nbsp;... 3x3 <b>basketball</b> is a form of the game played three a side on one <b>basketball</b> hoop. 
According to an ESSEC Business School study commissioned by the 
International <b>Olympic</b> Committee, 3x3 is the largest urban team <b>sport</b> in ... Starting 
in the late 1980s, 3x3 game rules started to <b>become</b> standardized throughout the 
United&nbsp;... <b>Basketball</b> is the most popular <b>sport</b> in Lithuania. Lithuanian American <b>basketball</b> 
coaches and ... Despite the fact that women <b>were the</b> first <b>basketball</b> players in 
Lithuania, the first official game <b>was</b> played by men. ... Thus while <b>basketball</b> 
would <b>become</b> an <b>Olympic sport</b> at the 1936 Summer <b>Olympics</b> in Berlin, 
Lithuania&nbsp;... The Philippines&#39; dominance in <b>sport</b> waned after Carlos Loyzaga&#39;s retirement, 
and had performed poorly in the <b>Olympic</b> games where the national team <b>was</b>&nbsp;... The history of netball can be traced to the early development of <b>basketball</b>. A year 
after <b>basketball was</b> invented in 1891, the <b>sport was</b> modified for ... Netball has 
since <b>become</b> a &quot;core <b>sport</b>&quot; at the Commonwealth Games (for women only). ... as 
a demonstration <b>sport</b> at the 2012 Summer <b>Olympics</b> in London, which <b>was</b>&nbsp;... James Naismith (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) <b>was</b> a Canadian-
American physical ... Naismith lived to see <b>basketball</b> adopted as an <b>Olympic</b> 
demonstration <b>sport</b> in 1904 and as an official event at ... He then arrived at the 
University of Kansas, later <b>becoming</b> the Kansas Jayhawks&#39; athletic director and 
coach.
1936
Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics