Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics

International basketball tournament

3rd Olympic Basketball Tournament

Helsinki 1952
Tournament details
Olympics| 1952 Summer Olympics
Host nation| Finland
City| Helsinki
Duration| July 13 – August 2, 1952
Men's tournament
Teams| 23
| Medals

Gold medalists |  United States
Silver medalists|  Soviet Union
Bronze medalists|  Uruguay
Tournaments
| <- London 1948 |  Melbourne 1956 ->

|

Basketball at the
1952 Summer Olympics

Tournament
| men
Squads
| men

* v
* t
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Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. 23 nations entered the competition.

The top six teams at the 1948 Summer Olympics qualified automatically, as did the winners of the 1950 FIBA World Championship (Argentina), the top two teams at the 1951 EuroBasket (USSR and Czechoslovakia), and the host country (Finland). Thirteen other nations competed in a qualifying round to determine the last six places in the sixteen-team Olympic tournament.

Basketball

## Medalists

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Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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United States (USA)
Ron Bontemps
Marc Freiberger
Wayne Glasgow
Charlie Hoag
Bill Hougland
John Keller
Dean Kelley
Bob Kenney
Bob Kurland
Bill Lienhard
Clyde Lovellette
Frank McCabe
Dan Pippin
Howie Williams |  Soviet Union (URS)
Stepas Butautas
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya
Anatoly Konev
Otar Korkiya
Heino Kruus
Ilmar Kullam
Justinas Lagunavičius
Joann Lõssov
Aleksandr Moiseyev
Yuri Ozerov
Kazys Petkevičius
Stasys Stonkus
Maigonis Valdmanis
Viktor Vlasov |  Uruguay (URU)
Martín Acosta y Lara
Enrique Baliño
Victorio Cieslinskas
Héctor Costa
Nelson Demarco
Héctor García Otero
Tabaré Larre Borges
Adesio Lombardo
Roberto Lovera
Sergio Matto
Wilfredo Peláez
Carlos Roselló

## Qualifying rounds

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Nations that lost two games in the qualifying rounds were eliminated. When there were only two teams left in each group, those teams advanced to the main tournament.

### Group A

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Group A consisted of Cuba, Belgium, Bulgaria, and Switzerland.

| | | | | | | | | |
| Round 1| | | Round 2| | | Qualified
| | |
|  Cuba| 59
| | |
|  Belgium| 51| | |
| | |  Cuba| 56
| | | | | |  Bulgaria
| | |  Bulgaria| 62| |
|  Bulgaria| 69| | | | |
| | |
|  Switzerland| 58| |
| |

| Elimination Match| Decider Match
| |

| |  Cuba| 71
| | |  Cuba
|  Belgium| 59| | |  Belgium| 63| |
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|  Switzerland| 49| | |
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### Group B

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Group B consisted of Hungary, Greece, Israel, and the Philippines.

| | | | | | | | | |
| Round 1| | | Round 2| | | Qualified
| | |
|  Hungary| 75
| | |
|  Greece| 38| | |
| | |  Hungary| 35
| | | | | |  Philippines
| | |  Philippines| 48| |
|  Philippines| 57| | | | |
| | |
|  Israel| 47| |
| |

| Elimination Match| Decider Match
| |

| |  Hungary| 47
| | |  Hungary
|  Greece| 54| | |  Greece| 44| |
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|  Israel| 52| | |
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### Group C

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Group C consisted of Canada, Italy, Turkey, Romania, and Egypt.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Round 1| | | Round 2| | | Round 3| | | Qualified
| | | |
| |  Romania| 51
| |
|  Canada| 68| | |  Canada| 72| | |
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|  Italy| 57| | | |  Canada| 63
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| | | |  Egypt| 57| |
| | | | |
|  Egypt| 64|
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|  Turkey| 45| |
| | |  Canada
| | |
| | |  Egypt
| Elimination Round 1| | | Elimination Round 2| | | Decider Match| |

| | |
| |  Egypt| 66
| |
| |  Romania| 39| | |  Italy| 62| |
| | | |
|  Italy| 49| | |  Italy| 53| | |
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|  Turkey| 37| | |
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#### First round

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* Canada def. Italy, 68–57
* Egypt def. Turkey, 64–45

Bye: Romania

#### Second round

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Romania's first game was a loss to Canada. Italy and Turkey played each other, with Turkey's second loss eliminating them.

* Canada def. Romania, 72–51
* Italy def. Turkey, 49–37

Bye: Egypt

#### Third round

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Italy and Romania, who had both lost once, played each other. Romania's second loss eliminated them, while Canada and Egypt played each other, with Egypt being served its first loss; Canada qualified.

* Italy def. Romania, 53–39
* Canada def. Egypt, 63–57

#### Final round

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Italy played its fourth game of the tournament against Egypt. The closely contested decisive game ended with Egypt qualifying for the main competition and Italy being eliminated.

* Egypt def. Italy, 66–62

## Group stage

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The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  United States | 3  | 3  | 0  | 195  | 139  | +56  | 6  | Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  |  Uruguay | 3  | 2  | 1  | 167  | 164  | +3  | 5
3  |  Czechoslovakia | 3  | 1  | 2  | 161  | 164  | −3  | 4  |
4  |  Hungary | 3  | 0  | 3  | 143  | 199  | −56  | 3

Source: Official Report, p. 676

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

United States | 66-48 |  Hungary

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Scoring by half: 37–23, 27–25

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wabby (EGY)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

Uruguay | 53-51 |  Czechoslovakia

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Scoring by half: 32–32, 21–19

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Kostine (URS), Porto (BRA)

* * *

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 681

Uruguay | 70-56 |  Hungary

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Scoring by half: 36–33, 34–23

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Follati (ITA), Siener (FRA)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 682

United States | 72-47 |  Czechoslovakia

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Scoring by half: 35–21, 37–26

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Reverberi (ITA)

* * *

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

OR p. 683

Czechoslovakia | 63-39 |  Hungary

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Scoring by half: 34–23, 29–16

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Siniakov (URS)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

OR p. 683

United States | 56-44 |  Uruguay

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Scoring by half: 32–27, 24–17

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Siener (FRA), Chuard (SUI)

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Soviet Union | 3  | 3  | 0  | 192  | 143  | +49  | 6  | Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  |  Bulgaria | 3  | 2  | 1  | 163  | 182  | −19  | 5
3  |  Mexico | 3  | 1  | 2  | 172  | 171  | +1  | 4  |
4  |  Finland | 3  | 0  | 3  | 147  | 178  | −31  | 3

Source: Official Report, p. 676

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

Soviet Union | 74-46 |  Bulgaria

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Scoring by half: 38–21, 36–25

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Posvar (TCH)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

Mexico | 66-48 |  Finland

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Scoring by half: 36–21, 30–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Siener (FRA), Atakol (TUR)

* * *

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 681

Bulgaria | 52-44 |  Mexico

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Scoring by half: 27–16, 25–28

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Lastra (ARG), Szilagyi (HUN)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 682

Soviet Union | 47-35 |  Finland

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Scoring by half: 23–14, 24–21

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wahby (EGY)

* * *

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

OR p. 682

Bulgaria | 65-64 |  Finland

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Scoring by half: 31–30, 34–34

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Lastra (ARG), Wahby (EGY)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

OR p. 683

Soviet Union | 71-62 |  Mexico

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Scoring by half: 31–21, 40–40

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Atakol (TUR)

### Group C

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Argentina | 3  | 3  | 0  | 239  | 196  | +43  | 6  | Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  |  Brazil | 3  | 2  | 1  | 184  | 179  | +5  | 5
3  |  Philippines | 3  | 1  | 2  | 192  | 221  | −29  | 4  |
4  |  Canada | 3  | 0  | 3  | 201  | 220  | −19  | 3

Source: Official Report, p. 676

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

Argentina | 85-59 |  Philippines

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Scoring by half: 44–30, 41–29

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Szilagyi (HUN)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

Brazil | 57-55 |  Canada

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Scoring by half: 33–27, 24–28

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Follati (ITA), Bilek (TUR)

* * *

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 682

Brazil | 71-52 |  Philippines

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Scoring by half: 32–25, 39–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Siniakov (URS)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 682

Argentina | 82-81 |  Canada

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Scoring by half: 42–48, 40–33

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Chuard (SUI), Stefanovits (YUG)

* * *

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

OR p. 683

Philippines | 81-65 |  Canada

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Scoring by half: 40–35, 41–30

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Stefanovitch (YUG)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

OR p. 683

Argentina | 72-56 |  Brazil

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Scoring by half: 31–21, 41–35

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Gruia (ROU)

### Group D

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  France | 3  | 3  | 0  | 202  | 149  | +53  | 6  | Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  |  Chile | 3  | 2  | 1  | 170  | 150  | +20  | 5
3  |  Egypt | 3  | 1  | 2  | 176  | 221  | −45  | 4  |
4  |  Cuba | 3  | 0  | 3  | 149  | 177  | −28  | 3

Source: Official Report, p. 676

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

France | 92-64 |  Egypt

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Scoring by half: 39–30, 53–34

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Stefanovitch (YUG)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 681

Chile | 53-52 |  Cuba

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Scoring by half: 32–32, 32–20

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Lastra (ARG), Siniakov (URS)

* * *

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 682

Chile | 74-46 |  Egypt

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Scoring by half: 47–18, 27–28

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Porto (BRA), Posvar (TCH)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 682

France | 58-42 |  Cuba

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Scoring by half: 30–17, 28–25

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Kostine (URS), Atakol (TUR)

* * *

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

OR p. 683

France | 52-43 |  Chile

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Scoring by half: 25–17, 27–26

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Kostine (URS), Chong (KOR)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

OR p. 683

Egypt | 66-55 |  Cuba

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Scoring by half: 35–28, 31–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Porto (BRA), Posvar (TCH)

## Quarterfinals

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The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification.

### Group E

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Uruguay | 3  | 2  | 1  | 194  | 187  | +7  | 5[a] | Qualified for the semifinals
2  |  Argentina | 3  | 2  | 1  | 226  | 174  | +52  | 5[a]
3  |  Bulgaria | 3  | 1  | 2  | 177  | 220  | −43  | 4[b] | Qualified for 5th–8th placement playoffs
4  |  France | 3  | 1  | 2  | 178  | 194  | −16  | 4[b]

Source: Official Report, p. 676
Notes:

1. ^ a b Uruguay–Argentina: 66–65
2. ^ a b Bulgaria–France: 67–58

28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)

OR p. 684

Argentina | 100-56 |  Bulgaria

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Scoring by half: 53–29, 47–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Porto (BRA)

28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)

OR p. 684

France | 68-66 |  Uruguay

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Scoring by half: 38–30, 30–36

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Kostine (URS)

* * *

29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)

OR p. 684

Uruguay | 62-54 |  Bulgaria

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Scoring by half: 35–27, 27–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Porto (BRA), Follati (ITA)

29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)

OR p. 685

Argentina | 61-52 |  France

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Scoring by half: 31–27, 30–25

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Wahby (EGY), Siniakov (URS)

* * *

30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)

FIBA

Bulgaria | 67-58 |  France

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Scoring by half: 39–23, 28–35

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Kostine (URS), Porto (CHI)

30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)

OR p. 686

Uruguay | 66-65 |  Argentina

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Scoring by half: 39–31, 27–34

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Stefanovitch (YUG)

### Group F

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  United States | 3  | 3  | 0  | 246  | 166  | +80  | 6  | Qualified for the semifinals
2  |  Soviet Union | 3  | 2  | 1  | 190  | 195  | −5  | 5
3  |  Brazil | 3  | 1  | 2  | 177  | 155  | +22  | 4  | Qualified for 5th–8th placement playoffs
4  |  Chile | 3  | 0  | 3  | 159  | 256  | −97  | 3

Source: Official Report, p. 676

28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)

OR p. 684

United States | 86-58 |  Soviet Union

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Scoring by half: 36–22, 50–36

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Siener (FRA), Wahby (EGY)

28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)

OR p. 684

Brazil | 75-44 |  Chile

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Scoring by half: 36–25, 39–19

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Ashri (EGY)

* * *

29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)

OR p. 684

United States | 103-55 |  Chile

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Scoring by half: 47–32, 56–23

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Posvar (TCH)

29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)

OR p. 685

Soviet Union | 54-49 |  Brazil

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Scoring by half: 21–25, 33–24

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Chuard (SUI)

* * *

30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)

OR p. 686

United States | 57-53 |  Brazil

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Scoring by half: 24–26, 33–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Wahby (EGY), Posvar (TCH)

30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)

OR p. 686

Soviet Union | 78-60 |  Chile

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Scoring by half: 41–29, 37–31

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Chuard (SUI), Follati (ITA)

## Knockout rounds

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The 5th place match between Chile and Brazil The bronze medal game between Uruguay and Argentina The final match between the Soviet Union and the United States

### Brackets

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| Classification semifinals| | 5th place match

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|  Chile | 60

|  Bulgaria| 53 |

|  Chile| 58

| |  Brazil| 49

|  Brazil| 59

|  France| 44 |

| 7th place match

|  Bulgaria| 58

|  France| 44

| Semifinals| | Gold medal match

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|  |  |  |  |  |

| July 31| |

|  Soviet Union| 61

| August 2

|  Uruguay| 57 |

|  United States| 36

| August 1

| |  Soviet Union| 25

|  United States| 85

|  Argentina| 76 |

| Bronze medal match

| August 2

|  Uruguay| 68

|  Argentina| 59

#### Semifinals

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Classification 5–8 semifinals

31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)
09:00

OR p. 686

Chile | 60-53 |  Bulgaria

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Scoring by half: 37–29, 23–24
Pts: Badrie 22 |  | Pts: Panov 13

Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Wahby (EGY)

31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)
10:30

OR p. 686

Brazil | 59-44 |  France

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Scoring by half: 31–26, 28–18

Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Lastra (ARG), Bilek (TUR)

Medal round semifinals

31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)

OR p. 688

Soviet Union | 61-57 |  Uruguay

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Scoring by half: 31–28, 30–29

Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Chuard (SUI)

31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)

OR p. 688

United States | 85-76 |  Argentina

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Scoring by half: 43–39, 42–37

Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Siener (FRA)

#### Finals

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7th place final

1 August 1952 (1952-08-01)
09:00

OR p. 688

Bulgaria | 58-44 |  France

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Scoring by half: 22–22, 36–24
Pts: Panov 12 |  | Pts: Vacheresse 9

Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Lastra (ARG)

5th place final

2 August 1952 (1952-08-02)
09:00

OR p. 688

Chile | 58-49 |  Brazil

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Scoring by half: 32–24, 26–25
Pts: Cordero Fernández 14 |  | Pts: Da Motta 16

Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Chuard (SUI), Atakol (TUR)

Bronze medal match

1 August 1952 (1952-08-01)
16:00

OR p. 688

Uruguay | 68-59 |  Argentina

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Scoring by half: 31–24, 37–35
Pts: Lombardo 23 |  | Pts: Gazsó 19

Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Follati (ITA), Wahby (EGY)

Gold medal match

2 August 1952 (1952-08-02)
16:00

OR p. 688

United States | 36-25 |  Soviet Union

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Scoring by half: 17–15, 19–10
Pts: Lovellette 9 |  | Pts: Korkia 8

Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wahby (EGY)

## Awards

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1952 Olympic Basketball Champions

United States
Third title

## Participating nations

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For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.

Each country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 317 players were entered.

A total of 301(*) basketball players from 23 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:

* Argentina (14)
* Belgium (13)
* Brazil (13)
* Bulgaria (14)
* Canada (13)
* Chile (13)
* Cuba (12)
* Czechoslovakia (14)
* Egypt (14)
* Finland (14)
* France (14)
* Greece (12)
* Hungary (13)
* Israel (12)
* Italy (13)
* Mexico (13)
* Philippines (12)
* Romania (12)
* Soviet Union (14)
* Switzerland (14)
* Turkey (12)
* United States (14)
* Uruguay (12)

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least. Up to now only two reserve player can be named, 14 reserve players are unknown.

## Team rosters

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Place | Nation

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1 |  United States (USA)
| Marc Freiberger (Peoria Caterpillars/Oklahoma)
Wayne Glasgow (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma)
Charlie Hoag (Kansas)
Bill Hougland (Phillips 66ers/Kansas)
John Keller (Kansas)
Dean Kelley (Kansas)
Bob Kenney (Kansas)
Bob Kurland (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma St.)
Bill Lienhard (Kansas)
Clyde Lovellette (Kansas)
Frank McCabe (Peoria Caterpillars/Marquette)
Dan Pippin (Peoria Caterpillars/Missouri)
Howie Williams (Peoria Caterpillars/Purdue)
2 |  Soviet Union (URS)
| Stepas Butautas (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Anatoly Konev (Dynamo Moscow)
Otar Korkiya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Heino Kruus (Tallinna Kalev)
Ilmar Kullam (Tallinna Kalev)
Justinas Lagunavičius (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Joann Lõssov (Tallinna Kalev)
Aleksandr Moiseyev (VVS Moscow)
Yuri Ozerov (Dynamo Moscow)
Kazys Petkevičius (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Stasys Stonkus (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Maigonis Valdmanis (Rīgas ASK)
Viktor Vlasov (Dynamo Moscow)
3 |  Uruguay (URU)
| Martín Acosta y Lara
Enrique Baliño
Victorio Cieslinskas
Héctor Costa
Nelson Demarco
Héctor García Otero
Tabaré Larre Borges
Adesio Lombardo
Roberto Lovera
Sergio Matto
Wilfredo Peláez
Carlos Roselló
4 |  Argentina (ARG)

* * *

Head Coach: Jorge Canavesi
Leopoldo Contarbio
Hugo del Vecchio
Óscar Furlong
Juan Gazsó
Ricardo González
Rafael Lledó
Alberto López
Rubén Menini
Omar Monza
Rubén Pagliari
Raúl Pérez Varela
Ignacio Poletti
Juan Uder
Roberto Viau
5 |  Chile (CHI)

* * *

Pedro Araya Zabala
Rufino Bernedo
Eduardo Cordero Fernández
Hugo Fernández Diez
Ezequiel Figueroa Reyes
Juan José Gallo Chinchilla
Víctor Mahana Badrie
Eric Mahn Godoy
Juan Ostoic Ostoic
Hermán Raffo Abarca
Hermán Ramos Muñoz
Álvaro Salvadores
Orlando Silva Infante
6 |  Brazil (BRA)

* * *

Head Coach: Manoel Pitanga
Angelim
Bráz
Raymundo Carvalho dos Santos
Mário Jorge da Fonseca Hermes
Almir Nelson de Almeida
Algodão
Ruy de Freitas
Mayr Facci
Tião
Godinho
Thales Monteiro
Alfredo da Motta
Zé Luiz
7 |  Bulgaria (BUL)

* * *

Petar Chichkov
Hristo Donev
Ilja Georgiev
Konstantin Georgiev
Genczo Hristov
Anton Kuzov
Vasil Manchenko
Nejczo Neichev
Ivan Nikolov
Georgi Panov
Veselin Penkov
Kiril Semov
Vladimir Slavov
Konstantin Totev
8 |  France (FRA)

* * *

André Buffière
André Chavet
René Chocat
Robert Crost
Jacques Dessemme
Louis Devoti
Robert Guillin
Roger Haudegand
Robert Monclar
Jean Perniceni
Bernard Planque
Jean-Pierre Salignon
André Vacheresse
Jean-Paul Beugnot
9–16 |  Canada (CAN)

* * *

Woody Campbell
Bill Coulthard
Red Curren
Chuck Dalton
Bill Pataky
Glenn Pettinger
Bob Phibbs
Bernie Pickell
Carl Ridd
Bobby Simpson
Harry Wade
George Wearring
Roy Williams
9–16 |  Cuba (CUB)

* * *

Carlos Bea
Felipe de la Pozas y Piad
Alberto Escoto Valdés
Armando Estrada Rivero
Alfredo Faget Otazo
Casimiro García Artime
Juan García García
Carlos García Ordoñez
Federico López Garviso
Mario Quintero Padrón
Fabio Ruiz Vinajeras
Ramón Wiltz Bucelo
9–16 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH)

* * *

Head Coach: Josef Fleischlinger
Jiří Baumruk
Miroslav Baumruk
Zdeněk Bobrovský
Josef Ezr
Eugen Horniak
Miroslav Kódl
Luboš Kolář
Jan Kozák
Jiří Matoušek
Ivan Mrázek
Zdeněk Rylich
Jaroslav Šíp
Miroslav Škeřík
Jaroslav Tetiva
9–16 |  Egypt (EGY)

* * *

Youssef Abbas
Youssef Abou Ouf
Fouad Abdel Meguid Abu el Kheir
Mohamed Medhat Bahgat
Armand Philippe Catafago
Georges Jean Chalhoub
Mohamed Ezz Eldin Aly Ahmed el Rashidy
Abdelrahman Ismail Hafez
Zaki Selim Ibrahim Harari
Sami Mansour
Medhat Youssef Mohamad
Hussein Kamal Montassir
Fahmy Raymond Sabounghi
Albert Fahmy Tadros
9–16 |  Finland (FIN)

* * *

Kalevi Heinänen
Esko Karhunen
Juhani Kyöstilä
Pentti Laaksonen
Olavi Lahtinen
Raimo Lindholm
Pertti Mutru
Raine Nuutinen
Tapio Pöyhönen
Tuomo Ristola
Eero Salonen
Timo Suviranta
Kalevi Sylander
Oiva Virtanen
9–16 |  Hungary (HUN)

* * *

László Bánhegyi
Pál Bogár
György Bokor
Tibor Cselkó
Tibor Czinkán
János Greminger
László Hódi
Ede Komáromi
Tibor Mezőfi
Péter Papp
János Simon
György Telegdy
Tibor Zsíros
9–16 |  Mexico (MEX)

* * *

Rubén Almanza García
Carlos José Bru Villarreal
Jorge Cardiel Gaytán
José de la Cruz Cabrera Gándara
Héctor Guerrero Delgado
Emilio López Enríquez
Filiberto Manzo Hernández
José Meneses Luna
Sergio Olguín Fierro
Fernando Rojas Herrera
José Rojas Herera
Rolando Rubalcava Peña
Pioquinto Soto
9–16 |  Philippines (PHI)

* * *

Head Coach: Felicisimo Fajardo
Florentino Bautista
Ramón Campos
Antonio Genato
José Gochangco
Rafael Hechanova
Eduardo Lim
Carlos Loyzaga
Antonio Luis Martínez
Ponciano Saldaña
Meliton Santos
Antonio Tantay
Mariano Tolentino
17–23 |  Belgium (BEL)

* * *

Jules Boes
Jan Ceulemans
Henri Coosemans
Henri Crick
Yves Delsarte
Josef du Jardin
Johannes Ducheyne
Jef Eygel
Désiré Ligon
Julien Meuris
Félix Roosemont
Alexis van Gils
Pierre van Huele
17–23 |  Greece (GRE)[1]

* * *

Head Coach: Vladimiros Vallas
Stelios Arvanitis (Panathinaikos)
Themistokles Cholevas (Panellinios)
Ioannis Lambrou (Panathinaikos)
Panayiotis Manias (Panellinios)
Phaedon Mathaiou (Panathinaikos)
Nikolaos Milas (Panathinaikos)
Konstantinos Papadimas (Panellinios)
Aristidis Roubanis (Panellinios)
Alexandros Spanoudakis (Olympiacos)
Ioannis Spanoudakis (Olympiacos)
Dimitrios Stefanidis (Panellinios)
Dimitrios Taliadoros (XAN Thessaloniki)
17–23 |  Israel (ISR)

* * *

Head Coach: Tubby Raskin
Eliahu Amiel (Hapoel Holon)
Moshe Daniel-Levy (Hapoel Maayan Barukh)
Dan Erez-Buxenbaum (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
Reuben Fecher-Perach (Hapoel Mizra)
Mordechai-Marcel Hefez (Hapoel Holon)
Ralph Klein (Raphael Ram) (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Menahem Kurman-Degani (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Amos Lin-Linkovsky (Hapoel Mishmar Ha'emek)
Zekarya Ofri (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Shimon Shelah-Schmuckler (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
Abraham Shneior (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Yehuda Wiener-Gafni (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

* * *

Freddie Cohen (Hapoel Holon)
17–23 |  Italy (ITA)

* * *

Giorgio Bongiovanni
Achille Canna
Carlo Cerioni
Giordano Damiani
Sergio Ferriani
Sergio Marelli
Federico Marietti
Enrico Pagani
Fabio Presca
Renzo Ranuzzi
Luigi Rapini
Sergio Stefanini
Dino Zucchi
17–23 |  Romania (ROU)

* * *

Head Coach: Alexandru Popescu
Cornel Călugăreanu
Gheorghe Constantinide
Grigore Costescu
Andrei Folbert
Ladislau Mokos
Liviu Naghi
Mihai Nedef
Cezar Niculescu
Dan Niculescu
Adrian Petroşanu
Vasile Popescu
Emanoil Răducanu

* * *

Constantin Herold
17–23 |  Switzerland (SUI)

* * *

Pierre Albrecht
Henri Baumann
Marc Bossy
René Chiappino
Maurice Chollet
Gerald Cottier
Roger Domenjoz
Marcel Moget
Roger Prahin
Jacques Redard
Bernard Schmied
Georges Stockly
Jean-Pierre Voisin
René Wohler
17–23 |  Turkey (TUR)

* * *

Yüksel Alkan
Altan Dinçer
Nejat Diyarbakırlı
Yalçın Granit
Sadi Gülçelik
Yılmaz Gündüz
Erdoğan Partener
Sacit Seldüz
Turhan Tezol
Güney Ülmen
Ali Uras
Mehmet Ali Yalım

## References

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1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Greece Basketball at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

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