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Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Summary

Basketball contests at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the sixth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from October 11 to October 23. The United States defeated the Soviet Union to win their sixth consecutive gold medal at this event, while Brazil earned the bronze against Puerto Rico.[1]

6th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Tokyo 1964
Tournament details
Olympics1964 Summer Olympics
Host nationJapan
CityTokyo
DurationOctober 11–23
Men's tournament
Teams16
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists Soviet Union
3 Bronze medalists  Brazil
Tournaments
← Rome 1960  Mexico City 1968 →

Results edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's basketball   United States
Jim Barnes
Bill Bradley
Larry Brown
Joe Caldwell
Mel Counts
Richard Davies
Walt Hazzard
Lucious Jackson
John McCaffrey
Jeff Mullins
Jerry Shipp
George Wilson 		  Soviet Union
Valdis Muižnieks
Mykola Bahley
Armenak Alachachian
Alexandr Travin
Viacheslav Khrynin
Jānis Krūmiņš
Levan Moseshvili
Yury Korneev
Alexsandr Petrov
Gennadi Volnov
Jaak Lipso
Juris Kalniņš 		  Brazil
Amaury Antônio Pasos
Wlamir Marques
Ubiratan Pereira Maciel
Carlos Domingos Massoni
Friedrich Wilhelm Braun
Rosa Branca
Jatyr Eduardo Schall
Edson Bispo dos Santos
Antônio Salvador Sucar
Victor Mirshauswka
Sérgio de Toledo Machado
José Edvar Simões

Qualification edit

Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the first eight places at the previous tournament. Additional spots were decided by various continental tournaments held by FIBA plus two additional intercontinental tournaments that granted six extra berths total, after the withdrawal of United Arab Republic and Czechoslovakia.

Means of qualification[2] Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation 1   Japan
1960 Summer Olympics 26 August–10 September 1960   Rome 8 6   United States
  Soviet Union
  Brazil
  Italy
  Czechoslovakia[a]
  SFR Yugoslavia
  Poland
  Uruguay
1963 Pan American Games 23 April–3 May 1963   São Paulo 2   Puerto Rico
  Peru
FIBA Africa Championship 1964 4–8 March 1964   Casablanca 1   United Arab Republic[a]
European Pre-Olympic Tournament 4–13 June 1964   Geneva 2   Finland
  Hungary
Pan-Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament 25 September–3 October 1964   Yokohama 2 4   Mexico
  Australia
  Canada[b]
  South Korea[b]
Total 16
  • a Withdrew from the tournament.
  • b Replacement teams.

Format edit

  • 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.

Squads edit

For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.

Preliminary round edit

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 edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Soviet Union 7 7 0 562 424 +138 14 Semifinals
2   Puerto Rico 7 5 2 493 454 +39 12
3   Poland 7 4 3 467 448 +19 11[a] 5th–8th classification round
4   Italy 7 4 3 495 480 +15 11[a]
5   Mexico 7 3 4 485 514 −29 10[b] 9th–12th classification round
6   Japan (H) 7 3 4 421 428 −7 10[b]
7   Hungary 7 2 5 407 469 −62 9 13th–16th classification round
8   Canada 7 0 7 408 521 −113 7
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Poland 1–0 Italy
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Mexico 1–0 Japan

October 11


16:00
Italy   85–80   Mexico

October 12


12:00
Poland   81–57   Japan

October 13


12:00
Italy   58–61   Poland

19:00
Canada   37–58   Japan

October 14


12:00
Hungary   41–58   Japan

16:00
Canada   54–66   Italy

20:30
Mexico   71–70   Poland

October 16


12:00
Mexico   78–68   Canada

16:00
Hungary   73–77   Italy

October 17


9:00
Japan   72–68   Italy

October 18


10:00
Poland   74–69   Canada

12:00
Japan   62–64   Mexico

Group B edit

 
Finnish basketball team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 7 7 0 569 333 +236 14 Semifinals
2   Brazil 7 5 2 473 452 +21 12[a]
3   Yugoslavia 7 5 2 529 453 +76 12[a] 5th–8th classification round
4   Uruguay 7 4 3 472 482 −10 11
5   Finland 7 3 4 409 475 −66 10 9th–12th classification round
6   Australia 7 2 5 434 460 −26 9[b]
7   Peru 7 2 5 431 453 −22 9[b] 13th–16th classification round
8   South Korea 7 0 7 432 641 −209 7
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–0 Yugoslavia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Peru

October 11


10:30
Brazil   50–58   Peru

October 12

October 13

October 14

October 16

October 17


17:30
Peru   59–63   Finland

October 18


20:30
Uruguay   69–59   Peru

Knockout stage edit

Championship playoffs edit

Semifinals (October 21)
One-game playoff 		Gold medal Final (October 23)
One-game playoff
      
A1   Soviet Union 53
B2   Brazil 47
B1   United States 73
A1   Soviet Union 59
B1   United States 62
A2   Puerto Rico 42 Bronze medal game (October 23)
One-game playoff
A2   Puerto Rico 60
B2   Brazil 76

Classification brackets edit

5th–8th Place

Semifinals (October 20) 5th place (October 22)
      
A3   Poland 82
B4   Uruguay 69
A3   Poland 59
A4   Italy 79
B3   SFR Yugoslavia 63
A4   Italy 75 7th place (October 22)
B3   SFR Yugoslavia 78
B4   Uruguay 55

9th–12th Place

Semifinals (October 21) 9th place (October 23)
      
A5   Mexico 58
B6   Australia 70
B6   Australia 64
A6   Japan 57
B5   Finland 45
A6   Japan 54 11th place (October 23)
A5   Mexico 72
B5   Finland 73

13th–16th Place

Semifinals (October 20) 13th place (October 22)
      
A7   Hungary 99
B8   South Korea 83
A7   Hungary 68
A8   Canada 65
B7   Peru 81
A8   Canada 82 15th place (October 22)
B7   South Korea 66
B8   Peru 71

Awards edit

1964 Olympic Basketball Champions
 
United States
Sixth title

Final standings edit

Rank Team W L
    United States 9 0
    Soviet Union 8 1
    Brazil 6 3
4th   Puerto Rico 5 4
5th   Italy 6 3
6th   Poland 5 4
7th   SFR Yugoslavia 6 3
8th   Uruguay 4 5
9th   Australia 4 5
10th   Japan 4 5
11th   Finland 4 5
12th   Mexico 3 6
13th   Hungary 4 5
14th   Canada 1 8
15th   Peru 3 6
16th   South Korea 0 9

References edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Basketball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ^ Velasco, Santiago. "VI Olympic Basketball Tournament (Tokyo 1964)". Lingua Sports. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

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