1960 Summer Olympics / basketball

Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Rome
Competition venue	Palazzetto dello Sport , Palazzo dello Sport
Teams	16
Nations	16
Athletes	192 (192 )
date	August 26 - September 10, 1960
decisions	1
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At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome , a men's basketball tournament was held. The games took place from August 26th to September 10th at the Palazzo dello Sport and the Palazzetto dello Sport .

Medals

space	country	Athletes
1	United States	Juy Arnette, Walter Bellamy , Robert Boozer , Terry Dischinger , Burdette Haldorson, Darrall Imhoff , Allen Kelley, Lester Lane, Jerry Lucas , Oscar Robertson , Adrian Smith, Jerry West
2	URS	Juri Kornejew, Jānis Krūmiņš , Guram Minaschwili, Aleksandr Petrow, Valdis Muižnieks, Cesar Osers, Albert Waltin, Gennadi Wolnow , Michail Semionow, Vladimir Ugrechelidze, Maigonis Valdmanis, Wiktor Subkow
3	BRA	Edison Bispo dos Santos , Moyses Blas , Waldemar Blatkauskas , Zenny de Azevedo , Carmo de Souza , Carlos Domingos Massoni , Waldyr Geraldo Boccardo , Wlamir Marques , Amaury Antônio Pasos , Fernando Pereirade Freitas , Antonio Salvador Sucar , Jatyr Eduardo Schall

Qualification and schedule

At the fifth basketball tournament in Olympic history, so many teams registered for the first time that qualification was necessary. The seven best teams of the 1956 tournament were seeded. Italy was the host, Japan was the second representative for Asia, and Mexico and Puerto Rico for America.

The remaining five places for the Olympic tournament were awarded at a qualification in the Sports Palace of Bologna. This qualification took place just before the Olympic Games from August 13th to 20th. Czechoslovakia, Spain, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Poland qualified. Belgium, Canada, Israel, Germany, Greece, Republic of China, Australia, Thailand, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Suriname, Austria and Sudan did not qualify.

The sixteen teams in the Olympic tournament played against each other in four groups in the preliminary round. The first two teams in each group were promoted to the round of the top eight, the other two teams in the placement round for places 9-16.
In the second group phase, which was now beginning, the teams were sorted into the groups in such a way that no team met a team that they had already met in the preliminary round. The first two teams in this group stage now rose to the placement group 1-4 or 9-12, the other teams had to move into the placement group 5-8 or 13-16. The results of the second group phase were taken into the final group.

Final placement

1.  United States
2.  Soviet Union
3.  Brazil
4.  Italy
5.  Czechoslovakia
6.  Yugoslavia
7.  Poland
8.  Uruguay
9.  Hungary
10.  France
11.  Philippines
12.  Mexico
13.  Puerto Rico
14.  Spain
15.  Japan
16.  Bulgaria

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

team	Games	Victories	Defeats
United States	3	3	0
Italy	3	2	1
Hungary	3	1	2
Japan	3	0	3

• Hungary vs. Japan: 93-66
• United States vs. Italy: 88-54
• United States vs. Japan: 125-66
• Italy vs. Hungary: 72-67
• United States vs. Hungary: 107-63
• Italy vs. Japan: 100-92

Group B

team	Games	Victories	Defeats
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1
Yugoslavia	3	2	1
France	3	1	2
Bulgaria	3	1	2

• Yugoslavia vs. Bulgaria: 67-62
• Czechoslovakia vs. France: 56-53
• Yugoslavia vs. France: 62-61
• Bulgaria vs. Czechoslovakia: 75-69
• Czechoslovakia vs. Yugoslavia: 76-64
• France vs. Bulgaria: 73-72

Group C

team	Games	Victories	Defeats
Brazil	3	3	0
USSR	3	2	1
Mexico	3	1	2
Puerto Rico	3	0	3

• USSR vs. Mexico: 66-49
• Brazil vs. Puerto Rico: 75-72
• Mexico vs. Puerto Rico: 68-64
• Brazil vs. USSR: 58-54
• Brazil vs. Mexico: 80-72
• USSR vs. Puerto Rico: 100-63

Group D

team	Games	Victories	Defeats
Uruguay	3	2	1
Poland	3	2	1
Philippines	3	1	2
Spain	3	1	2

• Poland vs. Philippines: 86-68
• Spain vs. Uruguay: 77-72
• Philippines vs. Spain: 84-82
• Uruguay vs. Poland: 76-72
• Uruguay vs. Philippines: 80-76
• Poland vs. Spain: 75-63

Placements 9–16

Pool III

team	Games	Victories	Defeats
Hungary	3	3	0
Philippines	3	2	1
Puerto Rico	3	1	2
Bulgaria	3	0	3

Bulgaria stopped playing and lost all games without a fight.

• Philippines vs. Puerto Rico: 82-80
• Hungary vs. Puerto Rico: 84-80
• Hungary vs. Philippines: 81-70

Pool IV

team	Games	Victories	Defeats
France	3	3	0
Mexico	3	2	1
Spain	3	1	2
Japan	3	0	3

• Mexico vs. Spain: 80-66
• France vs. Japan: 101-63
• Mexico vs. Japan: 76-57
• France vs. Spain: 78-48
• Spain vs. Japan: 66-64
• France vs. Mexico: 91-62

Ranking 13-16

Spain's victory over Japan was taken away.

team	Games	Victories	Defeats
Puerto Rico	3	3	0
Spain	3	2	1
Japan	3	1	2
Bulgaria	3	0	3

• Puerto Rico vs. Spain: 75-65
• Puerto Rico vs. Japan: 93-73

Placement 9-12

France's victory over Mexico and Hungary's victory over the Philippines were taken away.

team	Games	Victories	Defeats
Hungary	3	2	1
France	3	2	1
Philippines	3	1	2
Mexico	3	1	2

• Mexico vs. Hungary: 69-57
• France vs. Philippines: 122-75
• Philippines vs. Mexico: 65-64
• Hungary vs. France: 74-70

Semifinals

Pool I.

team	Games	Victories	Defeats
Brazil	3	3	0
Italy	3	2	1
Czechoslovakia	3	1	2
Poland	3	0	3

• Brazil vs. Italy: 78-75
• Czechoslovakia vs. Poland: 88-75
• Brazil vs. Poland: 77-68
• Italy vs. Czechoslovakia: 77-70
• Italy vs. Poland: 74-68
• Brazil vs. Czechoslovakia: 85-78

Pool II

team	Games	Victories	Defeats
United States	3	3	0
USSR	3	2	1
Yugoslavia	3	1	2
Uruguay	3	0	3

• United States vs. Yugoslavia: 104-42
• USSR vs. Uruguay: 89-53
• USSR vs. Yugoslavia: 88-61
• United States vs. Uruguay: 108-50
• Yugoslavia vs. Uruguay: 94-83
• United States vs. USSR: 81-57

Rank 5–8

The victory of Czechoslovakia against Poland and Yugoslavia's victory over Uruguay were taken away.

team	Games	Victories	Defeats
Czechoslovakia	3	3	0
Yugoslavia	3	2	1
Poland	3	1	2
Uruguay	3	0	3

• Czechoslovakia vs. Uruguay: 98-72
• Yugoslavia vs. Poland: 95-81
• Poland vs. Uruguay: 64-62
• Czechoslovakia vs. Yugoslavia: 98-93

final

The results from the direct semi-final duels of the finalists (USA - USSR 81:57 or Brazil - Italy 78:75) were included in the final evaluation.

team	Games	Victories	Defeats
United States	3	3	0
USSR	3	2	1
Brazil	3	1	2
Italy	3	0	3

• USSR vs. Brazil: 64-62
• United States vs. Italy: 112-81
• USSR vs. Italy: 78-70
• United States vs. Brazil: 90-63

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .