Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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 straight 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
Gold medalists  United States
Silver medalists Soviet Union
Bronze medalists  Brazil
Tournaments
← Rome 1960  Mexico City 1968 →
Basketball at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men
Squads
men
Qualification
men

Results
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

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]DateVenueBerthsQualified
Host nation1 Japan
1960 Summer Olympics26 August–10 September 1960 Rome8 6 United States
 Soviet Union
 Brazil
 Italy
 Czechoslovakia[a]
 SFR Yugoslavia
 Poland
 Uruguay
1963 Pan American Games23 April–3 May 1963 São Paulo2 Puerto Rico
 Peru
FIBA Africa Championship 19644–8 March 1964 Casablanca1 United Arab Republic[a]
European Pre-Olympic Tournament4–13 June 1964 Geneva2 Finland
 Hungary
Pan-Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament25 September–3 October 1964 Yokohama2 4 Mexico
 Australia
 Canada[b]
 South Korea[b]
Total16
  • a Withdrew from the tournament.
  • b Replacement teams.

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.

Squads

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

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
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 7 7 0 562 424 +138 14 Advanced to the semifinals
2  Puerto Rico 7 5 2 493 454 +39 12
3  Poland 7 4 3 467 448 +19 11
4  Italy 7 4 3 495 480 +15 11
5  Mexico 7 3 4 485 514 −29 10
6  Japan (H) 7 3 4 421 428 −7 10
7  Hungary 7 2 5 407 469 −62 9
8  Canada 7 0 7 408 521 −113 7
Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(H) Host.

October 11

October 12

October 13

October 14

October 16

October 17

October 18

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  United States 7 7 0 569 333 +236 14
2  Brazil 7 5 2 473 452 +21 12[lower-alpha 1]
3  SFR Yugoslavia 7 5 2 529 453 +76 12[lower-alpha 2]
4  Uruguay 7 4 3 472 482 −10 11[lower-alpha 1]
5  Finland 7 3 4 409 475 −66 10[lower-alpha 2]
6  Australia 7 2 5 434 460 −26 9
7  Peru 7 2 5 431 453 −22 9
8  South Korea 7 0 7 432 641 −209 7
Source:
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head: 1W−0L
  2. Head-to-head: 0W−1L

October 11


12:00
SFR Yugoslavia  84–71  Uruguay

October 12


13:30
Brazil  68–64  SFR Yugoslavia

October 13


13:30
Australia  70–74  SFR Yugoslavia

October 14


13:30
Peru  64–73  SFR Yugoslavia

October 16


19:00
United States  69–61  SFR Yugoslavia

October 17


16:00
SFR Yugoslavia  99–66  South Korea

October 18


13:30
SFR Yugoslavia  74–45  Finland

Knockout stage

Championship playoffs
  Semifinals (October 21)
One-game playoff		                    
  A1 Soviet Union 53  
  B2 Brazil 47   Gold medal Final (October 23)
One-game playoff
      B1 United States 73
  Semifinals (October 21)
One-game playoff		   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

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
1964 Olympic Basketball Champions

United States
Sixth title

Final standings
RankTeamWL
 United States90
 Soviet Union81
 Brazil63
4th Puerto Rico54
5th Italy63
6th Poland54
7th SFR Yugoslavia63
8th Uruguay45
9th Australia45
10th Japan45
11th Finland45
12th Mexico36
13th Hungary45
14th Canada18
15th Peru36
16th South Korea09

References
  1. Basketball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games. sports-reference.com
  2. Velasco, Santiago. "VI Olympic Basketball Tournament (Tokyo 1964)". Lingua Sports. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

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