| | Event type

Basketball, Men

Date	22 November – 1 December 1956
Status	Olympic
Location	Royal Exhibition Building Annex, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants	169 from 15 countries
Format	Series of round-robin pools advance to classification tournaments.

The Soviet Union had been European Champions in 1951 and 1953, but had lost in 1955 to Hungary. They did not compete in the 1954 World Championship, won by the United States. With the level of basketball improving around the world, it was thought that the US might be vulnerable in Melbourne. But that theory omitted one variable – the United States center was a gentleman named Bill Russell.

Russell played at the University of San Francisco, where he led his team to the NCAA title in 1955 and 1956. A 6-9 center (206 cm.) with very long arms, he emphasized defense and team play and would eventually be considered the greatest champion in the history of American basketball, leading his NBA team, the Boston Celtics, to 10 NBA Championships, eight of them consecutively. He was assisted by the guard, K. C. Jones, who played throughout his career with Russell, at San Francisco, on the Olympic team, and later with the Boston Celtics.

During the Olympics, the United States’ team was dominant. They won every game by over 30 points, including the final against the Soviet Union by 89-55.

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points	GP	PTS	AVG	TP	2P	2P%	3P	3P%	FG	FG%	FT	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	DQ
1		United States	USA	8	0	16	793–365	8	793	99.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	320/723	0.443	153/184	0.832	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	117	–	Gold
	3	Carl Cain						2	3	1.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/5	–	1/2	0.500	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0
	4	Bill Hougland						8	46	5.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	20/51	–	6/6	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0
	5	K. C. Jones						8	87	10.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	32/75	–	23/27	0.852	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0
	6	Bill Russell						8	113	14.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	46/96	–	21/27	0.778	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0
	7	Jim Walsh						8	73	9.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	27/61	–	19/21	0.905	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	0
	8	Billy Evans						8	54	6.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	21/55	–	12/18	0.667	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0
	9	Burdie Haldorson						8	69	8.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	28/58	–	13/15	0.867	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	0
	10	Ron Tomsic						8	89	11.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	34/92	–	21/25	0.840	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	0
	11	Dick Boushka						8	64	8.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	27/68	–	10/10	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0
	12	Gib Ford						8	39	4.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	17/44	–	5/7	0.714	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	0
	13	Bob Jeangerard						8	100	12.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	45/74	–	10/11	0.909	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	0
	14	Chuck Darling						6	56	9.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	22/44	–	12/15	0.800	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	0
Coach		Gerald Tucker
2		Soviet Union	URS	5	3	10	574–524	7	574	82.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	185/–	–	204/248	0.823	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	193	–	Silver
	3	Valdis Muižnieks						3	9	3.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	4/–	–	1/1	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0
	4	Maigonis Valdmanis						8	54	6.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	18/–	–	18/19	0.947	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	0
	5	Vladimir Torban						8	76	9.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	21/–	–	34/41	0.829	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	0
	6	Stasys Stonkus						5	80	16.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	28/–	–	24/28	0.857	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	0
	7	Kazys Petkevičius						7	40	5.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	8/–	–	24/27	0.889	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	0
	8	Arkady Bochkaryov						7	60	8.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	22/–	–	16/20	0.800	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	0
	9	Jānis Krūmiņš						5	52	10.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	17/–	–	18/22	0.818	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0
	10	Mikhail Semyonov						8	70	8.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	27/–	–	16/21	0.762	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	30	0
	11	Algirdas Lauritėnas						5	29	5.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/–	–	9/12	0.750	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	0
	12	Yury Ozerov						7	53	7.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	15/–	–	23/29	0.793	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	31	0
	13	Viktor Zubkov						3	16	5.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	5/–	–	6/10	0.600	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	0
	14	Mikhail Studenetsky						7	35	5.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/–	–	15/18	0.833	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	0
Coach		Stepan Spandaryan
3		Uruguay	URU	6	2	12	568–559	8	568	71.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	189/–	–	190/241	0.788	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	203	–	Bronze
	3	Carlos Blixen						5	44	8.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	14/–	–	16/20	0.800	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	0
	4	Ramiro Cortés						7	46	6.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/–	–	28/34	0.824	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	22	0
	5	Héctor Costa						8	91	11.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	38/–	–	15/26	0.577	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	0
	6	Nelson Chelle						6	18	3.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	4/–	–	10/12	0.833	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	0
	7	Nelson Demarco						8	41	5.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/–	–	17/19	0.895	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	0
	8	Héctor García						8	31	3.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/–	–	11/15	0.733	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	0
	9	Carlos González						3	4	1.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/–	–	0/1	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0
	10	Sergio Matto						6	31	5.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/–	–	7/10	0.700	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	1
	11	Óscar Moglia						7	182	26.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	62/–	–	58/72	0.806	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	0
	12	Raúl Mera						8	68	8.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	22/–	–	24/28	0.857	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	0
	13	Ariel Olascoaga						4	9	2.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	3/–	–	3/3	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0
	14	Milton Scarón						4	3	0.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/–	–	1/1	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	0
Coach		Héctor López
4		France	FRA	5	3	10	542–497	8	542	67.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	172/–	–	198/252	0.786	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	194	–
	3	Roger Haudegand						8	59	7.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	19/–	–	21/30	0.700	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	0
	4	Christian Baltzer						3	15	5.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	5/–	–	5/6	0.833	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0
	5	Robert Monclar						8	65	8.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	17/–	–	31/38	0.816	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	0
	6	Roger Veyron						6	27	4.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	8/–	–	11/18	0.611	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	0
	7	Gérard Sturla						5	12	2.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	4/–	–	4/8	0.500	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	0
	8	Henri Rey						8	47	5.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/–	–	23/24	0.958	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	0
	9	Roger Antoine						8	82	10.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	32/–	–	18/25	0.720	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	0
	10	Henri Grange						8	106	13.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	36/–	–	34/37	0.919	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	0
	11	Yves Gominon						2	7	3.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/–	–	3/4	0.750	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0
	12	Maurice Buffière						3	9	3.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	4/–	–	1/3	0.333	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	0
	13	André Schlupp						6	26	4.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	11/–	–	4/6	0.667	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0
	14	Jean-Paul Beugnot						8	87	10.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	22/–	–	43/53	0.811	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	32	0
Coach		Robert Busnel
5		Bulgaria	BUL	5	3	10	568–545	8	568	71.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	184/–	–	200/246	0.813	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	194	–
	3	Atanas Atanasov						4	6	1.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	3/–	–	0/0	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	0
	4	Tsvetko Slavov						7	63	9.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	20/–	–	23/27	0.852	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	0
	5	Iliya Mirchev						8	109	13.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	31/–	–	47/60	0.783	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	30	0
	6	Viktor Radev						8	137	17.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	41/–	–	55/64	0.859	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	0
	7	Georgi Kanev						6	39	6.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	18/–	–	3/6	0.500	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	0
	8	Vasil Manchenko						5	2	0.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/–	–	2/6	0.333	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	0
	9	Georgi Panov						7	66	9.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	22/–	–	22/25	0.880	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	0
	10	Konstantin Totev						8	49	6.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	19/–	–	11/16	0.688	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	28	0
	11	Vladimir Savov						2	22	11.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/–	–	10/12	0.833	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0
	12	Lyubomir Panov						8	74	9.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	24/–	–	26/29	0.897	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	0
	13	Nikolay Ilov						3	1	0.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/–	–	1/1	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	0
Coach		Ludmil Katerinski
6		Brazil	BRA	3	4	6	500–535	7	500	71.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	178/–	–	144/186	0.774	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	177	–
	3	Algodão						7	75	10.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	26/–	–	23/26	0.885	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	0
	4	Nelson Lisboa						4	8	2.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	3/–	–	2/2	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	0
	5	Wlamir Marques						7	120	17.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	50/–	–	20/27	0.741	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	0
	6	Angelim						7	71	10.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	22/–	–	27/33	0.818	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	22	0
	7	Jamil Gedeão						7	31	4.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/–	–	7/11	0.636	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	0
	8	Bombarda						1	2	2.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/–	–	0/2	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0
	9	Jorge Olivieri						7	63	9.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	20/–	–	23/34	0.676	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	0
	10	Mayr Facci						6	10	1.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/–	–	8/8	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	0
	11	Edson Bispo						6	76	12.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	29/–	–	18/23	0.783	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	0
	12	Zé Luiz						1	4	4.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/–	–	2/2	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0
	13	Fausto						6	16	2.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	5/–	–	6/7	0.857	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	0
	14	Amaury						5	24	4.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	8/–	–	8/11	0.727	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	0
Coach		Mario Duarte
7		Philippines	PHI	4	4	8	573–610	8	573	71.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	215/–	–	143/185	0.773	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	178	–
	3	Mon Manulat						7	21	3.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	5/–	–	11/11	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	0
	4	Ramón Campos						7	35	5.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	14/–	–	7/7	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	0
	5	Carlos Badion						7	76	10.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	29/–	–	18/24	0.750	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	0
	6	Loreto Carbonell						8	47	5.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	18/–	–	11/15	0.733	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	0
	7	Martin Urra						6	25	4.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/–	–	1/3	0.333	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	0
	8	Rafael Barretto						7	26	3.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	11/–	–	4/5	0.800	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	0
	9	Leonardo Marquicias						3	7	2.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	3/–	–	1/1	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0
	10	Antonio Villamor						7	22	3.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/–	–	2/5	0.400	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	0
	11	Mariano Tolentino						7	71	10.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	26/–	–	19/20	0.950	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	0
	12	Carlos Loyzaga						7	121	17.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	39/–	–	43/52	0.827	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	0
	13	Tony Genato						8	70	8.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	28/–	–	14/23	0.609	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	0
	14	Eddie Lim						8	52	6.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	20/–	–	12/19	0.632	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	22	0
Coach		Leo Prieto
8		Chile	CHI	2	5	4	490–518	7	490	70.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	177/–	–	136/168	0.810	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	187	–
	3	Luis Salvadores						6	39	6.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	13/–	–	13/17	0.765	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	0
	4	Juan Ostoic						7	75	10.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	29/–	–	17/21	0.810	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	0
	5	Maximiliano Garafulic						1	0	0.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/–	–	0/0	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0
	6	Pedro Araya						6	22	3.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	7/–	–	8/9	0.889	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	0
	7	Rufino Bernedo						7	99	14.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	35/–	–	29/35	0.829	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	0
	8	Víctor Mahaña						6	24	4.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/–	–	4/5	0.800	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	0
	9	Orlando Silva						7	63	9.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	24/–	–	15/16	0.938	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	0
	10	Raúl Urra						7	42	6.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	17/–	–	8/11	0.727	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	0
	11	Hernán Raffo						2	6	3.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	3/–	–	0/1	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0
	12	Orlando Etcheberrigaray						5	29	5.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/–	–	11/13	0.846	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	0
	14	Rolando Etchepare						7	91	13.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	30/–	–	31/40	0.775	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	31	0
	13	Juan Arredondo (DNS)						–	–	–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Juan Arredondo
9		Canada	CAN	5	2	10	511–455	7	511	73.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	206/–	–	99/129	0.767	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	116	–
	3	Don Macintosh						7	38	5.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	16/–	–	6/8	0.750	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	0
	4	Mel Brown						4	2	0.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/–	–	0/0	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0
	5	Doug Brinham						6	29	4.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/–	–	5/5	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0
	6	Ed Wild						5	29	5.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	13/–	–	3/3	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0
	7	Ron Bissett						5	23	4.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	8/–	–	7/9	0.778	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	0
	8	Coulter Osborne						7	38	5.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	16/–	–	6/11	0.545	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	0
	9	George Stulac						2	2	1.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/–	–	0/0	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0
	10	Ron Stuart						4	33	8.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	13/–	–	7/11	0.636	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	0
	11	Bob Pickell						7	131	18.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	46/–	–	39/47	0.830	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	0
	12	John McLeod						7	84	12.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	35/–	–	14/19	0.737	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	0
	13	Bob Burtwell						7	86	12.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	40/–	–	6/8	0.750	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	0
	14	Ed Lucht						5	16	3.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	5/–	–	6/8	0.750	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0
Coach		Lance Hudson
10		Japan	JPN	3	4	6	456–501	7	456	65.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	170/–	–	116/129	0.899	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	104	–
	3	Takashi Itoyama						7	74	10.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	19/–	–	36/37	0.973	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	0
	4	Manabu Fujita						2	2	1.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/–	–	0/0	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0
	5	Takeo Sugiyama						7	103	14.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	44/–	–	15/17	0.882	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	0
	6	Riichi Arai						4	9	2.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	3/–	–	3/3	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Hiroshi Saito						7	82	11.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	28/–	–	26/30	0.867	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	0
	8	Shutaro Shoji						7	88	12.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	35/–	–	18/22	0.818	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	0
	9	Hitoshi Konno						4	5	1.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/–	–	1/1	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0
	10	Tetsuro Noborisaka						2	10	5.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	5/–	–	0/0	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0
	11	Kenichi Imaizumi						7	78	11.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	31/–	–	16/17	0.941	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	22	0
	12	Reizo Ohira						1	2	2.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/–	–	0/0	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0
	13	Setsuo Nara						3	3	1.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/–	–	1/2	0.500	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0
Coach		Tetsuo Ohba
11		Republic of China	TPE	5	3	10	582–590	8	582	72.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	216/–	–	150/198	0.758	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	140	–
	3	Ling Jing-Huan						8	94	11.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	39/–	–	16/20	0.800	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0
	4	Hoo Cha-Pen						7	22	3.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	7/–	–	8/13	0.615	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	0
	5	Chien Kok-Ching						5	11	2.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/–	–	7/9	0.778	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	0
	6	Tong Suet-Fong						8	65	8.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	25/–	–	15/18	0.833	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	0
	8	Willie Chu						4	13	3.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/–	–	1/3	0.333	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0
	9	Wu Yet-An						7	95	13.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	39/–	–	17/24	0.708	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	0
	10	Yung Pi-Hock						1	0	0.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/–	–	0/0	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0
	11	Lai Lam-Kwong						7	38	5.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	17/–	–	4/7	0.571	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0
	12	Chen Tsu-Li						8	143	17.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	52/–	–	39/47	0.830	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	22	0
	13	James Yap						8	93	11.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	27/–	–	39/51	0.765	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	0
	14	Loo Hor-Kuay						4	8	2.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/–	–	4/6	0.667	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	0
	7	Wang Yih-Jiun (DNS)						–	–	–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Bud Schaeffer
12		Australia	AUS	2	5	4	488–545	7	488	69.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	201/–	–	86/115	0.748	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	143	–
	3	Peter Demos						3	11	3.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	5/–	–	1/2	0.500	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0
	4	Geoff Heskett						7	35	5.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	14/–	–	7/10	0.700	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	0
	7	Peter Bumbers						7	80	11.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	33/–	–	14/16	0.875	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	0
	8	Stan Dargis						6	9	1.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	4/–	–	1/3	0.333	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	0
	9	Inga Freidenfelds						6	104	17.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	41/–	–	22/28	0.786	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	0
	10	Colin Burdett						5	6	1.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	3/–	–	0/0	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	0
	12	George Dancis						7	114	16.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	50/–	–	14/22	0.636	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	0
	15	Peter Sutton						4	11	2.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	4/–	–	3/3	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	0
	16	Algis Ignatavicius						7	81	11.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	32/–	–	17/19	0.895	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	0
	17	Merv Moy						6	18	3.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	8/–	–	2/5	0.400	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	0
	18	Ken Finch						2	5	2.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/–	–	1/3	0.333	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0
	19	Bruce Flick						6	14	2.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	5/–	–	4/4	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0
Coach		Ken Watson
13		Singapore	SGP	2	5	4	446–551	7	446	63.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	176/–	–	94/124	0.758	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	116	–
	3	Ong Kiat Guan						2	0	0.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/–	–	0/0	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0
	4	Ho Lien Siew						4	12	3.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/–	–	0/0	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0
	5	Ko Tai Chuen						7	110	15.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	48/–	–	14/19	0.737	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	0
	6	Yee Tit Kwan						7	146	20.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	63/–	–	20/26	0.769	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0
	7	Lee Chak Men						6	21	3.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	7/–	–	7/11	0.636	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	0
	8	Wong Kim Poh						7	27	3.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/–	–	7/9	0.778	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	0
	11	Yeo Gek Huat						3	4	1.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/–	–	2/2	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0
	12	Chen Sho Fa						4	15	3.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	5/–	–	5/5	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0
	13	Wee Tian Siak						7	39	5.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	13/–	–	13/15	0.867	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	22	0
	14	Jerome Henderson						7	72	10.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	23/–	–	26/37	0.703	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	0
Coach		Charlie Sien
14		Republic of Korea	KOR	1	6	2	464–551	7	464	66.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	185/–	–	94/130	0.723	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	135	–
	3	An Byeong-Seok						7	69	9.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	32/–	–	5/7	0.714	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	0
	4	Kim Yeong-Su						7	53	7.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	20/–	–	13/18	0.722	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	0
	5	Jo Byeong-Hyeon						4	22	5.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/–	–	2/4	0.500	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0
	6	Kim Yeong-Gi						7	89	12.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	34/–	–	21/26	0.808	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	0
	7	Go Se-Tae						7	53	7.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	19/–	–	15/22	0.682	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	0
	8	Baek Jeong-Nam						7	55	7.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	18/–	–	19/25	0.760	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	0
	9	Kim Hyeong-Il						4	0	0.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/–	–	0/0	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	0
	10	Choi Tae-Gon						5	20	4.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	7/–	–	6/8	0.750	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	0
	11	An Yeong-Sik						7	59	8.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	25/–	–	9/11	0.818	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	28	0
	12	Kim Chun-Bae						6	44	7.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	20/–	–	4/9	0.444	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0
Coach		Kim Jeong-Sin
15		Thailand	THA	0	7	0	331–540	7	331	47.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	121/–	–	89/138	0.645	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	93	–
	3	Kirin Chavanwong						7	49	7.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	18/–	–	13/18	0.722	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	0
	4	Visit Chaicharoen						1	1	1.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/–	–	1/2	0.500	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0
	7	Mongkol Aimmanolrom						7	81	11.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	28/–	–	25/32	0.781	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0
	8	Surakit Rukpanich						6	47	7.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	15/–	–	17/24	0.708	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	0
	9	Chan Sae-Lim						1	2	2.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/–	–	0/1	0.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0
	11	Kuang Sae-Lim						7	71	10.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	28/–	–	15/22	0.682	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	0
	12	Ampol Saranont						4	5	1.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/–	–	3/6	0.500	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0
	13	Chalaw Sonthong						6	35	5.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	14/–	–	7/11	0.636	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	0
	14	Ta Sriratana						6	40	6.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	16/–	–	8/22	0.364	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	0
	5	Vichit Imnoi (DNS)						–	–	–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Sopon Julmanichoti (DNS)						–	–	–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Kum Sailee (DNS)						–	–	–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		C. B. Sunthorn
Coach		J. Jayangkun

Round One (22 – 26 November 1956)

Group A (23 – 26 November 1956)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points
1	USA	3	0	6	320–122
2	PHI	2	1	4	224–237
3	JPN	1	2	2	171–225
4	THA	0	3	0	134–265

Match #1	23 Nov	PHI	94 – 55	THA
Match #2	23 Nov	USA	98 – 40	JPN
Match #3	24 Nov	USA	101 – 29	THA
Match #4	24 Nov	PHI	77 – 61	JPN
Match #5	26 Nov	USA	121 – 53	PHI
Match #6	26 Nov	JPN	70 – 50	THA

Group B (22 – 26 November 1956)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points
1	FRA	3	0	6	236–183
2	URS	2	1	4	255–177
3	CAN	1	2	2	206–234
4	SGP	0	3	0	154–257

Match #1	22 Nov	URS	97 – 59	CAN
Match #2	23 Nov	FRA	81 – 54	SGP
Match #3	24 Nov	CAN	85 – 58	SGP
Match #4	24 Nov	FRA	76 – 67	URS
Match #5	26 Nov	URS	91 – 42	SGP
Match #6	26 Nov	FRA	79 – 62	CAN

Group C (22 – 26 November 1956)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points
1	URU	3	0	6	238–187
2	BUL	2	1	4	242–199
3	TPE	1	2	2	216–249
4	KOR	0	3	0	194–255

Match #1	22 Nov	TPE	83 – 76	KOR
Match #2	23 Nov	URU	70 – 65	BUL
Match #3	24 Nov	URU	85 – 62	TPE
Match #4	24 Nov	BUL	89 – 58	KOR
Match #5	26 Nov	BUL	88 – 71	TPE
Match #6	26 Nov	URU	83 – 60	KOR

Group D (23 – 26 November 1956)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points
1	BRA	2	0	4	167–125
2	CHI	1	1	2	137–134
3	AUS	0	2	0	122–167

Match #1	23 Nov	BRA	78 – 59	CHI
Match #2	24 Nov	BRA	89 – 66	AUS
Match #3	26 Nov	CHI	78 – 56	AUS

Quarter-Finals (27 – 29 November 1956)

Group A (27 – 29 November 1956)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points
1	FRA	2	1	4	195–187
2	URU	2	1	4	221–209
3	CHI	1	2	2	221–220
4	PHI	1	2	2	204–225

Match #1	27 Nov	FRA	71 – 60	CHI
Match #2	27 Nov	URU	79 – 70 AET	PHI
Match #3	28 Nov	URU	80 – 73	CHI
Match #4	28 Nov	PHI	65 – 58 AET	FRA
Match #5	29 Nov	CHI	88 – 69	PHI
Match #6	29 Nov	FRA	66 – 62	URU

Group B (27 – 29 November 1956)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points
1	USA	3	0	6	283–150
2	URS	2	1	4	208–209
3	BUL	1	2	2	182–224
4	BRA	0	3	0	192–282

Match #1	27 Nov	USA	85 – 44	BUL
Match #2	27 Nov	URS	87 – 68	BRA
Match #3	28 Nov	URS	66 – 56	BUL
Match #4	28 Nov	USA	113 – 51	BRA
Match #5	29 Nov	USA	85 – 55	URS
Match #6	29 Nov	BUL	82 – 73	BRA

Group C (27 – 29 November 1956)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points
1	TPE	3	0	6	218–189
2	AUS	2	1	4	258–208
3	SGP	1	2	2	200–215
4	THA	0	3	0	150–214

Match #1	27 Nov	TPE	67 – 64	SGP
Match #2	27 Nov	AUS	87 – 48	THA
Match #3	28 Nov	SGP	62 – 50	THA
Match #4	28 Nov	TPE	86 – 73	AUS
Match #5	29 Nov	TPE	65 – 52	THA
Match #6	29 Nov	AUS	98 – 74	SGP

Group D (27 – 29 November 1956)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points
1	CAN	2	0	4	147–123
2	JPN	1	1	2	143–140
3	KOR	0	2	0	130–157

Match #1	27 Nov	CAN	74 – 63 AET	KOR
Match #2	28 Nov	JPN	83 – 67	KOR
Match #3	29 Nov	CAN	73 – 60	JPN

Classification Round 13-15 (30 November 1956)

Classification matches.

Match #1	30 Nov	KOR	61 – 47	THA

Classification Round 9-12 (30 November 1956)

Classification matches.

Match #1	30 Nov	JPN	82 – 61	TPE
Match #2	30 Nov	CAN	83 – 38	AUS

Classification Round 5-8 (30 November 1956)

Classification matches.

Match #1	30 Nov	BRA	89 – 64	CHI
Match #2	30 Nov	BUL	80 – 70	PHI

Semi-Finals (30 November 1956)

Single-elimination.

Match #1	30 Nov	URS	56 – 49	FRA
Match #2	30 Nov	USA	101 – 38	URU

Final Round (30 November – 1 December 1956)

Medal round.

Match 1/2	01 Dec	USA	89 – 55	URS
Match 3/4	01 Dec	URU	71 – 62	FRA
Match 5/6	01 Dec	BUL	64 – 52	BRA
Match 7/8	01 Dec	PHI	75 – 68	CHI
Match 9/10	01 Dec	CAN	75 – 60	JPN
Match 11/12	01 Dec	TPE	87 – 70	AUS
Match 13/14	01 Dec	SGP	92 – 79	KOR

Rankings

Points
Scoring Average
2-point Field Goals %
3-point Field Goals Made
3-point Field Goals %
Total Field Goals Attempted
Total Field Goals %
Free Throws Made
Free Throws %
Personal Fouls