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Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the fourth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. Fifteen nations, an unusually low number for the basketball tournament, competed in the event, with 174 participants. A total number of 56 games of basketball were played.

4th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Melbourne 1956
Tournament details
Olympics1956 Summer Olympics
Host nationAustralien
CityMelbourne
DurationNovember 22 – December 1
Men's tournament
Teams15
Medals
1 Gold medalists  Vereinigte Staaten
2 Silver medalists Soviet Union
3 Bronze medalists  Uruguay
Tournaments
← Helsinki 1952  Rome 1960 →

The teams were divided into four pools, with four teams in three of the pools and only three in the fourth. Every team played against each other team in its pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the quarterfinals, where again they were split into pools of four. Teams again played every other team in their pool, with the top two in each advancing to the semifinal and the bottom two entering a pool for 5th through 8th places. Eliminated teams also played in consolation matches with the same structure as the quarterfinals and finals, but for 9th through 15th places. The games were held at the Royal Exhibition Building.

Qualified Teams

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Outright qualifier, World Champion
Outright qualifier, World Runner-up
Outright qualifier, World Bronze medalists
Host nation
Teams Participating by Region
Americas Europa Asia Africa Oceania
  Vereinigte Staaten   Soviet Union   Philippinen No team participated   Australien
  Uruguay   Frankreich   Japan —
  Brasilien   Kanada   Südkorea
  Chile   Bulgarien   Singapur
— —   Republic of China
  Thailand
Number of Berths Allocated for the Tournament
Region Automatic From the
previous
World Cup 		Berth as
Host nation 		Total
Europa 4 K.A. K.A. 4
Americas 2 2 4
Asia 5 1 6
Africa No team participated 0
Oceania K.A. 1 1
TOTAL 11 3 1 15

Medalists

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Gold: Silver: Bronze:
  Vereinigte Staaten (USA)
Carl Cain
Bill Hougland
K.C. Jones
Bill Russell
James Walsh
William Evans
Burdette Haldorsson
Ronald Tomsic
Dick Boushka
Gilbert Ford
Robert Jeangerard
Charles Darling 		  Soviet Union (URS)
Valdis Muižnieks
Maigonis Valdmanis
Vladimir Torban
Stasys Stonkus
Kazys Petkevičius
Arkadi Bochkarev
Jānis Krūmiņš
Mikhail Semyonov
Algirdas Lauritenas
Yuri Ozerov
Viktor Zubkov
Mikhail Studenetsky 		  Uruguay (URU)
Carlos Blixen
Ramiro Cortes
Héctor Costa
Nelson Chelle
Nelson Demarco
Héctor García Otero
Carlos Gonzáles
Sergio Matto
Oscar Moglia
Raúl Mera
Ariel Olascoaga
Milton Scaron

Squads

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For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Vereinigte Staaten 3 3 0 320 122 +198 6 Quarterfinals
2   Philippinen 3 2 1 224 237 −13 5
3   Japan 3 1 2 171 225 −54 4 9th–15th classification round
4   Thailand 3 0 3 134 265 −131 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
23 November
13:30
Philippinen   94–55   Thailand
Scoring by half: 34–24, 60–31
23 November
Vereinigte Staaten   98–40   Japan
Scoring by half: 33–20, 65–20
24 November
Vereinigte Staaten   101–29   Thailand
Scoring by half: 54–12, 47–17
24 November
Japan   61–77   Philippinen
Scoring by half: 29–37, 32–40
26 November
Thailand   50–70   Japan
Scoring by half: 20–35, 30–35
26 November
Vereinigte Staaten   121–53   Philippinen
Scoring by half: 66–23, 55–30

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Frankreich 3 3 0 236 183 +53 6 Quarterfinals
2   Soviet Union 3 2 1 255 177 +78 5
3   Kanada 3 1 2 206 234 −28 4 9th–15th classification round
4   Singapur 3 0 3 154 257 −103 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Soviet Union   97–59   Kanada
Scoring by half: 46–20, 51–39
Singapur   54–81   Frankreich
Scoring by half: 22–44, 32–37
Soviet Union   67–76   Frankreich
Scoring by half: 18–24, 49–52
Kanada   85–58   Singapur
Scoring by half: 51–30, 34–28
Soviet Union   91–42   Singapur
Scoring by half: 40–21, 51–21
Frankreich   79–62   Kanada
Scoring by half: 43–35, 36–27

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Uruguay 3 3 0 238 187 +51 6 Quarterfinals
2   Bulgarien 3 2 1 242 199 +43 5
3   Formosa 3 1 2 216 249 −33 4 9th–15th classification round
4   Südkorea 3 0 3 194 255 −61 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
22 November
20:00
Südkorea   76–83   Formosa
Scoring by half: 28–42, 48–41
23 November
16:30
Uruguay   70–65   Bulgarien
Scoring by half: 38–35, 32–30
24 November
10:30
Uruguay   85–62   Formosa
Scoring by half: 39–36, 46–26
24 November
13:30
Bulgarien   89–58   Südkorea
Scoring by half: 47–33, 42–25
26 November
10:30
Formosa   71–88   Bulgarien
Scoring by half: 35–47, 36–41
26 November
16:30
Uruguay   83–60   Südkorea
Scoring by half: 35–25, 48–35

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Brasilien 2 2 0 167 125 +42 4 Quarterfinals
2   Chile 2 1 1 137 134 +3 3
3   Australien (H) 2 0 2 122 167 −45 2 9th–15th classification round
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Chile   59–78   Brasilien
Scoring by half: 34–39, 25–39
Brasilien   89–66   Australien
Scoring by half: 50–35, 39–31
Chile   78–56   Australien
Scoring by half: 37–27, 41–29

Classification 9–15

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Formosa 3 3 0 218 189 +29 6 9th–12th classification playoffs
2   Australien (H) 3 2 1 258 208 +50 5
3   Singapur 3 1 2 200 215 −15 4 13th–16th classification playoffs
4   Thailand 3 0 3 150 214 −64 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Singapur   64–67   Formosa
Scoring by half: 23–26, 41–41
Australien   87–48   Thailand
Scoring by half: 48–23, 39–25
Thailand   50–62   Singapur
Scoring by half: 26–29, 24–33
Australien   73–86   Formosa
Scoring by half: 40–39, 33–47
Formosa   65–52   Thailand
Scoring by half: 35–31, 30–21
Australien   98–74   Singapur
Scoring by half: 48–36, 50–38

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Kanada 2 2 0 147 123 +24 4 9th–12th classification playoffs
2   Japan 2 1 1 143 140 +3 3
3   Südkorea 2 0 2 130 157 −27 2 13th–16th classification playoffs
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Südkorea   63–74 (OT)   Kanada
Scoring by half: 31–32, 31–30 Overtime: 1–12
Japan   83–67   Südkorea
Scoring by half: 36–23, 47–44
Kanada   73–60   Japan
Scoring by half: 40–26, 33–34

Classification 13–15

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Classification Semifinals13th-place match
 
      
 
1 December
 
 
  Thailand47
 
1 December
 
  Südkorea61
 
  Südkorea79
 
 
  Singapur92
 
 
 
 
  • Thailand was named as the final placers of the games because of their loss to the Koreans.

Classification 9–12

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Classification SemifinalsNinth-place match
 
      
 
1 December
 
 
  Formosa61
 
1 December
 
  Japan82
 
  Japan60
 
1 December
 
  Kanada75
 
  Australien38
 
 
  Kanada83
 
Eleventh-place match
 
 
1 December
 
 
  Formosa87
 
 
  Australien70

Quarterfinals

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Advance to the semifinals
Relegated to the 5th-8th classification

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Frankreich 3 2 1 195 187 +8 5[a] Semifinals
2   Uruguay 3 2 1 221 209 +12 5[a]
3   Chile 3 1 2 221 220 +1 4[b] 5th–8th classification playoffs
4   Philippinen 3 1 2 204 225 −21 4[b]
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: France 1–0 Uruguay
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Chile 1–0 Philippines
Frankreich   71–60   Chile
Scoring by half: 37–23, 34–37
Uruguay   79–70 (OT)   Philippinen
Scoring by half: 42–39, 26–29 Overtime: 11–2
Uruguay   80–73   Chile
Scoring by half: 40–25, 40–48
Philippinen   65–58 (OT)   Frankreich
Scoring by half: 30–26, 25–29 Overtime: 10–3
Chile   88–69   Philippinen
Scoring by half: 42–32, 46–37
Uruguay   62–66   Frankreich
Scoring by half: 31–38, 31–28

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Vereinigte Staaten 3 3 0 283 150 +133 6 Semifinals
2   Soviet Union 3 2 1 208 209 −1 5
3   Bulgarien 3 1 2 182 224 −42 4 5th–8th classification playoffs
4   Brasilien 3 0 3 192 282 −90 3
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Bulgarien   44–85   Vereinigte Staaten
Scoring by half: 19–48, 25–37
Brasilien   68–87   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28–37, 40–50
Bulgarien   56–66   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 32–37, 24–29
Vereinigte Staaten   113–51   Brasilien
Scoring by half: 50–22, 63–29
Soviet Union   55–85   Vereinigte Staaten
Scoring by half: 32–39, 23–46
Bulgarien   82–73   Brasilien
Scoring by half: 38–36, 44–37

Classification 5–8

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Classification Semifinals5th-place game
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Chile 64
 
 
 
  Brasilien 89
 
  Brasilien 52
 
 
 
  Bulgarien 64
 
  Philippinen 70
 
 
  Bulgarien 80
 
7th-place game
 
 
 
 
 
  Chile 68
 
 
  Philippinen 75

Classification Semifinals

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30 November
15:00
Chile   64–89   Brasilien
Scoring by half: 33–55, 31–34
Pts: Ostoic 13 Pts: dos Santos 27
30 November
16:30
Philippinen   70–80   Bulgarien
Scoring by half: 43–50, 27–30
Pts: Badion 27 Pts: Radev 21

Seventh-place match

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1 December
Chile   68–75   Philippinen
Scoring by half: 38–33, 30–42

Fifth-place match

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1 December
Brasilien   52–64   Bulgarien
Scoring by half: 26–27, 26–37

Final round

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Semi-finalsGold-medal match
 
      
 
30 November
 
 
(A2)   Uruguay38
 
1 December
 
(B1)   Vereinigte Staaten101
 
(B1)   Vereinigte Staaten89
 
30 November
 
(B2)   Soviet Union55
 
(A1)   Frankreich49
 
 
(B2)   Soviet Union56
 
Bronze-medal match
 
 
1 December
 
 
(A2)   Uruguay71
 
 
(A1)   Frankreich62

Semifinals

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30 November
20:00
Frankreich   49–56   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 19–25, 30–31
Pts: Antoine 12 Pts: Krūmiņš 27
30 November
21:30
Uruguay   38–101   Vereinigte Staaten
Scoring by half: 10–51, 28–50
Pts: Mera, Blixen 8 each Pts: Tomsic 18

Bronze-medal match

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1 December
20:00
Frankreich   62–71   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 29–37, 32–34
Pts: Monclar 16 Pts: Moglia 25

Final

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1 December
21:30
Soviet Union   55–89   Vereinigte Staaten
Scoring by half: 27–56, 28–33
Pts: Semyonov 15 Pts: Jeangerard 16

Awards

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 1956 Olympic Basketball champions 
 
Vereinigte Staaten
Fourth title

Final rankings

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Pos Team Record
    Vereinigte Staaten 8−0
    Soviet Union 5−3
    Uruguay 6−2
4th   Frankreich 5−3
5th   Bulgarien 5−3
6th   Brasilien 3−4
7th   Philippinen 4−4
8th   Chile 2–5
9th   Kanada 5–2
10th   Japan 3–4
11th   Formosa 5−3
12th   Australien 2–5
13th   Singapur 2–5
14th   Südkorea 1–6
15th   Thailand 0–7

References

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