2008 Summer Olympics basketball tournament

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Olympic basketball tournament international basketball competition

The 2008 Summer Olympics basketball tournament was the Olympic basketball competition held in Beijing, featuring top national teams from around the world competing for gold in both men's and women's events.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
2008 Summer Olympics basketball tournament canonical	3
2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball	2
2008 Summer Olympics basketball preliminaries	1
2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament	1
2008 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4130762 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: 2008 Summer Olympics basketball tournament
Context triple: [2012 Summer Olympics basketball tournament, previousEdition, 2008 Summer Olympics basketball tournament]

A. 2012 Summer Olympics basketball tournament
The 2012 Summer Olympics basketball tournament was the international basketball competition held in London featuring national teams from around the world competing for Olympic medals.
B. 2000 Summer Olympics men's basketball
The 2000 Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament was the Olympic basketball competition held in Sydney, Australia, featuring national teams from around the world competing for the gold medal.
C. basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the international tournament in Tokyo featuring men's and women's national teams, where the United States women’s team, including Brittney Griner, won the gold medal.
D. Olympic Games basketball tournament
The Olympic Games basketball tournament is an international basketball competition held every four years as part of the Summer Olympics, featuring national teams from around the world competing for Olympic medals.
E. 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game of the 2007–08 college basketball season, famously won by the Kansas Jayhawks after Mario Chalmers’ last-second three-pointer forced overtime against the Memphis Tigers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 2008 Summer Olympics basketball tournament
Target entity description: The 2008 Summer Olympics basketball tournament was the Olympic basketball competition held in Beijing, featuring top national teams from around the world competing for gold in both men's and women's events.

A. 2012 Summer Olympics basketball tournament
The 2012 Summer Olympics basketball tournament was the international basketball competition held in London featuring national teams from around the world competing for Olympic medals.
B. 2000 Summer Olympics men's basketball
The 2000 Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament was the Olympic basketball competition held in Sydney, Australia, featuring national teams from around the world competing for the gold medal.
C. basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the international tournament in Tokyo featuring men's and women's national teams, where the United States women’s team, including Brittney Griner, won the gold medal.
D. Olympic Games basketball tournament
The Olympic Games basketball tournament is an international basketball competition held every four years as part of the Summer Olympics, featuring national teams from around the world competing for Olympic medals.
E. 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game of the 2007–08 college basketball season, famously won by the Kansas Jayhawks after Mario Chalmers’ last-second three-pointer forced overtime against the Memphis Tigers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic basketball tournament ⓘ international basketball competition ⓘ
ballType	FIBA-approved basketball ⓘ
broadcastMedium	internet streaming ⓘ radio ⓘ television ⓘ
continent	worldwide ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
endDate	2008-08-24 ⓘ
format	group stage followed by knockout stage ⓘ
genderCategories	men ⓘ women ⓘ
governingBody	FIBA ⓘ International Olympic Committee ⓘ
groupStageStructure	two groups of six teams ⓘ
hostCity	Beijing ⓘ
hostNationAutomaticQualification	China ⓘ
includesEvent	men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ women's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
knockoutStage	bronze medal game ⓘ gold medal game ⓘ quarterfinals ⓘ semifinals ⓘ
level	senior national teams ⓘ
location	Beijing ⓘ
medalEvents	men's basketball bronze medal ⓘ men's basketball gold medal ⓘ men's basketball silver medal ⓘ women's basketball bronze medal ⓘ women's basketball gold medal ⓘ women's basketball silver medal ⓘ
nextEdition	2012 Summer Olympics basketball tournament ⓘ
numberOfTeams	12 men's teams ⓘ 12 women's teams ⓘ
officialLanguage	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ
organizedBy	Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games ⓘ
partOf	2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
previousEdition	2004 Summer Olympics basketball tournament ⓘ linked to: 2004 Summer Olympics men's basketball
qualificationBasis	FIBA Olympic qualifying tournaments ⓘ linked to: FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments FIBA World Championship results ⓘ FIBA continental championships ⓘ linked to: FIBA Continental Championships
ruleSet	FIBA rules ⓘ linked to: FIBA basketball rules (with Euroleague modifications)
sport	basketball ⓘ
startDate	2008-08-09 ⓘ
surface	indoor hardcourt ⓘ
timeZone	China Standard Time ⓘ
venue	Olympic Basketball Gymnasium ⓘ Wukesong Indoor Stadium ⓘ linked to: Wukesong Sports Centre

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