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
Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bulgaria was represented by 72 athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The country has allocated one spot in the men's individual event. Daniel Pavlov qualified at the 2007 World Championships. Bulgaria had qualified two boxers for the Olympics: Boris Georgiev, light welterweight, European gold medalist in 2006 and Olympic bronze medalist from Athens 2004 and Kubrat Pulev, super heavyweight, bronze world medalist in 2005 and bronze European medalist in 2006 Bulgaria's men's team qualified as bronze medalists from the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup. The team won