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7th Olympic Basketball Tournament

Mexico City 1968

Tournament details

Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

Host nation

Mexico

City

Mexico City

Duration

October 13–25, 1968

Men's tournament

Teams

16

Medals
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Yugoslavia
Bronze medalists	Soviet Union

Tournaments

← Tokyo 1964

Munich 1972 →

Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Tournament
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Squads
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Qualification
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Basketball contests at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the seventh appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico from October 13 to October 25, 1968. The United States defeated Yugoslavia to win their seventh consecutive gold medal in this sport, while the Soviet Union earned the bronze against Brazil.

The Americans' record of seven basketball gold medals in a row was matched by their women's team when they won the 2020 Olympics.

Medal summary

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
United States (USA) Mike Barrett John Clawson Don Dee Calvin Fowler Spencer Haywood Bill Hosket Jim King Glynn Saulters Mike Silliman Ken Spain Jo Jo White Charlie Scott	Yugoslavia (YUG) Dragutin Čermak Krešimir Ćosić Vladimir Cvetković Ivo Daneu Radivoj Korać Zoran Marojević Nikola Plećaš Trajko Rajković Dragoslav Ražnatović Petar Skansi Damir Šolman Aljoša Žorga	Soviet Union (URS) Anatoli Krikun Modestas Paulauskas Zurab Sakandelidze Vadim Kapranov Yuri Selikhov Anatoli Polivoda Sergei Belov Priit Tomson Sergei Kovalenko Gennadi Volnov Jaak Lipso Vladimir Andreev

Qualification

Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the first five places at the previous tournament. Additional spots were decided by various continental tournaments held by FIBA plus two additional tournaments that granted two extra berths each.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1	Mexico
1964 Olympic Tournament	11–23 October 1964	Tokyo	5	United States
				Soviet Union
				Brazil
				Puerto Rico
				Italy
1967 Pan American Games	24 July–2 August 1967	Winnipeg	2	Cuba
1967 Pan American Games	24 July–2 August 1967	Winnipeg	2	Panama
1967 ABC Championship	23 September – 1 October 1967	Seoul	2	Philippines
1967 ABC Championship	23 September – 1 October 1967	Seoul	2	South Korea
FIBA Africa Championship 1968	29 March–2 April 1968	Casablanca	2	Senegal
FIBA Africa Championship 1968	29 March–2 April 1968	Casablanca	2	Morocco
European Pre-Olympic Tournament	25 May–3 June 1968	Geneva	2	SFR Yugoslavia
European Pre-Olympic Tournament	25 May–3 June 1968	Geneva	2	Bulgaria
Pan-Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament	26 September–2 October 1968	Monterrey	2	Poland
Pan-Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament	26 September–2 October 1968	Monterrey	2	Spain
Total			16

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 1968 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	United States	7	7	0	599	392	+207	14	Semifinals
2	Yugoslavia	7	6	1	592	511	+81	13	Semifinals
3	Italy	7	5	2	562	539	+23	12	5th–8th classification round
4	Spain	7	4	3	557	548	+9	11	5th–8th classification round
5	Puerto Rico	7	3	4	493	468	+25	10	9th–12th classification round
6	Panama	7	2	5	572	624	−52	9	9th–12th classification round
7	Philippines	7	1	6	525	636	−111	8	13th–16th classification round
8	Senegal	7	0	7	383	565	−182	7	13th–16th classification 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.

October 13

United States

81–46

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	7	7	0	642	408	+234	14	Semifinals
2	Brazil	7	6	1	561	418	+143	13	Semifinals
3	Mexico (H)	7	5	2	493	443	+50	12	5th–8th classification round
4	Poland	7	4	3	473	504	−31	11	5th–8th classification round
5	Bulgaria	7	3	4	456	478	−22	10	9th–12th classification round
6	Cuba	7	2	5	514	532	−18	9	9th–12th classification round
7	South Korea	7	1	6	453	530	−77	8	13th–16th classification round
8	Morocco	7	0	7	355	634	−279	7	13th–16th classification round

Semifinals (October 22)^[1]			Gold medal (October 25)

A1	United States	75

B2	Brazil	63
			A1	United States	65

			A2	SFR Yugoslavia	50
B1	Soviet Union	62

A2	SFR Yugoslavia	63	Bronze medal (October 25)


			B2	Brazil	53

			B1	Soviet Union	70

Semifinals (October 22)			5th place (October 25)

A3	Italy	52

B4	Poland	66
			B3	Poland	65

			B4	Mexico	75
B3	Mexico	73

A4	Spain	72	7th place (October 25)


			A3	Italy	72

			A4	Spain	88

Semifinals (October 23)			9th place (October 24)

A5	Puerto Rico	71

B6	Cuba	65
			A5	Puerto Rico	67

			B5	Bulgaria	57
B5	Bulgaria	83

A6	Panama	79	11th place (October 24)


			A6	Cuba	91

			B6	Panama	88

Semifinals (October 23)			13th place (October 24)

A7	Philippines	86

B8	Morocco	57
			A7	Philippines	66

			B7	South Korea	63
B7	South Korea	76

A8	Senegal	59	15th place (October 24)


			B8	Morocco	38

			A8	Senegal	42

Medal summary

Qualification

Format

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Medal bracket

Classification brackets

Awards

Final standings

References

External links