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The International Basketball Federation , which is the governing body of international basketball, used the 1936 tournament to experiment with outdoor basketball. Lawn tennis courts were used for the competition. This caused problems when the weather was adverse, especially during the final game.

The medals were awarded by James Naismith , founder of Basketball . All went to North America n teams.


MEDALLISTS



FINAL RANKING

# United States
# Canada
# Mexico
# Poland
# Philippines
# Uruguay
# Italy
# Peru
9-14 Brazil

9-14 Chile

9-14 Czechoslovakia

9-14 Estonia

9-14 Japan

9-14 Switzerland

15-18 China

15-18 Egypt

15-18 Germany

15-18 Latvia

19-23 Belgium

19-23 France

19-23 Hungary (withdrew before competition)

19-23 Spain (withdrew before competition)

19-23 Turkey


RESULTS


First round

Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first consolation round for another chance to move on.

  • Estonia def. France, 34-29

  • Chile def. Turkey, 30-16

  • Switzerland def. Germany, 25-18

  • Italy def. Poland, 44-28

  • Peru def. Egypt, 35-22

  • Latvia def. Uruguay, 20-17

  • Brazil def. Canada, 24-17

  • Japan def. China, 35-19

  • Mexico def. Belgium, 32-9

  • United States def. Spain, forfeit

  • Czechoslovakia def. Hungary, forfeit

  • Philippines, BYE



First consolation round

Winners returned to the main competition for the second round. Losers were out of the tournament.

  • Uruguay def. Belgium, 17-10

  • China def. France, 45-38

  • Egypt def. Turkey, 33-23

  • Canada def. Hungary, forfeit

  • Germany def. Spain, forfeit

  • Poland, BYE



Second round

Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second consolation round for another chance to move on.

  • Philippines def. Mexico, 32-30

  • Japan def. Poland, 43-31

  • Uruguay def. Egypt, 36-23

  • Peru def. China, 29-21

  • United States def. Estonia, 52-28

  • Italy def. Germany, 58-16

  • Switzerland def. Czechoslovakia, 25-12

  • Chile def. Brazil, 23-18

  • Canada def. Latvia, 34-23



Second consolation round

  • Poland def. Latvia, 28-23

  • Brazil def. China, 32-14

  • Mexico def. Egypt, 32-10

  • Czechoslovakia def. Germany, 20-0

  • Estonia, BYE



Third round

The third round was the first to cause automatic elimination for losers, with no consolation round. Winners advanced to the fourth round.

  • Philippines def. Estonia, 39-22

  • Italy def. Chile, 27-19

  • Mexico def. Japan, 28-22

  • Canada def. Switzerland, 27-9

  • Uruguay def. Czechoslovakia, 28-19

  • Poland def. Brazil, 33-25

  • United States, BYE

  • Peru, BYE



Fourth round

Winners of the fourth round advanced to the medals round, with losers playing in classification matches.

  • United States def. Philippines, 56-23

  • Mexico def. Italy, 34-17

  • Canada def. Uruguay, 41-21

  • Poland def. Peru, forfeit



Classification 5-8


Preliminary matches

  • Philippines def. Italy, 32-14

  • Uruguay def. Peru, forfeit



Fifth place match

  • Philippines def. Uruguay, 33-23



Medals round


Semifinals

  • United States def. Mexico, 25-10

  • Canada def. Poland, 42-15



Bronze medal match

  • Mexico def. Poland, 26-12



Final

The finals were played 14 August under abysmal conditions. The contest was played outdoors, on a dirt court in a driving rain. Due to the quagmire, the teams could not dribble and the score was held to a minimum. High scorer in the game was Joe Fortenbury for the United States with 7 points. In addition, there were no seats for spectators and the nearly 1,000 in attendance had to stand in the rain throughout the entire game.

  • United States def. Canada, 19-8