1952 Summer Olympics / basketball

Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Helsinki
Competition venue	Messuhalli , tennis palatsi
Teams	23
Nations	23
Athletes	294 (294 )
date	July 14th to August 2nd, 1952
decisions	1
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A basketball competition was held at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

Qualifying round

Group A

Team 1	Team 2	result
Cuba	Belgium	59:51
Bulgaria	Switzerland	69:58
Bulgaria	Cuba	62:58
Belgium	Switzerland	59:49
Cuba	Belgium	71: 63 *

* Decision game

Bulgaria and Cuba qualified for the main round

Group B

Team 1	Team 2	result
Hungary	Greece	75:38
Philippines	Israel	57:47
Philippines	Hungary	48:35
Greece	Israel	54:52
Hungary	Greece	47: 44 *

* Decision game

Philippines and Hungary qualified for the main round

Group C

Team 1	Team 2	result
Canada	Italy	68:57
Egypt	Turkey	64:45
Canada	Romania	72:51
Italy	Turkey	49:37
Italy	Romania	53:39
Canada	Egypt	63:57
Egypt	Italy	66:62

Canada and Egypt qualified for the main round

Main round

The first two in the group qualified for the quarter-finals.

Group 1

Team 1	Team 2	result
United States	Hungary	66:48
Uruguay	Czechoslovakia	53:51
Uruguay	Hungary	70:56
United States	Czechoslovakia	72:47
Czechoslovakia	Hungary	63:39
United States	Uruguay	57:44

space	team	Victories	Ndlg.	baskets	Diff.
1.	United States	3	0	195: 139	+56
2.	Uruguay	2	1	167: 164	+3
3.	Czechoslovakia	1	2	161: 164	−3
4th	Hungary	0	3	143: 199	−56

Group 2

Team 1	Team 2	result
Soviet Union	Bulgaria	74:46
Mexico	Finland	66:48
Bulgaria	Mexico	52:44
Soviet Union	Finland	72:47
Bulgaria	Finland	65:64
Soviet Union	Mexico	71:62

space	team	Victories	Ndlg.	baskets	Diff.
1.	Soviet Union	3	0	192: 143	+49
2.	Bulgaria	2	1	163: 182	−19
3.	Mexico	1	2	172: 171	+1
4th	Finland	0	3	147: 178	−31

Group 3

Scene from the game between
Argentina and the Philippines

Team 1	Team 2	result
Argentina	Philippines	85:59
Brazil	Canada	57:55
Brazil	Philippines	71:52
Argentina	Canada	82:81
Philippines	Canada	81:65
Argentina	Brazil	72:56

space	team	Victories	Ndlg.	baskets	Diff.
1.	Argentina	3	0	239: 196	+43
2.	Brazil	2	1	184: 179	+5
3.	Philippines	1	2	192: 221	−29
4th	Canada	0	3	201: 220	−19

Group 4

Team 1	Team 2	result
France	Egypt	92:64
Chile	Cuba	53:52
Chile	Egypt	74:46
France	Cuba	58:42
France	Chile	52:43
Egypt	Cuba	66:55

space	team	Victories	Ndlg.	baskets	Diff.
1.	France	3	0	202: 149	+53
2.	Chile	2	1	170: 150	+20
3.	Egypt	1	2	176: 221	−45
4th	Cuba	0	3	149: 177	−28

Quarter finals

The two group winners qualified for the semi-finals, the group third and fourth qualified for the placement games in 5th to 8th place.

Group A

Team 1	Team 2	result
Argentina	Bulgaria	100: 56
France	Uruguay	68:66
Uruguay	Bulgaria	62:54
Argentina	France	61:52
Bulgaria	France	67:58
Uruguay	Argentina	66:65

space	team	Victories	Ndlg.	baskets	Diff.
1.	Uruguay	2	1	194: 187	+7
2.	Argentina	2	1	226: 174	+52
3.	Bulgaria	1	2	177: 220	−43
4th	France	1	2	178: 194	−16

Group B

Scene from the game between
Chile and Brazil

Team 1	Team 2	result
United States	Soviet Union	86:58
Brazil	Chile	75:44
United States	Chile	103: 55
Soviet Union	Brazil	54:49
United States	Brazil	57:53
Soviet Union	Chile	78:60

space	team	Victories	Ndlg.	baskets	Diff.
1.	United States	3	0	246: 166	+80
2.	Soviet Union	2	1	190: 195	−5
3.	Brazil	1	2	177: 155	+22
4th	Chile	0	3	159: 256	−97

Semifinals

Play for 5th to 8th place

Team 1	Team 2	result
Chile	Bulgaria	60:53
France	Brazil	44:59

Medal round

Team 1	Team 2	result
Soviet Union	Uruguay	61:57
Argentina	United States	76:85

Finals

Scene from the game for 1st place, USA versus the Soviet Union

game	Team 1	Team 2	result
for 7th place	Bulgaria	France	58:44
for 5th place	Brazil	Chile	49:58
for 3rd place	Uruguay	Argentina	68:59
for 1st place	Soviet Union	United States	25:36

Final score

space	nation	Athletes
	United States	Charles Hoag, Bill Hougland , Dean Kelley, Clyde Lovellette , Robert Kenney, Marcus Freiberger, Frank McCabe, Daniel Pippin, Victor Wayne Glasgow, Ronald Bontemps, Bob Kurland , Howard Williams, John Keller, William Lienhard
	Soviet Union	Viktor Vlasov, Stepas Butautas , Joann Lõssov , Anatoli Konew, Kazis Petciavicius, Nodar Dshordshikija, Justinas Lagunavicius, Otar Korkija, Ilmar Kullam , Juri Oserow, Alexander Moissejew , Heino Kruus , Stassis Stonkus, Maigonis Valdmanis
	Uruguay	Martin Acosta y Lara, Enrique Balino, Victorio Cieslinskas, Héctor Costa, Nelson Demarco, Héctor Garcia Otero, Sergio Matto, Roberto Lovera, Adesio Lombardo , Tabaré Larre Borges, Wilfredo Pelaez, Carlos Rosselló
4th	Argentina	Leopoldo Contarbio, Hugo del Vecchio, Oscar Furlong, Juan Gazsó, Ricardo González, Rafael Lledó, Alberto López, Rubén Menini, Omar Monza, Rubén Pagliari, Raúl Pérez Varela, Ignacio Poletti, Juan Uder and Roberto Viau
5	Chile	Pedro Araya Zabala, Rufino Bernedo, Eduardo Cordero Fernández, Hugo Fernández Diez, Ezequiel Figueroa Reyes, Juan José Gallo Chinchilla, Víctor Mahana Badrie, Eric Mahn Godoy, Juan Ostoic Ostoic, Hermán Raffo Abarca, Hermán Ramos Muñoz, and Orlando Salvadores
6th	Brazil	Angelim, Bráz, Raymundo Carvalho dos Santos, Mário Jorge da Fonseca Hermes, Almir Nelson de Almeida, Algodão, Ruy de Freitas, Mayr Facci, Tião, Godinho, Thales Monteiro, Alfredo da Motta and Zé Luiz
7th	Bulgaria	Petar Chichkov, Hristo Donev, Ilja Georgiev, Konstantin Georgiev, Genczo Hristov, Anton Kuzov, Vasil Manchenko, Nejczo Neichev, Ivan Nikolov, Georgi Panov, Veselin Penkov, Kiril Semov, Vladimir Slavov and Konstantin Totev
8th	France	André Buffière, André Chavet, René Chocat, Robert Crost, Jacques Dessemme, Louis Devoti, Robert Guillin, Roger Haudegand, Robert Monclar, Jean Perniceni, Bernard Planque, Jean-Pierre Salignon and André Vacheresse
9	Egypt	Youssef Mohamed Abbas, Youssef Kamal Mohamed Abou-Ouf, Fouad Abdel Meguid Abu el Kheir, Mohamed Medhat Bahgat, Armand Philippe Catafago, Georges Jean Chalhoub, Mohamed Ezz Eldin Aly Ahmed el Rashidy, Abdelrahman Ismail Hafez, Zaki Selim Ibrahim Harari, Sami Mansour, Medhat Youssef Mohamad, Hussein Kamal Montassir, Fahmy Raymond Sabounghi and Albert Fahmy Tadros
9	Finland	Kalevi Heinänen, Esko Karhunen, Juhani Kyöstilä, Pentti Laaksonen, Olavi Lahtinen, Raimo Lindholm, Pertti Mutru, Raine Nuutinen, Tapio Pöyhönen, Tuomo Ristola, Eero Salonen, Timo Suviranta, Kalevi Sylander and Oiva Virtanen
9	Canada	Woody Campbell, Bill Coulthard, Red Curren, Chuck Dalton, Bill Pataky, Glenn Pettinger, Bob Phibbs, Bernie Pickell, Carl Ridd, Bobby Simpson, Harry Wade, George Wearring and Roy Williams
9	Cuba	Carlos Bea Blanes, Felipe de la Pozas y Piad, Alberto Escoto Valdés, Armando Estrada Rivero, Alfredo Faget Otazo, Casimiro García Artime, Juan García García, R. Carlos García Ordoñez, Federico López Garviso, Mario Quintero Padrón, Fabio Ruiz Vinajeras and Ramón Wiltz Bucelo
9	Mexico	Rubén Almanza García, Carlos José Bru Villarreal, Jorge Cardiel Gaytán, José de la Cruz Cabrera Gándara, Héctor Guerrero Delgado, Emilio López Enríquez, Filiberto Manzo Hernández, José Meneses Luna, Sergio Olguín Fierro, Fernando Roljas Rubalera, José Rojas Heralcava Peña and José Pioquinto Soto Villanueva
9	Philippines	Florentino Bautista, Ramón Campos, Antonio Genato, José Gochangco, Rafael Hechanova, Eduardo Lim, Carlos Loyzaga, Antonio Luis Martínez, Ponciano Saldaña, Meliton Santos, Antonio Tantay and Mariano Tolentino
9	Czechoslovakia	Jiří Baumruk, Miroslav Baumruk, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Josef Ezr, Eugen Horniak, Miroslav Kódl, Luboš Kolář, Jan Kozák, Jiří Matoušek, Ivan Mrázek, Zdeněk Rylich, Jaroslav Šíp, Miroslav Škeřík and Jaroslav Tětiva
9	Hungary	László Bánhegyi, Pál Bogár, György Bokor, Tibor Cselkó, Tibor Czinkán, János Greminger, László Hódi, Ede Komáromi, Tibor Mezőfi, Péter Papp, János Simon, György Telegdy and Tibor Zsíros
17th	Belgium	Jules Boes, Jan Ceulemans, Henri Coosemans, Henri Crick, Yves Delsarte, Josef du Jardin, Johannes Ducheyne, Jef Eygel, Désiré Ligon, Julien Meuris, Félix Roosemont, Alexis van Gils and Pierre van Huele
17th	Greece	Stelios Arvanitis (Panathinaikos), Themistocles Cholevas (Panellinios), Ioannis Lambrou (Panathinaikos), Panayiotis Manias (Panellinios), Phaedon Mathaiou (Panathinaikos), Nikolaos Milas (Panathinaikos), Konstantinos Papadimas (Panellinis Spanios), Konstantinos Papadimas (Olympiacos), Ioannis Spanoudakis (Olympiacos), Dimitrios Stefanidis (Panellinios) and Dimitrios Taliadoros (XAN Thessaloniki)
17th	Israel	Eliahu Amiel (Hapoel Holon), Moshe Daniel-Levy (Hapoel Maayan Barukh), Dan Erez-Buxenbaum (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Reuben Fecher-Perach (Hapoel Mizra), Mordechai-Marcel Hefez (Hapoel Holon), Ralph Klein (Raphael Ram ) (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Menahem Kurman-Degani (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Amos Lin-Linkovsky (Hapoel Mishmar Ha'emek), Zekarya Ofri (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Shimon Shelah-Schmuckler (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Abraham Shneior ( Maccabi Tel Aviv), Yehuda Wiener-Gafni (Maccabi Tel Aviv) and Fredi Cohen (Hapoel Holon)
17th	Italy	Giorgio Bongiovanni, Achille Canna, Carlo Cerioni, Giordano Damiani, Sergio Ferriani, Sergio Marelli, Federico Marietti, Enrico Pagani, Fabio Presca, Renzo Ranuzzi, Luigi Rapini, Sergio Stefanini and Dino Zucchi
17th	Romania	Cornel Călugăreanu, Gheorghe Constantinide, Grigore Costescu, Andrei Folbert, Ladislau Mokos, Liviu Naghi, Mihai Nedef, Cezar Niculescu, Dan Niculescu, Adrian Petroşanu, Vasile Popescu, Emanoil Răducanu and Constanin Herold
17th	Switzerland	Pierre Albrecht , Henri Baumann , Marc Bossy , René Chiappino , Maurice Chollet , Gerald Cottier , Roger Domenjoz , Marcel Moget , Roger Prahin , Jacques Redard , Bernard Schmied , Georges Stockly , Jean-Pierre Voisin and René Wohler
17th	Turkey	Yüksel Alkan, Altan Dinçer, Nejat Diyarbakırlı, Yalçın Granit, Sadi Gülçelik, Yılmaz Gündüz, Erdoğan Partener, Sacit Seldüz, Turhan Tezol, Güney Ülmen, Ali Uras and Mehmet Ali Yalım

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