Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball contests at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. The United States claimed the gold medals in both the Men's and Women's competitions. Basketball players that carried their flags at the opening ceremony were Yao Ming (for the People's Republic of China), Šarūnas Jasikevičius (for Lithuania), Dirk Nowitzki (for Germany), Andrei Kirilenko (for the Russian Federation), and Manu Ginóbili (for Argentina). Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events: An NOC may enter
Jamaica at the 1964 Summer Olympics Jamaica in 1964. Jamaica at the 1964 Summer Olympics Jamaica competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. This was the first time it competed as an independent nation since Jamaica became independent in 1962, whereas previously the country had been a British Crown Colony that in the previous Olympics was represented in a composite British West Indies team. 21 competitors, 17 men and 4 women, took part in 16 events in 4 sports. In this Olympics, they won no medals. This Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics are the only Olympics where Jamaica won no medals at all.