France were the only western European country in the final four, alongside Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and the eventual winners, the Soviet Union. Only one of the four exists in the same form today ...

1988, Seoul: Soviet Union (76–63 win over Yugoslavia); U.S. bronze 1984, Los Angeles: U.S. (96–65 win over Spain); Yugoslavia bronze 1980, Moscow: Yugoslavia (86–77 win over Italy); Soviet ...

The Soviet Union (2), Yugoslavia (1) and Argentina (1) are the only other countries to top the Olympic podium in men's basketball.

The Soviet Union is next with two gold medals, followed by former Yugoslavia and Argentina with one each. Team USA also has one silver medal and two bronze medals.

In 1960, 17 teams entered the competition but the finals were whittled down to just four teams: France, Yugoslavia, Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia.

YUGOSLAVIA: Rebuke from Khrushchev 2 minute read TIME April 28, 1958 12:00 AM GMT-4 ...

From 1925, when the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was declared a part of the Soviet Union, one photographer was able to ...

In Gotenica, Slovenia, the entry to the first of the former Yugoslavia's bunkers, built to shelter the country's Communist elite in the event of a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. Matjaž Krivic ...

The only Olympic Games in which Team USA did not medal in men's 5x5 basketball was in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, when the U.S. boycotted the Games over the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.