1964 Summer Olympics / Basketball

Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Tokyo
Competition venue	Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyōgijō
Teams	16
Nations	16
Athletes	189 (214 )
date	October 11-23, 1964
decisions	1
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At the XVIII. 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo was a competition in basketball played.

Medalist

rank	Medalist
Gold United States	James Barnes , William Bradley , Larry Brown , Joseph Caldwell , Melvin Counts , Richard Davies , Walter Hazzard , Lucious Jackson , John McCaffrey , Jeff Mullins , Jerome Shipp , George Wilson
Silver Soviet Union	Armenak Alaschaschjan , Nikolai Baglei , Vjacheslav Chrynin , Juris Kalniņš , Juri Kornejew , Jānis Krūmiņš , Jaak Lipso , Lewan Moseschwili , Valdis Muižnieks , Alexander Pavlovich Petrow , Alexander Trawin , Gennadi Wolnow
Bronze Brazil	Edson Bispo dos Santos , Friedrich Braun , Carmo de Souza , Carlos Domingos Massoni , Wlamir Marques , Victor Mirshawka , Amaury Pasos , Ubiratan Pereira Maciel , Antônio Salvador Sucar , Jatyr Eduardo Schall , José Edvar Simões , Sérgio Toledo Machado

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	team	Sp	S.	N	baskets	Diff.	Pt.
1	Soviet Union	7th	7th	0	562: 424	+138	14th
2	Puerto Rico	7th	5	2	493: 454	+39	12
3	Poland	7th	4th	3	467: 448	+19	11
4th	Italy	7th	4th	3	495: 480	+15	11
5	Mexico	7th	3	4th	485: 514	−29	10
6th	Japan	7th	3	4th	421: 428	−7	10
7th	Hungary	7th	2	5	407: 469	−62	7th
8th	Canada	7th	0	7th	408: 521	−113	9

date	Time	encounter			Result
October 11th	13:30	Poland	-	Hungary	56:53
	16:00	Italy	-	Mexico	85:80
	17:30	Japan	-	Puerto Rico	55:65
	19:00	Soviet Union	-	Canada	87:52
October 12th	10:30	Italy	-	Puerto Rico	74:64
	12:00	Poland	-	Japan	81:57
	19:00	Soviet Union	-	Mexico	87:76
	20:30	Canada	-	Hungary	59:70
October 13th	12:00	Italy	-	Poland	58:61
	13:30	Puerto Rico	-	Mexico	73:55
	16:00	Soviet Union	-	Hungary	84:42
	19:00	Canada	-	Japan	37:58
October 14th	09:00	Soviet Union	-	Puerto Rico	82:63
	12:00	Hungary	-	Japan	41:58
	16:00	Canada	-	Italy	54:66
	20:30	Mexico	-	Poland	71:70
October, 16th	12:00	Mexico	-	Canada	78:68
	16:00	Hungary	-	Italy	73:77
	17:30	Soviet Union	-	Japan	72:59
	20:30	Puerto Rico	-	Poland	66:60
October 17th	09:00	Japan	-	Italy	72:68
	10:00	Hungary	-	Mexico	69:61
	12:00	Soviet Union	-	Poland	74:65
	13:30	Puerto Rico	-	Canada	88:69
October 18	09:00	Puerto Rico	-	Hungary	74:59
	10:00	Poland	-	Canada	74:69
	12:00	Japan	-	Mexico	62:64
	13:30	Soviet Union	-	Italy	76:67

Group B

rank	team	Sp	S.	N	baskets	Diff.	Pt.
1	United States	7th	7th	0	569: 333	+236	14th
2	Brazil	7th	5	2	473: 452	+21	12
3	Yugoslavia	7th	5	2	529: 453	+76	12
4th	Uruguay	7th	4th	3	472: 482	−10	11
5	Finland	7th	3	4th	409: 475	−66	10
6th	Australia	7th	2	5	434: 460	−26	9
7th	Peru	7th	2	5	431: 453	−22	9
8th	South Korea	7th	0	7th	432: 641	−209	7th

date	Time	encounter			Result
October 11th	09:00	South Korea	-	Finland	72:80
	10:30	Brazil	-	Peru	50:58
	12:00	Yugoslavia	-	Uruguay	84:71
	20:30	United States	-	Australia	78:45
October 12th	09:00	South Korea	-	Uruguay	64: 105
	13:30	Brazil	-	Yugoslavia	68:64
	16:00	United States	-	Finland	77:51
	17:30	Australia	-	Peru	81:62
October 13th	09:00	United States	-	Peru	60:45
	10:30	Finland	-	Uruguay	55:73
	13:30	Australia	-	Yugoslavia	70:74
	20:30	South Korea	-	Brazil	65:92
October 14th	10:30	United States	-	Uruguay	83:28
	13:30	Peru	-	Yugoslavia	64:73
	17:30	Finland	-	Brazil	54:61
	19:00	Australia	-	South Korea	65:58
October, 16th	09:00	Finland	-	Australia	61:59
	10:30	Peru	-	South Korea	84:57
	13:30	Uruguay	-	Brazil	68:80
	19:00	United States	-	Yugoslavia	69:61
October 17th	16:00	Yugoslavia	-	South Korea	99:66
	17:30	Peru	-	Finland	59:63
	19:00	United States	-	Brazil	86:53
	20:30	Uruguay	-	Australia	58:57
October 18	10:30	United States	-	South Korea	116: 50
	13:30	Yugoslavia	-	Finland	74:45
	17:30	Brazil	-	Australia	69:57
	20:30	Uruguay	-	Peru	69:59

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	October 21
	Soviet Union	53
	Brazil	47
					23rd October
					Soviet Union	59
					United States	73
					Bronze game
	October 21				23rd October
	United States	62			Puerto Rico	60
	Puerto Rico	42			Brazil	76

Placement round

5th to 8th place

	Placement game				Play for 5th place
	the 20th of October
	Poland	82
	Uruguay	69
					October 22nd
					Poland	59
					Italy	79
					Game for 7th place
	the 20th of October				October 22nd
	Yugoslavia	63			Yugoslavia	78
	Italy	75			Uruguay	55

9th to 12th place

	Placement game				Play for 9th place
	October 21
	Mexico	58
	Australia	70
					23rd October
					Australia	64
					Japan	57
					Game for 11th place
	October 21				23rd October
	Finland	45			Mexico	72
	Japan	54			Finland	73

13th to 16th place

	Placement game				Game for 13th place
	the 20th of October
	Hungary	99
	South Korea	83
					October 22nd
					Hungary	68
					Canada	65
					Play for 15th place
	the 20th of October				October 22nd
	Peru	81			South Korea	66
	Canada	82			Peru	71

Final placements

rank	team
	United States
	Soviet Union
	Brazil
4th	Puerto Rico
5	Italy
6th	Poland
7th	Yugoslavia
8th	Uruguay
9	Australia
10	Japan
11	Finland
12	Mexico
13	Hungary
14th	Canada
15th	Peru
16	South Korea