Olympics 1960 Competition
International basketball tournament
Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the fifth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event . 16 nations were admitted into the Olympic tournament, with many others being eliminated in a pre-Olympic tournament held earlier in the year from 13 to 20 August 1960 at the Land Rover Arena at Bologna . 64 games of basketball were played in the Olympic tournament that was held at the Palazzetto dello Sport and PalaLottomatica , both in Rome.[1]
The 16 teams were split up into four groups for the preliminary round. Each team played every other team in its group once. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals in two pools of four, while the lower two teams were sent to a consolation semifinal for 9th through 16th place.
In the semifinal, each team again played every other team in its pool, none of which it had played against previously. The top two teams in each of the two semifinals moved on to the final, with the lower two teams in each playing in a classification for 5th through 8th place. The consolation semifinal worked the same way, with the top two teams moving into a classification for 9th through 12th place and the lower two playing in classification for 13th through 16th places.
For the final, each of the four teams had already played against one of the other three in the semifinal. The results of those games carried over into the final and each team played the remaining two finalists once (even though the teams may have played each other in the preliminary round, those results were not carried over). The results of that pool determined final ranking. Each of the classifications worked identically to the final.
Pre-Olympic Qualifier
Five teams were given a spot in the 1960 Olympic Games via a tournament held in August:
Results
Preliminary round
Group A
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
Hungary 93 –66Japan
Scoring by half: 43–28, 53–38
Pts :Pts: Ohshima (14)
Italy 72 –67Hungary
Scoring by half: 40–37, 32–30
Pts :Pts: Gabányi (15)
Japan 92–100
Italy
Scoring by half: 43–59, 49–41
Pts :Pts: Suigyama, Nara (12)
Group B
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:
^ a b Head-to-head record: Czechoslovakia 1–0 Yugoslavia
^ a b Head-to-head record: France1–0 Bulgaria
France 73 –72Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 32–30, 41–42
Pts :Pts: Mirtchev (22)
Group C
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.
Group D
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:
^ a b Head-to-head record: Uruguay 1–0 Poland
^ a b Head-to-head record: Philippines 1–0 Spain
Uruguay 72–77
Spain
Scoring by half: 30–41, 42–36
Pts :Pts: E. Rodriguez (18)
Uruguay 76 –72Poland
Scoring by half: 39–38, 37–34
Pts :Pts: Wichowski (29)
Poland 75 –63Spain
Scoring by half: 36–29, 64–35
Pts :Pts: Rodriguez (17)
Classification 9–16
Pool C
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.
Pool D
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.
Spain 66–80
Mexico
Scoring by half: 32–31, 44–49
Pts :Pts: Almanza (28)
France 101 –63Japan
Scoring by half: 34–30, 67–33
Pts :Pts: Itoyama, Sugiyama (10)
Japan 57–76
Mexico
Scoring by half: 30–34, 27–43
Pts :Pts: Almanza (21)
France 78 –48Spain
Scoring by half: 39–18, 39–30
Pts :Pts: Martinez (24)
Spain 66 –64Japan
Scoring by half: 32–34, 34–30
Pts :Pts: Nara (15)
France 91 –62Mexico
Scoring by half: 41–33, 50–29
Pts :Pts: Almanza (17)
Classification 13–16
Spain's victory over Japan carried over, as did Puerto Rico's win in Bulgaria's forfeit.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
13
Puerto Rico
2
2
0
168
138
+30
4
14
Spain
2
1
1
131
139
−8
3
15
Japan
2
0
2
137
159
−22
2
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.
Classification 9–12
France's victory over Mexico and Hungary's over the Philippines carried over.
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:
^ a b Head-to-head: Hungary 1–0 France
^ a b Head-to-head: Philippines 1–0 Mexico
Hungary 57–69
Mexico
Scoring by half: 28–39, 29–30
Pts :Pts: Almanza (27)
Hungary 74 –70France
Scoring by half: 40–28, 34–42
Pts :Pts: Beugnot (16)
Semifinals
Pool A
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
Brazil 78 –75 (OT)Italy
Scoring by half: 29–39 , 41 –31 Overtime :8 –5
Pts :Pts: Alesini (18)
Brazil 77 –68Poland
Scoring by half: 39–46 , 38 –22
Pts :Pts: Wichowski (24)
Italy 74 –68Poland
Scoring by half: 40 –32, 34–36
Pts :Pts: Wichowski (16)
Pool B
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.
Classification 5–8
Czechoslovakia's victory over Poland and Yugoslavia's win over Uruguay carried over to this round.
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.
Poland 64 –62Uruguay
Scoring by half: 35–31, 29–31
Pts :Pts: Blixen (18)
Medal round
The United States' win over the Soviet Union and Brazil's victory over Italy carried over.
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
