USA basketball at the Olympics

• A history of dominance Team USA basketball
• Team USA wins first hoops gold 1936 Berlin Olympics
• Americans cruise to second gold 1948 London Olympics
• Lovellete leads the U.S. 1952 Helinski Olympics
• Russell, Jones, U.S. rout Soviet for gold 1956 Melbourne Olympics
• The 'original' Dream Team 1960 Rome Olympics
• No star power, no problem 1964 Tokyo Olympics
• Spencer Haywood arrives 1968 Mexico City Olympics
• Americans robbed of gold 1972 Munich Olympics
• U.S. reclaims gold 1976 Montreal Olympics
• Boycott 1980 Moscow Olympics
• MJ leads U.S. to gold 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
• Soviets shock U.S. 1988 Seoul Olympics
• The Dream Team 1992 Barcelona Olympics
• New-look roster, same result 1996 Atlanta Olympics
• Carter over Weis 2000 Sydney Olympics
• Americans embarrassed 2004 Athens Olympics
• The Redeem Team 2008 Beijing Olympics
• Kobe, Coach K go out with gold 2012 London Olympics

No star power, no problem