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Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the first appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. The tournament was played between 7 August and 14 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. 23 nations entered the competition, making basketball the largest tournament of the team sports, but Hungary and Spain withdrew, meaning 21 competed.
Michael Carruth is a southpaw Irish Olympic boxer from Dublin. He is best known for winning the welterweight gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He turned professional in 1994 and retired in 2000.
Mongolia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 39 competitors, 37 men and 2 women, took part in 39 events in 7 sports.
Puerto Rico competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 53 competitors, all men, took part in 37 events in 10 sports.
Mongolia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 43 competitors, 39 men and 4 women, took part in 41 events in 8 sports.
Germany competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The Germans were the third most successful nation in terms of both gold medals and total medals (13). Gymnastics was the sport in which Germany excelled. The German team had 19 athletes. The Germans had 75 entries in 26 events, taking 13 medals.
Venezuela competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Seventeen competitors, fifteen men and two women, took part in fifteen events in seven sports.
Sierra Leone competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.
Andrew Maynard is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2000. As an amateur boxer, he won the gold medal in the Light Heavyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
György Mizsei is a former professional Hungarian boxer, who won a bronze medal in the light middleweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Maselino Francis Masoe Fao is a retired Samoan boxer who represented American Samoa at three Olympics starting with the 1988 Summer Olympics. As a professional, Masoe made history becoming the first Samoan boxer to win a major world title, defeating Kenyan born Evans Ashira on May 1, 2004 for the regular WBA world middleweight crown via second round Technical Knockout. He is the brother of rugby player Chris Masoe. Another brother, Mika, also represented American Samoa in boxing at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics.
Ku Yong-jo was a boxer from North Korea, who won the gold medal in the bantamweight (–54 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the final, he defeated American boxer Charles Mooney. In 1980, he competed in the featherweight division and, after receiving a first-round bye, lost his first bout to Krzysztof Kosedowski of Poland.
The Central African Republic competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. This marked the third appearance of the nation at a Summer Olympics. The country entered 15 competitors, the highest number of Central Africans appearing at any Games so far; with the basketball team comprising 12 of them. In addition to the boxers Fidèle Mohinga and Moussa Wiawindi, there was marathon runner Adolphe Ambowodé, who had previously competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. No medals were won by any of those athletes.
Zaire competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. It had been 16 years since the previous time that the nation was represented at the Olympic Games as Congo-Kinshasa.
Seychelles competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.
Jon Holst-Christensen is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.
Hiroshi Nagashima is a retired boxer from Japan, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Djibouti competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's seventh appearance at the Olympics.
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 21 September to 2 October 1988. 26 boxers from 26 nations competed. Andrew Maynard won the gold medal.
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 29 July to 9 August 1992. 26 boxers from 26 nations competed.
