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The
Juan Escutia Sports Palace hosted the basketball events for the
1968 Summer Olympics in
Mexico City .
The Forum in
Inglewood, California , hosted the basketball tournament for the
1984 Summer Olympics held in neighboring
Los Angeles .
For the
Summer Olympics , there are 29
venues that have been or will be used for
basketball . The first official venue was outdoors under the auspices of the
International Basketball Federation although the game was played indoors.
[1] Being played on tennis courts of clay, the final was held in a heavy rain which turned the courts into mud.
[2] Since those games, the basketball games have been played indoors.
Games
Venue
Other sports hosted at venues for those games
Capacity
Ref.
1936 Berlin
Tennis Courts
Fencing (épée)
832.
[3]
Tennis Stadium (final)
None
Not listed.
[3]
1948 London
Harringay Arena
Wrestling
Not listed.
[4]
1952 Helsinki
Messuhalli (final)
Boxing ,
gymnastics ,
weightlifting ,
wrestling
5,500
[5]
Tennis Palace
None
1,250
[6]
1956 Melbourne
West Melbourne Stadium
Boxing ,
gymnastics
7,000
[7]
Royal Exhibition Building (final)
Modern pentathlon (fencing),
weightlifting ,
wrestling
3,500
[8]
1960 Rome
Palazzo dello Sport (final)
Boxing
15,000
[9]
Palazzetto dello sport
Weightlifting
Not listed.
[10]
1964 Tokyo
National Gymnasium
Diving ,
modern pentathlon (swimming),
swimming
4,000 (basketball) 11,300 (diving, swimming)
[11]
[12]
1968 Mexico City
Juan Escutia Sports Palace
Volleyball
22,370
[13]
1972 Munich
Basketballhalle
Judo
6,635
[14]
1976 Montreal
Centre Étienne Desmarteau
None
2,200
[15]
Montreal Forum (final)
Boxing (final),
gymnastics ,
handball (final),
volleyball (final)
18,000
[16]
1980 Moscow
CSKA Palace of Sports
None
5,500
[17]
Indoor Stadium (final)
Boxing
16,500
[18]
1984 Los Angeles
The Forum
None
17,505
[19]
1988 Seoul
Jamsil Gymnasium
Volleyball (final)
12,751
[20]
[21]
1992 Barcelona
Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona
None
12,500
[22]
1996 Atlanta
Georgia Dome (final)
Gymnastics (artistic),
handball (men's final)
34,500 (each side)
[23]
[24]
Morehouse College Gymnasium
None
6,500
[25]
[26]
2000 Sydney
Sydney SuperDome (final)
Gymnastics (artistic, trampolining)
21,000
[27]
The Dome and Exhibition Complex
Badminton ,
gymnastics (rhythmic),
modern pentathlon (fencing, shooting),
volleyball (indoor)
10,000
[28]
2004 Athens
Helliniko Indoor Arena
Handball (final)
15,000
[29]
Olympic Indoor Hall (final)
Gymnastics (artistic, trampolining)
19,250
[30]
2008 Beijing
Wukesong Indoor Stadium
None
18,000
[31]
2012 London
Basketball Arena
Handball (medal round)
12,000
[32]
The O2 Arena
[33] (final)
Gymnastics (artistic, trampolining)
20,000
[34]
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Carioca Arena 1
None
16,000
[35]
Youth Arena (women's group stage)
Modern pentathlon (fencing)
5,000
[36]
2020 Tokyo
Saitama Super Arena
None
21,000
[37]
Aomi Urban Sports Park (3x3)
Sport climbing
7,100
2024 Paris
Accor Arena (final)
Gymnastics (artistic, trampolining)
15,000
Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Handball (finals)
26,000
Place de la Concorde (3x3)
Breaking ,
cycling (BMX freestyle) ,
skateboarding
Not listed.
2028 Los Angeles
Crypto.com Arena
None
19,000
Intuit Dome
None
18,000
Los Angeles Convention Center (women's group stage)
Fencing ,
taekwondo ,
table tennis
8,000
Santa Monica State Beach or
Venice Beach (3x3)
Beach volleyball ,
skateboarding ,
surfing
Not listed.
2032 Brisbane
Brisbane Indoor Sports Centre (final)
None
12,000
Sunshine Coast Indoor Sports Centre
None
6,000
South Bank Piazza (3x3)
None
4,500
References
^
1936 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2007-07-09 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 2. p. 1074.
^ Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Basketball: Men". In The Completed Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition . London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 400.
^
a
b
1936 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 162-3. Accessed 17 October 2010.
^
1948 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2011-07-16 at the
Wayback Machine pp. 42, 50. Accessed 19 October 2010.
^
1952 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-04-11 at the
Wayback Machine p. 51. Accessed 21 October 2010.
^
1952 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-04-11 at the
Wayback Machine p. 57. Accessed 21 October 2010.
^
1956 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-09-12 at the
Wayback Machine p. 42. Accessed 25 October 2010.
^
1956 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-09-12 at the
Wayback Machine p. 43. Accessed 25 October 2010.
^
1960 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-10-31 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 1. pp. 68, 70, 72. Accessed 28 October 2010.
^
1960 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-10-31 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 1. pp. 60, 62. Accessed 28 October 2010.
^
1964 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2010-07-07 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. p. 115. Accessed 31 October 2010.
^
1964 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2010-07-07 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 121-4. Accessed 31 October 2010.
^
1968 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-11-18 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 2. Part 1. p. 72. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English and French)
^
1972 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-11-18 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 201-2. Accessed 8 November 2010.
^
1976 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2010-05-06 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 124-9. Accessed 14 November 2010.
^
1976 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2010-05-06 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 138-43. Accessed 14 November 2010.
^
1980 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-11-18 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 82-5. Accessed 18 November 2010.
^
1980 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-11-18 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 67-71. Accessed 18 November 2010.
^
1984 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2010-11-02 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 102-4. Accessed 24 November 2010.
^
1988 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-11-18 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. p. 164. Accessed 1 December 2010.
^
1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 2. p. 335. Accessed 2 December 2010.
^
1992 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-05-28 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 276-9. Accessed 6 December 2010.
^
1996 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-05-28 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 1. p. 540. Accessed 9 December 2010.
^
1996 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2007-09-27 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 3. pp. 451, 456. Accessed 9 December 2010.
^
1996 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-05-28 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 1. p. 542. Accessed 9 December 2010.
^
1996 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2007-09-27 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 3. p. 451. Accessed 9 December 2010.
^
2000 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2000-11-09 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 1. p. 390. Accessed 16 December 2010.
^
2000 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2000-11-09 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 1. p. 391. Accessed 16 December 2010.
^
2004 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-08-19 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 273, 349. Accessed 24 December 2010.
^
2004 Summer Olympics official report.
Archived 2008-08-19 at the
Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 273, 329, 346. Accessed 22 December 2010.
^
"Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium" . Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from
the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2008-08-10 .
^
London2012.com profile of the Basketball Arena.
Archived 2011-01-01 at the
Wayback Machine Accessed 30 December 2010.
^ Because of the
IOC's rules disallowing corporate sponsorship on venue names, The O2 Arena was renamed North Greenwich Arena during the games.
^
London2012.com profile of the North Greenwich Arena.
Archived 2011-01-01 at the
Wayback Machine Accessed 30 December 2010.
^ "OTC - Hall 1",
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Candidate File (PDF) , vol. 2, (BOC), February 16, 2009, pp. 38–39, archived from
the original (PDF) on May 23, 2013, retrieved December 2, 2009 .
^
Rio2016.com profile of the Youth Arena.
Archived 2016-07-05 at the
Wayback Machine Accessed 4 July 2016.
^
"Tokyo 2020 set to save $1 billion as venues moved" . Insidethegames.biz. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015 .
Tournaments
Qualifications
Squads
Tournaments
Qualifications