| Date | 29 November 1956 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building Annex, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Ray Strath |  AUS |
| Referee | S. Sasaki |  JPN |
| Attendance | 3,106 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Half #1 | Half #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | United States |  USA | 85 | 39 | 46 | |
| – | Soviet Union |  URS | 55 | 32 | 23 |
United States| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | FG | FG% | Free Throws Made | Free Throws Attempts | Free Throws % | Personal Fouls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bill Hougland | 2 | 0 | 1/4 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | K. C. Jones | 10 | 0 | 4/9 | 0.444 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Bill Russell | 20 | 0 | 9/17 | 0.529 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | Jim Walsh | 7 | 0 | 2/5 | 0.400 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 3 | |||||
| 8 | Billy Evans | 1 | 0 | 0/2 | 0.000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | |||||
| 9 | Burdie Haldorson | 8 | 0 | 2/5 | 0.400 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | Ron Tomsic | 4 | 0 | 1/5 | 0.200 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | |||||
| 11 | Dick Boushka | 5 | 0 | 1/4 | 0.250 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 2 | |||||
| 12 | Gib Ford | 3 | 0 | 1/3 | 0.333 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | |||||
| 13 | Bob Jeangerard | 14 | 0 | 7/11 | 0.636 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | |||||
| 14 | Chuck Darling | 11 | 0 | 3/5 | 0.600 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 2 | |||||
| Team Totals | 85 | 0 | 31/70 | 0.442 | 23 | 24 | 0.958 | 17 | ||||||
| Coach | Gerald Tucker | |||||||||||||
Soviet Union| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | FG | FG% | Free Throws Made | Free Throws Attempts | Free Throws % | Personal Fouls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Valdis Muižnieks | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | Maigonis Valdmanis | 4 | 0 | 2/6 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | Vladimir Torban | 11 | 0 | 4/11 | 0.364 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 4 | |||||
| 8 | Arkady Bochkaryov | 21 | 0 | 8/19 | 0.421 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 4 | |||||
| 10 | Mikhail Semyonov | 2 | 0 | 1/3 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | |||||
| 13 | Viktor Zubkov | 7 | 0 | 2/5 | 0.400 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 3 | |||||
| 14 | Mikhail Studenetsky | 10 | 0 | 3/7 | 0.429 | 4 | 5 | 0.800 | 3 | |||||
| Team Totals | 55 | 0 | 20/54 | 0.370 | 15 | 19 | 0.789 | 19 | ||||||
| Coach | Stepan Spandaryan | |||||||||||||
