| Date | 31 July 1952 — 16:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Messuhalli II, Helsinki | |
| Referee | Abdel Azim Ashry | |
| Referee | André Siener | |
| Attendance | 1,938 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Half #1 | Half #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | United States | 85 | 43 | 42 | ||
| – | Argentina | 76 | 39 | 37 |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | Total Field Goals Made | Free Throws Made | Free Throws Attempts | Free Throws % | Personal Fouls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Clyde Lovellette | 27 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | Bob Kenney | 14 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.444 | 4 | ||||
| 13 | Dan Pippin | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | Marc Freiberger | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||
| 15 | Ron Bontemps | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 3 | ||||
| 16 | Bob Kurland | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||
| 11 | Wayne Glasgow | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 4 | ||||
| 14 | Howie Williams | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Charlie Hoag | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||
| 4 | Bill Hougland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | Dean Kelley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | Frank McCabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 3 | ||||
| Team Totals | 85 | – | 29 | 27 | 39 | – | 40 | |||||
| Coach | Warren Womble | |||||||||||
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | Total Field Goals Made | Free Throws Made | Free Throws Attempts | Free Throws % | Personal Fouls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Ricardo González | 22 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 0.667 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | Óscar Furlong | 18 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 0.500 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | Juan Gazsó | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0.400 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Hugo del Vecchio | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Juan Carlos Uder | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 4 | ||||
| 15 | Rubén Pagliari | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | Alberto López | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||
| 13 | Omar Monza | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0.400 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | Roberto Viau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | Rubén Menini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Leopoldo Contarbio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | Raúl Pérez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 76 | – | 23 | 30 | 54 | – | 29 | |||||
| Coach | Jorge Canavesi | |||||||||||