| Date | 23 November 1956 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building Annex, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Dave Thomas |  AUS |
| Referee | Sergey Sinyakov |  URS |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Half #1 | Half #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | United States |  USA | 98 | 33 | 65 | |
| – | Japan |  JPN | 40 | 20 | 20 |
United States| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | FG | FG% | Free Throws Made | Free Throw Attempts | FT% | Personal Fouls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bill Hougland | 6 | 0 | 3/8 | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | K. C. Jones | 8 | 0 | 4/10 | 0.400 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Bill Russell | 20 | 0 | 10/19 | 0.526 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | Jim Walsh | 11 | 0 | 4/9 | 0.444 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 3 | |||||
| 8 | Billy Evans | 2 | 0 | 1/4 | 0.250 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 2 | |||||
| 9 | Burdie Haldorson | 4 | 0 | 2/4 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | |||||
| 10 | Ron Tomsic | 15 | 0 | 6/14 | 0.429 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | Dick Boushka | 11 | 0 | 5/12 | 0.417 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | |||||
| 12 | Gib Ford | 6 | 0 | 3/7 | 0.429 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Bob Jeangerard | 4 | 0 | 2/5 | 0.400 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | Chuck Darling | 11 | 0 | 5/11 | 0.455 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | |||||
| Team Totals | 98 | 0 | 45/103 | 0.436 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 11 | ||||||
| Coach | Gerald Tucker | |||||||||||||
Japan| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | FG | FG% | Free Throws Made | Free Throw Attempts | FT% | Personal Fouls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Takashi Itoyama | 8 | 0 | 2/8 | 0.250 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 3 | |||||
| 5 | Takeo Sugiyama | 9 | 0 | 4/11 | 0.364 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Riichi Arai | 2 | 0 | 1/3 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | Hiroshi Saito | 6 | 0 | 3/7 | 0.429 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | |||||
| 8 | Shutaro Shoji | 5 | 0 | 2/7 | 0.286 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | Hitoshi Konno | 2 | 0 | 1/4 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | |||||
| 11 | Kenichi Imaizumi | 8 | 0 | 4/10 | 0.400 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Setsuo Nara | 0 | 0 | 0/3 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 2 | |||||
| Team Totals | 40 | 0 | 17/55 | 0.309 | 6 | 8 | 0.750 | 10 | ||||||
| Coach | Tetsuo Ohba | |||||||||||||
