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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.

Basketball

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Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
United States United States (USA)
Ron Bontemps
Mark 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 Soviet Union (URS)
Stepas Brutautas
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 Uruguay (URU)
Martín Acosta y Lara
Enrique Baliño
Victorio Cieslinskas
Héctor Costa
Nelson Demarco
Héctor García
Tabaré Larre Borges
Adesio Lombardo
Roberto Lovera
Sergio Matto
Wilfredo Peláez
Carlos Roselló

Results

Preliminary round

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.

Group A

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.

Group B

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.

Group C

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.

Main tournament

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

Group 1

 PldWLPFPAPts
United States United States3301951396
Uruguay Uruguay3211671645
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia3121611644
Hungary Hungary3031431993


Group 2

 PldWLPFPAPts
Soviet Union Soviet Union3301921436
Bulgaria Bulgaria3211631825
Mexico Mexico3121721714
Finland Finland3031471783


Group 3

 PldWLPFPAPts
Argentina Argentina3302391966
Brazil Brazil3211841795
Philippines Philippines3121922214
Canada Canada3032012203


Group 4

 PldWLPFPAPts
France France3302021496
Chile Chile3211701505
Egypt Egypt3121762214
Cuba Cuba3031491773


Semifinals

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.

Semifinal group A

 PldWLPFPAPts
Uruguay Uruguay3211941875
Argentina Argentina3212261745
Bulgaria Bulgaria3121772204
France France3121781944


Semifinal group B

 PldWLPFPAPts
United States United States3302461666
Soviet Union Soviet Union3211901955
Brazil Brazil3121771554
Chile Chile3031592563


Classification 5-8

Classification 7/8

Classification 5/6

Semifinals

 Semi finalsFinal
       
July 31
 Soviet Union Soviet Union61 
 Uruguay Uruguay57 
 
August 2
   United States United States36
  Soviet Union Soviet Union25
Third place
August 1August 2
 United States United States85 Uruguay Uruguay 68
 Argentina Argentina76  Argentina Argentina 59

Participating nations

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.

Summary

PlaceNation
1United States United States (USA)
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)
2Soviet Union Soviet Union (URS)
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)
3Uruguay Uruguay (URU)
4Argentina Argentina (ARG)
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
5Chile 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
6Brazil Brazil (BRA)
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
7Bulgaria 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
8France 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
9-16Canada 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
9-16Cuba Cuba (CUB)
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
9-16Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (TCH)
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 Tětiva
9-16Egypt Egypt (EGY)
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
9-16Finland 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
9-16Hungary 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
9-16Mexico 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
José Pioquinto Soto Villanueva
9-16Philippines Philippines (PHI)
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
17-23Belgium 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
17-23Greece Greece (GRE)
Goulielmos Arvanitis
Themistokles Cholevas
Ioannis Lambrou
Panayiotis Manias
Phaedon Mathaiou
Nikolaos Milas
Konstantinos Papadimas
Aristidis Roubanis
Alexandros Spanoudakis
Ioannis Spanoudakis
Dimitrios Stefanidis
Dimitrios Taliadoros
17-23Israel Israel (ISR)
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)
17-23Italy 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
17-23Romania Romania (ROM)
Cornel Călugăreanu
Gheorghe Constantinide
Grigore Costescu
Andrei Folbert
Ladislau Mokos
Liviu Naghi
Mihai Nedef
Cezar Niculescu
Dan Niculescu
Adrian Petroşanu
Vasile Popescu
Emanoil Răducanu
Constanin Herold
17-23Switzerland 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
17-23Turkey 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


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