Basketball shoes, Kobe Bryant of the 2012 Men's Olympic Basketball Team
date: label: date made
content: 2012
name: label: maker
content: Nike, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pair of white Nike basketball shoes with a red string design on the sides, a blue Nike swoosh and blue and red shoe laces. This is an alternate pair of shoes to be worn by Kobe Bryant during the 2012 Olympic Games. The men's basketball team won gold during the 2012 London Summer Olympic games.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad were held in London, England with 204 countries, 5,992 men and 4,776 women athletes participating. With the inclusion of women’s boxing, these Games became the first with female competitors in every sport and the first at which each country entered, had a female representative. Women’s boxing debuted and mixed doubles in tennis was held for the first time since the 1924 Games. American Michael Phelps won his 22nd medal making him the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. Every athlete to win a medal at these Games was drug tested and as of 2017, 31 medals had been rescinded due to doping. The United States won the medal count with 104.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: name of sport
content: Basketball
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: London, 2012
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0242.06
label: accession number
content: 2012.0242
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0242.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoes, summer olympics
label: Object Name
content: basketball shoes
label: Object Name
content: basketball shoes, summer olympics
label: Object Name
content: shoes, basketball
label: Object Name
content: basketball shoes, olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 6 in x 5 in; 35.56 cm x 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm