Olympic basketball returned to being an indoor competition after the disastrous weather conditions of the final game in the 1936 Summer Olympics .
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
- Brazil def. Uruguay, 36-32
- 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
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- 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
Each country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation.
- )'' basketball players from 23 nations competed at the London Games:
- ) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least, according to the official report, because the rosters for the matches are unknown. It is also unknown up to now, if there were more reserve players.''
- ) and (
--) It is uncertain if P. Benedek and J. Verbenyi played for Hungary in this tournament. The official report shows them, but Hungarian sources did not, however they are counted.''
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