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	Topics Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics Topic Home Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a sport open only to men. 16 teams played in the basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet high hoop under organized rules.... competition. The 1964 Summer Olympics 1964 Summer Olympics The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964.... were the sixth appearance of basketball as a medal sport. le class=wikitable>
Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's basketball	Jim Barnes Jim Barnes (basketball) V. James Barnes , a.k.a. Jim 'Bad News' Barnes was an United States basketball player.A 6'8" forward/center from the University of Texas at El Paso, Barnes was selected by the New York Knicks with the first pick of the 1964 NBA Draft and was named to the 1965 NBA All-Rookie Team.... Bill Bradley Bill Bradley William Warren "Bill" Bradley is an United States Basketball Hall of Fame basketball player, Rhodes Scholarship, and former United States Senate from New Jersey and President of the United States candidate, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party 's nomination for President of the United States in the United States presidential elect... Larry Brown Larry Brown (basketball) Lawrence Harvey "Larry" Brown is the basketball coaching of the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats.He has been a college and professional basketball coach since 1975.... Joe Caldwell Joe Caldwell Joe Louis Caldwell is a retired United States professional basketball player. He spent 6 seasons in the NBA and 5 seasons in the now-defunct American Basketball Association, and he was one of the few players to be an NBA All-Star Game in both leagues.... Mel Counts Mel Counts Mel Grant Counts is a retired American National Basketball Association player from 1965–1976. He was on the United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics.... Richard Davies Walt Hazzard Walt Hazzard Walter Raphael Hazzard Jr. is a former college basketball, Olympic Games, and professional basketball player and college basketball coach, now retired.... Lucious Jackson Lucious Jackson Lucious Brown "Luke" Jackson is a retired United States professional basketball player.... John McCaffrey Jeff Mullins Jeff Mullins Jeffrey Vincent Mullins is a retired United States basketball player and coach who is best known for his playing career with the Duke Blue Devils, the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association, and later as the head college basketball coach at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.... Jerry Shipp George Wilson George Wilson (basketball center) George "Jiff" Wilson is a retired United States professional basketball player.A 6'8" , 225 lb center , Wilson starred at John Marshall Metropolitan High School in Chicago, Illinois, where he won state championships in 1958 and 1960....	Valdis Muižnieks Nikolay Bagley Armenak Alachachian Alexandr Travin Viacheslav Khrynin Janis Kruminš Janis Kruminš Janis Krumin? was a Soviet Latvian people basketball player. Helped by his height , he was the first giant Center dominating under the European baskets, for years.... Levan Moseshvili Yury Korneev Alexandr Petrov Gennady Volnov Jaak Lipso Jaak Lipso Jaak Lipso is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the only Estonian basketball player who has won two medals at the Olympic Games.... Juris Kalninš	Amaury Antônio Pasos Amaury Pasos Amaury Ant?nio Pasos is a retired Brazilian basketball player of Argentine origin.On club level he played for Clube de Regatas Tiet? , Esporte Clube S?rio and Sport Club Corinthians Paulista .... Wlamir Marques Wlamir Marques Wlamir Marques is a retired Brazilian basketball player.On club level, he played for S?o Vicente, XV de Piracicaba, Corinthians, T?nis Clube Campinas.... Ubiratan Pereira Maciel Ubiratan Pereira Maciel Ubiratan Pereira Maciel was a basketball player from Brazil. Often regarded as the greatest Brazilian center of all time, Maciel won a total of 8 medals in Olympic Games, FIBA World Championships, and Pan American Games.... Carlos Domingos Massoni Carlos Domingos Massoni Carlos Domingos Massoni was a Brazilian basketball player.Nicknamed Mosquito, he played for the Brazil national basketball team, winning the 1963 FIBA World Championship.... Friedrich Wilhem Braun Carmo De Souza Jatyr Eduardo Schall Edson Bispo Dos Santos Antonio Salvador Sucar Victor Mirshawka Sergio De Toledo Machado Jose Edvar Simoes

Men's basketball

Final ranking

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was conducted by breaking the 16 teams into two groups of 8 each.

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Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a sport open only to men. 16 teams played in the basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet high hoop under organized rules....
competition. The 1964 Summer Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964....
were the sixth appearance of basketball as a medal sport.

Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's basketball	Jim Barnes Jim Barnes (basketball) V. James Barnes , a.k.a. Jim 'Bad News' Barnes was an United States basketball player.A 6'8" forward/center from the University of Texas at El Paso, Barnes was selected by the New York Knicks with the first pick of the 1964 NBA Draft and was named to the 1965 NBA All-Rookie Team.... Bill Bradley Bill Bradley William Warren "Bill" Bradley is an United States Basketball Hall of Fame basketball player, Rhodes Scholarship, and former United States Senate from New Jersey and President of the United States candidate, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party 's nomination for President of the United States in the United States presidential elect... Larry Brown Larry Brown (basketball) Lawrence Harvey "Larry" Brown is the basketball coaching of the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats.He has been a college and professional basketball coach since 1975.... Joe Caldwell Joe Caldwell Joe Louis Caldwell is a retired United States professional basketball player. He spent 6 seasons in the NBA and 5 seasons in the now-defunct American Basketball Association, and he was one of the few players to be an NBA All-Star Game in both leagues.... Mel Counts Mel Counts Mel Grant Counts is a retired American National Basketball Association player from 1965–1976. He was on the United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics.... Richard Davies Walt Hazzard Walt Hazzard Walter Raphael Hazzard Jr. is a former college basketball, Olympic Games, and professional basketball player and college basketball coach, now retired.... Lucious Jackson Lucious Jackson Lucious Brown "Luke" Jackson is a retired United States professional basketball player.... John McCaffrey Jeff Mullins Jeff Mullins Jeffrey Vincent Mullins is a retired United States basketball player and coach who is best known for his playing career with the Duke Blue Devils, the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association, and later as the head college basketball coach at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.... Jerry Shipp George Wilson George Wilson (basketball center) George "Jiff" Wilson is a retired United States professional basketball player.A 6'8" , 225 lb center , Wilson starred at John Marshall Metropolitan High School in Chicago, Illinois, where he won state championships in 1958 and 1960....	Valdis Muižnieks Nikolay Bagley Armenak Alachachian Alexandr Travin Viacheslav Khrynin Janis Kruminš Janis Kruminš Janis Krumin? was a Soviet Latvian people basketball player. Helped by his height , he was the first giant Center dominating under the European baskets, for years.... Levan Moseshvili Yury Korneev Alexandr Petrov Gennady Volnov Jaak Lipso Jaak Lipso Jaak Lipso is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the only Estonian basketball player who has won two medals at the Olympic Games.... Juris Kalninš	Amaury Antônio Pasos Amaury Pasos Amaury Ant?nio Pasos is a retired Brazilian basketball player of Argentine origin.On club level he played for Clube de Regatas Tiet? , Esporte Clube S?rio and Sport Club Corinthians Paulista .... Wlamir Marques Wlamir Marques Wlamir Marques is a retired Brazilian basketball player.On club level, he played for S?o Vicente, XV de Piracicaba, Corinthians, T?nis Clube Campinas.... Ubiratan Pereira Maciel Ubiratan Pereira Maciel Ubiratan Pereira Maciel was a basketball player from Brazil. Often regarded as the greatest Brazilian center of all time, Maciel won a total of 8 medals in Olympic Games, FIBA World Championships, and Pan American Games.... Carlos Domingos Massoni Carlos Domingos Massoni Carlos Domingos Massoni was a Brazilian basketball player.Nicknamed Mosquito, he played for the Brazil national basketball team, winning the 1963 FIBA World Championship.... Friedrich Wilhem Braun Carmo De Souza Jatyr Eduardo Schall Edson Bispo Dos Santos Antonio Salvador Sucar Victor Mirshawka Sergio De Toledo Machado Jose Edvar Simoes

Events

Men's basketball

Final ranking

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was conducted by breaking the 16 teams into two groups of 8 each. The groups then played a round-robin tournament

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of tournament#Group tournaments in which each participant plays every other participant an equal number of times....
with each team playing the other 7 teams in the group once. 2 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a loss. Standings ties were broken by head-to-head results.

Group A

Place	Nation	Wins	Losses	Points
1		7	0	14
2		5	2	12
3		4	3	11
4		4	3	11
5		3	4	10
6		3	4	10
7		2	5	9
8		0	7	7

Poland def. Hungary 56-53
Puerto Rico def. Mexico 73-55
Soviet Union def. Hungary 84-42
Japan def. Canada 58-37
Soviet Union def. Puerto Rico 82-63
Japan def. Hungary 58-41
Italy def. Canada 66-54
Mexico def. Poland 71-70
Mexico def. Canada 78-68
Italy def. Hungary 77-73
Soviet Union def. Japan 72-59
Italy def. Mexico 85-80
Puerto Rico def. Poland 66-60
Japan def. Italy 72-68
Hungary def. Mexico 69-61
Soviet Union def. Poland 74-65
Puerto Rico def. Canada 88-69
Puerto Rico def. Hungary 74-59
Poland def. Canada 74-69
Mexico def. Japan 64-62
Soviet Union def. Italy 76-67
Puerto Rico def. Japan 65-55
Soviet Union def. Canada 87-52
Italy def. Puerto Rico 74-64
Poland def. Japan 81-57
Soviet Union def. Mexico 87-76
Hungary def. Canada 70-59
Poland def. Italy 61-58

Group B

Place	Nation	Wins	Losses	Points
1		7	0	14
2		5	2	12
3		5	2	12
4		4	3	11
5		3	4	10
6		2	5	9
7		2	5	9
8		0	7	7

Finland def. Korea 80-72
Uruguay def. Finland 73-55
Yugoslavia def. Australia 74-70
Brazil def. Korea 92-65
United States of America def. Uruguay 83-28
Yugoslavia def. Peru 73-64
Brazil def. Finland 61-54
Australia def. Korea 65-58
Finland def. Australia 61-59
Peru def. Korea 84-57
Brazil def. Uruguay 80-68
Peru def. Brazil 58-50
United States of America def. Yugoslavia 69-61
Yugoslavia def.Korea 99-66
Finland def. Peru 63-59
United States of America def. Brazil 86-53
Uruguay def. Australia 58-57
United States of America def. Korea 116-50
Yugoslavia def. Finland 74-45
Brazil def. Australia 69-57
Uruguay def. Peru 69-59
Yugoslavia def. Uruguay 84-71
United States of America def. Australia 78-45
Uruguay def. Korea 105-64
Brazil def. Yugoslavia 68-64
United States of America def. Finland 77-51
Australia def. Peru 81-62
United States of America def. Peru 60-45

Semifinals

The top two teams in each of the groups played in the 1st-4th semifinals, with the winner of each group playing the second-place team in the other group. The third and fourth team in each group played in the 5th-8th semifinals, fifth- and sixth-place teams in the 9th-12th semifinals, and the last two teams in each group played the 13th-16th semifinals.

Semifinal	Winner	Score	Loser
13th to 16th		99-83
13th to 16th		82-81

9th to 12th		70-58
9th to 12th		54-45

5th to 8th		82-69
5th to 8th		75-63

1st to 4th		53-47
1st to 4th		62-42

Finals

The winners of each pair of semifinals played each other in the final for the upper two places of the semifinal, the losers playing each other for the lower two places.

Final	Winner	Score	Loser
15th and 16th		71-66

13th and 14th		68-65

11th and 12th		73-72

9th and 10th		64-57

7th and 8th		78-55

5th and 6th		79-59

Bronze medal		76-60

Gold medal		73-59