Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the fourth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. 15 nations, an unusually low number for the basketball tournament, competed in the event. In all, 56 games of basketball were played.

The teams were divided into four pools, with four teams in three of the pools and only three in the fourth. Every team played against each other team in its pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the quarterfinals, where again they were split into pools of four. Teams again played every other team in their pool, with the top two in each advancing to the semifinal and the bottom two entering a pool for 5th through 8th places. Eliminated teams also played in consolation matches with the same structure as the quarterfinals and finals, but for 9th through 15th places.

Medallists

United States

Soviet Union

Uruguay

Final ranking

United States

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

• Philippines def. Thailand, 55-44
• United States def. Japan, 98-40
• United States def. Thailand, 101-29
• Philippines def. Japan, 76-61
• Japan def. Thailand, 70-50
• United States def. Philippines, 121-53

Group B

• Soviet Union def. Canada, 97-59
• France def. Singapore, 81-54
• Canada def. Singapore, 85-58
• France def. Soviet Union, 76-67
• Soviet Union def. Singapore, 91-42
• France def. Canada, 79-62

Group C

• China def. Korea, 83-76
• Uruguay def. Bulgaria, 70-65
• Uruguay def. China, 85-62
• Bulgaria def. Korea, 89-58
• Bulgaria def. China, 88-71
• Uruguay def. Korea, 83-60

Group D

• Brazil def. Chile, 78-59
• Brazil def. Australia, 89-66
• Chile def. Australia, 78-56

Classification 9-15

9-15 Group 1

• Australia def. Thailand, 87-48
• China def. Singapore, 67-64
• Singapore def. Thailand, 62-50
• China def. Australia, 86-73
• China def. Thailand, 65-52
• Australia def. Singapore, 98-74

9-15 Group 2

• Canada def. Korea, 74-63
• Japan def. Korea, 83-67
• Canada def. Japan, 73-60

Classification 13-15

• Korea def. Thailand, 61-47
• Singapore, BYE

Classification 13/14

• Singapore def. Korea, 92-79

Classification 9-12

• Japan def. China, 82-61
• Canada def. Australia, 83-38

Classification 11/12

• China def. Australia, 87-70

Classification 9/10

• Canada def. Japan, 75-60

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal Group A

• France def. Chile, 71-60
• Uruguay def. Philippines, 79-70
• Uruguay def. Chile, 80-73
• Philippines def. France, 65-58
• Chile def. Philippines, 88-69
• France def. Uruguay, 66-62

Quarterfinal Group B

• United States def. Bulgaria, 84-44
• Soviet Union def. Brazil, 87-68
• Soviet Union def. Bulgaria, 66-56
• United States def. Brazil, 113-51
• United States def. Soviet Union, 85-55
• Bulgaria def. Brazil, 82-73

Classification 5-8

• Brazil def. Chile, 89-64
• Bulgaria def. Philippines, 80-70

Classification 7/8

• Philippines def. Chile, 75-68

Classificaiton 5/6

• Bulgaria def. Brazil, 64-52

Semifinal

• Soviet Union def. France, 56-49
• United States def. Uruguay, 101-38

Bronze medal match

• Uruguay def. France, 71-62

Final

• United States def. Soviet Union, 89-55

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