Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

5th Basketball Olympic Tournament Rome 1960
Tournament details
Olympics	1960 Summer Olympics
Host nation	Italy
City	Rome
Duration	August 26–September 10
Men's teams	16
Men's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Soviet Union
Bronze medalists	Brazil

Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the fifth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. 16 nations were admitted into the Olympic tournament, with many others being eliminated in a pre-Olympic tournament held earlier in the year from 13 to 20 August 1960 at the Sports Palace at Bologna. 64 games of basketball were played in the Olympic tournament that was held at the Sports arena and Sports Palace, both in Rome.

The 16 teams were split up into four groups for the preliminary round. Each team played every other team in its group once. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals in two pools of four, while the lower two teams were sent to a consolation semifinal for 9th through 16th place.

In the semifinal, each team again played every other team in its pool, none of which it had played against previously. The top two teams in each of the two semifinals moved on to the final, with the lower two teams in each playing in a classification for 5th through 8th place. The consolation semifinal worked the same way, with the top two teams moving into a classification for 9th through 12th place and the lower two playing in classification for 13th through 16th places.

For the final, each of the four teams had already played against one of the other three in the semifinal. The results of those games carried over into the final and each team played the remaining two finalists once (even though the teams may have played each other in the preliminary round, those results were not carried over). The results of that pool determined final ranking. Each of the classifications worked identically to the final.

Medallists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
United States (USA) Jay Hoyland Arnette Walter Jones Bellamy, Jr. Robert Lewis Boozer Terence Gilbert Dischinger Burdette Haldorson Darrall Tucker Imhoff Allen Earl Kelley Lester E. Lane Jerry Ray Lucas Oscar Palmer Robertson Adrian Howard Smith Jerome Alan West	Soviet Union (URS) Yuri Korneev Jānis Krūmiņš Guram Minashvili Valdis Muižnieks Cesars Ozers Aleksandr Petrov Mikhail Semyonov Vladimir Ugrekhelidze Maigonis Valdmanis Albert Valtin Gennadi Volnov Viktor Zubkov	Brazil (BRA) Edson Bispo dos Santos Moyses Blas Waldemar Blatkauskas Algodão Carmo de Souza Carlos Domingos Massoni Waldyr Geraldo Boccardo Wlamir Marques Amaury Antônio Pasos Fernando Pereira De Freitas Antonio Salvador Sucar Eduardo Schall Jatyr

Final ranking

1. United States
2. Soviet Union
3. Brazil
4. Italy
5. Czechoslovakia
6. Yugoslavia
7. Poland
8. Uruguay
9. Hungary
10. France
11. Philippines
12. Mexico
13. Puerto Rico
14. Spain
15. Japan
16. Bulgaria

Pre-Olympic Qualifier

Main article: 1960 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament

Five teams were given a spot in the 1960 Olympic Games via a tournament held on August:

• Czechoslovakia
• Spain
• Hungary
• Yugoslavia
• Poland

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	320	183	+137	6
Italy	3	2	1	226	247	-21	5
Hungary	3	1	2	223	245	-22	4
Japan	3	0	3	224	318	-94	3

August 26 9:00		Hungary	93–66	Japan		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: J. Sanchez Padilla S. Siniakov
		Scoring by half: 43-28, 53-38
		Pts: Bencze (25)		Pts: Ohshima (14)

August 26 21:30		United States	88–54	Italy		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: R. Weber B. Takev
		Scoring by half: 42-17, 46-37
		Pts: Smith (18)		Pts: Lombardi (17)

August 27 16:00		United States	125–66	Japan		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: R. Righetto B. Harvey
		Scoring by half: 65-36, 60-30
		Pts: Lucas (28)		Pts: Shoji (13)

August 27 23:00		Italy	72–67	Hungary		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: K. Klima J. Sanchez Padilla
		Scoring by half: 40-37, 32-30
		Pts: Pieri (15)		Pts: Gabányi (15)

August 29 9:00		United States	107–63	Hungary		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: R. Weber Azuar
		Scoring by half: 48-34, 59-29
		Pts: Robertson (22)		Pts: Bánhegyi, Temesvári (22)

August 29 17:30		Japan	92–100	Italy		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: N. Charganov Bilek
		Scoring by half: 43-59, 49-41
		Pts: Riminucci, Gavagnin (16)		Pts: Suigyama, Nara (12)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	201	192	+9	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	193	199	-6	5
France	3	1	2	187	190	-3	4
Bulgaria	3	1	2	209	209	0	4

August 26 16:00		Bulgaria	62–67	Yugoslavia		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: E. Alvarez Frausto C. Sien
		Scoring by half: 30-35, 32-32
		Pts: Mirtchev (14)		Pts: Djuric (23)

August 26 17:30		France	53–56	Czechoslovakia		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: R. Righetto N. Charganov
		Scoring by half: 22-26, 31-30
		Pts: Dorigo (17)		Pts: Tomasek (16)

August 27 9:00		France	61–62	Yugoslavia		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: N. Charganov P. Reverberi
		Scoring by half: 35-32, 26-30
		Pts: Dorigo (15)		Pts: Korac (23)

August 27 10:30		Czechoslovakia	69–75	Bulgaria		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: R. Weber S. Siniakov
		Scoring by half: 43-39, 26-36
		Pts: Pieri (15)		Pts: Gabanyi (15)

August 29 10:30		Yugoslavia	64–76	Czechoslovakia		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: G. Sussi S. Siniakov
		Scoring by half: 35-40, 29-36
		Pts: Korac (25)		Pts: Baumruk (27)

August 29 20:00		France	73–72	Bulgaria		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: D. Shirley Bilek
		Scoring by half: 32-30, 41-42
		Pts: Grange (21)		Pts: Mirtchev (22)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	213	198	+15	6
Soviet Union	3	2	1	220	170	+50	5
Mexico	3	1	2	189	210	-21	4
Puerto Rico	3	0	3	199	243	-44	3

August 26 10:30		Soviet Union	66–49	Mexico		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: G. Follati T. Hata
		Scoring by half: 28-17, 38-32
		Pts: Valdman (13)		Pts: Almanza (15)

August 26 20:00		Puerto Rico	72–75	Brazil		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: P. Reverberi K. Klima
		Scoring by half: 35-33, 37-42
		Pts: Walle (22)		Pts: Pasos (18)

August 27 14:30		Mexico	68–64	Puerto Rico		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: G. Sussi B. Takev
		Scoring by half: 34-26, 34-38
		Pts: A. Herrera (27)		Pts: Vicens (15)

August 27 21:30		Soviet Union	54–58	Brazil		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: D. Shirley E. Kassai
		Scoring by half: 23-28, 31-30
		Pts: Blatkauskas, Pasos (14)		Pts: Muzhniek (14)

August 29 21:30		Brazil	80–72	Mexico	OT	Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: E. Luglini C. Sien
		Scoring by half: 29-32, 32-29 OT: 19-11
		Pts: Pasos (19)		Pts: A. Herrera (22)

August 29 23:00		Soviet Union	100–63	Puerto Rico		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: P. Reverberi Skyloyannis
		Scoring by half: 36-29, 64-35
		Pts: Korneev (18)		Pts: Vicens (14)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	228	225	+3	5
Poland	3	2	1	233	207	+26	5
Philippines	3	1	2	228	248	-20	4
Spain	3	1	2	222	231	-9	4

August 26 14:30		Philippines	68–86	Poland		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: V. Pinto E. Kassai
		Scoring by half: 31-44, 37-42
		Pts: Badion (17)		Pts: Nartowski (29)

August 26 23:00		Uruguay	72–77	Spain		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: D. Shirley G. Sussi
		Scoring by half: 30-41, 42-36
		Pts: Mera (16)		Pts: E. Rodriguez (18)

August 27 17:30		Spain	82–84	Philippines		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: G. Follati M. Minic
		Scoring by half: 33-35, 49-49
		Pts: Luis (20)		Pts: Yburan (16)

August 27 20:00		Uruguay	76–72	Poland		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: E. Alvarez Frausto E. Luglini
		Scoring by half: 39-38, 37-34
		Pts: Poyet (15)		Pts: Wichowski (29)

August 29 14:30		Uruguay	80–76	Philippines		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: E. Luglini C. Sien
		Scoring by half: 38-37, 42-39
		Pts: Blixen (23)		Pts: Bernardo (29)

August 29 16:00		Poland	100–63	Spain		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: E. Kassai V. Pinto
		Scoring by half: 36-29, 64-35
		Pts: Korneev (18)		Pts: Vicens (14)

Classification 9-16

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Hungary	3	3	0	167	150	+17	6
Philippines	3	2	1	154	161	-7	5
Puerto Rico	3	1	2	162	166	-4	4
Bulgaria	3	0	3	0	6	-6	0

September 1 14:30

Hungary

2–0 (forfeit)

Bulgaria

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome

September 1 16:00		Philippines	82–80	Puerto Rico		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: G. Follati M. Minic
		Scoring by half: 41-42, 41-38
		Pts: Ortiz (21)		Pts: Valle (28)

September 2 9:00		Hungary	84–80	Puerto Rico	OT	Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: G. Sussi Nikou
		Scoring by half: 39-37, 35-37 OT: 10-6
		Pts: Gabányi (23)		Pts: Vicens (28)

September 2 10:30

Bulgaria

0–2 (forfeit)

Philippines

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome

September 3 14:30

Puerto Rico

2–0 (forfeit)

Bulgaria

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome

September 3 16:00		Hungary	81–70	Philippines		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: R. Righetto E. Luglini
		Scoring by half: 35-28, 46-42
		Pts: Gabányi (25)		Pts: Ortiz (16)

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	270	173	+97	6
Mexico	3	2	1	218	214	+4	5
Spain	3	1	2	180	222	-42	4
Japan	3	0	3	184	243	-59	3

September 1 9:00		Spain	66–80	Mexico		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: K. Klima J. Sanchez Padilla
		Scoring by half: 32-31, 44-49
		Pts: E. Rodriguez (22)		Pts: Almanza (28)

September 1 10:30		France	101–63	Japan		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: R. Righetto E. Luglini
		Scoring by half: 34-30, 67-33
		Pts: Beugnot (23)		Pts: Itoyama, Sugiyama (10)

September 2 14:30		Japan	57–76	Mexico		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: P. Reverberi N. Charganov
		Scoring by half: 30-34, 27-43
		Pts: Itoyama (12)		Pts: Almanza (21)

September 2 16:00		France	78–48	Spain		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: G. Follati S. Siniakov
		Scoring by half: 39-18, 39-30
		Pts: Beugnot (18)		Pts: Martinez (24)

September 3 9:00		Spain	66–64	Japan		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: V. Pinto N. Charganov
		Scoring by half: 32-34, 34-30
		Pts: E. Rodriguez (24)		Pts: Nara (15)

September 3 10:00		France	91–62	Mexico		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: J. Sanchez Padilla P. Reverberi
		Scoring by half: 41-33, 50-29
		Pts: Antoine, Dorigo (19)		Pts: Almanza (17)

Classification 13-16

• Spain's victory over Japan carried over, as did Puerto Rico's win in Bulgaria's forfeit.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Puerto Rico	3	3	0	168	138	+30	6
Spain	3	2	1	131	139	-8	5
Japan	3	1	2	137	159	-22	4

September 7 10:00		Puerto Rico	75–65	Spain		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: K. Klima C. Sien
		Scoring by half: 39-27, 36-38
		Pts: Walle (23)		Pts: Martinez (23)

September 9 10:00		Puerto Rico	93–73	Japan		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: E. Luglini E. Kassai
		Scoring by half: 46-32, 47-41
		Pts: T. Cruz (23)		Pts: Shoji (16)

Classification 9-12

France's victory over Mexico and Hungary's over the Philippines carried over.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	212	209	+3	5
France	3	2	1	283	211	+72	5
Philippines	3	1	2	210	267	-57	4
Mexico	3	1	2	195	213	-18	4

September 8 10:00		Hungary	57–69	Mexico		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: V. Pinto Perazzo
		Scoring by half: 28-39, 29-30
		Pts: Gabányi (16)		Pts: Almanza (27)

September 8 11:30		France	122–75	Philippines		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: P. Reverberi N. Charganov
		Scoring by half: 59-32, 63-43
		Pts: Dorigo (23)		Pts: Ortiz (16)

September 10 10:00		Philippines	65–64	Mexico		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: J. Sanchez Padilla Harvey
		Scoring by half: 37-31, 28-33
		Pts: Bernardo (26)		Pts: Almanza (26)

September 10 11:30		Hungary	74–70	France		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: M. Minic Saltiel
		Scoring by half: 40-28, 34-42
		Pts: Gabányi (21)		Pts: Beugnot (16)

Semifinals

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	240	221	+19	6
Italy	3	2	1	226	216	-10	5
Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	236	237	-1	4
Poland	3	0	3	211	239	-28	3

September 1 21:30		Brazil	78–75	Italy	OT	Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: R. Klima B. Takev
		Scoring by half: 29-39, 41-31 OT: 8-5
		Pts: Marques, Pasos (18)		Pts: Alesini (18)

September 1 23:00		Czechoslovakia	88–75	Poland		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: E. Kassai Aznar
		Scoring by half: 44-30, 44-45
		Pts: Baumruk (18)		Pts: Wichowski (24)

September 2 20:00		Brazil	77–68	Poland		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: B. Takev Harvey
		Scoring by half: 39-46, 38-22
		Pts: Baumruk, Konecny (18)		Pts: Wichowski (24)

September 2 23:00		Czechoslovakia	70–77	Italy		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: Skyloyannis Bilek
		Scoring by half: 34-37, 36-40
		Pts: Tomasek (14)		Pts: Alesini (12)

September 3 20:00		Italy	74–68	Poland		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: Bilek T. Hata
		Scoring by half: 40-32, 34-36
		Pts: Alesini (12)		Pts: Wichowski (16)

September 3 21:30		Czechoslovakia	78–85	Brazil		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: E. Alvarez Frausto E. Kassai
		Scoring by half: 30-43, 48-42
		Pts: Baumruk (23)		Pts: Pasos (25)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	293	144	+97	6
Soviet Union	3	2	1	234	195	+39	5
Yugoslavia	3	1	2	197	275	-78	4
Uruguay	3	0	3	186	291	-105	3

September 1 17:30		Yugoslavia	42–104	United States		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: E. Alvarez Frausto T. Hata
		Scoring by half: 16-63, 26-41
		Pts: Korac (16)		Pts: Robertson (16)

September 1 20:00		Uruguay	53–89	Soviet Union		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: Skyloyannis Bilek
		Scoring by half: 22-42, 31-47
		Pts: Scaron (11)		Pts: Ugrekhilidze (16)

September 2 17:30		Soviet Union	88–61	Yugoslavia		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: P. Reverberi N. Charganov
		Scoring by half: 44-30, 44-31
		Pts: Semenov (19)		Pts: Petricevic (11)

September 2 21:30		Uruguay	50–108	United States		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: E. Alvarez Frausto C. Sien
		Scoring by half: 19-65, 31-43
		Pts: Chelle (12)		Pts: Smith (15)

September 3 17:30		Uruguay	83–94	Yugoslavia		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: V. Pinto N. Charganov
		Scoring by half: 35-43, 48-51
		Pts: Blixen (21)		Pts: Korac (38)

September 3 23:00		United States	81–57	Soviet Union		Palazzetto dello sport, Rome Referees: R. Weber B. Takev
		Scoring by half: 35-28, 46-29
		Pts: West (19)		Pts: Zubkov (13)

Classification 5-8

Czechoslovakia's victory over Poland and Yugoslavia's win over Uruguay carried over to this round.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	284	240	+44	6
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	282	262	+20	5
Poland	3	1	2	220	245	-25	4
Uruguay	3	0	3	217	256	-39	3

September 7 21:00		Czechoslovakia	98–72	Uruguay		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: G. Sussi T. Hata
		Scoring by half: 42-36, 56-36
		Pts: Baumruk (28)		Pts: Blixen (25)

September 7 23:30		Yugoslavia	95–81	Poland		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: R. Righetto G. Follati
		Scoring by half: 55-44, 40-37
		Pts: Korac (33)		Pts: Wichowski (24)

September 9 21:00		Poland	64–62	Uruguay		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: R. Weber B. Takev
		Scoring by half: 35-31, 29-31
		Pts: Sitkowski (14)		Pts: Blixen (18)

September 9 22:30		Czechoslovakia	98–93	Yugoslavia		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: R. Righetto N. Charganov
		Scoring by half: 38-45, 60-48
		Pts: Baumruk (32)		Pts: Korac (29)

Final

The United States' win over the Soviet Union and Brazil's victory over Italy carried over.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	283	201	+82	6
Soviet Union	3	2	1	199	213	-14	5
Brazil	3	1	2	203	229	-26	4
Italy	3	0	3	226	268	-42	3

September 8 21:00		Brazil	62–64	Soviet Union		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: R. Weber Bilek
		Scoring by half: 32-28, 30-36
		Pts: Marques (25)		Pts: Voljnov (19)

September 8 22:30		United States	112–81	Italy		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: J. Sanchez Padilla M. Minic
		Scoring by half: 56-48, 56-33
		Pts: Robertson (22)		Pts: Lombardi (23)

September 10 21:00		Italy	70–78	Soviet Union		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: K. Klima Skyloyannis
		Scoring by half: 32-34, 38-44
		Pts: Alesini (19)		Pts: Petrov (20)

September 10 22:30		Brazil	63–90	United States		Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Referees: E. Alvarez Frausto E. Kassai
		Scoring by half: 24-50, 39-40
		Pts: Marques (19)		Pts: Lucas (23)