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Has an Olympic Basketball (Men) game ever ended 98-40?

Exactly once. On November 23, 1956, United States beat Japan 98-40, and no Olympic Basketball (Men) game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 98-40 in league history.

Where 98-40 sits among nearby Olympic Basketball (Men) scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 98-40 the 126th most common final score out of 698 that have ever occurred in Olympic Basketball (Men). One point away, 99-40 has happened never and 98-41 has happened never.

Every 98-40 in Olympic Basketball (Men) history

DateResultSeason
1956-11-23United States over Japan1956

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