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Basketball, Men

Date	14 July – 2 August 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Messuhalli II, Helsinki / Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Participants	294 from 23 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

In 1950, FIBA introduced the World Championships, and the first championship was won by Argentina, defeating the United States, which finished second. It was quite an upset, made more so by the fact that Argentina was not considered the best team in South America, that being Uruguay, which had won the South American Championships in 1947 and 1949. American dominance was also threatened by the presence of the Soviet Union, which competed in the Olympics for the first time in 1952. They had been European Champions in 1947 and 1951, not competing in 1949, when the title was oddly won by Egypt.

The US team was made up of seven players from the NCAA Champions, the University of Kansas, five players from the Peoria Caterpillar team, which won the final US Trials, and two players from the Phillips Petroleum team. The star of the US team was the 7-foot center from the Phillips team, Bob Kurland, who was responsible for the rules being changed to prevent goaltending, and the enlargement of the lane from 6 feet to 12 feet. He was assisted by Clyde Lovellette of the University of Kansas. Lovellette had a long NBA career and became the first player ever to play on NCAA, Olympic, and NBA Champion teams.

In the semi-final pools, the USA played the Soviet Union and dispatched them easily, 86-58. But they met again in the finals, and the USSR responded by stalling to hold down the score. The score was only 17-15 at halftime, but the USA pulled away in the second half to win 36-25.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	GP	Points	Scoring Average	Disqualifications	Total Field Goals Made	FT	Personal Fouls
1	–	United States	USA	8	562	70.3	–	–	–/–	219	Gold
	3	Charlie Hoag		7	20	2.9	2	8	4/6	13
	4	Bill Hougland		8	46	5.8	2	19	8/17	23
	6	Dean Kelley		6	4	0.7	0	1	2/5	11
	7	Bob Kenney		7	74	10.6	1	27	20/30	14
	9	Clyde Lovellette		7	97	13.9	3	37	23/35	20
	10	Marc Freiberger		7	44	6.3	4	16	12/19	24
	11	Wayne Glasgow		6	27	4.5	2	10	7/9	16
	12	Frank McCabe		6	20	3.3	1	7	6/10	13
	13	Dan Pippin		8	54	6.8	2	22	10/16	17
	14	Howie Williams		8	26	3.3	3	11	4/8	22
	15	Ron Bontemps		8	60	7.5	0	17	26/34	12
	16	Bob Kurland		7	69	9.9	3	25	19/28	20
	8	Bill Lienhard		5	18	3.6	1	6	6/10	13
	5	John Keller		2	3	1.5	0	1	1/1	1
Coach		Warren Womble
2	–	Soviet Union	URS	8	468	58.5	–	–	–/–	154	Silver
	3	Viktor Vlasov		1	0	0.0	0	0	0/1	1
	4	Stepas Butautas		8	85	10.6	2	30	25/44	21
	6	Joann Lõssov		7	18	2.6	0	7	4/9	9
	7	Kazys Petkevičius		7	57	8.1	2	18	21/26	16
	8	Nodar Jorjik'ia		7	29	4.1	3	7	15/26	20
	9	Anatoly Konev		8	41	5.1	5	16	9/16	25
	10	Otar Korkia		8	138	17.3	2	40	58/86	23
	11	Ilmar Kullam		7	20	2.9	1	7	6/19	15
	12	Yury Ozerov		5	9	1.8	0	0	9/20	8
	13	Aleksandr Moiseyev		7	51	7.3	1	20	11/20	7
	17	Heino Kruus		6	7	1.2	0	1	5/8	5
	19	Justinas Lagunavičius		2	5	2.5	0	2	1/2	2
	15	Maigonis Valdmanis		1	6	6.0	0	1	4/4	2
	5	Stasys Stonkus		1	2	2.0	0	1	0/0	0
Coach		Stepan Spandaryan
3	–	Uruguay	URU	8	486	60.8	–	–	–/–	174	Bronze
	3	Martín Acosta y Lara		7	93	13.3	3	18	26/36	16
	4	Enrique Baliño		8	71	8.9	1	17	19/35	16
	5	Victorio Cieslinskas		7	2	0.3	2	0	0/2	14
	6	Héctor Costa		6	33	5.5	3	10	6/16	15
	7	Nelson Demarco		6	21	3.5	1	4	3/5	13
	8	Héctor García		7	28	4.0	3	9	7/15	17
	13	Roberto Lovera		8	39	4.9	2	11	8/21	13
	10	Adesio Lombardo		8	137	17.1	2	31	31/51	19
	9	Tabaré Larre Borges		8	23	2.9	0	6	9/19	18
	14	Sergio Matto		7	28	4.0	3	6	8/10	15
	15	Wilfredo Peláez		4	2	0.5	1	1	0/2	13		1
	16	Carlos Roselló		3	9	3.0	0	4	1/5	5		2
Coach		Olguiz Rodríguez
4	–	Argentina	ARG	8	600	75.0	–	–	–/–	160
	8	Alberto López		6	20	3.3	1	6	6/8	7
	4	Hugo del Vecchio		8	85	10.6	1	24	22/40	13
	18	Ignacio Poletti		2	11	5.5	1	3	5/9	7
	7	Juan Gazsó		8	106	13.3	0	31	18/36	15
	12	Juan Carlos Uder		8	53	6.6	3	20	4/10	19
	5	Leopoldo Contarbio		8	52	6.5	0	12	16/20	14
	13	Omar Monza		7	15	2.1	1	3	4/10	13
	17	Óscar Furlong		8	88	11.0	0	22	18/44	10
	16	Rafael Lledó		3	15	5.0	0	5	1/3	2
	6	Raúl Pérez		7	10	1.4	0	1	2/11	8
	11	Ricardo González		8	71	8.9	1	21	20/28	9
	9	Roberto Viau		8	35	4.4	1	11	6/18	12
	3	Rubén Menini		7	25	3.6	1	9	4/14	12
	15	Rubén Pagliari		7	14	2.0	2	7	0/2	19
Coach		Jorge Canavesi
5	–	Chile	CHI	8	447	55.9	–	–	–/–	233
	8	Álvaro Salvadores		6	30	5.0	1	12	6/14	16
	6	Eduardo Cordero		8	43	5.4	3	14	15/20	25
	9	Eric Mahn		8	51	6.4	3	21	9/15	23
	5	Exequiel Figueroa		6	13	2.2	4	5	3/13	21
	14	Hernán Raffo		8	22	2.8	1	7	8/15	14
	11	Hernán Ramos		2	0	0.0	0	0	0/1	4
	12	Hugo Fernández		8	22	2.8	3	7	8/16	19
	3	Juan José Gallo		8	50	6.3	4	17	16/30	26
	10	Juan Ostoic		6	3	0.5	1	1	1/3	11
	13	Orlando Silva		4	2	0.5	0	0	2/3	4
	15	Pedro Araya		7	22	3.1	2	9	4/15	17
	7	Rufino Bernedo		8	105	13.1	3	39	27/46	22
	4	Víctor Mahaña		8	84	10.5	7	26	32/45	31
Coach		Sergio Molinari
6	–	Brazil	BRA	8	469	58.6	–	–	–/–	180
	12	Alfredo da Motta		8	102	12.8	4	34	34/62	24
	13	Almir		8	20	2.5	1	5	1/4	16
	9	Angelim		8	90	11.3	2	23	12/17	18
	4	Godinho		1	3	3.0	0	1	1/1	2
	11	Bráz		5	1	0.2	0	0	1/2	3
	16	Zé Luiz		6	63	10.5	2	20	6/11	15
	14	Mário Jorge		8	46	5.8	2	18	8/11	23
	7	Mayr Facci		7	8	1.1	3	2	4/12	17
	8	Raymundo dos Santos		5	21	4.2	0	2	3/6	5
	6	Ruy de Freitas		4	4	1.0	1	2	0/4	8
	5	Tião		5	8	1.6	0	3	2/5	4
	15	Thales		8	43	5.4	3	10	17/28	22
	3	Algodão		8	60	7.5	4	19	17/35	23
Coach		Manoel Pitanga
7	–	Bulgaria	BUL	10	582	58.2	–	–	–/–	205
	12	Gencho Hristov		10	52	5.2	5	8	21/34	25
	9	Georgi Panov		10	100	10.0	3	28	25/45	23
	15	Iliya Georgiev		6	10	1.7	1	4	2/6	8
	4	Kiril Semov		4	11	2.8	0	4	1/2	3
	3	Konstantin Georgiev		8	21	2.6	2	7	5/7	19
	10	Konstantin Totev		9	51	5.7	2	9	17/31	20
	5	Neycho Neychev		2	14	7.0	0	6	2/8	4
	14	Veselin Penkov		8	7	0.9	0	3	0/2	9
	16	Vladimir Savov		10	94	9.4	3	29	23/45	23
	7	Vasil Manchenko		7	13	1.9	0	6	1/4	7
	11	Anton Kuzov		10	115	11.5	1	27	20/32	19
	6	Hristo Donev		10	66	6.6	4	16	24/30	25
	8	Petar Shishkov		3	0	0.0	0	0	0/1	3
	13	Ivan Nikolov		9	28	3.1	3	3	10/16	17
Coach		Veselin Temkov
8	–	France	FRA	8	468	58.5	–	–	–/–	198
	12	André Buffière		8	33	4.1	2	14	5/8	20
	14	André Chavet		5	22	4.4	0	11	0/2	4
	13	André Vacheresse		8	45	5.6	1	16	13/28	17
	4	Bernard Planque		6	24	4.0	0	9	6/10	7
	11	Jacques Dessemme		8	67	8.4	1	23	21/36	14
	5	Robert Monclar		8	64	8.0	3	14	20/35	23
	7	Jean Perniceni		8	59	7.4	3	14	31/50	22
	16	Jean-Paul Beugnot		8	69	8.6	3	20	29/54	23
	15	Jean-Pierre Salignon		3	6	2.0	0	2	2/4	6
	8	Louis Devoti		5	11	2.2	1	4	3/4	9
	6	René Chocat		6	22	3.7	0	9	4/5	11
	10	Robert Crost		7	14	2.0	4	2	10/15	19
	9	Robert Guillin		8	21	2.6	1	6	9/28	15
	3	Roger Haudegand		7	11	1.6	1	4	3/12	8
Coach		Robert Busnel
=9	–	Czechoslovakia	TCH	3	161	53.7	–	–	–/–	63
	8	Eugen Horniak		2	8	4.0	0	3	2/5	3
	11	Ivan Mrázek		3	66	22.0	1	18	30/42	8
	7	Jan Kozák		3	12	4.0	0	4	4/8	6
	15	Jaroslav Šíp		3	32	10.7	0	14	4/7	7
	3	Jiří Baumruk		2	0	0.0	0	0	0/1	4
	4	Jiří Matoušek		3	4	1.3	0	1	2/8	7
	13	Josef Ezr		1	3	3.0	1	1	1/2	4
	14	Luboš Kolář		3	13	4.3	1	4	5/6	7
	9	Miloslav Kodl		2	1	0.5	0	0	1/1	5
	12	Miroslav Baumruk		1	4	4.0	0	1	2/4	0
	5	Miroslav Škeřík		3	16	5.3	1	5	6/10	7
	6	Zdeněk Bobrovský		1	2	2.0	0	0	2/2	1
	10	Zdeněk Rylich		2	0	0.0	1	0	0/4	4
	–	Jaroslav Tetiva DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–/–	–
Coach		Josef Fleischlinger
=9	–	Mexico	MEX	3	172	57.3	–	–	–/–	96
	5	Emilio López		2	0	0.0	0	0	0/0	3
	13	Fernando Rojas		3	8	2.7	0	3	2/5	4
	14	José Rojas		3	2	0.7	1	1	0/3	8
	15	Filiberto Manzo		3	23	7.7	0	9	5/12	4
	9	Héctor Guerrero		3	33	11.0	2	11	11/16	11
	4	Jorge Cardiel		3	7	2.3	3	1	5/9	12
	12	Carlos Bru		3	14	4.7	0	6	2/3	7
	7	José Meneses		3	31	10.3	1	14	3/9	7
	8	José Cabrera		1	2	2.0	0	1	0/3	3
	11	Píoquinto Soto		3	1	0.3	1	0	1/4	9
	6	Rolando Rubalcava		3	14	4.7	0	3	8/15	7
	10	Rubén Almanza		3	20	6.7	2	8	4/7	10
	3	Sergio Holguín		3	17	5.7	2	6	5/10	11
Coach		Antonio Delgado
=9	–	Philippines	PHI	5	297	59.4	–	–	–/–	87
	13	Tony Genato		4	12	3.0	0	3	3/10	9
	8	Antonio Martínez		5	15	3.0	0	1	0/1	1
	10	Antonio Tantay		5	2	0.4	1	0	2/4	9
	3	Carlos Loyzaga		5	53	10.6	3	7	6/10	12
	7	Eddie Lim		4	12	3.0	0	3	0/3	1
	5	Florentino Bautista		5	20	4.0	1	2	12/16	7
	11	José Gochongco		4	4	1.0	1	2	0/8	7
	14	Mariano Tolentino		5	38	7.6	1	8	11/17	10
	4	Meliton Santos		5	25	5.0	2	9	3/4	11
	9	Pons Saldaña		5	79	15.8	0	21	20/29	7
	6	Rafael Hechanova		5	5	1.0	1	2	0/1	6
	16	Ramón Campos		5	32	6.4	0	8	3/5	7
Coach		Fely Fajardo
=9	–	Egypt	EGY	6	363	60.5	–	–	–/–	83
	7	Abdel Rahman Hafez		5	7	1.4	1	0	3/5	6
	3	Albert Tadros		4	8	2.0	0	4	0/1	3
	5	Armand Catafago		6	41	6.8	1	8	4/7	10
	18	Fouad El-Kheir		6	25	4.2	1	3	6/17	9
	10	Raymond Sabounghi		6	16	2.7	0	3	1/9	3
	12	George Chalhoub		6	41	6.8	0	4	8/11	8
	4	Hussain Montassir		4	47	11.8	0	6	2/3	3
	11	Medhat Youssef		6	79	13.2	0	11	16/20	7
	15	Medhat Bahgat		2	2	1.0	0	1	0/0	2
	9	Mohamed El-Rashidy		2	5	2.5	1	1	3/3	5
	14	Sami Ibrahim		5	13	2.6	1	3	7/14	9
	6	Youssef Abou Ouf		6	49	8.2	2	6	13/18	8
	16	Youssef Abbas		1	2	2.0	0	1	0/1	2
	8	Zaki Selim		6	28	4.7	0	4	3/9	8
Coach		Nello Paratore
=13	–	Hungary	HUN	6	300	50.0	–	–	–/–	78
	16	Ede Komáromi		3	3	1.0	0	1	1/4	3
	4	György Bokor		5	11	2.2	1	1	0/0	5
	3	György Telegdy		5	3	0.6	0	1	0/3	2
	11	János Simon		6	16	2.7	0	1	6/9	7
	6	László Bánhegyi		6	34	5.7	2	3	4/10	11
	14	László Hódy		1	0	0.0	0	0	0/1	3
	10	Pál Bogár		6	26	4.3	0	7	3/6	5
	7	Péter Papp		6	43	7.2	2	9	5/8	10
	12	Tibor Cselkó		6	8	1.3	0	2	2/5	5
	5	Tibor Mezőfi		6	36	6.0	0	4	8/11	7
	9	Tibor Zsiros		6	65	10.8	1	8	8/14	6
	8	János Greminger		6	33	5.5	0	8	2/4	6
	15	Tibor Czinkán		5	22	4.4	0	6	2/7	8
Coach		János Páder
=13	–	Finland	FIN	3	147	49.0	–	–	–/–	73
	11	Eero Salonen		3	26	8.7	2	10	6/8	11
	10	Esko Karhunen		3	3	1.0	0	1	1/2	2
	7	Kalevi Heinänen		3	16	5.3	1	7	2/4	7
	15	Tapio Pöyhönen		2	7	3.5	1	3	1/1	4
	3	Juhani Kyöstilä		3	22	7.3	0	10	2/2	6
	9	Oiva Virtanen		3	8	2.7	3	4	0/2	12
	8	Pentti Laaksonen		2	0	0.0	0	0	0/4	1
	13	Pertti Mutru		3	10	3.3	0	3	4/5	4
	5	Raimo Lindholm		3	19	6.3	0	7	5/11	8
	4	Raine Nuutinen		3	12	4.0	0	6	0/7	9
	6	Timo Suviranta		3	24	8.0	0	7	10/13	9
	–	Olavi Lahtinen DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–/–	–
	–	Kalevi Sylander DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–/–	–
Coach		Matti Simola
=13	–	Canada	CAN	6	404	67.3	–	–	–/–	93
	11	Bob Pickell		6	57	9.5	2	9	8/13	11
	10	Chuck Dalton		2	2	1.0	0	0	2/3	3
	12	George Wearring		6	31	5.2	1	6	11/18	9
	3	Glen Pettinger		6	18	3.0	1	4	1/4	10
	15	Harry Wade		6	77	12.8	3	9	15/19	12
	6	Carl Ridd		6	26	4.3	1	7	6/8	10
	5	Woody Campbell		5	32	6.4	0	6	2/4	6
	9	Bob Phibbs		6	47	7.8	3	7	2/8	12
	14	Bobby Simpson		4	22	5.5	0	5	4/9	3
	7	Roy Williams		5	10	2.0	0	1	1/3	5
	4	Bill Pataky		6	25	4.2	1	5	0/2	9
	8	Bill Coulthard		6	57	9.5	0	12	7/9	3
	–	Jim Curren DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–/–	–
Coach		Paul Thomas
=13	–	Cuba	CUB	6	335	55.8	–	–	–/–	89
	4	Alberto Escoto		6	9	1.5	2	2	2/4	10
	8	Alfredo Faget		6	24	4.0	2	4	5/6	8
	12	Armando Estrada		4	7	1.8	1	1	1/3	5
	11	Carlos Bea		6	44	7.3	2	6	7/14	8
	10	Casimiro García		6	26	4.3	1	6	6/9	5
	14	Fabio Ruiz		6	39	6.5	3	5	10/16	12
	5	Fico López		6	49	8.2	1	8	5/9	10
	7	Felipe de la Pozas		6	23	3.8	1	1	5/11	9
	6	Juan García		6	20	3.3	1	5	2/2	8
	13	Mario Quintero		6	58	9.7	0	7	7/15	6
	15	Ramón Wiltz		4	30	7.5	0	2	0/1	2
	9	Carlos García-Ordóñez		6	6	1.0	1	2	1/3	6
Coach		Livio Morales
=17	–	Belgium	BEL	3	173	57.7	–	–	–/–	0
	11	Alexis Van Gils		3	15	5.0	0	0	0/0	0
	10	Désiré Ligon		3	14	4.7	0	0	0/0	0
	6	Félix Roosemont		3	26	8.7	0	0	0/0	0
	9	Henri Coosemans		3	17	5.7	0	0	0/0	0
	12	Henri Crick		3	38	12.7	0	0	0/0	0
	14	Jan Ceulemans		3	14	4.7	0	0	0/0	0
	8	Johannes Ducheyne		3	13	4.3	0	0	0/0	0
	16	Joseph Dujardin		2	1	0.5	0	0	0/0	0
	3	Jef Eygel		3	17	5.7	0	0	0/0	0
	13	Jules Boes		2	0	0.0	0	0	0/0	0
	5	Julien Meuris		3	16	5.3	0	0	0/0	0
	4	Yvan Delsarte		3	2	0.7	0	0	0/0	0
	–	Piet Van Huele DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–/–	–
Coach		Raymond Briot
=17	–	Greece	GRE	3	136	45.3	–	–	–/–	–
	11	Alexandros Spanoudakis		3	15	5.0	0	0	0/0	0
	4	Aristidis Roumpanis		2	14	7.0	0	0	0/0	0
	9	Mimis Stefanidis		3	3	1.0	0	0	0/0	0
	3	Dimitrios Taliadoros		3	3	1.0	0	0	0/0	0
	6	Ioannis Lamprou		3	6	2.0	0	0	0/0	0
	13	Jean Spanoudakis		3	5	1.7	0	0	0/0	0
	14	Konstantinos Papadimas		3	20	6.7	0	0	0/0	0
	10	Nikos Milas		1	0	0.0	0	0	0/0	0
	8	Panagiotis Manias		3	15	5.0	0	0	0/0	0
	5	Faidon Matthaiou		3	38	12.7	0	0	0/0	0
	7	Stelios Arvanitis		3	9	3.0	0	0	0/0	0
	12	Themis Cholevas		3	8	2.7	0	0	0/0	0
Coach		Missas Pantazopoulos
=17	–	Italy	ITA	4	221	55.3	–	–	–/–	–
	16	Achille Canna		4	23	5.8	0	0	0/0	0
	4	Carlo Cerioni		4	24	6.0	0	0	0/0	0
	12	Dino Zucchi		4	14	3.5	0	0	0/0	0
	9	Enrico Pagani		4	12	3.0	0	0	0/0	0
	8	Fabio Presca		2	2	1.0	0	0	0/0	0
	11	Federico Marietti		4	17	4.3	0	0	0/0	0
	15	Giordano Damiani		2	13	6.5	0	0	0/0	0
	3	Giorgio Bongiovanni		4	24	6.0	0	0	0/0	0
	7	Luigi Rapini		4	15	3.8	0	0	0/0	0
	5	Renzo Ranuzzi		1	8	8.0	0	0	0/0	0
	18	Sergio Ferriani		4	9	2.3	0	0	0/0	0
	6	Sergio Marelli		3	8	2.7	0	0	0/0	0
	13	Sergio Stefanini		4	52	13.0	0	0	0/0	0
Coach		Vittorio Tracuzzi
=20	–	Switzerland	SUI	2	107	53.5	–	–	–/–	–
	15	Bernard Schmied		2	2	1.0	0	0	0/0	0
	3	Georges Stockly		2	11	5.5	0	0	0/0	0
	14	Gérald Cottier		1	2	2.0	0	0	0/0	0
	13	Henri Baumann		2	9	4.5	0	0	0/0	0
	5	Jacques Redard		2	20	10.0	0	0	0/0	0
	16	Jean-Pierre Voisin		2	17	8.5	0	0	0/0	0
	9	Marc Bossy		2	3	1.5	0	0	0/0	0
	10	Marcel Moget		2	1	0.5	0	0	0/0	0
	6	Maurice Chollet		1	3	3.0	0	0	0/0	0
	4	Pierre Albrecht		2	30	15.0	0	0	0/0	0
	11	René Chiappino		2	5	2.5	0	0	0/0	0
	8	René Wohler		1	0	0.0	0	0	0/0	0
	7	Roger Domenjoz		2	4	2.0	0	0	0/0	0
	12	Roger Prahin		1	0	0.0	0	0	0/0	0
Coach		James Strong
=20	–	Israel	ISR	2	99	49.5	–	–	–/–	–
	3	Abraham Shneior		2	20	10.0	0	0	0/0	0
	8	Amos Lin		1	3	3.0	0	0	0/0	0
	14	Dan Erez		2	12	6.0	0	0	0/0	0
	5	Daniel Levy		2	15	7.5	0	0	0/0	0
	13	Eliahu Amiel		1	6	6.0	0	0	0/0	0
	10	Yehuda Gafni		2	2	1.0	0	0	0/0	0
	6	Menahem Degani		1	0	0.0	0	0	0/0	0
	16	Mordechai Hefez		2	5	2.5	0	0	0/0	0
	7	Ralph Klein		1	2	2.0	0	0	0/0	0
	12	Reuben Perach		2	12	6.0	0	0	0/0	0
	9	Shimon Shelah		2	9	4.5	0	0	0/0	0
	4	Zacharia Ofri		2	13	6.5	0	0	0/0	0
	–	Freddy Cohen DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–/–	–
Coach		Tubby Raskin
=20	–	Turkey	TUR	2	82	41.0	–	–	–/–	–
	7	Ali Uras		2	4	2.0	0	0	0/0	0
	12	Altan Dinçer		2	7	3.5	0	0	0/0	0
	11	Erdoğan Partener		2	10	5.0	0	0	0/0	0
	10	Mehmet Ali Yalım		2	4	2.0	0	0	0/0	0
	14	Nejat Diyarbekirli		2	0	0.0	0	0	0/0	0
	5	Sacit Seldüz		2	3	1.5	0	0	0/0	0
	9	Sadi Gülçelik		2	7	3.5	0	0	0/0	0
	6	Turhan Tezol		2	5	2.5	0	0	0/0	0
	4	Yalçin Granit		2	24	12.0	0	0	0/0	0
	3	Yılmaz Gündüz		2	12	6.0	0	0	0/0	0
	16	Yüksel Alkan		2	6	3.0	0	0	0/0	0
	–	Güney Ülmen DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–/–	–
Coach		Elliott Van Zandt
23	–	Romania	ROU	2	90	45.0	–	–	–/–	–
	13	Adrian Petroșanu		2	6	3.0	0	0	0/0	0
	7	Andrei Folbert		2	25	12.5	0	0	0/0	0
	11	Cezar Niculescu		2	5	2.5	0	0	0/0	0
	3	Corneliu Călugăreanu		2	3	1.5	0	0	0/0	0
	12	Dan Niculescu		2	7	3.5	0	0	0/0	0
	6	Emanoil Răducanu		2	10	5.0	0	0	0/0	0
	16	Gheorghe Constantinide		2	1	0.5	0	0	0/0	0
	5	Grigore Costescu		1	0	0.0	0	0	0/0	0
	8	Ladislau Mokos		2	2	1.0	0	0	0/0	0
	9	Liviu Naghy		2	15	7.5	0	0	0/0	0
	10	Mihai Nedef		2	6	3.0	0	0	0/0	0
	15	Vasile Popescu		2	10	5.0	0	0	0/0	0
Coach		Alexandru Popescu

Qualifying Round

Date	14 – 18 July 1952

Group A

Date	14 – 18 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pool, with a team being eliminated after losing two matches.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Points
1	Bulgaria	BUL	2	0	4	131-114
2	Cuba	CUB	2	1	4	186-176
3	Belgium	BEL	1	2	2	173-179
4	Switzerland	SUI	0	2	0	107-128

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	14 Jul	Cuba	CUB	59 – 51	Belgium	BEL
Match #2	14 Jul	Bulgaria	BUL	69 – 58	Switzerland	SUI
Match #3	15 Jul	Belgium	BEL	59 – 49	Switzerland	SUI
Match #4	17 Jul	Bulgaria	BUL	62 – 56	Cuba	CUB
Play-off Match	18 Jul	Cuba	CUB	Not supported	Belgium	BEL

Group B

Date	14 – 18 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pool, with a team being eliminated after losing two matches.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Points
1	Philippines	PHI	2	0	4	105-82
2	Hungary	HUN	2	1	4	157-130
3	Greece	GRE	1	2	2	136-174
4	Israel	ISR	0	2	0	99-111

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	14 Jul	Hungary	HUN	75 – 38	Greece	GRE
Match #2	14 Jul	Philippines	PHI	57 – 47	Israel	ISR
Match #3	15 Jul	Greece	GRE	54 – 52	Israel	ISR
Match #4	17 Jul	Philippines	PHI	48 – 35	Hungary	HUN
Play-off Match	18 Jul	Hungary	HUN	Not supported	Greece	GRE

Group C

Date	14 – 18 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pool, with a team being eliminated after losing two matches.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Points
1	Canada	CAN	3	0	6	203-165
2	Egypt	EGY	2	1	4	187-170
3	Italy	ITA	2	2	4	221-210
4	Turkey	TUR	0	2	0	82-113
5	Romania	ROU	0	2	0	90-125

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	14 Jul	Canada	CAN	68 – 57	Italy	ITA
Match #2	14 Jul	Egypt	EGY	64 – 45	Turkey	TUR
Match #3	15 Jul	Canada	CAN	72 – 51	Romania	ROU
Match #4	15 Jul	Italy	ITA	49 – 37	Turkey	TUR
Match #5	17 Jul	Italy	ITA	53 – 39	Romania	ROU
Match #6	17 Jul	Canada	CAN	63 – 57	Egypt	EGY
Match #7	18 Jul	Egypt	EGY	66 – 62	Italy	ITA

Round One

Date	25 – 27 July 1952

Group A

Date	25 – 27 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Points
1	United States	USA	3	0	6	195-139
2	Uruguay	URU	2	1	4	167-164
3	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	2	2	161-164
4	Hungary	HUN	0	3	0	143-199

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul 10:30	United States	USA	66 – 48	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	25 Jul	Uruguay	URU	53 – 51	Czechoslovakia	TCH	AET
Match #3	26 Jul	Uruguay	URU	70 – 56	Hungary	HUN
Match #4	26 Jul 12:00	United States	USA	72 – 47	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #5	27 Jul	Czechoslovakia	TCH	63 – 39	Hungary	HUN
Match #6	27 Jul	United States	USA	57 – 44	Uruguay	URU

Group B

Date	25 – 27 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Points
1	Soviet Union	URS	3	0	6	192-143
2	Bulgaria	BUL	2	1	4	163-182
3	Mexico	MEX	1	2	2	172-171
4	Finland	FIN	0	3	0	147-178

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Soviet Union	URS	74 – 46	Bulgaria	BUL
Match #2	25 Jul	Mexico	MEX	66 – 48	Finland	FIN
Match #3	25 Jul	Bulgaria	BUL	52 – 44	Mexico	MEX
Match #4	25 Jul	Soviet Union	URS	47 – 35	Finland	FIN
Match #5	27 Jul	Bulgaria	BUL	65 – 64	Finland	FIN
Match #6	27 Jul	Soviet Union	URS	71 – 62	Mexico	MEX

Group C

Date	25 – 27 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Points
1	Argentina	ARG	3	0	6	239-196
2	Brazil	BRA	2	1	4	184-179
3	Philippines	PHI	1	2	2	192-221
4	Canada	CAN	0	3	0	201-220

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Argentina	ARG	85 – 59	Philippines	PHI
Match #2	25 Jul	Brazil	BRA	57 – 55	Canada	CAN
Match #3	25 Jul	Brazil	BRA	71 – 52	Philippines	PHI
Match #4	25 Jul	Argentina	ARG	82 – 81	Canada	CAN
Match #5	27 Jul	Philippines	PHI	81 – 65	Canada	CAN
Match #6	27 Jul	Argentina	ARG	72 – 56	Brazil	BRA

Group D

Date	25 – 27 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Points
1	France	FRA	3	0	6	202-149
2	Chile	CHI	2	1	4	170-150
3	Egypt	EGY	1	2	2	176-221
4	Cuba	CUB	0	3	0	149-177

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	France	FRA	92 – 64	Egypt	EGY
Match #2	25 Jul	Chile	CHI	53 – 52	Cuba	CUB
Match #3	25 Jul	Chile	CHI	74 – 46	Egypt	EGY
Match #4	25 Jul	France	FRA	58 – 42	Cuba	CUB
Match #5	27 Jul	France	FRA	52 – 43	Chile	CHI
Match #6	27 Jul	Egypt	EGY	66 – 55	Cuba	CUB

Round Two

Date	28 – 31 July 1952

Group A

Date	28 – 30 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Points
1	Uruguay	URU	2	1	4	194-187
2	Argentina	ARG	2	1	4	226-174
3	France	FRA	1	2	2	178-194
4	Bulgaria	BUL	1	2	2	177-220

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Argentina	ARG	100 – 56	Bulgaria	BUL
Match #2	28 Jul	France	FRA	68 – 66	Uruguay	URU
Match #3	29 Jul	Uruguay	URU	62 – 54	Bulgaria	BUL
Match #4	29 Jul	Argentina	ARG	61 – 52	France	FRA
Match #5	30 Jul	Bulgaria	BUL	67 – 58	France	FRA
Match #6	30 Jul	Uruguay	URU	66 – 65	Argentina	ARG	AET

Group B

Date	28 – 31 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Points
1	United States	USA	3	0	6	246-166
2	Soviet Union	URS	2	1	4	190-195
3	Brazil	BRA	1	2	2	177-155
4	Chile	CHI	0	3	0	159-256

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Brazil	BRA	75 – 44	Chile	CHI
Match #2	28 Jul	United States	USA	86 – 58	Soviet Union	URS
Match #3	29 Jul	United States	USA	103 – 55	Chile	CHI
Match #4	29 Jul	Soviet Union	URS	54 – 49	Brazil	BRA
Match #5	30 Jul	United States	USA	57 – 53	Brazil	BRA
Match #6	30 Jul	Soviet Union	URS	78 – 60	Chile	CHI

Classification Round 5-8

Date	31 July 1952
Format	Classification matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul 9:00	Chile	CHI	60 – 53	Bulgaria	BUL
Match #2	31 Jul 16:00	Brazil	BRA	59 – 44	France	FRA

Semi-Finals

Date	31 July 1952
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul 9:00	Soviet Union	URS	61 – 57	Uruguay	URU
Match #2	31 Jul 16:00	United States	USA	85 – 76	Argentina	ARG

Final Round

Date	1 – 2 August 1952
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	02 Aug 16:00	United States	USA	36 – 25	Soviet Union	URS
Match 3/4	01 Aug 16:00	Uruguay	URU	68 – 59	Argentina	ARG
Match 5/6	02 Aug 9:00	Chile	CHI	58 – 49	Brazil	BRA
Match 7/8	01 Aug 9:00	Bulgaria	BUL	58 – 44	France	FRA