:03 from Gold

:03 from Gold

Divided by the Cold War. Bound by controversy.

The 1972 Olympic men's basketball final, in which Team USA suffered their first ever loss in Games competition, was one of the most controversial events in the history of both the Olympics and basketball.

US

Made in US

9/10

2002

Documentary
HBO SportsHBO

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Cast

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

As Narrator (voice)

Bud Greenspan

Bud Greenspan

As Self

Jim McKay

Jim McKay

As Self

Frank Gifford

Frank Gifford

As Self

Robert Edelman

Robert Edelman

As Self

Evgeny Rubin

Evgeny Rubin

As Self

Bela Baram

Bela Baram

As Self

Alexander Gomelsky

Alexander Gomelsky

As Self

Ivan Edeshko

Ivan Edeshko

As Self

Bob Ryan

Bob Ryan

As Self

Sergei Baskin

Sergei Baskin

As Self

Alexander Belov

Alexander Belov

As Self

Aleksandr Boloshev

Aleksandr Boloshev

As Self

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

As Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

As Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev

As Self (archive footage)

Julius Erving

Julius Erving

As Self (archive footage)

Bill Russell

Bill Russell

As Self (archive footage)

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