Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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6th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Tokyo 1964
1964 Olympics basketball stamp of Japan.jpg
Tournament details
Olympics 1964 Summer Olympics
Host nation Japan
City Tokyo
DurationOctober 11–23, 1964
Men's tournament
Teams16
Medals
Gold medal icon.svg Gold medalists Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Silver medalistsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze medalistsFlag of Brazil.svg  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]

Contents

Results

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's basketballFlag of the United States.svg  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 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  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 		Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg  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] DateVenueBerthsQualified
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
1960 Summer Olympics 26 August–10 September 1960 Flag of Italy.svg Rome 8 7Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg  Brazil
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia [a]
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  SFR Yugoslavia
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
1963 Pan American Games 23 April–3 May 1963 Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg São Paulo 2Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
FIBA Africa Championship 1964 4–8 March 1964 Flag of Morocco.svg Casablanca 1 0Flag of Egypt.svg  United Arab Republic [a]
European Pre-Olympic Tournament4–13 June 1964 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Geneva 2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Pan-Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament 25 September–3 October 1964 Flag of Japan.svg Yokohama 2 4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada [b]
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea [b]
Total16

Format

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

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 770562424+13814 Semifinals
2Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 752493454+3912
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 743467448+1911 [a] 5th–8th classification round
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 743495480+1511 [a]
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 734485514−2910 [b] 9th–12th classification round
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)734421428−710 [b]
7Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 725407469−629 13th–16th classification round
8Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 707408521−1137
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) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Poland 1–0 Italy
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Mexico 1–0 Japan

October 11


13:30
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg56–53Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

16:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg85–80Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico

17:30
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg55–65Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico

19:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg87–52Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada

October 12


10:30
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg74–64Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico

12:00
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg81–57Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

19:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg87–76Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico

Group B

Finnish basketball team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics Finnish basketball team of Tokyo Olympics 1964.jpg
Finnish basketball team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 770569333+23614 Semifinals
2Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg  Brazil 752473452+2112 [a]
3Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 752529453+7612 [a] 5th–8th classification round
4Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 743472482−1011
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 734409475−6610 9th–12th classification round
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 725434460−269 [b]
7Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 725431453−229 [b] 13th–16th classification round
8Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 707432641−2097
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.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–0 Yugoslavia
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Peru

October 11


9:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg72–80Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

10:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg50–58Flag of Peru.svg  Peru

12:00
SFR Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg84–71Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay

20:30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg78–45Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

October 12


9:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg64–105Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay

13:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg68–64Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  SFR Yugoslavia

16:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg77–51Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

17:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg81–62Flag of Peru.svg  Peru

October 13

Knockout stage

Championship playoffs

Semifinals (October 21)
One-game playoff 		Gold medal Final (October 23)
One-game playoff
      
A1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union53
B2 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 47
B1 Flag of the United States.svg United States73
A1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 59
B1 Flag of the United States.svg United States62
A2 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 42 Bronze medal game (October 23)
One-game playoff
A2 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 60
B2 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil76

Classification brackets

5th–8th Place

Semifinals (October 20) 5th place (October 22)
      
A3 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 82
B4 Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 69
A3 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 59
A4 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 79
B3 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  SFR Yugoslavia 63
A4 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 757th place (October 22)
B3 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  SFR Yugoslavia 78
B4 Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 55

9th–12th Place

Semifinals (October 21) 9th place (October 23)
      
A5 Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 58
B6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 70
B6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 64
A6 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 57
B5 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 45
A6 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5411th place (October 23)
A5 Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 72
B5 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 73

13th–16th Place

Semifinals (October 20) 13th place (October 22)
      
A7 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 99
B8 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 83
A7 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 68
A8 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 65
B7 Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 81
A8 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 8215th place (October 22)
B7 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 66
B8 Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 71

Awards

1964 Olympic Basketball Champions
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Sixth title

Final standings

RankTeamWL
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 90
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 81
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg  Brazil 63
4thFlag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 54
5thFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 63
6thFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 54
7thFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  SFR Yugoslavia 63
8thFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 45
9thFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 45
10thFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 45
11thFlag of Finland.svg  Finland 45
12thFlag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 36
13thFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 45
14thCanadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 18
15thFlag of Peru.svg  Peru 36
16thFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 09

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Basketball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ↑ Velasco, Santiago. "VI Olympic Basketball Tournament (Tokyo 1964)". Lingua Sports. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

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