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.
Medalists Ron BontempsMarc FreibergerWayne GlasgowCharlie HoagBill HouglandJohn KellerDean KelleyBob KenneyBob KurlandBill LienhardClyde LovelletteFrank McCabeDan PippinHowie Williams Stepas ButautasNodar DzhordzhikiyaAnatoly KonevOtar KorkiyaHeino KruusIlmar KullamJustinas LagunavičiusJoann LõssovAleksandr MoiseyevYuri OzerovKazys PetkevičiusStasys StonkusMaigonis ValdmanisViktor Vlasov Martín Acosta y LaraEnrique BaliñoVictorio CieslinskasHéctor CostaNelson DemarcoHéctor García OteroTabaré Larre BorgesAdesio LombardoRoberto LoveraSergio MattoWilfredo PeláezCarlos 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.
Group B Group B consisted of Hungary, Greece, Israel, and the Philippines.
Group C Group C consisted of Canada, Italy, Turkey, Romania, and Egypt.
Group stage The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
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
Group F
Knockout rounds
Brackets
Semifinals Classification 5–8 semifinals
Medal round semifinals
Finals 7th place final
5th place final
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
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:
(*) 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 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 Head Coach: Stepan SpandaryanStepas 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 Martín Acosta y LaraEnrique BaliñoVictorio CieslinskasHéctor CostaNelson DemarcoHéctor García OteroTabaré Larre BorgesAdesio LombardoRoberto LoveraSergio MattoWilfredo PeláezCarlos Roselló 4 Head Coach: Jorge CanavesiLeopoldo ContarbioHugo del VecchioÓscar FurlongJuan GazsóRicardo GonzálezRafael LledóAlberto LópezRubén MeniniOmar MonzaRubén PagliariRaúl Pérez VarelaIgnacio PolettiJuan UderRoberto Viau 5 Pedro Araya ZabalaRufino BernedoEduardo Cordero FernándezHugo Fernández DiezEzequiel Figueroa ReyesJuan José Gallo ChinchillaVíctor Mahana BadrieEric Mahn GodoyJuan Ostoic OstoicHermán Raffo AbarcaHermán Ramos MuñozÁlvaro SalvadoresOrlando Silva Infante 6 Head Coach: Manoel PitangaAngelimBrázRaymundo Carvalho dos SantosMário Jorge da Fonseca HermesAlmir Nelson de AlmeidaAlgodãoRuy de FreitasMayr FacciTiãoGodinhoThales MonteiroAlfredo da MottaZé Luiz 7 Petar ChichkovHristo DonevIlja GeorgievKonstantin GeorgievGenczo HristovAnton KuzovVasil ManchenkoNejczo NeichevIvan NikolovGeorgi PanovVeselin PenkovKiril SemovVladimir SlavovKonstantin Totev 8 André BuffièreAndré ChavetRené ChocatRobert CrostJacques DessemmeLouis DevotiRobert GuillinRoger HaudegandRobert MonclarJean PerniceniBernard PlanqueJean-Pierre SalignonAndré VacheresseJean-Paul Beugnot 9–16 Woody CampbellBill CoulthardRed CurrenChuck DaltonBill PatakyGlenn PettingerBob PhibbsBernie PickellCarl RiddBobby SimpsonHarry WadeGeorge WearringRoy Williams 9–16 Carlos BeaFelipe de la Pozas y PiadAlberto Escoto ValdésArmando Estrada RiveroAlfredo Faget OtazoCasimiro García ArtimeJuan García GarcíaCarlos García OrdoñezFederico López GarvisoMario Quintero PadrónFabio Ruiz VinajerasRamón Wiltz Bucelo 9–16 Head Coach: Josef FleischlingerJiří BaumrukMiroslav BaumrukZdeněk BobrovskýJosef EzrEugen HorniakMiroslav KódlLuboš KolářJan KozákJiří MatoušekIvan MrázekZdeněk RylichJaroslav ŠípMiroslav ŠkeříkJaroslav Tetiva 9–16 Youssef AbbasYoussef Abou OufFouad Abdel Meguid Abu el KheirMohamed Medhat BahgatArmand Philippe CatafagoGeorges Jean ChalhoubMohamed Ezz Eldin Aly Ahmed el RashidyAbdelrahman Ismail HafezZaki Selim Ibrahim HarariSami MansourMedhat Youssef MohamadHussein Kamal MontassirFahmy Raymond SabounghiAlbert Fahmy Tadros 9–16 Kalevi HeinänenEsko KarhunenJuhani KyöstiläPentti LaaksonenOlavi LahtinenRaimo LindholmPertti MutruRaine NuutinenTapio PöyhönenTuomo RistolaEero SalonenTimo SuvirantaKalevi SylanderOiva Virtanen 9–16 László BánhegyiPál BogárGyörgy BokorTibor CselkóTibor CzinkánJános GremingerLászló HódiEde KomáromiTibor MezőfiPéter PappJános SimonGyörgy TelegdyTibor Zsíros 9–16 Rubén Almanza GarcíaCarlos José Bru VillarrealJorge Cardiel GaytánJosé de la Cruz Cabrera GándaraHéctor Guerrero DelgadoEmilio López EnríquezFiliberto Manzo HernándezJosé Meneses LunaSergio Olguín FierroFernando Rojas HerreraJosé Rojas HereraRolando Rubalcava PeñaPioquinto Soto 9–16 Head Coach: Felicisimo FajardoFlorentino BautistaRamón CamposAntonio GenatoJosé GochangcoRafael HechanovaEduardo LimCarlos LoyzagaAntonio Luis MartínezPonciano SaldañaMeliton SantosAntonio TantayMariano Tolentino 17–23 Jules BoesJan CeulemansHenri CoosemansHenri CrickYves DelsarteJosef du JardinJohannes DucheyneJef EygelDésiré LigonJulien MeurisFélix RoosemontAlexis van GilsPierre van Huele 17–23 Head Coach: Vladimiros VallasStelios 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 Head Coach: Tubby RaskinEliahu 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 Giorgio BongiovanniAchille CannaCarlo CerioniGiordano DamianiSergio FerrianiSergio MarelliFederico MariettiEnrico PaganiFabio PrescaRenzo RanuzziLuigi RapiniSergio StefaniniDino Zucchi 17–23 Head Coach: Alexandru PopescuCornel CălugăreanuGheorghe ConstantinideGrigore CostescuAndrei FolbertLadislau MokosLiviu NaghiMihai NedefCezar NiculescuDan NiculescuAdrian PetroşanuVasile PopescuEmanoil RăducanuConstantin Herold 17–23 Pierre AlbrechtHenri BaumannMarc BossyRené ChiappinoMaurice CholletGerald CottierRoger DomenjozMarcel MogetRoger PrahinJacques RedardBernard SchmiedGeorges StocklyJean-Pierre VoisinRené Wohler 17–23 Yüksel AlkanAltan DinçerNejat DiyarbakırlıYalçın GranitSadi GülçelikYılmaz GündüzErdoğan PartenerSacit SeldüzTurhan TezolGüney ÜlmenAli UrasMehmet Ali Yalım
References
External links Official Olympic Report