Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

7th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Mexico City 1968
Tournament details
Olympics	1968 Summer Olympics
Host nation	Mexico
City	Mexico City
Duration	October 13–25, 1968
Men's tournament
Teams	16
Medals Gold medalists  United States Silver medalists  Yugoslavia Bronze medalists  Soviet Union
Tournaments
← Tokyo 1964  Munich 1972 →

Basketball contests at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico from October 13 to October 25, 1968. The United States defeated Yugoslavia to win their seventh straight gold medal in this sport, while the Soviet Union earned the bronze against Brazil.

Medal summary

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

Qualification

Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the first five places at the previous tournament. Additional spots were decided by various continental championships held by FIBA plus two additional intercontinental championships that granted two extra berths each.

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Automatic qualifiers
Senegal  Morocco	Panama  Cuba	Philippines  South Korea	SFR Yugoslavia  Bulgaria  Spain  Poland	United States – Gold medal in 1964  Soviet Union – Silver medal in 1964  Brazil – Bronze medal in 1964  Puerto Rico – 4th place in 1964  Italy – 5th place in 1964  Mexico – Olympic hosts

Format

• Two groups of eight teams are formed, where the top two from each group compete for the medals in a knockout round.
• The remaining places are defined as follows:
  • Fifth through eighth places are decided in a separate bracket between the third and fourth places from each group in a separate bracket.
  • Ninth through sixteenth places are decided between the fifth through eighth places from each group in separate brackets.

Preliminary Round

The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, while the remaining teams compete for 5th through 16th places in separate brackets. Both group leaders, the United States and the Soviet Union advanced undefeated to the knockout stage.

Group A

Qualified for the semifinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	7	0	599	392	+207	14
SFR Yugoslavia	6	1	592	511	+81	13
Italy	5	2	562	539	+23	12
Spain	4	3	557	548	+9	11
Puerto Rico	3	4	493	468	+25	10
Panama	2	5	572	624	−52	9
Philippines	1	6	525	636	−111	8
Senegal	0	7	383	565	−182	7

October 13

October 14

October 15

October 16

October 18

October 19

October 20

Group B

Qualified for the semifinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	7	0	642	408	+234	14
Brazil	6	1	561	418	+143	13
Mexico	5	2	493	443	+50	12
Poland	4	3	473	504	−31	11
Bulgaria	3	4	456	478	−22	10
Cuba	2	5	514	532	−18	9
South Korea	1	6	453	530	−77	8
Morocco	0	7	355	634	−279	7

October 13

October 14

October 15

October 16

October 18

October 19

October 20

Knockout Stage

Medal bracket

	Semifinals (October 22)[1]					Gold medal (October 25)
	A1	United States	75
	B2	Brazil	63
						A1	United States	65
						B2	SFR Yugoslavia	50
	B1	Soviet Union	62
	A2	SFR Yugoslavia	63			Bronze medal (October 25)
						B2	Brazil	53
						B1	Soviet Union	70

Classification brackets

5th–8th Place

	Semifinals (October 22)					5th place (October 25)
	A3	Italy	52
	B4	Poland	66
						B3	Poland	65
						B4	Mexico	75
	B3	Mexico	73
	A4	Spain	72			7th place (October 25)
						A3	Italy	72
						A4	Spain	88

9th–12th Place

	Semifinals (October 23)					9th place (October 24)
	A5	Puerto Rico	71
	B6	Cuba	65
						A5	Puerto Rico	67
						B5	Bulgaria	57
	B5	Bulgaria	83
	A6	Panama	79			11th place (October 24)
						A6	Cuba	91
						B6	Panama	88

13th–16th Place

	Semifinals (October 23)					13th place (October 24)
	A7	Philippines	86
	B8	Morocco	57
						A7	Philippines	66
						B7	South Korea	63
	B7	South Korea	76
	A8	Senegal	59			14th place (October 24)
						B8	Morocco	38
						A8	Senegal	42

Final Standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L
01 !	United States	9	9	0
02 !	SFR Yugoslavia	9	7	2
03 !	Soviet Union	9	8	1
4th	Brazil	9	6	3
5th	Mexico	9	7	2
6th	Poland	9	5	4
7th	Spain	9	4	5
8th	Italy	9	5	4
9th	Puerto Rico	9	5	4
10th	Bulgaria	9	4	5
11th	Cuba	9	3	6
12th	Panama	9	2	7
13th	Philippines	9	3	6
14th	South Korea	9	2	7
15th	Senegal	9	1	8
16th	Morocco	9	0	9

References

External links

• Official Olympic Report

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