Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

6th Olympic Basketball Tournament

Tokyo 1964

Tournament details

Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

Host nation

Japan

City

Tokyo

Duration

October 11–23

Men's tournament

Teams

Medals
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Soviet Union
Bronze medalists	Brazil

Tournaments

← Rome 1960

Mexico City 1968 →

Basketball contests at the 1964 Summer Olympics 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 straight gold medal at this event, while Brazil earned the bronze against Puerto Rico.

Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's basketball	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	Soviet Union Valdis Muižnieks Nikolay Bagley Armenak Alachachian Alexandr Travin Viacheslav Khrynin Jānis Krūmiņš Levan Moseshvili Yury Korneev Alexsandr Petrov Gennadi Volnov Jaak Lipso Juris Kalniņš	Brazil Amaury Antônio Pasos Wlamir Marques Ubiratan Pereira Maciel Carlos Domingos Massoni Friedrich Wilhem Braun Carmo de Souza Jatyr Eduardo Schall Edson Bispo dos Santos Antonio Salvador Sucar Victor Mirshawka Sergio de Toledo Machado Jose Edvar Simoes

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^[1]	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1	Japan
1960 Summer Olympics	26 August–10 September 1960	Rome	8	United States
				Soviet Union
				Brazil
				Italy
				Czechoslovakia^[a]
				SFR Yugoslavia
				Poland
				Uruguay
1963 Pan American Games	23 April–3 May 1963	São Paulo	2	Puerto Rico
1963 Pan American Games	23 April–3 May 1963	São Paulo	2	Peru
FIBA Africa Championship 1964	4–8 March 1964	Casablanca	1	United Arab Republic^[a]
European Pre-Olympic Tournament	4–13 June 1964	Geneva	2	Finland
European Pre-Olympic Tournament	4–13 June 1964	Geneva	2	Hungary
Pan-Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament	25 September–3 October 1964	Yokohama	4	Mexico
				Australia
				Canada^[b]
				South Korea^[b]
Total			12

^a Withdrew from the tournament.
^b Replacement teams.

Format

Two groups of eight teams are formed, where the top two from each group compete for the medals in a knockout round.
The remaining places are defined as follows:
- Fifth through eighth places are decided in a separate bracket between the third and fourth places from each group in a separate bracket.
- Ninth through sixteenth places are decided between the fifth through eighth places from each group in separate brackets.

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

	Qualified for the semifinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Soviet Union	7	0	562	424	+138	14
Puerto Rico	5	2	493	454	+39	12
Poland	4	3	467	448	+19	11	1W−0L
Italy	4	3	495	480	+15	11	0W−1L
Mexico	3	4	485	514	−29	10	1W−0L
Japan	3	4	421	428	−7	10	0W−1L
Hungary	2	5	407	469	−62	9
Canada	0	7	408	521	−113	7

October 11

13:30

Poland

56–53

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
United States	7	0	569	333	+236	14
Brazil	5	2	473	452	+21	12	1W−0L
SFR Yugoslavia	5	2	529	453	+76	12	0W−1L
Uruguay	4	3	472	482	−10	11
Finland	3	4	409	475	−66	10
Australia	2	5	434	460	−26	9	1W−0L
Peru	2	5	431	453	−22	9	0W−1L
South Korea	0	7	432	641	−209	7

Semifinals (October 21)			Gold medal (October 23)

A1	Soviet Union	53
B2	Brazil	47
			A1	United States	73
			B1	Soviet Union	59
B1	United States	62
A2	Puerto Rico	42	Bronze medal (October 23)

			A2	Puerto Rico	60
			B2	Brazil	76

Semifinals (October 20)			5th place (October 22)

A3	Poland	82
B4	Uruguay	69
			A3	Poland	59
			A5	Italy	79
B3	SFR Yugoslavia	63
A4	Italy	75	7th place (October 22)

			B3	SFR Yugoslavia	78
			B4	Uruguay	55

Semifinals (October 21)			9th place (October 23)

A5	Mexico	58
B6	Australia	70
			B6	Australia	64
			A6	Japan	57
B5	Finland	45
A6	Japan	54	11th place (October 23)

			A5	Mexico	72
			B5	Finland	73

Semifinals (October 20)			13th place (October 22)

A7	Hungary	99
B8	South Korea	83
			A7	Hungary	68
			A8	Canada	65
B7	Peru	81
A8	Canada	82	14th place (October 22)

			B7	South Korea	66
			B8	Peru	71

Rank	Team	W	L
01 !	United States	9	0
02 !	Soviet Union	8	1
03 !	Brazil	6	3
4th	Puerto Rico	5	4
5th	Italy	6	3
6th	Poland	5	4
7th	SFR Yugoslavia	6	3
8th	Uruguay	4	5
9th	Australia	4	5
10th	Japan	4	5
11th	Finland	4	5
12th	Mexico	3	6
13th	Hungary	4	5
14th	Canada	1	8
15th	Peru	3	6
16th	South Korea	0	9

Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Results

Qualification

Format

Preliminary Round

Group A

Group B

Knockout Stage

Medal bracket

Classification brackets

Final standings

References