Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport. 23 nations entered the competition.

The top six teams at the 1948 Summer Olympics qualified automatically, as did the 1950 World Champion (Argentina), the top two at the 1951 European championships (USSR and Czechoslovakia), and the host country (Finland). Thirteen other nations competed in a preliminary round to determine the last six places in the sixteen-team Olympic tournament.

The matches were played in two different arenas: the eliminating matches and the opening round of the tournament in the Tennis Palace in the heart of the city, where two courts had been available for practice, and the semi-finals and finals in Messuhalli II, adjacent to the Olympic Stadium.

Medalists

* USSR def. Bulgaria, 74-46
* Mexico def. Finland, 66-48

* Bulgaria def. Mexico, 52-44
* USSR def. Finland, 47-35

* Bulgaria def. Finland, 65-64
* USSR def. Mexico, 71-62

Group 3

* Argentina def. Bulgaria, 100-56
* France def. Uruguay, 68-66

* Uruguay def. Bulgaria, 62-54
* Argentina def. France, 61-52

* Bulgaria def. France, 67-58
* Uruguay def. Argentina, 66-65

emifinal group B

* United States def. USSR, 86-58
* Brazil def. Chile, 75-44

* United States def. Chile, 103-55
* USSR def. Brazil, 54-49

* United States def. Brazil, 57-53
* USSR def. Chile, 78-60

Classification 5-8

* Chile def. Bulgaria, 60-53
* Brazil def. France, 59-44

Classification 7/8

* Bulgaria def. France, 58-44

Classification 5/6

* Chile def. Brazil, 58-49

emifinals

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July 31|flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer|61|flagIOC|URU|1952 Summer|57
August 1|flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer|85|flagIOC|ARG|1952 Summer|76
August 2|flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer|36|flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer|25
August 2|flagIOC|URU|1952 Summer|68|flagIOC|ARG|1952 Summer|59

Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 317 players were entered.

A total of 301"(*)" basketball players from 23 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:

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"(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least. Up to now only two reserve player can be named, 14 reserve players are unknown."

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