Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Summary

Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. 23 nations entered the competition.

3rd Olympic Basketball Tournament
Helsinki 1952
Tournament details
Olympics1952 Summer Olympics
Host nationFinland
CityHelsinki
DurationJuly 13 – August 2
Men's tournament
Teams23
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists Soviet Union
3 Bronze medalists  Uruguay
Tournaments
← London 1948  Melbourne 1956 →

The top six teams at the 1948 Summer Olympics qualified automatically, as did the winners of the 1950 FIBA World Championship (Argentina), the top two teams at the 1951 EuroBasket (USSR and Czechoslovakia), and the host country (Finland). Thirteen other nations competed in a preliminary round to determine the last six places in the sixteen-team Olympic tournament.

Basketball
Basketball

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  United States (USA)
Ron Bontemps
Marc Freiberger
Wayne Glasgow
Charlie Hoag
Bill Hougland
John Keller
Dean Kelley
Bob Kenney
Bob Kurland
Bill Lienhard
Clyde Lovellette
Frank McCabe
Dan Pippin
Howie Williams
  Soviet Union (URS)
Stepas Butautas
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya
Anatoly Konev
Otar Korkiya
Heino Kruus
Ilmar Kullam
Justinas Lagunavičius
Joann Lõssov
Aleksandr Moiseyev
Yuri Ozerov
Kazys Petkevičius
Stasys Stonkus
Maigonis Valdmanis
Viktor Vlasov
  Uruguay (URU)
Martín Acosta y Lara
Enrique Baliño
Victorio Cieslinskas
Héctor Costa
Nelson Demarco
Héctor García Otero
Tabaré Larre Borges
Adesio Lombardo
Roberto Lovera
Sergio Matto
Wilfredo Peláez
Carlos Roselló

Results edit

Preliminary round edit

Nations that lost two games in the preliminary tournaments were eliminated. When there were only two teams left in each group, those teams advanced to the main tournament.

Group A edit

First round edit
  • Cuba def. Belgium, 59–51
  • Bulgaria def. Switzerland, 69–58
Second round edit

Bulgaria's victory earned it a berth in the main tournament, while Switzerland's second loss eliminated them.

  • Bulgaria def. Cuba, 62–56
  • Belgium def. Switzerland, 59–49
Final Round edit

The two teams that were 1–1 played each other: the winner received a tournament berth and the loser was eliminated.

  • Cuba def. Belgium, 71–63

Group B edit

First round edit
  • Hungary def. Greece, 75–38
  • Philippines def. Israel, 57–47
Second round edit

The Philippines qualified for the main tournament, while Israel's second loss eliminated them.

  • Philippines def. Hungary, 48–35
  • Greece def. Israel, 54–52
Final round edit

The two teams that were 1–1 played each, with the winner receiving a tournament berth and the loser being eliminated.

  • Hungary def. Greece, 47–44

Group C edit

First round edit
  • Canada def. Italy, 68–57
  • Egypt def. Turkey, 64–45

Bye: Romania

Second round edit

Romania's first game was a loss to Canada. Italy and Turkey played each other, with Turkey's second loss eliminating them.

  • Canada def. Romania, 72–51
  • Italy def. Turkey, 49–37

Bye: Egypt

Third round edit

Italy and Romania, who had both lost once, played each other. Romania's second loss eliminated them, while Canada and Egypt played each other, with Egypt being served its first loss; Canada qualified.

  • Italy def. Romania, 53–39
  • Canada def. Egypt, 63–57
Final round edit

Italy played its fourth game of the tournament against Egypt. The closely contested decisive game ended with Egypt qualifying for the main competition and Italy being eliminated.

  • Egypt def. Italy, 66–62

Main tournament edit

First round edit

The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A edit
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 195 139 +56 6 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2   Uruguay 3 2 1 167 164 +3 5
3   Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 161 164 −3 4
4   Hungary 3 0 3 143 199 −56 3
Source: Official Report, p. 676
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
United States   66–48   Hungary
Scoring by half: 37–23, 27–25
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wabby (EGY)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
Uruguay   53–51   Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 32–32, 21–19
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Kostine (URS), Porto (BRA)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 681
Uruguay   70–56   Hungary
Scoring by half: 36–33, 34–23
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Follati (ITA), Siener (FRA)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 682
United States   72–47   Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 35–21, 37–26
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Reverberi (ITA)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
Czechoslovakia   63–39   Hungary
Scoring by half: 34–23, 29–16
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Siniakov (URS)
27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
United States   56–44   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 32–27, 24–17
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Siener (FRA), Chuard (SUI)
Group B edit
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Soviet Union 3 3 0 192 143 +49 6 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2   Bulgaria 3 2 1 163 182 −19 5
3   Mexico 3 1 2 172 171 +1 4
4   Finland 3 0 3 147 178 −31 3
Source: Official Report, p. 676
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
Soviet Union   74–46   Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 38–21, 36–25
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Posvar (TCH)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
Mexico   66–48   Finland
Scoring by half: 36–21, 30–27
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Siener (FRA), Atakol (TUR)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 681
Bulgaria   52–44   Mexico
Scoring by half: 27–16, 25–28
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Lastra (ARG), Szilagyi (HUN)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 682
Soviet Union   47–35   Finland
Scoring by half: 23–14, 24–21
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wahby (EGY)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 682
Bulgaria   65–64   Finland
Scoring by half: 31–30, 34–34
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Lastra (ARG), Wahby (EGY)
27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
Soviet Union   71–62   Mexico
Scoring by half: 31–21, 40–40
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Atakol (TUR)
Group C edit
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 3 3 0 239 196 +43 6 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2   Brazil 3 2 1 184 179 +5 5
3   Philippines 3 1 2 192 221 −29 4
4   Canada 3 0 3 201 220 −19 3
Source: Official Report, p. 676
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
Argentina   85–59   Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–30, 41–29
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Szilagyi (HUN)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
Brazil   57–55   Canada
Scoring by half: 33–27, 24–28
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Follati (ITA), Bilek (TUR)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 682
Brazil   71–52   Philippines
Scoring by half: 32–25, 39–27
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Siniakov (URS)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 682
Argentina   82–81   Canada
Scoring by half: 42–48, 40–33
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Chuard (SUI), Stefanovits (YUG)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
Philippines   81–65   Canada
Scoring by half: 40–35, 41–30
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Stefanovitch (YUG)
27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
Argentina   72–56   Brazil
Scoring by half: 31–21, 41–35
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Gruia (ROU)
Group D edit
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 3 3 0 202 149 +53 6 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2   Chile 3 2 1 170 150 +20 5
3   Egypt 3 1 2 176 221 −45 4
4   Cuba 3 0 3 149 177 −28 3
Source: Official Report, p. 676
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
France   92–64   Egypt
Scoring by half: 39–30, 53–34
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Stefanovitch (YUG)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 681
Chile   53–52   Cuba
Scoring by half: 32–32, 32–20
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Lastra (ARG), Siniakov (URS)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 682
Chile   74–46   Egypt
Scoring by half: 47–18, 27–28
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Porto (BRA), Posvar (TCH)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 682
France   58–42   Cuba
Scoring by half: 30–17, 28–25
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Kostine (URS), Atakol (TUR)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
France   52–43   Chile
Scoring by half: 25–17, 27–26
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Kostine (URS), Chong (KOR)
27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
Egypt   66–55   Cuba
Scoring by half: 35–28, 31–27
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Porto (BRA), Posvar (TCH)

Quarterfinals edit

The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification.

Quarterfinals group A edit
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Uruguay 3 2 1 194 187 +7 5[a] Qualified for the semifinals
2   Argentina 3 2 1 226 174 +52 5[a]
3   Bulgaria 3 1 2 177 220 −43 4[b] Qualified for 5th–8th placement playoffs
4   France 3 1 2 178 194 −16 4[b]
Source: Official Report, p. 676
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Uruguay–Argentina: 66–65
  2. ^ a b Bulgaria–France: 67–58
28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)
OR p. 684
Argentina   100–56   Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 53–29, 47–27
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Porto (BRA)
28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)
OR p. 684
France   68–66   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 38–30, 30–36
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Kostine (URS)

29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)
OR p. 684
Uruguay   62–54   Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 35–27, 27–27
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Porto (BRA), Follati (ITA)
29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)
OR p. 685
Argentina   61–52   France
Scoring by half: 31–27, 30–25
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Wahby (EGY), Siniakov (URS)

30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)
FIBA
Bulgaria   67–58   France
Scoring by half: 39–23, 28–35
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Kostine (URS), Porto (CHI)
30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)
OR p. 686
Uruguay   66–65   Argentina
Scoring by half: 39–31, 27–34
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Stefanovitch (YUG)
Quarterfinals group B edit
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 246 166 +80 6 Qualified for the semifinals
2   Soviet Union 3 2 1 190 195 −5 5
3   Brazil 3 1 2 177 155 +22 4 Qualified for 5th–8th placement playoffs
4   Chile 3 0 3 159 256 −97 3
Source: Official Report, p. 676
28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)
OR p. 684
United States   86–58   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 36–22, 50–36
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Siener (FRA), Wahby (EGY)
28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)
OR p. 684
Brazil   75–44   Chile
Scoring by half: 36–25, 39–19
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Ashri (EGY)

29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)
OR p. 684
United States   103–55   Chile
Scoring by half: 47–32, 56–23
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Posvar (TCH)
29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)
OR p. 685
Soviet Union   54–49   Brazil
Scoring by half: 21–25, 33–24
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Chuard (SUI)

30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)
OR p. 686
United States   57–53   Brazil
Scoring by half: 24–26, 33–27
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Wahby (EGY), Posvar (TCH)
30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)
OR p. 686
Soviet Union   78–60   Chile
Scoring by half: 41–29, 37–31
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Chuard (SUI), Follati (ITA)

Knockout rounds edit

 
Chile against Brazil
 
The Bronze game between Uruguay and Argentina
 
The final match between the Soviet Union and the United States

Brackets edit

 
5th-8th place semifinals5th place game
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Chile 60
 
 
 
  Bulgaria53
 
  Chile58
 
 
 
  Brazil49
 
  Brazil 59
 
 
  France44
 
7th place game
 
 
 
 
 
  Bulgaria58
 
 
  France44
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 31
 
 
  Soviet Union61
 
August 2
 
  Uruguay57
 
  United States36
 
August 1
 
  Soviet Union25
 
  United States85
 
 
  Argentina76
 
Third place
 
 
August 2
 
 
  Uruguay68
 
 
  Argentina59

Semifinals edit

Classification 5–8 semifinals
31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)
09:00
OR p. 686
Chile   60–53   Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 37–29, 23–24
Pts: Badrie 22 Pts: Panov 13
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Wahby (EGY)
31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)
10:30
OR p. 686
Brazil   59–44   France
Scoring by half: 31–26, 28–18
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Lastra (ARG), Bilek (TUR)
Medal round semifinals
31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)
OR p. 688
Soviet Union   61–57   Uruguay
Scoring by half: 31–28, 30–29
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Chuard (SUI)
31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)
OR p. 688
United States   85–76   Argentina
Scoring by half: 43–39, 42–37
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Siener (FRA)

Finals edit

7th place final
1 August 1952 (1952-08-01)
09:00
OR p. 688
Bulgaria   58–44   France
Scoring by half: 22–22, 36–24
Pts: Panov 12 Pts: Vacheresse 9
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Lastra (ARG)
5th place final
2 August 1952 (1952-08-02)
09:00
OR p. 688
Chile   58–49   Brazil
Scoring by half: 32–24, 26–25
Pts: Cordero Fernández 14 Pts: Da Motta 16
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Chuard (SUI), Atakol (TUR)
Bronze medal game
1 August 1952 (1952-08-01)
16:00
OR p. 688
Uruguay   68–59   Argentina
Scoring by half: 31–24, 37–35
Pts: Lombardo 23 Pts: Gazsó 19
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Follati (ITA), Wahby (EGY)
Gold medal game
2 August 1952 (1952-08-02)
16:00
OR p. 688
United States   36–25   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 17–15, 19–10
Pts: Lovellette 9 Pts: Korkia 8
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wahby (EGY)

Awards edit

1952 Olympic Basketball Champions
 
United States
Third title

Participating nations edit

For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.

Each country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 317 players were entered.

A total of 301(*) basketball players from 23 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least. Up to now only two reserve player can be named, 14 reserve players are unknown.

Team rosters edit

Place Nation
1   United States (USA)
Marc Freiberger (Peoria Caterpillars/Oklahoma)
Wayne Glasgow (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma)
Charlie Hoag (Kansas)
Bill Hougland (Phillips 66ers/Kansas)
John Keller (Kansas)
Dean Kelley (Kansas)
Bob Kenney (Kansas)
Bob Kurland (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma St.)
Bill Lienhard (Kansas)
Clyde Lovellette (Kansas)
Frank McCabe (Peoria Caterpillars/Marquette)
Dan Pippin (Peoria Caterpillars/Missouri)
Howie Williams (Peoria Caterpillars/Purdue)
2   Soviet Union (URS)
Stepas Butautas (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Anatoly Konev (Dynamo Moscow)
Otar Korkiya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Heino Kruus (Tallinna Kalev)
Ilmar Kullam (Tallinna Kalev)
Justinas Lagunavičius (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Joann Lõssov (Tallinna Kalev)
Aleksandr Moiseyev (VVS Moscow)
Yuri Ozerov (Dynamo Moscow)
Kazys Petkevičius (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Stasys Stonkus (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Maigonis Valdmanis (Rīgas ASK)
Viktor Vlasov (Dynamo Moscow)
3   Uruguay (URU)
Martín Acosta y Lara
Enrique Baliño
Victorio Cieslinskas
Héctor Costa
Nelson Demarco
Héctor García Otero
Tabaré Larre Borges
Adesio Lombardo
Roberto Lovera
Sergio Matto
Wilfredo Peláez
Carlos Roselló
4   Argentina (ARG)
Head Coach: Jorge Canavesi
Leopoldo Contarbio
Hugo del Vecchio
Oscar Furlong
Juan Gazsó
Ricardo González
Rafael Lledó
Alberto López
Rubén Menini
Omar Monza
Rubén Pagliari
Raúl Pérez Varela
Ignacio Poletti
Juan Uder
Roberto Viau
5   Chile (CHI)
Pedro Araya Zabala
Rufino Bernedo
Eduardo Cordero Fernández
Hugo Fernández Diez
Ezequiel Figueroa Reyes
Juan José Gallo Chinchilla
Víctor Mahana Badrie
Eric Mahn Godoy
Juan Ostoic Ostoic
Hermán Raffo Abarca
Hermán Ramos Muñoz
Álvaro Salvadores
Orlando Silva Infante
6   Brazil (BRA)
Head Coach: Manoel Pitanga
Angelim
Bráz
Raymundo Carvalho dos Santos
Mário Jorge da Fonseca Hermes
Almir Nelson de Almeida
Algodão
Ruy de Freitas
Mayr Facci
Tião
Godinho
Thales Monteiro
Alfredo da Motta
Zé Luiz
7   Bulgaria (BUL)
Petar Chichkov
Hristo Donev
Ilja Georgiev
Konstantin Georgiev
Genczo Hristov
Anton Kuzov
Vasil Manchenko
Nejczo Neichev
Ivan Nikolov
Georgi Panov
Veselin Penkov
Kiril Semov
Vladimir Slavov
Konstantin Totev
8   France (FRA)
André Buffière
André Chavet
René Chocat
Robert Crost
Jacques Dessemme
Louis Devoti
Robert Guillin
Roger Haudegand
Robert Monclar
Jean Perniceni
Bernard Planque
Jean-Pierre Salignon
André Vacheresse
Jean-Paul Beugnot
9–16   Canada (CAN)
Woody Campbell
Bill Coulthard
Red Curren
Chuck Dalton
Bill Pataky
Glenn Pettinger
Bob Phibbs
Bernie Pickell
Carl Ridd
Bobby Simpson
Harry Wade
George Wearring
Roy Williams
9–16   Cuba (CUB)
Carlos Bea
Felipe de la Pozas y Piad
Alberto Escoto Valdés
Armando Estrada Rivero
Alfredo Faget Otazo
Casimiro García Artime
Juan García García
Carlos García Ordoñez
Federico López Garviso
Mario Quintero Padrón
Fabio Ruiz Vinajeras
Ramón Wiltz Bucelo
9–16   Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Head Coach: Josef Fleischlinger
Jiří Baumruk
Miroslav Baumruk
Zdeněk Bobrovský
Josef Ezr
Eugen Horniak
Miroslav Kódl
Luboš Kolář
Jan Kozák
Jiří Matoušek
Ivan Mrázek
Zdeněk Rylich
Jaroslav Šíp
Miroslav Škeřík
Jaroslav Tetiva
9–16   Egypt (EGY)
Youssef Abbas
Youssef Abou Ouf
Fouad Abdel Meguid Abu el Kheir
Mohamed Medhat Bahgat
Armand Philippe Catafago
Georges Jean Chalhoub
Mohamed Ezz Eldin Aly Ahmed el Rashidy
Abdelrahman Ismail Hafez
Zaki Selim Ibrahim Harari
Sami Mansour
Medhat Youssef Mohamad
Hussein Kamal Montassir
Fahmy Raymond Sabounghi
Albert Fahmy Tadros
9–16   Finland (FIN)
Kalevi Heinänen
Esko Karhunen
Juhani Kyöstilä
Pentti Laaksonen
Olavi Lahtinen
Raimo Lindholm
Pertti Mutru
Raine Nuutinen
Tapio Pöyhönen
Tuomo Ristola
Eero Salonen
Timo Suviranta
Kalevi Sylander
Oiva Virtanen
9–16   Hungary (HUN)
László Bánhegyi
Pál Bogár
György Bokor
Tibor Cselkó
Tibor Czinkán
János Greminger
László Hódi
Ede Komáromi
Tibor Mezőfi
Péter Papp
János Simon
György Telegdy
Tibor Zsíros
9–16   Mexico (MEX)
Rubén Almanza García
Carlos José Bru Villarreal
Jorge Cardiel Gaytán
José de la Cruz Cabrera Gándara
Héctor Guerrero Delgado
Emilio López Enríquez
Filiberto Manzo Hernández
José Meneses Luna
Sergio Olguín Fierro
Fernando Rojas Herrera
José Rojas Herera
Rolando Rubalcava Peña
Pioquinto Soto
9–16   Philippines (PHI)
Head Coach: Felicisimo Fajardo
Florentino Bautista
Ramón Campos
Antonio Genato
José Gochangco
Rafael Hechanova
Eduardo Lim
Carlos Loyzaga
Antonio Luis Martínez
Ponciano Saldaña
Meliton Santos
Antonio Tantay
Mariano Tolentino
17–23   Belgium (BEL)
Jules Boes
Jan Ceulemans
Henri Coosemans
Henri Crick
Yves Delsarte
Josef du Jardin
Johannes Ducheyne
Jef Eygel
Désiré Ligon
Julien Meuris
Félix Roosemont
Alexis van Gils
Pierre van Huele
17–23   Greece (GRE)[1]
Head Coach: Vladimiros Vallas
Stelios Arvanitis (Panathinaikos)
Themistokles Cholevas (Panellinios)
Ioannis Lambrou (Panathinaikos)
Panayiotis Manias (Panellinios)
Phaedon Mathaiou (Panathinaikos)
Nikolaos Milas (Panathinaikos)
Konstantinos Papadimas (Panellinios)
Aristidis Roubanis (Panellinios)
Alexandros Spanoudakis (Olympiacos)
Ioannis Spanoudakis (Olympiacos)
Dimitrios Stefanidis (Panellinios)
Dimitrios Taliadoros (XAN Thessaloniki)
17–23   Israel (ISR)
Head Coach: Tubby Raskin
Eliahu Amiel (Hapoel Holon)
Moshe Daniel-Levy (Hapoel Maayan Barukh)
Dan Erez-Buxenbaum (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
Reuben Fecher-Perach (Hapoel Mizra)
Mordechai-Marcel Hefez (Hapoel Holon)
Ralph Klein (Raphael Ram) (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Menahem Kurman-Degani (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Amos Lin-Linkovsky (Hapoel Mishmar Ha'emek)
Zekarya Ofri (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Shimon Shelah-Schmuckler (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
Abraham Shneior (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Yehuda Wiener-Gafni (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Freddie Cohen (Hapoel Holon)
17–23   Italy (ITA)
Giorgio Bongiovanni
Achille Canna
Carlo Cerioni
Giordano Damiani
Sergio Ferriani
Sergio Marelli
Federico Marietti
Enrico Pagani
Fabio Presca
Renzo Ranuzzi
Luigi Rapini
Sergio Stefanini
Dino Zucchi
17–23   Romania (ROU)
Head Coach: Alexandru Popescu
Cornel Călugăreanu
Gheorghe Constantinide
Grigore Costescu
Andrei Folbert
Ladislau Mokos
Liviu Naghi
Mihai Nedef
Cezar Niculescu
Dan Niculescu
Adrian Petroşanu
Vasile Popescu
Emanoil Răducanu
Constantin Herold
17–23   Switzerland (SUI)
Pierre Albrecht
Henri Baumann
Marc Bossy
René Chiappino
Maurice Chollet
Gerald Cottier
Roger Domenjoz
Marcel Moget
Roger Prahin
Jacques Redard
Bernard Schmied
Georges Stockly
Jean-Pierre Voisin
René Wohler
17–23   Turkey (TUR)
Yüksel Alkan
Altan Dinçer
Nejat Diyarbakırlı
Yalçın Granit
Sadi Gülçelik
Yılmaz Gündüz
Erdoğan Partener
Sacit Seldüz
Turhan Tezol
Güney Ülmen
Ali Uras
Mehmet Ali Yalım

References edit

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Greece Basketball at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

External links edit

  • Official Olympic Report