Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland 23 nations entered the competition.
The top six teams at the 1948 Summer Olympics qualified automatically, as did the 1950 World Champion (Argentina), the top two at the 1951 European championships (USSR and Czechoslovakia), and the host country (Finland). The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was held in London Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Thirteen other nations competed in a preliminary round to determine the last six places in the sixteen-team Olympic tournament.
The matches were played in two different arenas: the eliminating matches and the opening round of the tournament in the Tennis Palace in the heart of the city, where two courts had been available for practice, and the semi-finals and finals in Messuhalli II, adjacent to the Olympic Stadium.
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Nations that lost two games in the preliminary tournaments were eliminated. The United States competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Ronald "Ron" Yngve Bontemps (born August 11, 1926 in Taylorville, Illinois) was an American Basketball player Marcus "Mark" Ross Freiberger ( &ndash June 29, 2005) was an American Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Victor Wayne Glasgow (born January 17, 1926 in Dacoma Oklahoma, died December 31, 2000) played in college for Oklahoma University Charles "Charlie" Monroe Hoag (born July 19, 1931) was an American Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics William "Bill" Marion Hougland (born June 20, 1930) was an American Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics John Frederick Keller ( November 10, 1928 &ndash October 6, 2000) was an American Basketball player who competed in Melvin Dean Kelley ( September 23, 1931 – January 13, 1996) was an American Basketball player who competed in the Robert "Bob" Earl Kelley (born June 23, 1931) was an American Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics Robert Albert "Bob" Kurland (born December 23, 1924 in St William "Bill" Barner Lienhard (born January 14, 1930) was an American Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Clyde Lovellette (born September 7 1929 in Petersburg Indiana) is a former professional Basketball player the first basketball player in history Frank Reilly McCabe (born June 30, 1927) was an American Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Daniel "Dan" Luther Pippin ( October 20, 1926 – April 1, 1965) was an American Basketball player who competed Howard "Howie" Earl Williams ( October 29, 1927 &ndash December 25, 2004) was an American Basketball player The Soviet Union (USSR competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland Stepas Butautas (born August 25, 1925 - died March 22, 2001 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian Basketball player Nodar Konstantinovich Dzhordzhikiya ( Georgian: ? Russian:Нодар Константинович Джорджикия born November 15, 1921 Anatoly Konstantinovich Konev (Анатолий Константинович Конев January 10 1921 – November 9 1965 was a Russian Basketball player Otar Mikhailovich Korkiya ( Georgian: ? Russian:Отар Михайлович Коркия born May 10, 1923 in Kutaisi - died Heino Kruus ( Russian:Хейно Рихардович (Richardovich Крууc born September 30, 1926) was an Estonian Basketball Ilmar Kullam (born June 15, 1922) was an Estonian Basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Justinas Lagunavičius (born September 4, 1924 - died 2003 was a Lithuanian Basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union Joann Lõssov ( Russian:Иоанн Фёдорович (Fyodorovich Лысов born September 10, 1921 in Tallinn - died August 3 Aleksandr Ivanovich Moiseyev ( Russian:Александр Иванович Моисеев born May 28, 1927 - died in 2003 or 2004 was a Russian Yuri Viktorovich Ozerov ( Russian:Юрий Викторович Озеров July 9, 1928 &ndash February 25, 2004) was a Kazys Petkevičius ( Lithuanian: Kazys Petkevičius born January 1, 1926) was a Lithuanian Basketball player who competed for Stanislovas "Stasys" Stonkus (born December 29, 1931) is a retired Soviet present day Lithuanian Basketball player who Viktor Petrovich Vlasov ( Russian:Виктор Петрович Власов born September 1, 1925) was a Russian Basketball Uruguay competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Martín Acosta y Lara Díaz (born March 25, 1925) was an Uruguayan Basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics Enrique Baliño Pavón (born June 20, 1928) was an Uruguayan Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Victorio Cieslinskas Zinevicaite (born October 27, 1922) is an Uruguayan Basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics Héctor J Costa Massironi (born July 30, 1929) is a retired Basketball player from Uruguay, who twice won the bronze medal with the men's Héctor García may refer to Héctor García Molina, Mexican computer scientist Hector P Tabaré Larre Borges Gallarreta (born January 6, 1922) was an Uruguayan Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics Adesio Rafael Lombardo Rossi (born February 2, 1925) was an Uruguayan Basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics Roberto José Lovera Vidal (born November 14, 1922) was an Uruguayan Basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics Sergio A Matto Suárez (born October 13, 1930) is a retired Basketball player from Uruguay, who twice won the bronze medal with the men's Wilfredo A Peláez Esmite (born October 27, 1930) was an Uruguayan Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Carlos Roselló Betbeze (born May 2, 1922) was an Uruguayan Basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the When there were only two teams left in each group, those teams advanced to the main tournament.
In the first round, Cuba and Bulgaria won.
Cuba and Bulgaria played each other, with Bulgaria's victory winning it a berth in the main tournament. The losers played each other, with Switzerland's second loss ejecting the nation from the tournament.
The two teams that were 1-1 played each, with the winner receiving a tournament berth and the loser being eliminated.
In the first round, Hungary and the Philippines won.
Hungary and the Philippines played each other, with the Philippines's victory winning it a berth in the main tournament. The losers played each other, with Israel's second loss ejecting the nation from the tournament.
The two teams that were 1-1 played each, with the winner receiving a tournament berth and the loser being eliminated.
In the first round, Italy and Turkey were served their first losses.
Romania's first game was a loss to Canada. Italy and Turkey played each other, with Turkey's second loss eliminating it.
Italy and Romania, who had both lost once, played each other. Romania's second loss eliminated the nation from the tournament. Undefeated nations Canada and Egypt played each other, with Egypt being served its first loss.
Italy played its fourth game of the tournament against Egypt. The decisive game ended with Egypt winning a berth to the main competition and Italy being eliminated.
The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinal round.
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 195 | 139 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 167 | 164 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 161 | 164 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 143 | 199 | 3 |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 192 | 143 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 163 | 182 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 172 | 171 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 178 | 3 |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 239 | 196 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 184 | 179 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 221 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 201 | 220 | 3 |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 202 | 149 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 170 | 150 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 176 | 221 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 149 | 177 | 3 |
The top two teams in each semifinal advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each semifinal played in the fifth through eighth place classification.
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 194 | 187 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 174 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 177 | 220 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 178 | 194 | 4 |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 166 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 190 | 195 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 177 | 155 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 159 | 256 | 3 |
| Semi finals | Final | ||||||
| July 31 | |||||||
| | 61 | ||||||
| | 57 | ||||||
| August 2 | |||||||
| | 36 | ||||||
| | 25 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| August 1 | August 2 | ||||||
| | 85 | | 68 | ||||
| | 76 | | 59 | ||||
Each country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently The Soviet Union (USSR competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland Uruguay competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the The United States competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Soviet Union (USSR competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the The United States competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Uruguay competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Argentina competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Argentina competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. A total number of 317 players were entered.
A total of 301(*) basketball players from 23 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least. Argentina competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Belgium competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Brazil competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Bulgaria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Canada competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Chile competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Cuba competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Egypt competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Finland was the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. France competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Greece competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Hungary competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Israel competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Italy competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Mexico competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Philippines competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Romania competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Soviet Union (USSR competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland Switzerland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Turkey competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The United States competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Uruguay competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Up to now only two reserve player can be named, 14 reserve players are unknown.
| Place | Nation |
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| 1 | |
| Coach: Warren Womble Ron Bontemps (Peoria Caterpillars/Illinois) Mark Freiberger (Peoria Caterpillars/Oklahoma) Wayne Glasgow (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma) Charlie Hoag (University of Kansas) Bill Hougland (Phillips 66ers/Kansas) John Keller (University of Kansas) Dean Kelley (University of Kansas) Bob Kenney (University of Kansas) Bob Kurland (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma St. The United States competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Ronald "Ron" Yngve Bontemps (born August 11, 1926 in Taylorville, Illinois) was an American Basketball player Marcus "Mark" Ross Freiberger ( &ndash June 29, 2005) was an American Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Victor Wayne Glasgow (born January 17, 1926 in Dacoma Oklahoma, died December 31, 2000) played in college for Oklahoma University Charles "Charlie" Monroe Hoag (born July 19, 1931) was an American Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics William "Bill" Marion Hougland (born June 20, 1930) was an American Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics John Frederick Keller ( November 10, 1928 &ndash October 6, 2000) was an American Basketball player who competed in Melvin Dean Kelley ( September 23, 1931 – January 13, 1996) was an American Basketball player who competed in the Robert "Bob" Earl Kelley (born June 23, 1931) was an American Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics Robert Albert "Bob" Kurland (born December 23, 1924 in St ) Bill Lienhard (University of Kansas) Clyde Lovellette (University of Kansas) Frank McCabe (Peoria Caterpillars/Marquette) Dan Pippin (Peoria Caterpillars/Missouri) Howie Williams (Peoria Caterpillars/Purdue) | |
| 2 | |
| Stepas Brutautas (BC Žalgiris Kaunas) Nodar Dzhordzhikiya (BC Dinamo Tbilisi) Anatoly Konev (MBC Dynamo Moscow) Otar Korkiya (BC Dinamo Tbilisi) Heino Kruus (Tallinna Kalev) Ilmar Kullam (Tallinna Kalev) Justinas Lagunavičius (BC Žalgiris Kaunas) Joann Lõssov (Tallinna Kalev) Aleksandr Moiseyev (VVS Moscow) Yuri Ozerov (MBC Dynamo Moscow) Kazys Petkevičius (BC Žalgiris Kaunas) Stasys Stonkus (BC Žalgiris Kaunas) Maigonis Valdmanis (ASK Riga) Viktor Vlasov (MBC Dynamo Moscow) | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Coach: Rodolfo Masilla Leopoldo Contarbio Hugo del Vecchio Oscar Furlong Juan Gaszo Ricardo González Rafael Lledo Alberto López Rubén Menini Omar Monza Rubén Pagliari Raúl Pérez Varela Ignacio Poletti Juan Uder Roberto Viau |
| 5 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 9-16 | 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 | Carlos Bea Blanes Felipe de la Pozas y Piad Alberto Escoto Valdés Armando Estrada Rivero Alfredo Faget Otazo Casimiro García Artime Juan García García R. William "Bill" Barner Lienhard (born January 14, 1930) was an American Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Clyde Lovellette (born September 7 1929 in Petersburg Indiana) is a former professional Basketball player the first basketball player in history Frank Reilly McCabe (born June 30, 1927) was an American Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Daniel "Dan" Luther Pippin ( October 20, 1926 – April 1, 1965) was an American Basketball player who competed Howard "Howie" Earl Williams ( October 29, 1927 &ndash December 25, 2004) was an American Basketball player The Soviet Union (USSR competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland Stepas Butautas (born August 25, 1925 - died March 22, 2001 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian Basketball player Nodar Konstantinovich Dzhordzhikiya ( Georgian: ? Russian:Нодар Константинович Джорджикия born November 15, 1921 Anatoly Konstantinovich Konev (Анатолий Константинович Конев January 10 1921 – November 9 1965 was a Russian Basketball player MBC Dynamo Moscow ( МБК Динамо Москва) is a Russian professional Basketball club in the Russian Basketball Super League from Otar Mikhailovich Korkiya ( Georgian: ? Russian:Отар Михайлович Коркия born May 10, 1923 in Kutaisi - died Heino Kruus ( Russian:Хейно Рихардович (Richardovich Крууc born September 30, 1926) was an Estonian Basketball Ilmar Kullam (born June 15, 1922) was an Estonian Basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Justinas Lagunavičius (born September 4, 1924 - died 2003 was a Lithuanian Basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union Joann Lõssov ( Russian:Иоанн Фёдорович (Fyodorovich Лысов born September 10, 1921 in Tallinn - died August 3 Aleksandr Ivanovich Moiseyev ( Russian:Александр Иванович Моисеев born May 28, 1927 - died in 2003 or 2004 was a Russian Yuri Viktorovich Ozerov ( Russian:Юрий Викторович Озеров July 9, 1928 &ndash February 25, 2004) was a MBC Dynamo Moscow ( МБК Динамо Москва) is a Russian professional Basketball club in the Russian Basketball Super League from Kazys Petkevičius ( Lithuanian: Kazys Petkevičius born January 1, 1926) was a Lithuanian Basketball player who competed for Stanislovas "Stasys" Stonkus (born December 29, 1931) is a retired Soviet present day Lithuanian Basketball player who ASK Rīga is the name of a professional Basketball club based in Riga, Latvia. Viktor Petrovich Vlasov ( Russian:Виктор Петрович Власов born September 1, 1925) was a Russian Basketball MBC Dynamo Moscow ( МБК Динамо Москва) is a Russian professional Basketball club in the Russian Basketball Super League from Uruguay competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Argentina competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Leopoldo ("Pichón" Contarbio (born April 29, 1929 in Buenos Aires &ndash died August 24, 1993) was an Argentine Oscar Alberto Furlong (born October 22, 1927 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine Basketball player who competed in the 1948 Roberto Luis Viau (born 1931 &ndash died June 6, 1971) was an Argentine Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics Chile competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Alvaro Salvadores Salvi (born ? in Lamco, Valdivia - died April 13, 2002 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia) was a Chilean Brazil competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. João Francisco Bráz (born November 25, 1948. At his Olympic debut he won the bronze medal with Brazilian basketball team under the guidance of head Zenny de Azevedo ( March 1, 1925 &ndash March 10, 2001) was a Brazilian Basketball player who competed for his native Ruy de Freitas (born August 14, 1916 in Brasília) was a Brazilian Basketball player who competed in two consecutive Summer Alfredo Rodrigues da Motta (born January 12 1921 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian Basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics Bulgaria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. France competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Pierre André Buffière (born November 12, 1922) was a French Basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and René Chocat ( November 28, 1920 &ndash July 18, 2000) was a French Basketball player who competed in the 1948 Canada competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Woody Campbell may refer to Woody Campbell (basketball Woody Campbell (football William "Bill" Sanderson Coulthard (born December 29, 1923 in Buffalo New York, USA was a Canadian Basketball player who James Edward "Red" Curren (born May 12, 1925) was a Canadian Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Charles "Chuck" Harwood Dalton (born September 1, 1927 in Windsor Ontario) was a Canadian Basketball player who competed William "Bill" Andrew Pataky (born May 12, 1930 in Windsor Ontario) was a Canadian Basketball player who competed in the Glenn Murray Pettinger (born September 27, 1928 in Toronto) was a Canadian Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Robert "Bob" James Phibbs (born May 26, 1927 in Windsor Ontario) was a Canadian Basketball player who competed in the John Carl Ridd (born August 17, 1929 in Winnipeg) was a Canadian Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics Robert "Bobby" Lee Simpson (born April 20, 1930) was a Canadian Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics Harry Arthur Wade (born March 12, 1928 in Windsor Ontario) was a Canadian Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer George Arthur Wearring (born June 2, 1928 in London Ontario) was a Canadian Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Roy Edward Williams (born July 8, 1927 in Winnipeg) was a Canadian Basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics Cuba competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Carlos García Ordoñez Federico López Garviso Mario Quintero Padrón Fabio Ruiz Vinajeras Ramón Wiltz Bucelo |
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| 9-16 | Youssef Mohamed Abbas Youssef Kamal Mohamed 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 | 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 |
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| 9-16 | 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 José Pioquinto Soto Villanueva |
| 9-16 | 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 | 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 | Goulielmos Arvanitis Themistokles Cholevas Ioannis Lambrou Panayiotis Manias Phaedon Mathaiou Nikolaos Milas Konstantinos Papadimas Aristidis Roubanis Alexandros Spanoudakis Ioannis Spanoudakis Dimitrios Stefanidis Dimitrios Taliadoros |
| 17-23 | Coach: Toby Ruskin 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) Fredi Cohen (Hapoel Holon) |
| 17-23 | 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 |
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| 17-23 | 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 | 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 |