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Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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{{Infobox basketball tournament at games

| type = Olympics

| city = London

| year = 1948

| logo = Olympic rings without rims.svg

| size = 150px

| games = 1948 Summer Olympics

| host = United Kingdom

| dates =

| men_teams = 23

| men_gold = United States

| men_silver = France

| men_bronze = Brazil

| website =

| prev = Berlin 1936

| next = Helsinki 1952

}}

{{BasketballAt1948SummerOlympics}}

Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. A total number of 23 nations entered the competition.

Olympic basketball returned to indoor competition in Harringay Arena, after the disastrous weather conditions of the final game in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Format

  • In the preliminary rounds, teams were divided into 3 groups of 6 squads and a group with 5 squads.
  • The preliminary round was played in a single round-robin format
  • The Group tournament ranking system was observed as follows:

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!Team Result

!Point Equivalent

Game Win

|2

Game loss via ordinary circumstances

|1

Game loss via default

|0

  • Ties were broken by the ratio of points scored to points allowed.
  • After the preliminaries, the top 2 teams in each group will advance to the final round.
  • The 4 remaining teams went to their respective classification playoffs.

Image:Basketball pictogram.svg

Medalists

{{Medallists}}
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|width=200| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1948 Summer}}
Cliff Barker
Don Barksdale
Ralph Beard
Lew Beck
Vince Boryla
Gordon Carpenter
Alex Groza
Wah Wah Jones
Bob Kurland
Ray Lumpp
R. C. Pitts
Jesse Renick
Jackie Robinson
Kenny Rollins

|width=200| {{flagIOCteam|FRA|1948 Summer}}
André Barrais
Michel Bonnevie
André Buffière
René Chocat
René Dérency
Maurice Desaymonnet
André Even
Maurice Girardot
Fernand Guillou
Raymond Offner
Jacques Perrier
Yvan Quénin
Lucien Rebuffic
Pierre Thiolon

|width=200| {{flagIOCteam|BRA|1948 Summer}}
Zeny de Azevedo
João Francisco Bráz
Ruy de Freitas
Marcus Vinícius Dias
Affonso Évora
Alexandre Gemignani
Alfredo da Motta
Alberto Marson
Nilton Pacheco
Massinet Sorcinelli

{{Cite book|title = Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 To The Present|publisher = Oxford University Press|year = 2009|isbn = 978-0-19-516779-5|location = Oxford University|pages = 13|editor-last = Finkelman|editor-first = Paul|volume = 4}}

Participating teams

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width=20px bgcolor="#ccffcc" |Defending Olympic Champion
width=20px bgcolor="#c0c0c0" |Olympic Runner-up
width=20px bgcolor="#0CF"|Third placers
width=20px bgcolor="#ffffcc"|Host nation

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Americas

!Europe

!Asia

!Africa

bgcolor="#ccffcc"|{{FlagIOC|USA|1948 Summer}}

|bgcolor="#ffffcc"|{{FlagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|PHI|1948 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|EGY|1948 Summer}}

{{FlagIOC|BRA|1948 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|ITA|1948 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|KOR|1948 Summer}}

| colspan="2" rowspan="8" |—

bgcolor="#0CF"|{{FlagIOC|MEX|1948 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|ROC|1948 Summer}}

{{FlagIOC|URU|1948 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|HUN|1948 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|IRI|1948 Summer}}

bgcolor="#c0c0c0"|{{FlagIOC|CAN|1948 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|BEL|1948 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|IRQ|1948 Summer}}

{{FlagIOC|CHI|1948 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|TCH|1948 Summer}}

|

{{FlagIOC|PER|1948 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|SUI|1948 Summer}}

|

{{FlagIOC|ARG|1948 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|IRL|1948 Summer}}

|

{{FlagIOC|CUB|1948 Summer}}

|

|

= Qualification berths for the Tournament =

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|+Allocation of Berths

width=40%|Continental Zoneswidth=20%|Automatic Qualifierwidth=20%|Additional berths from the previous Gameswidth=20%|Total
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align=left|Defending Olympic Champions1{{N/A}}1
align=left|Americas Region538
align=left|Asian Region5{{N/A}}5
align=left|European Region7{{N/A}}7
align=left|Africa Region1{{N/A}}1
Total20323

Group stage

=Group A=

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  • Uruguay def. Great Britain, 69–17
  • Brazil def. Hungary, 45–41
  • Canada def. Italy, 55–37
  • Brazil def. Uruguay, 36–32
  • Canada def. Great Britain, 44–24
  • Hungary def. Italy, 32–19
  • Brazil def. Great Britain, 76–11
  • Hungary def. Canada, 37–36
  • Uruguay def. Italy, 46–34
  • Italy def. Great Britain, 49–28
  • Uruguay def. Hungary, 49–31
  • Brazil def. Canada, 57–35
  • Hungary def. Great Britain, 60–23
  • Brazil def. Italy, 47–31
  • Canada def. Uruguay, 52–50

=Group B=

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  • Philippines def. Iraq, 102–30
  • Korea def. Belgium, 29–27
  • Chile def. China, 44–39
  • Chile def. Iraq, 100–18
  • Philippines def. Korea, 35–33
  • China def. Belgium, 36–34
  • Chile def. Philippines, 68–39
  • Belgium def. Iraq, 98–20
  • China def. Korea, 49–48
  • Belgium def. Chile, 38–36
  • Korea def. Iraq, 120–20
  • Philippines def. China, 51–32
  • Belgium def. Philippines, 35–34
  • China def. Iraq, 125–25
  • Korea def. Chile, 28–21

=Group C=

File:Argentina v usa london 1948.jpg

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  • United States def. Switzerland, 86–21
  • Czechoslovakia def. Peru, 38–30
  • Argentina def. Egypt, 57–38
  • Peru def. Egypt, 52–27
  • Argentina def. Switzerland, 49–23
  • United States def. Czechoslovakia, 53–28
  • Peru def. Switzerland, 49–19
  • United States def. Argentina, 59–57
  • Czechoslovakia def. Egypt, 52–38
  • United States def. Egypt, 66–28
  • Czechoslovakia def. Switzerland, 54–28
  • Argentina def. Peru, 42–34
  • Egypt def. Switzerland, 31–29
  • United States def. Peru, 61–33
  • Czechoslovakia def. Argentina, 45–41

=Group D=

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  • France def. Iran, 62–30
  • Mexico def. Cuba, 39–31
  • Mexico def. Ireland, 71–9
  • France def. Cuba, 37–31
  • Mexico def. France, 56–42
  • Iran def. Ireland, 49–22
  • Mexico def. Iran, 68–27
  • Cuba def. Ireland, 88–25
  • Cuba def. Iran, 63–30
  • France def. Ireland, 73–14

Classification rounds

= 17th–23rd place classification rounds =

A bye was given to Egypt as total number of teams is not a multiple of 2, which gave them bye to the classification semifinals. Also, Ireland was deemed to have finished last, due to the loss to Switzerland and a bye they earned from Iraq.

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== Classification Quarterfinals ==

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== 21st–23rd place semifinal ==

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== 17th–20th place semifinals ==

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=9th-16th place classification playoffs=

Hungary forfeited all of their matches in the classification round, and a win were awarded to their respective opponents, which are marked by asterisks.

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==Classification quarterfinals==

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== 13th–16th place semifinals ==

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== 9th–12th place semifinals ==

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| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

Final round

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| boldwinner=yes

| QF=Quarterfinals

| SF=Semifinals

| consolation=5th–8th place semifinals

| final=Gold medal match

| third=Bronze medal match

| fifth=Fifth place match

| seventh=Seventh place match

| QF-details1=

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| QF-seed2=A2 | QF-team2={{flagIOC|URU|1948 Summer}} | QF-score2=28

| QF-details2=

| QF-seed3=D1 | QF-team3={{flagIOC|MEX|1948 Summer}} | QF-score3=43

| QF-seed4=B2 | QF-team4={{flagIOC|KOR|1948 Summer}} | QF-score4=32

| QF-details3=

| QF-seed5=A1 | QF-team5={{flagIOC|BRA|1948 Summer}} | QF-score5=28

| QF-seed6=C2 | QF-team6={{flagIOC|TCH|1948 Summer}} | QF-score6=23

| QF-details4=

| QF-seed7=D2 | QF-team7={{flagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer}} | QF-score7=53

| QF-seed8=B1 | QF-team8={{flagIOC|CHI|1948 Summer}} | QF-score8=52

| SF-details1=

| SF-seed1=C1 | SF-team1={{flagIOC|USA|1948 Summer}} | SF-score1=71

| SF-seed2=D1 | SF-team2={{flagIOC|MEX|1948 Summer}} | SF-score2=40

| SF-details2=

| SF-seed3=A1 | SF-team3={{flagIOC|BRA|1948 Summer}} | SF-score3=33

| SF-seed4=D2 | SF-team4={{flagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer}} | SF-score4=43

| consolation-details1=

| consolation-seed1=A2 | consolation-team1={{flagIOC|URU|1948 Summer}} | consolation-score1=45

| consolation-seed2=B2 | consolation-team2={{flagIOC|KOR|1948 Summer}} | consolation-score2=36

| consolation-details2=

| consolation-seed3=C2 | consolation-team3={{flagIOC|TCH|1948 Summer}} | consolation-score3=36

| consolation-seed4=B1 | consolation-team4={{flagIOC|CHI|1948 Summer}} | consolation-score4=38

| final-details1=

| final-seed1=C1 | final-team1={{flagIOC|USA|1948 Summer}} | final-score1=65

| final-seed2=D2 | final-team2={{flagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer}} | final-score2=21

| third-details1=

| third-seed1=D1 | third-team1={{flagIOC|MEX|1948 Summer}} | third-score1=47

| third-seed2=A1 | third-team2={{flagIOC|BRA|1948 Summer}} | third-score2=52

| fifth-details1=

| fifth-seed1=A2 | fifth-team1={{flagIOC|URU|1948 Summer}} | fifth-score1=50

| fifth-seed2=B1 | fifth-team2={{flagIOC|CHI|1948 Summer}} | fifth-score2=32

| seventh-details1=

| seventh-seed1=B2 | seventh-team1={{flagIOC|KOR|1948 Summer}} | seventh-score1=38

| seventh-seed2=C2 | seventh-team2={{flagIOC|TCH|1948 Summer}} | seventh-score2=39

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= Quarterfinals =

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| date = 9 August 1948

| time = 21:00

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|USA|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 63

| teamB = {{flagIOC|URU|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 28

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

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| bg =

| date = 9 August 1948

| time = 19:30

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|MEX|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 43

| teamB = {{flagIOC|KOR|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 32

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

----

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| bg = #eee

| date = 9 August 1948

| time = 15:20

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|BRA|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 28

| teamB = {{flagIOC|TCH|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 23

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

{{basketballbox

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| date = 9 August 1948

| time = 15:40

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|FRA|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 53

| teamB = {{flagIOC|CHI|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 52

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

= 5th–8th place semifinals =

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| date = 11 August 1948

| time =

| report =

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| scoreA = 45

| teamB = {{flagIOC|KOR|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 36

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

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| date = 11 August 1948

| time =

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|TCH|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 36

| teamB = {{flagIOC|CHI|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 38

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

= Semifinals =

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| bg = #eee

| date = 11 August 1948

| time = 19:30

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|USA|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 71

| teamB = {{flagIOC|MEX|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 40

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

----

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| bg =

| date = 11 August 1948

| time = 21:00

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|BRA|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 33

| teamB = {{flagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 43

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

Final classification matches

= 21st place match =

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| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|SUI|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 2

| teamB = {{flagIOC|IRQ|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 0

| overtime = W/O

| place = Harringay Arena, London

| series = Forfeited

}}

= 19th place match =

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| bg =

| date =

| time =

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|GBR|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 18

| teamB = {{flagIOC|EGY|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 50

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

= 17th place match =

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| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|ITA|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 54

| teamB = {{flagIOC|ROC|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 38

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

= 15th place match =

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| bg =

| date =

| time =

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|HUN|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 0

| teamB = {{flagIOC|ARG|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 2

| overtime = W/O

| place = Harringay Arena, London

| series = Forfeited

}}

= 13th place match =

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| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|CUB|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 70

| teamB = {{flagIOC|IRI|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 36

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

= 11th place match =

{{basketballbox

| bg =

| date =12 August 1948

| time = 19:30

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| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|PHI|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 34

| teamB = {{flagIOC|BEL|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 38

| overtime =

| H1 =16–16

| H2 =18–22

| points1 =Ramon Campos 17

| points2 =Henri Coosemans 14

| referee =Jan Osuský (TCH), Ernesto Lastra (ARG)

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

= 9th place match =

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| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|CAN|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 49

| teamB = {{flagIOC|PER|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 43

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

= 7th place match =

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| bg =

| date =

| time =

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|KOR|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 38

| teamB = {{flagIOC|TCH|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 39

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

= 5th place match =

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| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| report =

| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|URU|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 50

| teamB = {{flagIOC|CHI|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 32

| overtime =

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

= Bronze medal match =

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| bg = #fdb

| date = 13 August 1948

| time = 19:30

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| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|MEX|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 47

| teamB = {{flagIOC|BRA|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 52

| overtime =

| H1 = 25–17

| H2 = 22–35

| points1 =Josué Santos 16

| points2 =Alfredo da Motta 25

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

= Gold medal match =

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| bg = #ffffd0

| date = 13 August 1948

| time =

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| teamA = {{flagIOC-rt|USA|1948 Summer}}

| scoreA = 65

| teamB = {{flagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer}}

| scoreB = 21

| overtime =

| H1 = 28–9

| H2 = 37–12

| points1 = Alex Groza 11

| points2 = René Chocat 8

| referee = Abdel Azim Ashry, Vittorio Ugolini

| place = Harringay Arena, London

}}

Awards

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!1948 Olympic Basketball Champions

{{flagicon|USA}}
United States
Second title

Participating nations

For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.

Each country was allowed to enter one team of up to 14 players and they all were eligible for participation (with a maximum of five on the court at any given moment). A total of 298(*) basketball players from 23 nations competed at the London Games:

  • {{flagIOC|ARG|1948 Summer|14}}
  • {{flagIOC|BEL|1948 Summer|14}}
  • {{flagIOC|BRA|1948 Summer|12}}
  • {{flagIOC|CAN|1948 Summer|14}}
  • {{flagIOC|CHI|1948 Summer|14}}
  • {{flagIOC|ROC|1948 Summer|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|CUB|1948 Summer|14}}
  • {{flagIOC|TCH|1948 Summer|14}}
  • {{flagIOC|EGY|1948 Summer|14}}
  • {{flagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer|14}}
  • {{flagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer|13}}
  • {{flagIOC|HUN|1948 Summer|14}}(**)
  • {{flagIOC|IRL|1948 Summer|14}}
  • {{flagIOC|IRI|1948 Summer|13}}
  • {{flagIOC|IRQ|1948 Summer|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|ITA|1948 Summer|14}}
  • {{flagIOC|KOR|1948 Summer|9}}
  • {{flagIOC|MEX|1948 Summer|14}}
  • {{flagIOC|PER|1948 Summer|11}}
  • {{flagIOC|PHI|1948 Summer|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|SUI|1948 Summer|14}}
  • {{flagIOC|USA|1948 Summer|14}}
  • {{flagIOC|URU|1948 Summer|14}}

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least, according to the official report, because the rosters for the matches are unknown. It is also unknown up to now, if there were more reserve players.

(*) and (**) It is uncertain if P. Benedek and J. Verbenyi played for Hungary in this tournament. The official report shows them, but Hungarian sources did not, however they are counted.

Summary

class="wikitable"

! Place

Nation
align=center bgcolor=gold

| 1

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1948 Summer}}
align=left|Head Coach: Omar Browning (Phillips 66ers (Bartlesville, OK))
Cliff Barker (Kentucky)
Don Barksdale (Oakland Bittners/UCLA)
Ralph Beard (Kentucky)
Lew Beck (Phillips 66ers/Oregon State)
Vince Boryla (Denver Nuggets/Denver)
Gordon Carpenter (Phillips 66ers/Arkansas)
Alex Groza (Kentucky)
Wah Wah Jones (Kentucky)
Bob Kurland (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma St.)
Ray Lumpp (NYU)
R. C. Pitts (Phillips 66ers/Arkansas)
Jesse Renick (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma St.)
Jackie Robinson (Baylor)
Kenny Rollins (Kentucky)
align=center bgcolor=silver

| 2

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|FRA|1948 Summer}}
align=center bgcolor=cc9966

| 3

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|BRA|1948 Summer}}
align=left|Head Coach: Moacir Daiuto
align=center

| 4

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|MEX|1948 Summer}}
Angel Acuña Lizaña
Issac Alfaro Loza
Alberto Bienvenu Barajas
Jorge Cardiel Gaytán
José de la Cruz Cabrera Gándara
Rodolfo Díaz Mercado
Francisco Galindo Chávez
Jorge Gudiño Goya
Héctor Guerrero Delgado
Emilio López Enríquez
Fernando Rojas Herrera
José Rojas Herera
Ignacio Romo Porchas
Josué Santos de León Neri
align=center

| 5

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|URU|1948 Summer}}
Martín Acosta y Lara
Néstor F. Anton Giudice
Victorio Cieslinskas
Nelson Demarco
Miguel Carlos Diab Figoli
Abraham Eidlin Grossman
Eduardo A. Folle Colombo
Héctor García
Eduardo M. Gordon Morgan
Adesio Lombardo
Roberto Lovera
Gustavo Magariños Morales de los Ríos
Carlos Roselló
Héctor Ruiz
align=center

| 6

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CHI|1948 Summer}}
Eduardo Cordero Fernández
Ezequiel Figueroa Reyes
Juan José Gallo Chinchilla
Roberto Hammer Casadio
Eduardo Kapstein Suckel
Manuel Ledesma Barrales
Víctor Mahana Badrie
Luis Enrique Marmentini Gil
Andrés Mitrovic Guic
Antonio Moreno Rodillo
Eduardo Parra Rojas
Hermán Raffo Abarca
Marcos Sánchez Carmona
Guillermo Verdugo Yañez
align=center

| 7

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|TCH|1948 Summer}}
Head Coach: Josef Fleischlinger
Karel Bělohradský
Cyril Benáček
Jiří Chlup
Jiří Drvota
Josef Ezr
Jozef Kalina
Jan Kozák
Václav Krása
Zoltán Krenický
Jozef Křepela
Ivan Mrázek
Jiří Siegel
Josef Toms
Ladislav Trpkoš
align=center

| 8

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|KOR|1948 Summer}}
Ahn Byung-Suk
Bang Won-Sun
Chang Chin-Ri
Chyo Joon-Deuk
Kang Hyun-Bong
Kim Shin-Chung
Lee Hoon-Sang
Lee Yung-Choon
Oh Chul-Soo
align=center

| 9

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|1948 Summer}}
Head Coach: Bob Osborne (University of British Columbia))
Ole Bakken (University of British Columbia)
Bill Bell (University of British Columbia)
Doodie Bloomfield (Montréal YMHA)
Dave Campbell (University of British Columbia)
Harry Kermode (University of British Columbia)
Bennie Lands (Montréal YMHA)
Pat McGeer (University of British Columbia)
Reid Mitchell (University of British Columbia)
Mendy Morein (Montréal YMHA)
Nev Munro (University of British Columbia)
Bobby Scarr (University of British Columbia)
Cy Strulovitch (Montréal YMHA)
Sol Tolchinsky (Montréal YMHA)
Murray Waxman (Montréal YMHA)
align=center

| 10

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|PER|1948 Summer}}
G. Ahrens Valdivia
Carlos Alegre Benavides
David Descalzo Álvarez
Virgilio Drago Burga
Alberto Fernández Calderón
Arturo Ferreyros Pérez
Eduardo Fiestas Arce
Rodolfo Salas Crespo
Luis Sánchez Maquiavelo
R. Ríos Soracco
José Vizcarra Nieto
align=center

| 11

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|BEL|1948 Summer}}
Georges Baert
Auguste Bernaer
Henri Coosemans
François de Pauw
Henri Hermans
André Hollanders
Henri Hollanders
Emile Kets
Léon Lampo
Julien Meuris
Gustave Poppe
René Steurbaut
Luois van de Goor
Armand van Wambeke
align=center

| 12

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|PHI|1948 Summer}}
Head Coach: Dionisio Calvo
Manuel Araneta
Ramón Campos
Eduardo Decena
Andrés de la Cruz
Felicisimo Fajardo
Gabriel Fajardo
Edgardo Fulgencio
Antonio Luis Martínez
Lauro Mumar
Francisco Vestil
align=center

| 13

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CUB|1948 Summer}}
Mario Aguero Medrano
José Miguel Alvarez Pozo
Casimiro García Artime
Juan García García
R. Carlos García Ordoñez
Francisco Lavernia Hernández
José Llanusa Gobel
Miguel Llaneras Rodríguez
Federico López Garviso
Pedro Manuel Otero Vázquez
Mario Quintero Padrón
Fabio Ruiz Vinajeras
Ramón Wiltz Bucelo
Otazo A. Paget
align=center

| 14

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|IRI|1948 Summer}}
Head Coach: Kazem Rahbari
Kazem Ashtari
Asghar Ehsasi
Fereidoun Esfandiari
Hossein Hashemi
Hossein Jabbarzadegan
Hossein Karandish
Farhang Mohtadi
Houshang Rafatjah
Fereydoon Sadeghi
Ziaoddin Shadman
Abolfazl Solbi
Hossein Sorouri
Hossein Saoudipour
align=center

| 15

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ARG|1948 Summer}}
Head Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi
Raúl Calvo
Leopoldo Contarbio
Óscar Furlong
Ricardo González
Manuel Guerrero
Rafael Lledó
León Martinetti
Rubén Menini
Jorge Nuré
Oscar Pérez Cattáno
Arturo Ruffa
Juan Carlos Uder
Bruno Varani
Tomás Vío
align=center

| 16

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|HUN|1948 Summer}}
Antal Bánkuti
P. Benedek
János Halász
Géza Kardos
József Kozma
István Lovrics
Tibor Mezőfi
György Nagy
László Novakovszky
Attila Timár Geng
István Timár Geng
Ede Vadászi
J. Verbenyi
Tibor Zsíros
align=center

| 17

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ITA|1948 Summer}}
Gianfranco Bersani
Carlo Cerioni
Sergio Ferriani
Ezio Mantelli
Federico Marietti
Giancarlo Marinelli
Giovanni Nesti
Valentino Pellarini
Giancarlo Primo
Renzo Ranuzzi
Luigi Rapini
Romeo Romanutti
Sergio Stefanini
Vittorio Tracuzzi
align=center

| 18

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ROC|1948 Summer}}
Chia Chung-Chang
Chua Bon-Hua
Kya Is-Kyun
Lee Edward
Lee Tsun-Tung
Pao John Sung-Yuan
Wee Tian-Siak
Woo Cheng-Chang
Yee Jose
Yu Sai-Chang
align=center

| 19

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|EGY|1948 Summer}}
Youssef Mohamed Abbas
Youssef Abou Ouf
Fouad Abdel Meguid Abu el Kheir
Armand Philippe Catafago
Mahmoud Gamal el Leissy
Albert Fahmy Tadros
Mohamed Habib
Abdelrahman Ismail Hafez
Robert Makzoume
Hassan Moawad
Medhat Youssef Mohamad
Hussein Kamal Montassir
Ahmed Nessim
Mohamed Soliman
align=center

| 20

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1948 Summer}}
Frank Cole
Trevor C. Davies
Alexander Elk
Malcolm Finlay
Colin L. Hunt
Douglas C. Legg
Ronald H. Legg
Stanley McMeekan
Sydney McMeekan
Robert H. Norris
Lionel Price
Harry L. Weston
Stanley B. Weston
align=center

| 21

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SUI|1948 Summer}}
Pierre Albrecht
Henri Baumann
Marc Bossy
Claude Chevalley
Maurice Chollet
Bernard Dutoit
Robert Geiser
Hans Gujer
Claude Landini
Jean Pare
G. Piaget
Jean Pollet
Georges Stockly
J. Tribolet
align=center

| 22

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|IRQ|1948 Summer}}
Hashim
Awni Kanaan
Kadir Irfan
Ali Salman
Salih Faraj
George Hanna
Hamid Ahmed
Wadud Khalil
Mahdi Salman
Yonan Emile
align=center

| 23

align=left| {{flagIOCteam|IRL|1948 Summer}}
Harry Boland
Vincie Crehan
John Flynn
William Jackson
Thomas Keenan
James R. McGee
Gerald McLoughlin
Thomas Malone
Frank B. O'Connor
Donald O'Donovan
Daniel Reddin
Donald Sheriff
Patrick Sheriff
Christy Walsh
Liam Doherty

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]

{{EventsAt1948SummerOlympics}}

{{Basketball at the Summer Olympics}}

{{Summer Olympics basketball tournament winners}}

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