Basketball

For 36 years after Basketball entered the Games as a full medal sport at Berlin 1936.
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Women’s Basketball was first held at the Games in Montreal 1976.

How to play At the Olympic Games, Basketball is played on an indoor court with two teams of five players on the court at once. The aim is to score points by shooting the ball into your basket, which sits on a backboard 3.05 metres above floor level. The players move the ball around the court by bouncing it along the floor and throwing it to one another. Games consist of four 10-minute quarters with teams changing ends at half-time. || include component="backlinks" page="Basketball" limit="10"