Ladislau Mokos (born 9 October 1931) was a Romanian basketball player, born in Oradea, who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. [1] He was part of the Romanian basketball team, which was eliminated in the first round of the 1952 tournament. He played both matches. [1]
Gheorghe Dumitru Mureșan, known as The Giant is a Romanian-American former professional basketball player. At 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m), he is one of the two tallest players to have played in the NBA.
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 Romania men's national basketball team represents Romania in international basketball competition. The team is administered by the Romanian Basketball Federation (FRB).
Romania competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 114 competitors, 103 men and 11 women, took part in 67 events in 15 sports.
Pierluigi "Pierlo" Marzorati is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is considered to have been one of the best point guards of all time in Europe, and was named the Mister Europa, in 1976. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. In 2007, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame and enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame. In 2008, he was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.
Corneliu Călugăreanu was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Drăgănești-Vlașca, Teleorman. He was part of the Romanian basketball team that was eliminated in the first round of the 1952 tournament. He played both matches.
Grigore Costescu was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bucharest. He was part of the Romanian basketball team, which was eliminated in the first round of the 1952 tournament. He played in a match against Italy, which Romania lost 53–39.
Liviu Naghy was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Mihai Nedef was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bucharest. He was part of the Romanian basketball team, which was eliminated in the first round of the 1952 tournament. He played both matches. He died on 10 June 2017.
Vasile Popescu was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Emanoil Răducanu was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Andrei Folbert, nicknamed "The Hope" by his fans and officially known as "The Magician under the boards", was a professional basketball player and captain of the Romanian basketball team for 25 years. As a player and coach he served the basketball magic for over 38 years. Folbert was known throughout his career for being a strong clutch performer. He decided numerous games with his plays. His competitiveness was visible in his prolific talk and well-known work ethic. Being the complete player, characterized by speed, long range shooting skills, astonishing dribbling and perfect ball handling, surprisingly assists and steals, he put his trademark delivering a spectacular game and creating a unique, unforgettable show remembered even after 50 years by the attendance. He is unanimously recognized, as the All Time Best Romanian Basketball Player.
Cezar Niculescu was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Romanian basketball team, which was eliminated in the first round of the 1952 tournament. He played both matches.
Adrian Petroșanu was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Romanian basketball team, which was eliminated in the first round of the 1952 tournament. He played both matches.
Ladislau Lovrenschi was a rowing coxswain. He was born in a Hungarian community in Romania, where he is also known as László Lavrenszki. He competed in the coxed pairs and coxed fours at the 1968, 1972, 1980 and 1988 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1968 and a silver in 1988, placing fourth in 1980 and 1988. In 1970 he became the first world champion in rowing from Romania. He also won a bronze medal at the 1967 European Championships. After retiring from competition he worked as a coach at CFR Timișoara and assisted in training the Romanian national team.
Ladislau "Gioni" Brosovszky was a Romanian football midfielder with Hungarian roots.
Ladislau Rohony is a Romanian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Ladislau Şimon was a super-heavyweight freestyle wrestler from Romania. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics, as well as the world title in 1974 and European title in 1976. After retiring from competitions he worked as a national wrestling coach.
Ladislau "László" Zilahi was a Romanian professional football player and manager of Hungarian ethnicity. Born in Oradea, Zilahi played in his career for CA Oradea, which he won the Romanian national title in 1949, and for Debrecen. After retirement Zilahi coached for CA Oradea and Bihor Oradea, then known as Crișul Oradea. As a manager he reached the Romanian Cup final in 1955 with CA Oradea, by that time known as Progresul.
The following is the list of squads for each of the 23 teams that competed in the men's basketball tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.