Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

6th Olympic Basketball Tournament
6th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Tokyo 1964
Tournament details
Olympics	1964 Summer Olympics
Host nation	Japan
City	Tokyo
Duration	October 11–23
Men's tournament
Teams	16
Medals
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Soviet Union
Bronze medalists	Brazil
Tournaments
← Rome 1960	Mexico City 1968 →

Basketball contests at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the sixth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from October 11 to October 23. The United States defeated the Soviet Union to win their sixth consecutive gold medal at this event, while Brazil earned the bronze against Puerto Rico.^[1]

Results[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's basketball	United States Jim Barnes Bill Bradley Larry Brown Joe Caldwell Mel Counts Richard Davies Walt Hazzard Lucious Jackson John McCaffrey Jeff Mullins Jerry Shipp George Wilson	Soviet Union Valdis Muižnieks Mykola Bahley Armenak Alachachian Alexandr Travin Viacheslav Khrynin Jānis Krūmiņš Levan Moseshvili Yury Korneev Alexsandr Petrov Gennadi Volnov Jaak Lipso Juris Kalniņš	Brazil Amaury Antônio Pasos Wlamir Marques Ubiratan Pereira Maciel Carlos Domingos Massoni Friedrich Wilhelm Braun Rosa Branca Jatyr Eduardo Schall Edson Bispo dos Santos Antônio Salvador Sucar Victor Mirshauswka Sérgio de Toledo Machado José Edvar Simões

Qualification[]

Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the first eight places at the previous tournament. Additional spots were decided by various continental tournaments held by FIBA plus two additional intercontinental tournaments that granted six extra berths total, after the withdrawal of United Arab Republic and Czechoslovakia.

Means of qualification^[2]	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1	Japan
1960 Summer Olympics	26 August–10 September 1960	Rome	8 6	United States
				Soviet Union
				Brazil
				Italy
				Czechoslovakia^[a]
				SFR Yugoslavia
				Poland
				Uruguay
1963 Pan American Games	23 April–3 May 1963	São Paulo	2	Puerto Rico
1963 Pan American Games	23 April–3 May 1963	São Paulo	2	Peru
FIBA Africa Championship 1964	4–8 March 1964	Casablanca	1	United Arab Republic^[a]
European Pre-Olympic Tournament	4–13 June 1964	Geneva	2	Finland
European Pre-Olympic Tournament	4–13 June 1964	Geneva	2	Hungary
Pan-Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament	25 September–3 October 1964	Yokohama	2 4	Mexico
				Australia
				Canada^[b]
				South Korea^[b]
Total			16

^a Withdrew from the tournament.
^b Replacement teams.

Format[]

Two groups of eight teams are formed, where the top two from each group compete for the medals in a knockout round.
The remaining places are defined as follows:
- Fifth through eighth places are decided in a separate bracket between the third and fourth places from each group in a separate bracket.
- Ninth through sixteenth places are decided between the fifth through eighth places from each group in separate brackets.

Squads[]

For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.

Preliminary round[]

The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, while the remaining teams compete for 5th through 16th places in separate brackets. Both group leaders, the United States and the Soviet Union advanced undefeated to the knockout stage.

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	7	7	0	562	424	+138	14	Semifinals
2	Puerto Rico	7	5	2	493	454	+39	12	Semifinals
3	Poland	7	4	3	467	448	+19	11^[a]	5th–8th classification round
4	Italy	7	4	3	495	480	+15	11^[a]	5th–8th classification round
5	Mexico	7	3	4	485	514	−29	10^[b]	9th–12th classification round
6	Japan (H)	7	3	4	421	428	−7	10^[b]	9th–12th classification round
7	Hungary	7	2	5	407	469	−62	9	13th–16th classification round
8	Canada	7	0	7	408	521	−113	7	13th–16th classification round

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Poland 1–0 Italy
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Mexico 1–0 Japan

October 11

13:30

Poland

56–53

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	7	7	0	569	333	+236	14	Semifinals
2	Brazil	7	5	2	473	452	+21	12^[a]	Semifinals
3	Yugoslavia	7	5	2	529	453	+76	12^[a]	5th–8th classification round
4	Uruguay	7	4	3	472	482	−10	11	5th–8th classification round
5	Finland	7	3	4	409	475	−66	10	9th–12th classification round
6	Australia	7	2	5	434	460	−26	9^[b]	9th–12th classification round
7	Peru	7	2	5	431	453	−22	9^[b]	13th–16th classification round
8	South Korea	7	0	7	432	641	−209	7	13th–16th classification round

Semifinals (October 20)			5th place (October 22)

A3	Poland	82
B4	Uruguay	69
			A3	Poland	59
			A4	Italy	79
B3	SFR Yugoslavia	63
A4	Italy	75	7th place (October 22)

			B3	SFR Yugoslavia	78
			B4	Uruguay	55

Semifinals (October 21)			9th place (October 23)

A5	Mexico	58
B6	Australia	70
			B6	Australia	64
			A6	Japan	57
B5	Finland	45
A6	Japan	54	11th place (October 23)

			A5	Mexico	72
			B5	Finland	73

Semifinals (October 20)			13th place (October 22)

A7	Hungary	99
B8	South Korea	83
			A7	Hungary	68
			A8	Canada	65
B7	Peru	81
A8	Canada	82	15th place (October 22)

			B7	South Korea	66
			B8	Peru	71

Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Results[]

Qualification[]

Format[]

Squads[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Group B[]

Knockout stage[]

Championship playoffs[]

Classification brackets[]

Awards[]

Final standings[]

References[]