Finding Out About the Olympic 3-Pointer Record
Okay, so the other day, I got curious about basketball records, specifically the Olympics. You know how sometimes a random question just pops into your head? This time it was about three-pointers. Who actually holds the record in an Olympic game?
My first step was pretty straightforward. I just grabbed my tablet and typed something like “most 3 pointers olympic game” into the search bar. Simple enough, right?
Well, the first bunch of results were a bit messy. It threw up NBA stats, all-time Olympic career totals, team records – a whole mix. I wasn’t looking for career totals, just the most threes sunk by one player in a single Olympic match.
Refining the Search
So, I had to narrow it down. I tried searching again, this time being more specific. I think I used “olympic single game 3 point record player”. That seemed to filter things better.
Then I started clicking through some of the sports sites and articles that popped up. I had to sift through a bit, you know, reading snippets here and there.
The Findings
It took a few minutes, but I finally pinned down the generally accepted records:
- For the men, the name that kept coming up was Carmelo Anthony. Playing for Team USA back in the 2012 London Olympics, he apparently hit 10 three-pointers in a game against Nigeria. That’s quite a performance.
- Then I thought, what about the women’s record? So I did a quick follow-up search for that. It seems Sue Bird, also for Team USA in the same 2012 London Olympics, holds that one. She nailed 8 three-pointers against Canada.
I double-checked this across a couple of different sports news outlets just to be sure the numbers lined up. Seemed consistent enough for me.
So yeah, that was my little journey into finding the Olympic single-game 3-point records. Started with a simple question, did some digging online, filtered through the noise, and got the answers. Pretty interesting stuff, especially seeing both records were set in the same Olympics year.
