basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the men's international basketball tournament held in Mexico City, featuring national teams competing for the Olympic title under FIBA rules.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic basketball tournament
men's basketball tournament
ageCategory senior
bronzeMedalist Soviet Union men's national basketball team NERFINISHED
champion United States men's national basketball team NERFINISHED
cityOfMainVenue Mexico City NERFINISHED
competitionFormat group stage and knockout stage
competitionScope international
continentOfHostCity North America NERFINISHED
country Mexico
defendingChampion United States men's national basketball team NERFINISHED
endDate 1968-10-25
fourthPlace Brazil men's national basketball team NERFINISHED
gender men
goldMedalist United States men's national basketball team NERFINISHED
governingBody FIBA NERFINISHED
International Olympic Committee NERFINISHED
hostCity Mexico City NERFINISHED
hostContinent North America NERFINISHED
hostedBy Organizing Committee of the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games NERFINISHED
hostNation Mexico NERFINISHED
level senior international
location Mexico City NERFINISHED
medalEvent yes
multiSportEvent yes
nextEdition basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
numberOfConfederations 5
numberOfGroupsInPreliminaryRound 2
numberOfParticipatingNations 16
numberOfTeams 16
organizedUnder Olympic basketball tournament format
partOf 1968 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
partOfSeries Olympic men's basketball tournaments NERFINISHED
previousEdition basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
rules FIBA rules
season 1968
silverMedalist Yugoslavia men's national basketball team NERFINISHED
sport basketball
sportDiscipline basketball
startDate 1968-10-13
surface indoor hard court
teamsPerGroupInPreliminaryRound 8
timeZoneOfEvent UTC−06:00
titleNumberForChampion 7
tournamentPhase classification round
final round
preliminary round
venue Palacio de los Deportes NERFINISHED

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