Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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The United States, coached by Henry Iba of Oklahoma State University, went 9-0. Their gold medal-winning game was against Yugoslavia, 65-50. The bronze medal winner was the Soviet Union.

[edit] Medal summary

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
United States (USA) Mike Barrett John Clawson Don Dee Calvin Fowler Spencer Haywood Bill Hosket Jim King Glynn Saulters Charlie Scott Mike Silliman Ken Spain Jo Jo White	Yugoslavia (YUG) Dragutin Čermak Kresimir Ćosić Vladimir Cvetković Ivo Daneu Radivoj Korać Zoran Maroević Nikola Plećaš Trajko Rajković Dragoslav Ražnatović Petar Skansi Damir Solman Aljoša Zorga	Soviet Union (URS) Anatoli Krikin Modestas Paulauskas Zurab Sakandelidze Vadim Kapranov Yuri Selikhov Anatoli Polivoda Sergei Belov Priit Tomson Sergei Kovalenko Gennadi Volnov Yaak Lipso Vladimir Andreev

[edit] Final ranking

1.  United States (USA) (9-0)
2.  Yugoslavia (YUG) (7-2)
3.  Soviet Union (URS) (8-1)
4.  Brazil (BRA) (6-3)
5.  Mexico (MEX) (7-2)
6.  Poland (POL) (5-4)
7.  Spain (ESP) (5-4)
8.  Italy (ITA) (5-4)
9.  Puerto Rico (PUR) (5-4)
10.  Bulgaria (BUL) (4-5)
11.  Cuba (CUB) (3-6)
12.  Panama (PAN) (2-7)
13.  Philippines (PHI) (3-6)
14.  South Korea (KOR) (2-7)
15.  Senegal (SEN) (1-8)
16.  Morocco (MAR) (0-9)

Events at the 1968 Summer Olympics (Mexico City)
Athletics • Basketball • Basque pelota (demonstration) • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis (demonstration) • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Basketball at the Summer Olympics
1904 (demonstration) • 1908–1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in basketball