Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the fifth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. 16 nations were admitted into the Olympic tournament, with many others being eliminated in a pre-Olympic tournament held earlier in the year. 64 games of basketball were played in the Olympic tournament.

The 16 teams were split up into four groups for the preliminary round. Each team played every other team in its group once. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals in two pools of four, while the lower two teams were sent to a consolation semifinal for 9th through 16th place.

In the semifinal, each team again played every other team in its pool, none of which it had played against previously. The top two teams in each of the two semifinals moved on to the final, with the lower two teams in each playing in a classification for 5th through 8th place. The consolation semifinal worked the same way, with the top two teams moving into a classification for 9th through 12th place and the lower two playing in classification for 13th through 16th places.

For the butt, each of the four teams had already played against one of the other three in the semifinal. The results of those games carried over into the final and each team played the remaining two finalists once (even though the teams may have played each other in the preliminary round, those results were not carried over). The results of that pool determined final ranking. Each of the classifications worked identically to the final.

Medallists

Final ranking

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Played	Won	Lost
United States	3	3	0
Italy	3	2	1
Hungary	3	1	2
Japan	3	0	3

Hungary def. Japan, 93-66
United States def. Italy, 88-54
United States def. Japan, 125-66
Italy def. Hungary, 72-67
United States def. Hungary, 107-63
Italy def. Japan, 100-92

Group B

Team	Played	Won	Lost
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1
Yugoslavia	3	2	1
France	3	1	2
Bulgaria	3	1	2

Yugoslavia def. Bulgaria, 67-62
Czechoslovakia def. France, 56-53
Yugoslavia def. France, 62-61
Bulgaria def. Czechoslovakia, 75-69
Czechoslovakia def. Yugoslavia, 76-64
France def. Bulgaria, 73-72

Group C

Team	Played	Won	Lost
Brazil	3	3	0
USSR	3	2	1
Mexico	3	1	2
Puerto Rico	3	0	3

USSR def. Mexico, 66-49
Brazil def. Puerto Rico, 75-72
Mexico def. Puerto Rico, 68-64
Brazil def. USSR, 58-54
Brazil def. Mexico, 80-72
USSR def. Puerto Rico, 100-63

Group D

Team	Played	Won	Lost
Uruguay	3	2	1
Poland	3	2	1
Philippines	3	1	2
Spain	3	1	2

Poland def. Philippines, 86-68
Spain def. Uruguay, 77-72
Philippines def. Spain, 84-82
Uruguay def. Poland, 76-72
Uruguay def. Philippines, 80-76
Poland def. Spain, 75-63

Classification 9-16

Pool C

Team	Played	Won	Lost
Hungary	3	3	0
Philippines	3	2	1
Puerto Rico	3	1	2
Bulgaria	3	0	3

Hungary def. Bulgaria, 2-0 (forfeit)
Philippines def. Puerto Rico, 82-80
Hungary def. Puerto Rico, 84-80
Philippines def. Bulgaria, 2-0 (forfeit)
Puerto Rico def. Bulgaria, 2-0 (forfeit)
Hungary def. Philippines, 81-70

Pool D

Team	Played	Won	Lost
France	3	3	0
Mexico	3	2	1
Spain	3	1	2
Japan	3	0	3

Mexico def. Spain, 80-66
France def. Japan, 101-63
Mexico def. Japan, 76-55
France def. Spain, 78-40
Spain def. Japan, 66-64
France def. Mexico, 91-62

Classification 13-16

Spain's victory over Japan carried over, as did Puerto Rico's win in Bulgaria's forfeit.

Team	Played	Won	Lost
Puerto Rico	3	3	0
Spain	3	2	1
Japan	3	1	2
Bulgaria	3	0	3

Puerto Rico def. Spain, 75-65
Japan def. Bulgaria, 2-0 (forfeit)
Puerto Rico def. Japan, 93-73
Spain def. Bulgaria, 2-0 (forfeit)

Classification 9-12

France's victory over Mexico and Hungary's over the Philippines carried over.

Team	Played	Won	Lost
Hungary	3	2	1
France	3	2	1
Philippines	3	1	2
Mexico	3	1	2

Mexico def. Hungary, 69-57
France def. Philippines, 122-75
Philippines def. Mexico, 65-64
Hungary def. France, 74-70

Semifinal

Pool A

Team	Played	Won	Lost
Brazil	3	3	0
Italy	3	2	1
Czechoslovakia	3	1	2
Poland	3	0	3

Brazil def. Italy, 78-75
Czechoslovakia def. Poland, 88-75
Brazil def. Poland, 77-68
Italy def. Czechoslovakia, 77-70
Italy def. Poland, 74-68
Brazil def. Czechoslovakia, 85-78

Pool B

Team	Played	Won	Lost
United States	3	3	0
USSR	3	2	1
Yugoslavia	3	1	2
Uruguay	3	0	3

United States def. Yugoslavia, 104-42
USSR def. Uruguay, 89-53
USSR def. Yugoslavia, 88-61
United States def. Uruguay, 108-50
Yugoslavia def. Uruguay, 94-83
United States def. USSR, 81-57

Classification 5-8

Czechoslovakia's victory over Poland and Yugoslavia's win over Uruguay carried over to this round.

Team	Played	Won	Lost
Czechoslovakia	3	3	0
Yugoslavia	3	2	1
Poland	3	1	2
Uruguay	3	0	3

Czechoslovakia def. Uruguay, 98-72
Yugoslavia def. Poland, 95-81
Poland def. Uruguay, 64-62
Czechoslovakia def. Yugoslavia, 98-93

Final

The United States' win over the Soviet Union and Brazil's victory over Italy carried over.

Team	Played	Won	Lost
United States	3	3	0
USSR	3	2	1
Brazil	3	1	2
Italy	3	0	3

USSR def. Brazil, 64-62
United States def. Italy, 112-81
USSR def. Italy, 78-70
United States def. Brazil, 90-63

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
United States (USA) Jay Hoyland Arnette Walter Jones Bellamy, Jr. Robert Lewis Boozer Terence Gilbert Dischinger Burdette Eliele Haldorsson Darrall Tucker Imhoff Allen Earl Kelley Lester E. Lane Jerry Ray Lucas Oscar Palmer Robertson Adrian Howard Smith Jerome Alan West	Soviet Union (URS) Yuri Korneev Janis Krumins Guram Minashvili Valdis Muiznieks Tsezar Ozer Aleksandr Petrov Mikhail Semyonov Vladimir Ugrekhelidze Maigonis Valdmanis Albert Valtin Gennadi Volnov Viktor Zubkov	Brazil (BRA) Edson Bispo dos Santos Moyses Blas Waldemar Blatkauskas Algodão Carmo De Souza Carlos Domingos Massoni Waldyr Geraldo Boccardo Wlamir Marques Amaury Antônio Pasos Fernando Pereira De Freitas Antonio Salvador Sucar Eduardo Schall Jatyr