Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics

th Olympic Basketball Tournament
London 1948
Tournament details
Olympics	1948 Summer Olympics
Host nation	United Kingdom
City	London
Men's tournament
Teams	23
Medals Gold medalists  United States Silver medalists  France Bronze medalists  Brazil
Tournaments
← Berlin 1936  Helsinki 1952 →

Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport as an official 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.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) 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	France (FRA) 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	Brazil (BRA) Algodão Bráz Ruy de Freitas Marcus Vinícius Dias Affonso Évora Alexandre Gemignani Alfredo da Motta Alberto Marson Nilton Pacheco Massinet Sorcinelli

Results

Preliminary round

The 23 teams were split into 4 pools of 6 teams each, with one pool being of 5 teams. There was a round-robin in each pool with every team playing each of the 5 other teams once. 2 points were given for a win, 1 point for a loss. Ties were broken by the ratio of points scored to points allowed.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brazil	5	5	0	261	150	+111	10
Uruguay	5	3	2	246	170	+76	8
Hungary	5	3	2	201	172	+29	8
Canada	5	3	2	222	205	+17	8
Italy	5	1	4	170	208	−38	6
Great Britain	5	0	5	103	298	−195	5

• 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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	5	3	2	258	152	+106	8
Chile	5	3	2	269	162	+107	8
Belgium	5	3	2	234	156	+78	8
Republic of China	5	3	2	281	202	+79	8
Philippines	5	3	2	261	200	+61	8
Iraq	5	0	5	113	545	−432	5

• 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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	5	0	325	167	+158	10
Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	217	190	+27	9
Argentina	5	3	2	236	199	+37	8
Peru	5	2	3	198	187	+11	7
Egypt	5	1	4	162	256	−94	6
Switzerland	5	0	5	120	269	−149	5

• 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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Mexico	4	4	0	234	109	+125	8
France	4	3	1	214	131	+83	7
Cuba	4	2	2	213	131	+82	6
Iran	4	1	3	136	215	−79	5
Ireland	4	0	4	70	281	−211	4

• 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 17–23

• China def. Switzerland, 42–34
• Great Britain def. Ireland, 46–21
• Italy def. Iraq, 77–28
• Egypt, BYE

Classification 21–23

• Switzerland def. Ireland, 55–12
• Iraq, BYE

Classification 21/22

• Switzerland def. Iraq, forfeit

Classification 17–20

• China def. Great Britain, 54–25
• Italy def. Egypt, 35–33

Classification 19/20

• Egypt def. Great Britain, 50–18

Classification 17/18

• Italy def. China, 54–38

Classification 9–16

• Belgium def. Hungary, forfeit
• Canada def. Iran, 81–25
• Peru def. Cuba, 45–40
• Philippines def. Argentina, 45–43

Classification 13–16

• Cuba def. Argentina, 35–34
• Iran def. Hungary, forfeit

Classification 15/16

• Argentina def. Hungary, forfeit

Classification 13/14

• Cuba def. Iran, 70–36

Classification 9–12

• Canada def. Belgium, 45–40
• Peru def. Philippines, 40–29

Classification 11/12

• Belgium def. Philippines, 38–34

Classification 9/10

• Canada def. Peru, 49–43

Quarterfinals

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 9 – Harringay Arena
	United States	63
					August 11 – Harringay Arena
	Uruguay	28
					United States	71
	August 9 – Harringay Arena
					Mexico	40
	Mexico	43
									August 13 – Harringay Arena
	South Korea	32
									United States	65
	August 9 – Harringay Arena
									France	21
	Brazil	28
					August 11 – Harringay Arena
	Czechoslovakia	23
					France	45			Third place
	August 9 – Harringay Arena
					Brazil	33
	France	53							Brazil	52
	Chile	52							Mexico	47
									August 13 – Harringay Arena

Classification 5–8

• Chile def. Czechoslovakia, 38–36
• Uruguay def. Korea, 45–36

Classification 7/8

• Czechoslovakia def. Korea, 39–38

Classification 5/6

• Uruguay def. Chile, 50–32

Semifinals

• United States def. Mexico, 71–40
• France def. Brazil, 43–33

Bronze medal match

• Brazil def. Mexico, 52–47

Final

• United States def. France, 65–21

Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation.

A total of 298(*) basketball players from 23 nations competed at the London Games:

• Argentina (14)
• Belgium (14)
• Brazil (12)
• Canada (14)
• Chile (14)
• Republic of China (10)
• Cuba (14)
• Czechoslovakia (14)
• Egypt (14)
• France (14)
• Great Britain (13)
• Hungary (14)(**)
• Ireland (14)
• Iran (13)
• Iraq (10)
• Italy (14)
• South Korea (9)
• Mexico (14)
• Peru (11)
• Philippines (10)
• Switzerland (14)
• United States (14)
• Uruguay (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

Place	Nation
1	United States (USA)
	Coach: Omar Browning (Phillips 66ers (Bartlesville, OK)) Cliff Barker (University of Kentucky) Don Barksdale (Oakland Bittners/UCLA) Ralph Beard (University of Kentucky) Lew Beck (Phillips 66ers/Oregon State) Vince Boryla (Denver Nuggets/Denver) Gordon Carpenter (Phillips 66ers/Arkansas) Alex Groza (University of Kentucky) Wah Wah Jones (University of Kentucky) Bob Kurland (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma St.) Ray Lumpp (New York University) R. C. Pitts (Phillips 66ers/Arkansas) Jesse Renick (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma St.) Jackie Robinson (Baylor University) Kenny Rollins (University of Kentucky)
2	France (FRA)
3	Brazil (BRA)
	Coach: Moacir Daiuto
4	Mexico (MEX) 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
5	Uruguay (URU) 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
6	Chile (CHI) 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
7	Czechoslovakia (TCH) 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
8	South Korea (KOR) 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
9	Canada (CAN) 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)
10	Peru (PER) 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
11	Belgium (BEL) 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
12	Philippines (PHI) 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
13	Cuba (CUB) 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
14	Iran (IRI) 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
15	Argentina (ARG) Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi Raúl Calvo Leopoldo Contarbio Oscar 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
16	Hungary (HUN) 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
17	Italy (ITA) 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
18	Republic of China (ROC) 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
19	Egypt (EGY) Youssef Mohamed Abbas Youssef Kamal Mohamed 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
20	Great Britain (GBR) 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
21	Switzerland (SUI) 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
22	Iraq (IRQ) H. Ahmed Y. Emile G. Hanna A. Hashim A. Irfan A. Kanaan F. Saleh M. Salmain Ali D. Salman K. Wadoon
23	Ireland (IRL) 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

• Official Olympic Report

Events at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London Athletics Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Lacrosse (demonstration) Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Art competitions (unofficial)

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