Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics

3rd Olympic Basketball Tournament
Helsinki 1952
Tournament details
Olympics	1952 Summer Olympics
Host nation	Finland
City	Helsinki
Duration	July 13 – August 2, 1952
Men's tournament
Teams	23
Medals Gold medalists   United States Silver medalists   Soviet Union Bronze medalists   Uruguay
Tournaments
←  London 1948   Melbourne 1956  →

Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. 23 nations entered the competition.

The top six teams at the 1948 Summer Olympics qualified automatically, as did the winners of the 1950 FIBA World Championship (Argentina), the top two teams at the 1951 EuroBasket (USSR and Czechoslovakia), and the host country (Finland). Thirteen other nations competed in a qualifying round to determine the last six places in the sixteen-team Olympic tournament.

Basketball

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States  (USA) Ron Bontemps Marc 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  (URS) Stepas Butautas 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  (URU) Martín Acosta y Lara Enrique Baliño Victorio Cieslinskas Héctor Costa Nelson Demarco Héctor García Otero Tabaré Larre Borges Adesio Lombardo Roberto Lovera Sergio Matto Wilfredo Peláez Carlos Roselló

Qualifying rounds

Nations that lost two games in the qualifying rounds were eliminated. When there were only two teams left in each group, those teams advanced to the main tournament.

Group A

Group A consisted of Cuba, Belgium, Bulgaria, and Switzerland.

	Round 1				Round 2				Qualified
	Cuba	59
	Belgium	51
					Cuba	56
									Bulgaria
					Bulgaria	62
	Bulgaria	69
	Switzerland	58
	Elimination Match				Decider Match
					Cuba	71
									Cuba
	Belgium	59			Belgium	63
	Switzerland	49

Group B

Group B consisted of Hungary, Greece, Israel, and the Philippines.

	Round 1				Round 2				Qualified
	Hungary	75
	Greece	38
					Hungary	35
									Philippines
					Philippines	48
	Philippines	57
	Israel	47
	Elimination Match				Decider Match
					Hungary	47
									Hungary
	Greece	54			Greece	44
	Israel	52

Group C

Group C consisted of Canada, Italy, Turkey, Romania, and Egypt.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Qualified

Romania

51

Canada

68

Canada

72

Italy

57

Canada

63

Egypt

57

Egypt

64

Turkey

45

Canada

Egypt

Elimination Round 1

Elimination Round 2

Decider Match

Egypt

66

Romania

39

Italy

62

Italy

49

Italy

53

Turkey

37

First round

• Canada def. Italy, 68–57
• Egypt def. Turkey, 64–45

Bye: Romania

Second round

Romania's first game was a loss to Canada. Italy and Turkey played each other, with Turkey's second loss eliminating them.

• Canada def. Romania, 72–51
• Italy def. Turkey, 49–37

Bye: Egypt

Third round

Italy and Romania, who had both lost once, played each other. Romania's second loss eliminated them, while Canada and Egypt played each other, with Egypt being served its first loss; Canada qualified.

• Italy def. Romania, 53–39
• Canada def. Egypt, 63–57

Final round

Italy played its fourth game of the tournament against Egypt. The closely contested decisive game ended with Egypt qualifying for the main competition and Italy being eliminated.

• Egypt def. Italy, 66–62

Group stage

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	195	139	+56	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Uruguay	3	2	1	167	164	+3	5
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	161	164	−3	4
4	Hungary	3	0	3	143	199	−56	3

Source: Official Report, p. 676

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

United States	66–48	Hungary
Scoring by half:37–23, 27–25

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wabby (EGY)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

Uruguay	53–51	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 32–32, 21–19

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Kostine (URS), Porto (BRA)

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25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

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Uruguay	70–56	Hungary
Scoring by half:36–33, 34–23

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Follati (ITA), Siener (FRA)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 682

United States	72–47	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half:35–21, 37–26

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Ashri (EGY), Reverberi (ITA)

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27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

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Czechoslovakia	63–39	Hungary
Scoring by half:34–23, 29–16

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Siniakov (URS)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

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United States	56–44	Uruguay
Scoring by half:32–27, 24–17

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Siener (FRA), Chuard (SUI)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	192	143	+49	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	163	182	−19	5
3	Mexico	3	1	2	172	171	+1	4
4	Finland	3	0	3	147	178	−31	3

Source: Official Report, p. 676

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

Soviet Union	74–46	Bulgaria
Scoring by half:38–21, 36–25

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Posvar (TCH)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

Mexico	66–48	Finland
Scoring by half:36–21, 30–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Siener (FRA), Atakol (TUR)

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25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

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Bulgaria	52–44	Mexico
Scoring by half:27–16, 25–28

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Lastra (ARG), Szilagyi (HUN)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

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Soviet Union	47–35	Finland
Scoring by half:23–14, 24–21

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wahby (EGY)

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27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

OR p. 682

Bulgaria	65–64	Finland
Scoring by half:31–30, 34–34

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Lastra (ARG), Wahby (EGY)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

OR p. 683

Soviet Union	71–62	Mexico
Scoring by half:31–21, 40–40

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Atakol (TUR)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	239	196	+43	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Brazil	3	2	1	184	179	+5	5
3	Philippines	3	1	2	192	221	−29	4
4	Canada	3	0	3	201	220	−19	3

Source: Official Report, p. 676

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

Argentina	85–59	Philippines
Scoring by half:44–30, 41–29

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Ashri (EGY), Szilagyi (HUN)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

Brazil	57–55	Canada
Scoring by half:33–27, 24–28

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Follati (ITA), Bilek (TUR)

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25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 682

Brazil	71–52	Philippines
Scoring by half:32–25, 39–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Farrell (USA), Siniakov (URS)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 682

Argentina	82–81	Canada
Scoring by half: 42–48, 40–33

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Chuard (SUI), Stefanovits (YUG)

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27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

OR p. 683

Philippines	81–65	Canada
Scoring by half:40–35, 41–30

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Ashri (EGY), Stefanovitch (YUG)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

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Argentina	72–56	Brazil
Scoring by half:31–21, 41–35

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Farrell (USA), Gruia (ROU)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	202	149	+53	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Chile	3	2	1	170	150	+20	5
3	Egypt	3	1	2	176	221	−45	4
4	Cuba	3	0	3	149	177	−28	3

Source: Official Report, p. 676

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 680

France	92–64	Egypt
Scoring by half:39–30, 53–34

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Farrell (USA), Stefanovitch (YUG)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 681

Chile	53–52	Cuba
Scoring by half: 32–32, 32–20

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Lastra (ARG), Siniakov (URS)

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25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 682

Chile	74–46	Egypt
Scoring by half:47–18, 27–28

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Porto (BRA), Posvar (TCH)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

OR p. 682

France	58–42	Cuba
Scoring by half:30–17, 28–25

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Kostine (URS), Atakol (TUR)

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27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

OR p. 683

France	52–43	Chile
Scoring by half:25–17, 27–26

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Kostine (URS), Chong (KOR)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)

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Egypt	66–55	Cuba
Scoring by half:35–28, 31–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Porto (BRA), Posvar (TCH)

Quarterfinals

The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uruguay	3	2	1	194	187	+7	5 [a]	Qualified for the semifinals
2	Argentina	3	2	1	226	174	+52	5 [a]
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	177	220	−43	4 [b]	Qualified for 5th–8th placement playoffs
4	France	3	1	2	178	194	−16	4 [b]

Source: Official Report, p. 676
Notes:

1. Uruguay–Argentina: 66–65
2. Bulgaria–France: 67–58

28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)

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Argentina	100–56	Bulgaria
Scoring by half:53–29, 47–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Porto (BRA)

28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)

OR p. 684

France	68–66	Uruguay
Scoring by half:38–30, 30–36

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Farrell (USA), Kostine (URS)

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29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)

OR p. 684

Uruguay	62–54	Bulgaria
Scoring by half:35–27, 27–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Porto (BRA), Follati (ITA)

29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)

OR p. 685

Argentina	61–52	France
Scoring by half:31–27, 30–25

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Wahby (EGY), Siniakov (URS)

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30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)

FIBA

Bulgaria	67–58	France
Scoring by half:39–23, 28–35

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Kostine (URS), Porto (CHI)

30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)

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Uruguay	66–65	Argentina
Scoring by half:39–31, 27–34

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Stefanovitch (YUG)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	246	166	+80	6	Qualified for the semifinals
2	Soviet Union	3	2	1	190	195	−5	5
3	Brazil	3	1	2	177	155	+22	4	Qualified for 5th–8th placement playoffs
4	Chile	3	0	3	159	256	−97	3

Source: Official Report, p. 676

28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)

OR p. 684

United States	86–58	Soviet Union
Scoring by half:36–22, 50–36

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Siener (FRA), Wahby (EGY)

28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)

OR p. 684

Brazil	75–44	Chile
Scoring by half:36–25, 39–19

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Ashri (EGY)

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29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)

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United States	103–55	Chile
Scoring by half:47–32, 56–23

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Ashri (EGY), Posvar (TCH)

29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)

OR p. 685

Soviet Union	54–49	Brazil
Scoring by half: 21–25, 33–24

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Chuard (SUI)

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30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)

OR p. 686

United States	57–53	Brazil
Scoring by half: 24–26, 33–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Wahby (EGY), Posvar (TCH)

30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)

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Soviet Union	78–60	Chile
Scoring by half:41–29, 37–31

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki Referees: Chuard (SUI), Follati (ITA)

Knockout rounds

The 5th place match between Chile and Brazil

The bronze medal game between Uruguay and Argentina

The final match between the Soviet Union and the United States

Brackets

	Classification semifinals				5th place match
	Chile	60
	Bulgaria	53
					Chile	58
					Brazil	49
	Brazil	59
	France	44
					7th place match
					Bulgaria	58
					France	44

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	July 31
	Soviet Union	61
					August 2
	Uruguay	57
					United States	36
	August 1
					Soviet Union	25
	United States	85
	Argentina	76
					Bronze medal match
					August 2
					Uruguay	68
					Argentina	59

Semifinals

Classification 5–8 semifinals

31 July 1952 (1952-07-31) 09:00

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Chile	60–53	Bulgaria
Scoring by half:37–29, 23–24
Pts: Badrie 22		Pts: Panov 13

Messuhalli, Helsinki Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Wahby (EGY)

31 July 1952 (1952-07-31) 10:30

OR p. 686

Brazil	59–44	France
Scoring by half:31–26, 28–18

Messuhalli, Helsinki Referees: Lastra (ARG), Bilek (TUR)

Medal round semifinals

31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)

OR p. 688

Soviet Union	61–57	Uruguay
Scoring by half:31–28, 30–29

Messuhalli, Helsinki Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Chuard (SUI)

31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)

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United States	85–76	Argentina
Scoring by half:43–39, 42–37

Messuhalli, Helsinki Referees: Ashri (EGY), Siener (FRA)

Finals

7th place final

1 August 1952 (1952-08-01) 09:00

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Bulgaria	58–44	France
Scoring by half: 22–22, 36–24
Pts: Panov 12		Pts: Vacheresse 9

Messuhalli, Helsinki Referees: Farrell (USA), Lastra (ARG)

5th place final

2 August 1952 (1952-08-02) 09:00

OR p. 688

Chile	58–49	Brazil
Scoring by half:32–24, 26–25
Pts: Cordero Fernández 14		Pts: Da Motta 16

Messuhalli, Helsinki Referees: Chuard (SUI), Atakol (TUR)

Bronze medal match

1 August 1952 (1952-08-01) 16:00

OR p. 688

Uruguay	68–59	Argentina
Scoring by half:31–24, 37–35
Pts: Lombardo 23		Pts: Gazsó 19

Messuhalli, Helsinki Referees: Follati (ITA), Wahby (EGY)

Gold medal match

2 August 1952 (1952-08-02) 16:00

OR p. 688

United States	36–25	Soviet Union
Scoring by half:17–15, 19–10
Pts: Lovellette 9		Pts: Korkia 8

Messuhalli, Helsinki Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wahby (EGY)

Awards

1952 Olympic Basketball Champions
United States Third title

Participating nations

For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters .

Each country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 317 players were entered.

A total of 301(*) basketball players from 23 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:

•   Argentina  (14)
•   Belgium  (13)
•   Brazil  (13)
•   Bulgaria  (14)
•   Canada  (13)
•   Chile  (13)
•   Cuba  (12)
•   Czechoslovakia  (14)
•   Egypt  (14)
•   Finland  (14)
•   France  (14)
•   Greece  (12)
•   Hungary  (13)
•   Israel  (12)
•   Italy  (13)
•   Mexico  (13)
•   Philippines  (12)
•   Romania  (12)
•   Soviet Union  (14)
•   Switzerland  (14)
•   Turkey  (12)
•   United States  (14)
•   Uruguay  (12)

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least. Up to now only two reserve player can be named, 14 reserve players are unknown.

Team rosters

Place	Nation
1	United States  (USA)
	Marc Freiberger (Peoria Caterpillars/Oklahoma) Wayne Glasgow (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma) Charlie Hoag (Kansas) Bill Hougland (Phillips 66ers/Kansas) John Keller (Kansas) Dean Kelley (Kansas) Bob Kenney (Kansas) Bob Kurland (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma St.) Bill Lienhard (Kansas) Clyde Lovellette (Kansas) Frank McCabe (Peoria Caterpillars/Marquette) Dan Pippin (Peoria Caterpillars/Missouri) Howie Williams (Peoria Caterpillars/Purdue)
2	Soviet Union  (URS)
	Stepas Butautas (Žalgiris Kaunas) Nodar Dzhordzhikiya (Dinamo Tbilisi) Anatoly Konev (Dynamo Moscow) Otar Korkiya (Dinamo Tbilisi) Heino Kruus (Tallinna Kalev) Ilmar Kullam (Tallinna Kalev) Justinas Lagunavičius (Žalgiris Kaunas) Joann Lõssov (Tallinna Kalev) Aleksandr Moiseyev (VVS Moscow) Yuri Ozerov (Dynamo Moscow) Kazys Petkevičius (Žalgiris Kaunas) Stasys Stonkus (Žalgiris Kaunas) Maigonis Valdmanis (Rīgas ASK) Viktor Vlasov (Dynamo Moscow)
3	Uruguay  (URU)
	Martín Acosta y Lara Enrique Baliño Victorio Cieslinskas Héctor Costa Nelson Demarco Héctor García Otero Tabaré Larre Borges Adesio Lombardo Roberto Lovera Sergio Matto Wilfredo Peláez Carlos Roselló
4	Argentina  (ARG) Head Coach: Jorge Canavesi Leopoldo Contarbio Hugo del Vecchio Óscar Furlong Juan Gazsó Ricardo González Rafael Lledó Alberto López Rubén Menini Omar Monza Rubén Pagliari Raúl Pérez Varela Ignacio Poletti Juan Uder Roberto Viau
5	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
6	Brazil  (BRA) Head 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	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
8	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 Jean-Paul Beugnot
9–16	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
9–16	Cuba  (CUB) Carlos Bea Felipe de la Pozas y Piad Alberto Escoto Valdés Armando Estrada Rivero Alfredo Faget Otazo Casimiro García Artime Juan García García Carlos García Ordoñez Federico López Garviso Mario Quintero Padrón Fabio Ruiz Vinajeras Ramón Wiltz Bucelo
9–16	Czechoslovakia  (TCH) Head Coach: Josef Fleischlinger 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 Tetiva
9–16	Egypt  (EGY) Youssef Abbas Youssef 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	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
9–16	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
9–16	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 Pioquinto Soto
9–16	Philippines  (PHI) Head 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	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
17–23	Greece  (GRE) [1] Head Coach: Vladimiros Vallas Stelios Arvanitis (Panathinaikos) Themistokles Cholevas (Panellinios) Ioannis Lambrou (Panathinaikos) Panayiotis Manias (Panellinios) Phaedon Mathaiou (Panathinaikos) Nikolaos Milas (Panathinaikos) Konstantinos Papadimas (Panellinios) Aristidis Roubanis (Panellinios) Alexandros Spanoudakis (Olympiacos) Ioannis Spanoudakis (Olympiacos) Dimitrios Stefanidis (Panellinios) Dimitrios Taliadoros (XAN Thessaloniki)
17–23	Israel  (ISR) Head Coach: Tubby Raskin 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) Freddie Cohen (Hapoel Holon)
17–23	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
17–23	Romania  (ROU) Head Coach: Alexandru Popescu Cornel Călugăreanu Gheorghe Constantinide Grigore Costescu Andrei Folbert Ladislau Mokos Liviu Naghi Mihai Nedef Cezar Niculescu Dan Niculescu Adrian Petroşanu Vasile Popescu Emanoil Răducanu Constantin Herold
17–23	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
17–23	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

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Greece Basketball at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

External links

• Official Olympic Report