Olympic basketball returned to being an indoor competition after the disastrous weather conditions of the final game in the 1936 Summer Olympics .
# United States
# France
# Brazil
# Mexico
# Uruguay
#
# Czechoslovakia
# Korea
# Canada
# Peru
# Belgium
# Philippines
# Cuba
# Iran
# Argentina
# Hungary
# Italy
# China
# Egypt
# Great Britain
# Switzerland
# Iraq
# Ireland
The 23 teams were split into 4 pools of 6 teams each, with one pool being of 5 teams. There was a round-robin in each pool with every team playing each of the 5 other teams once. 2 points were given for a win, 1 point for a loss. Ties were broken by the ratio of points scored to points allowed.
- Uruguay def. Great Britain, 69-17
- Brazil def. Hungary, 45-41
- Canada def. Italy, 55-37
- Uruguay def. Brazil, 32-36
- Canada def. Great Britain, 44-24
- Hungary def. Italy, 32-19
- Brazil def. Great Britain, 76-11
- Hungary def. Canada, 37-36
- Uruguay def. Italy, 46-34
- Italy def. Great Britain, 49-28
- Uruguay def. Hungary, 49-31
- Brazil def. Canada, 57-35
- Hungary def. Great Britain, 60-23
- Brazil def. Italy, 47-31
- Canada def. Uruguay, 52-50
- Philippines def. Iraq, 102-30
- Korea def. Belgium, 29-27
- Chile def. China , 44-39
- Chile def. Iraq, 100-18
- Philippines def. Korea, 35-33
- China def. Belgium, 36-34
- Chile def. Philippines, 68-39
- Belgium def. Iraq, 98-20
- China def. Korea, 49-48
- Belgium def. Chile, 38-36
- Korea def. Iraq, 120-20
- Philippines def. China, 51-32
- Belgium def. Philippines, 37-35
- China def. Iraq, 125-25
- Korea def. Chile, 28-21
- United States def. Switzerland, 86-21
- Czechoslovakia def. Peru, 38-30
- Argentina def. Egypt, 57-38
- Peru def. Egypt, 52-27
- Argentina def. Switzerland, 49-23
- United States def. Czechoslovakia, 53-28
- Peru def. Switzerland, 49-19
- United States def. Argentina, 59-57
- Czechoslovakia def. Egypt, 52-38
- United States def. Egypt, 66-28
- Czechoslovakia def. Switzerland, 54-28
- Argentina def. Peru, 42-34
- Egypt def. Switzerland, 31-29
- United States def. Peru, 61-33
- Czechoslovakia def. Argentina, 45-41
- France def. Iran, 62-30
- Mexico def. Cuba, 39-31
- Mexico def. Ireland, 71-9
- France def. Cuba, 37-31
- Mexico def. France, 56-42
- Iran def. Ireland, 49-22
- Mexico def. Iran, 68-27
- Cuba def. Ireland, 88-25
- Cuba def. Iran, 63-30
- France def. Ireland, 73-14
- China def. Switzerland, 42-34
- Great Britain def. Ireland, 46-21
- Italy def. Iraq, 77-28
- Egypt, BYE
- Switzerland def. Ireland, 55
- Iraq, BYE
- Switzerland def. Iraq, forfeit
- China def. Great Britain, 54-25
- Italy def. Egypt, 35-33
- Egypt def. Great Britain, 50-18
- Belgium def. Hungary, forfeit
- Canada def. Iran, 81-25
- Peru def. Cuba, 45-40
- Philippines def. Argentina, 45-43
- Cuba def. Argentina, 35-34
- Iran def. Hungary, forfeit
- Argentina def. Hungary, forfeit
- Canada def. Belgium, 45-40
- Peru def. Philippines, 40-29
- Belgium def. Philippines, 38-34
- United States def. Uruguay, 63-28
- Mexico def. Korea, 43-32
- Brazil def. Czechoslovakia, 28-23
- France def. Chile, 53-52
- Chile def. Czechoslovakia, 38-36
- Uruguay def. Korea, 45-36
- Czechoslovakia def. Korea, 39-38
- Uruguay def. Chile, 50-32
- United States def. Mexico, 71-40
- France def. Brazil, 43-33
- Brazil def. Mexico, 52-47
- United States def. France, 65-21
|
