| | Event type

Basketball, Men

Date	27 August – 9 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Basketballhalle, Siegenburger Straße, München
Participants	190 from 16 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament.

The United States entered the Munich Olympic basketball tournament with its 54-game winning streak intact. Although the international level of basketball was improving, the USA was still considered a heavy favorite. The US team included future NBA players Doug Collins, Kevin Joyce, Tom McMillen, Tommy Burleson, Bobby Jones, and Tom Henderson. Thru eight games, the United States extended its unbeaten streak and reached the final game against the Soviet Union. But US coach Hank Iba played somewhat of an old-style slowdown-type offense, emphasizing defense and never really released his horses.

The final between the Soviet Union and the United States produced the greatest controversy in Olympic basketball history. Trailing with less 10 seconds left, Doug Collins stole a pass and headed for an “almost” uncontested lay-up. But he was intentionally fouled by the Soviet player Sako Sak’andelidze, which was necessary to prevent the automatic two points. When Collins sank two free throws with three seconds left, it gave the US a 50-49 lead, its first of the game. The Soviets attempted to inbound the ball. After the inbounds pass, referee Renato Righetto stopped play, as the Soviet coach claimed a time-out had been called. The Soviets were allowed to attempt another inbound play, and the clock was set back to one second. An inbound pass was thrown but time quickly ran out, and the American players began to celebrate wildly.

However, William Jones, the Secretary-General of FIBA then intervened and ordered the shot clock re-set at three seconds and allowed the final inbounds pass to be re-played again. Ivan Yedeshko threw a perfect pass to Aleksandr Belov who scored a lay-up over Joyce and McMillan. The US protested but to no avail. US dominance in Olympic basketball was officially over. The US players refused to accept the silver medals, leaving the second step of the podium empty, and continue to do so to this day. In fact, one US player, Kenneth Davis, has had it written into his last will and testament that no member of his family is ever to accept a silver medal for basketball from the 1972 Olympics, even after his death.

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		Soviet Union	URS	9	0	18	757–590	9	757	84.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	312/596	0.523	133/196	0.679	75	205	280	–	–	–	174	274	22	Gold
	4	Anatoly Polivoda						8	78	9.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	30/44	0.682	18/24	0.750	6	22	28	–	–	0	20	29	3
	10	Sergey Belov						9	126	14.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	53/125	0.424	20/24	0.833	2	14	16	–	–	0	21	15	0
	6	Zurab Sak'andelidze						9	38	4.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	16/29	0.552	6/10	0.600	2	7	9	–	–	0	15	16	0
	13	Gennady Volnov						8	43	5.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	19/26	0.731	5/8	0.625	3	7	10	–	–	0	12	25	3
	15	Sergey Kovalenko						7	18	2.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	8/16	0.500	2/4	0.500	6	12	18	–	–	0	3	12	1
	5	Modestas Paulauskas						9	100	11.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	38/91	0.418	24/30	0.800	7	28	35	–	–	0	28	20	1
	7	Alzhan Zharmukhamedov						8	70	8.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	30/54	0.556	10/14	0.714	13	28	41	–	–	0	8	13	0
	8	Aleksandr Boloshev						9	34	3.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	14/33	0.424	6/8	0.750	7	14	21	–	–	0	7	42	6
	9	Ivan Yedeshko						9	49	5.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	22/36	0.611	5/6	0.833	2	19	21	–	–	0	15	25	2
	11	Mikheil Korkia						9	45	5.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	19/37	0.514	7/16	0.438	7	12	19	–	–	0	12	29	4
	12	Ivan Dvorny						7	41	5.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	18/28	0.643	5/10	0.500	7	15	22	–	–	0	11	20	1
	14	Aleksandr Belov						8	115	14.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	45/77	0.584	25/42	0.595	13	27	40	–	–	0	22	28	1
Coach		Vladimir Kondrashin
2		United States	USA	8	1	16	660–401	9	660	73.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	278/644	0.432	104/152	0.684	144	204	348	–	–	–	104	239	8	Silver
	4	Kenny Davis						6	14	2.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/18	0.333	2/2	1.000	3	1	4	–	–	0	4	7	0
	5	Doug Collins						9	66	7.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	25/59	0.424	16/22	0.727	4	17	21	–	–	0	11	19	0
	6	Tom Henderson						9	83	9.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	39/74	0.527	5/6	0.833	0	18	18	–	–	0	13	20	0
	7	Mike Bantom						9	69	7.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	29/72	0.403	11/22	0.500	25	19	44	–	–	0	16	33	3
	8	Bobby Jones						8	37	4.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	14/23	0.609	9/10	0.900	14	11	25	–	–	0	7	14	0
	9	Dwight Jones						9	83	9.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	34/68	0.500	15/22	0.682	13	38	51	–	–	0	17	25	0
	10	Jim Forbes						9	46	5.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	23/45	0.511	0/4	0.000	14	14	28	–	–	0	2	18	1
	11	Jim Brewer						9	68	7.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	26/62	0.419	16/24	0.667	29	35	64	–	–	0	2	20	0
	12	Tommy Burleson						7	27	3.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/27	0.370	7/12	0.583	10	5	15	–	–	0	7	13	1
	13	Tom McMillen						9	61	6.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	24/72	0.333	13/16	0.813	21	18	39	–	–	0	5	16	2
	14	Kevin Joyce						9	48	5.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	21/56	0.375	6/6	1.000	2	9	11	–	–	0	10	28	0
	15	Ed Ratleff						9	58	6.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	27/68	0.397	4/6	0.667	9	19	28	–	–	0	10	26	1
Coach		Hank Iba
3		Cuba	CUB	7	2	14	687–577	9	687	76.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	291/622	0.468	105/166	0.633	82	178	260	–	–	–	144	243	13	Bronze
	4	Juan Domecq						9	50	5.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	19/40	0.475	12/18	0.667	10	14	24	–	–	0	11	28	2
	5	Ruperto Herrera						9	89	9.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	40/91	0.440	9/14	0.643	10	30	40	–	–	0	15	29	2
	6	Juan Roca						6	19	3.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/18	0.333	7/10	0.700	6	5	11	–	–	0	5	11	1
	7	Pedro Chappé						9	114	12.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	48/99	0.485	18/24	0.750	14	39	53	–	–	0	14	25	2
	8	José Miguel Álvarez						5	24	4.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	11/23	0.478	2/2	1.000	3	11	14	–	–	0	3	13	0
	9	Rafael Cañizares						9	53	5.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	22/53	0.415	9/14	0.643	1	5	6	–	–	0	6	22	0
	10	Conrado Pérez						8	46	5.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	22/57	0.386	2/2	1.000	2	11	13	–	–	0	8	19	1
	11	Miguel Calderón						9	75	8.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	33/58	0.569	9/16	0.563	4	7	11	–	–	0	18	21	0
	12	Tomás Herrera						9	72	8.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	30/53	0.566	12/18	0.667	3	12	15	–	–	0	15	31	2
	13	Óscar Varona						7	18	2.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	7/16	0.438	4/8	0.500	4	8	12	–	–	0	5	11	0
	14	Alejandro Urgellés						9	114	12.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	47/91	0.516	20/38	0.526	22	30	52	–	–	0	36	24	2
	15	Franklin Standard						6	13	2.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/23	0.261	1/2	0.500	3	6	9	–	–	0	8	9	1
Coach		Carmelo Ortega
4		Italy	ITA	5	4	10	650–605	9	650	72.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	275/588	0.468	100/140	0.714	101	205	306	–	–	–	166	235	19
	11	Dino Meneghin						9	97	10.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	38/86	0.442	21/28	0.750	25	49	74	–	–	0	20	35	5
	6	Giorgio Giomo						5	41	8.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	18/30	0.600	5/6	0.833	2	6	8	–	–	0	8	6	0
	15	Giulio Iellini						8	60	7.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	25/43	0.581	10/12	0.833	0	12	12	–	–	0	25	13	0
	5	Giuseppe Brumatti						7	43	6.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	18/39	0.462	7/10	0.700	5	7	12	–	–	0	8	16	0
	14	Ivan Bisson						9	96	10.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	42/77	0.545	12/14	0.857	21	38	59	–	–	0	22	28	2
	13	Luigi Serafini						7	20	2.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/27	0.333	2/4	0.500	3	21	24	–	–	0	9	15	1
	10	Marino Zanatta						9	46	5.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	19/47	0.404	8/14	0.571	6	12	18	–	–	0	6	34	5
	8	Massimo Masini						8	34	4.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	14/40	0.350	6/6	1.000	4	20	24	–	–	0	12	16	2
	7	Mauro Cerioni						9	58	6.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	26/58	0.448	6/10	0.600	3	9	12	–	–	0	20	21	2
	4	Ottorino Flaborea						6	24	4.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/21	0.429	6/8	0.750	9	11	20	–	–	0	8	7	0
	12	Pierluigi Marzorati						9	67	7.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	27/52	0.519	13/20	0.650	4	5	9	–	–	0	14	18	1
	9	Renzo Bariviera						9	64	7.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	30/68	0.441	4/8	0.500	19	15	34	–	–	0	14	26	1
Coach		Giancarlo Primo
5		Yugoslavia	YUG	7	2	14	734–617	9	734	81.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	308/656	0.470	118/174	0.678	110	234	344	–	–	–	166	238	8
	10	Blagoja Georgievski						5	7	1.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	1/6	0.167	5/6	0.833	1	0	1	–	–	0	10	7	0
	12	Damir Šolman						9	56	6.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	24/59	0.407	8/12	0.667	8	29	37	–	–	0	14	23	1
	9	Dragan Kapičić						9	79	8.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	35/86	0.407	9/14	0.643	8	23	31	–	–	0	15	28	0
	14	Dragutin Čermak						9	69	7.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	27/47	0.574	15/22	0.682	4	11	15	–	–	0	19	26	1
	11	Krešimir Ćosić						8	128	16.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	53/114	0.465	22/30	0.733	21	45	66	–	–	0	16	21	0
	5	Ljubodrag Simonović						6	47	7.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	23/46	0.500	1/2	0.500	6	6	12	–	–	0	9	13	0
	15	Milun Marović						7	31	4.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	13/28	0.464	5/12	0.417	18	24	42	–	–	0	5	17	2
	8	Miroljub Damjanović						4	13	3.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/9	0.667	1/4	0.250	1	2	3	–	–	0	5	7	0
	13	Nikola Plećaš						9	59	6.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	21/62	0.339	17/20	0.850	7	13	20	–	–	0	28	27	2
	4	Rato Tvrdić						9	68	7.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	31/64	0.484	6/8	0.750	1	12	13	–	–	0	12	23	0
	6	Vinko Jelovac						9	121	13.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	54/97	0.557	13/24	0.542	21	48	69	–	–	0	20	28	2
	7	Žarko Knežević						9	56	6.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	20/38	0.526	16/20	0.800	14	21	35	–	–	0	13	18	0
Coach		Ranko Žeravica
6		Puerto Rico	PUR	6	3	12	727–700	9	727	80.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	297/702	0.423	133/184	0.723	103	203	306	–	–	–	176	245	11
	11	Earl Brown						5	4	0.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/5	0.400	0/0	0.000	3	3	6	–	–	0	2	7	0
	9	Billy Baum						8	42	5.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	14/32	0.438	14/14	1.000	3	14	17	–	–	0	4	22	1
	10	Héctor Blondet						9	150	16.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	66/151	0.437	18/26	0.692	21	14	35	–	–	0	30	22	1
	7	Jimmy Thordsen						8	19	2.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/12	0.500	7/10	0.700	14	9	23	–	–	0	10	16	1
	5	Joe Hatton						7	41	5.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	14/32	0.438	13/18	0.722	5	4	9	–	–	0	15	19	2
	12	Mariano Ortiz						9	61	6.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	30/75	0.400	1/4	0.250	1	13	14	–	–	0	10	27	1
	6	Neftalí Rivera						8	80	10.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	31/81	0.383	18/24	0.750	4	3	7	–	–	0	16	21	0
	14	Raymond Dalmau						9	106	11.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	45/99	0.455	16/22	0.727	19	32	51	–	–	0	21	31	0
	15	Ricky Calzada						5	6	1.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/10	0.200	2/2	1.000	1	0	1	–	–	0	6	5	0
	8	Rubén Rodríguez						9	79	8.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	35/82	0.427	9/16	0.563	14	52	66	–	–	0	22	27	3
	13	Teo Cruz						9	85	9.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	33/84	0.393	19/30	0.633	10	44	54	–	–	0	33	31	2
	4	Mickey Coll						[7]	[54]	[7.7]	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	[19]/[39]	[0.487]	[16]/[18]	[0.889]	[8]	[15]	[23]	–	–	[0]	[7]	[17]	[0]		1
Coach		Gene Bartow
7		Brazil	BRA	5	4	10	731–646	9	731	81.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	318/715	0.445	95/140	0.679	152	206	358	–	–	–	128	235	14
	9	Marquinhos						9	144	16.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	53/126	0.421	38/52	0.731	49	62	111	–	–	0	37	32	1
	12	Adilson						9	98	10.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	46/100	0.460	6/16	0.375	22	34	56	–	–	0	15	37	4
	15	Mosquito						6	11	1.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	4/14	0.286	3/4	0.750	1	2	3	–	–	0	6	11	0
	8	Hélio Rubens						9	107	11.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	48/110	0.436	11/12	0.917	2	10	12	–	–	0	16	27	2
	14	Zé Geraldo						3	7	2.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	3/11	0.273	1/2	0.500	1	8	9	–	–	0	2	7	1
	10	José Aparecido dos Santos						6	20	3.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/19	0.526	0/0	0.000	9	8	17	–	–	0	4	21	1
	4	Dodi						9	70	7.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	31/80	0.388	8/12	0.667	10	15	25	–	–	0	8	28	2
	11	Luiz Menon						8	94	11.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	41/102	0.402	12/14	0.857	10	8	18	–	–	0	10	23	0
	5	Radvilas Gorauskas						2	17	8.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	8/15	0.533	1/2	0.500	2	4	6	–	–	0	2	7	1
	7	Fransérgio						6	29	4.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/23	0.522	5/6	0.833	1	3	4	–	–	0	10	12	0
	6	Bira						9	134	14.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	62/115	0.539	10/20	0.500	45	52	97	–	–	0	18	30	2
	–	Edvar Simões (DNS)						–	–	–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Kanela
8		Czechoslovakia	TCH	4	5	8	625–642	9	625	69.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	269/609	0.442	87/148	0.588	111	179	290	–	–	–	168	273	23
	14	Jan Blažek						7	18	2.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/17	0.529	0/0	0.000	4	7	11	–	–	0	4	11	0
	12	Jan Bobrovský						9	82	9.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	32/73	0.438	18/28	0.643	9	14	23	–	–	0	28	33	4
	9	Jiří Balaštík						9	41	4.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	17/40	0.425	7/16	0.438	3	18	21	–	–	0	16	29	4
	6	Jiří Konopásek						8	8	1.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	4/13	0.308	0/0	0.000	0	5	5	–	–	0	10	28	5
	7	Jiří Pospíšil						9	85	9.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	36/90	0.400	13/18	0.722	6	21	27	–	–	0	24	19	1
	15	Jiří Růžička						7	14	2.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	7/19	0.368	0/0	0.000	1	0	1	–	–	0	5	10	1
	11	Jiří Zedníček						9	71	7.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	32/78	0.410	7/14	0.500	9	17	26	–	–	0	18	26	1
	10	Jiří Zídek						9	114	12.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	45/101	0.446	24/34	0.706	16	27	43	–	–	0	20	23	0
	13	Kamil Brabenec						9	66	7.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	31/72	0.431	4/6	0.667	6	12	18	–	–	0	9	19	0
	4	Petr Novický						9	54	6.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	25/41	0.610	4/6	0.667	24	20	44	–	–	0	11	33	3
	5	Zdeněk Douša						6	8	1.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	3/9	0.333	2/8	0.250	3	8	11	–	–	0	4	6	0
	8	Zdeněk Kos						9	64	7.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	28/56	0.500	8/18	0.444	30	30	60	–	–	0	19	36	4
Coach		Vladimír Heger
9		Australia	AUS	5	4	10	684–676	9	684	76.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	291/681	0.427	102/155	0.658	104	180	284	–	–	–	126	248	14
	15	Anatoli Koltuniewicz						9	26	2.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/40	0.250	6/12	0.500	10	9	19	–	–	0	9	11	0
	9	Brian Kerle						8	50	6.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	25/47	0.532	0/2	0.000	16	32	48	–	–	0	7	24	1
	8	Eddie Palubinskas						9	190	21.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	74/157	0.471	42/53	0.792	11	17	28	–	–	0	19	31	2
	4	Glenn Marsland						3	5	1.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/7	0.286	1/4	0.250	3	1	4	–	–	0	1	6	1
	5	Ian Watson						9	13	1.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	5/19	0.263	3/4	0.750	0	9	9	–	–	0	9	22	1
	13	Ken James						9	90	10.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	39/88	0.443	12/18	0.667	13	24	37	–	–	0	21	21	2
	11	Perry Crosswhite						9	118	13.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	55/124	0.444	8/14	0.571	20	37	57	–	–	0	16	21	1
	10	Peter Byrne						9	29	3.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/29	0.345	9/14	0.643	7	15	22	–	–	0	8	36	3
	12	Ray Tomlinson						5	16	3.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	7/22	0.318	2/2	1.000	5	8	13	–	–	0	3	13	1
	6	Richard Duke						9	86	9.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	35/83	0.422	16/26	0.615	13	14	27	–	–	0	19	32	2
	14	Tom Bender						6	18	3.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/19	0.474	0/0	0.000	5	9	14	–	–	0	7	11	0
	7	Bill Wyatt						9	43	4.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	20/46	0.435	3/6	0.500	1	5	6	–	–	0	7	20	0
Coach		Lindsay Gaze
10		Poland	POL	3	6	6	690–703	9	690	76.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	298/676	0.441	94/148	0.635	111	197	308	–	–	–	160	269	14
	10	Andrzej Kasprzak						8	77	9.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	35/71	0.493	7/12	0.583	9	23	32	–	–	0	14	19	0
	8	Andrzej Seweryn						9	88	9.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	42/82	0.512	4/10	0.400	7	13	20	–	–	0	23	26	1
	14	Eugeniusz Durejko						9	77	8.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	31/63	0.492	15/22	0.682	18	39	57	–	–	0	20	35	4
	7	Franciszek Niemiec						8	31	3.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	14/28	0.500	3/4	0.750	9	3	12	–	–	0	7	21	1
	5	Grzegorz Korcz						9	62	6.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	26/75	0.347	10/14	0.714	6	13	19	–	–	0	20	23	0
	6	Jan Dolczewski						9	72	8.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	33/77	0.429	6/10	0.600	7	18	25	–	–	0	16	29	2
	11	Janusz Cegliński						8	73	9.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	26/58	0.448	21/32	0.656	19	23	42	–	–	0	16	28	3
	12	Mieczysław Łopatka						8	50	6.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	22/46	0.478	6/10	0.600	7	9	16	–	–	0	12	20	0
	15	Piotr Langosz						8	41	5.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	18/53	0.340	5/8	0.625	4	19	23	–	–	0	8	17	1
	13	Ryszard Białowąs						8	12	1.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/15	0.400	0/0	0.000	0	3	3	–	–	0	7	9	0
	9	Waldemar Kozak						9	69	7.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	28/61	0.459	13/18	0.722	19	18	37	–	–	0	14	26	1
	4	Andrzej Pasiorowski						8	38	4.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	17/47	0.362	4/8	0.500	6	16	22	–	–	0	3	16	1
Coach		Witold Zagorski
11		Spain	ESP	4	5	8	646–670	9	646	71.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	273/649	0.421	100/152	0.658	97	202	299	–	–	–	160	214	10
	6	Carmelo Cabrera						6	8	1.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	4/16	0.250	0/0	0.000	2	3	5	–	–	0	8	12	0
	13	Cliff Luyk						7	115	16.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	50/109	0.459	15/22	0.682	25	50	75	–	–	0	21	20	2
	7	Enrique Margall						9	40	4.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	18/46	0.391	4/4	1.000	12	26	38	–	–	0	13	20	0
	10	Francisco Buscató						9	56	6.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	27/70	0.386	2/4	0.500	0	6	6	–	–	0	3	14	0
	15	Gonzalo Sagi-Vela						8	69	8.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	28/67	0.418	13/20	0.650	2	16	18	–	–	0	14	17	0
	9	Jesús Iradier						4	21	5.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	8/22	0.364	5/8	0.625	4	3	7	–	–	0	7	9	1
	11	Juan Antonio Corbalán						8	10	1.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	4/15	0.267	2/2	1.000	0	2	2	–	–	0	11	15	0
	8	Luis Santillana						9	81	9.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	33/70	0.471	15/20	0.750	16	30	46	–	–	0	17	24	1
	14	Miguel Estrada						6	22	3.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	8/21	0.381	6/22	0.273	5	11	16	–	–	0	5	12	1
	12	Rafael Rullán						8	72	9.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	32/76	0.421	8/14	0.571	15	23	38	–	–	0	18	22	3
	5	Vicente Ramos						8	37	4.6	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	16/42	0.381	5/6	0.833	2	10	12	–	–	0	17	27	2
	4	Wayne Brabender						8	115	14.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	45/95	0.474	25/30	0.833	14	22	36	–	–	0	26	22	0
Coach		Antonio Díaz-Miguel
12		West Germany	FRG	3	6	6	634–672	9	634	70.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	268/638	0.420	98/164	0.598	95	175	270	–	–	–	184	268	12
	6	Dieter Kuprella						8	22	2.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/22	0.409	4/6	0.667	1	8	9	–	–	0	14	19	0
	14	Dietrich Keller						4	14	3.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	6/15	0.400	2/4	0.500	3	10	13	–	–	0	7	7	0
	8	Hans-Jörg Krüger						8	44	5.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	19/44	0.432	6/16	0.375	12	26	38	–	–	0	18	26	2
	4	Helmut Uhlig						6	30	5.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	13/29	0.448	4/8	0.500	4	3	7	–	–	0	4	20	0
	12	Holger Geschwindner						9	123	13.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	51/127	0.402	21/30	0.700	17	14	31	–	–	0	37	29	1
	11	Joachim Linnemann						5	20	4.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	8/26	0.308	4/8	0.500	3	12	15	–	–	0	11	12	1
	10	Jochen Pollex						8	54	6.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	23/54	0.426	8/18	0.444	4	4	8	–	–	0	29	16	0
	13	Jürgen Wohlers						9	67	7.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	29/72	0.403	9/18	0.500	8	15	23	–	–	0	11	36	3
	7	Karl Ampt						8	50	6.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	21/49	0.429	8/12	0.667	2	5	7	–	–	0	9	30	2
	5	Klaus Weinand						8	23	2.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/29	0.310	5/6	0.833	4	13	17	–	–	0	5	23	0
	15	Norbert Thimm						9	143	15.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	64/130	0.492	15/24	0.625	28	55	83	–	–	0	25	33	2
	9	Rainer Pethran						9	44	4.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	16/41	0.390	12/14	0.857	9	10	19	–	–	0	14	17	1
Coach		Theodor Schober
13		Philippines	PHI	3	6	6	610–739	8	608	76.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	250/620	0.403	108/162	0.667	78	98	176	–	–	–	104	260	16
	10	Jun Papa						8	74	9.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	30/76	0.395	14/18	0.778	1	4	5	–	–	0	12	9	0
	7	Danny Florencio						8	105	13.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	39/90	0.433	27/42	0.643	11	5	16	–	–	0	9	18	0
	4	Ed Ocampo						8	19	2.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/23	0.391	1/2	0.500	2	1	3	–	–	0	3	31	2
	14	Freddie Webb						8	42	5.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	16/49	0.327	10/16	0.625	3	12	15	–	–	0	14	24	1
	6	Jimmy Mariano						8	111	13.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	49/113	0.434	13/16	0.813	14	23	37	–	–	0	13	36	5
	13	Manny Paner						8	63	7.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	27/64	0.422	9/18	0.500	12	24	36	–	–	0	10	27	2
	9	Marte Samson						8	25	3.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/31	0.323	5/8	0.625	5	10	15	–	–	0	3	23	1
	8	Ciso Bernardo						4	25	6.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/21	0.476	5/6	0.833	2	0	2	–	–	0	2	8	0
	15	Ricardo Cleofas						7	20	2.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	7/26	0.269	6/8	0.750	3	1	4	–	–	0	3	11	0
	5	Rogelio Melencio						8	54	6.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	21/47	0.447	12/16	0.750	3	8	11	–	–	0	14	30	3
	12	Rosalio Martínez						8	46	5.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	21/44	0.477	4/6	0.667	15	6	21	–	–	0	15	29	1
	11	William Adornado						6	24	4.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	11/36	0.306	2/6	0.333	7	4	11	–	–	0	6	14	1
Coach		Ning Ramos
14		Japan	JPN	2	7	4	585–792	9	585	65.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	247/652	0.379	91/138	0.659	77	124	201	–	–	–	107	242	13
	14	Atsushi Somatomo						8	27	3.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	13/32	0.406	1/4	0.250	8	4	12	–	–	0	3	27	1
	15	Hirofumi Numata						9	33	3.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	11/42	0.262	11/18	0.611	12	20	32	–	–	0	10	39	6
	5	Katsuhiko Sugita						5	0	0.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/5	0.000	0/0	0.000	2	0	2	–	–	0	1	3	0
	11	Kazufumi Sakai						8	4	0.5	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	2/7	0.286	0/0	0.000	1	0	1	–	–	0	1	2	0
	8	Kenji Soda						7	1	0.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/6	0.000	1/2	0.500	2	0	2	–	–	0	3	4	0
	6	Kunihiko Yokoyama						9	39	4.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	16/49	0.327	7/14	0.500	7	9	16	–	–	0	9	23	0
	4	Masatomo Taniguchi						9	191	21.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	82/173	0.474	27/30	0.900	9	14	23	–	–	0	9	12	0
	10	Mineo Yoshikawa						9	21	2.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/40	0.225	3/6	0.500	4	12	16	–	–	0	16	32	1
	12	Nobuo Chigusa						8	10	1.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	4/16	0.250	2/6	0.333	1	2	3	–	–	0	4	14	0
	9	Nobuo Hattori						9	64	7.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	28/62	0.452	8/8	1.000	14	25	39	–	–	0	13	38	5
	13	Satoshi Mori						9	63	7.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	24/76	0.316	15/28	0.536	8	19	27	–	–	0	13	27	0
	7	Shigeaki Abe						9	132	14.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	58/144	0.403	16/22	0.727	9	19	28	–	–	0	25	21	0
Coach		Shigeyoshi Kasahara
15		Senegal	SEN	1	8	2	474–656	8	472	59.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	205/606	0.338	62/102	0.608	88	136	224	–	–	–	112	212	4
	9	Abdourahmane N'Diaye						8	40	5.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	16/58	0.276	8/14	0.571	6	12	18	–	–	0	17	24	1
	13	Alioune Badara Guèye						8	41	5.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	15/41	0.366	11/16	0.688	10	20	30	–	–	0	9	21	1
	14	Assane Thiam						8	62	7.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	29/90	0.322	4/10	0.400	17	30	47	–	–	0	18	24	1
	12	Babacar Seck						8	91	11.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	36/97	0.371	19/24	0.792	16	17	33	–	–	0	13	28	1
	15	Boubacar Traoré						7	21	3.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/47	0.213	1/2	0.500	7	9	16	–	–	0	7	16	0
	6	Cheikh Amadou Fall						5	10	2.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	5/11	0.455	0/2	0.000	2	0	2	–	–	0	1	8	0
	4	Joseph Diandy						2	0	0.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/1	0.000	0/0	0.000	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	1	0
	7	Doudas Leydi Camara						8	32	4.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	15/44	0.341	2/6	0.333	4	5	9	–	–	0	4	16	0
	11	Moustafa Diop						7	19	2.7	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	8/32	0.250	3/4	0.750	5	3	8	–	–	0	6	12	0
	5	Papa Malick Diop						8	24	3.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	12/30	0.400	0/0	0.000	2	7	9	–	–	0	9	17	0
	8	Pierre Martin Sagna						8	86	10.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	37/92	0.402	12/20	0.600	10	21	31	–	–	0	18	25	0
	10	Sylvestre Lopis						8	46	5.8	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	22/63	0.349	2/4	0.500	9	12	21	–	–	0	10	20	0
Coach		Amadou Diaw
16		Egypt	EGY	0	9	0	440–648	7	440	62.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	177/510	0.347	86/136	0.632	76	91	167	–	–	–	126	195	12
	13	Sherif Abou El-Kheir						7	65	9.3	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	30/113	0.265	5/10	0.500	3	10	13	–	–	0	16	22	2
	10	Ahmed El-Saharty						7	70	10.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	31/76	0.408	8/16	0.500	18	17	35	–	–	0	3	25	3
	15	Awad Abdel Nabi						7	57	8.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	25/72	0.347	7/12	0.583	19	16	35	–	–	0	21	12	0
	9	Sayed Tewfik El-Sayed						7	73	10.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	24/61	0.393	25/34	0.735	7	10	17	–	–	0	18	22	0
	12	Adel Ibrahim						7	24	3.4	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	10/29	0.345	4/12	0.333	14	16	30	–	–	0	10	30	3
	5	Fahti Kamel						6	31	5.2	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	14/35	0.400	3/4	0.750	2	6	8	–	–	0	7	17	2
	8	Essam Khaled						7	57	8.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	19/46	0.413	19/26	0.731	8	4	12	–	–	0	24	24	0
	14	Kamal Kamel Mohammed						7	22	3.1	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	9/29	0.310	4/6	0.667	4	6	10	–	–	0	4	20	1
	6	Talaat Guenidi						2	0	0.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/1	0.000	0/0	0.000	0	0	0	–	–	0	1	0	0
	11	Ismail Selim						7	41	5.9	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	15/48	0.313	11/16	0.688	1	6	7	–	–	0	22	23	1
	7	El-Sayed Mobarak						1	0	0.0	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	0/0	0.000	0/0	0.000	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0
	4	Mohamed Nader Hilal (DNS)						–	–	–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–/–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Nello Paratore

Preliminary Round (27 August – 3 September 1972)

Group A (27 August – 3 September 1972)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points
1	USA	7	0	14	542–312
2	CUB	6	1	12	560–445
3	BRA	4	3	8	561–490
4	TCH	4	3	8	493–489
5	ESP	3	4	6	486–500
6	AUS	3	4	6	523–524
7	JPN	1	6	2	442–643
8	EGY	0	7	0	440–644

Match #1	27 Aug 9:00	CUB	105 – 64	EGY
Match #2	27 Aug 9:00	USA	66 – 35	TCH
Match #3	27 Aug 14:30	BRA	110 – 55	JPN
Match #4	27 Aug 14:30	ESP	79 – 74	AUS
Match #5	28 Aug 9:00	BRA	110 – 84	EGY
Match #6	28 Aug 14:30	USA	81 – 55	AUS
Match #7	28 Aug 14:30	CUB	74 – 53	ESP
Match #8	28 Aug 18:30	TCH	74 – 61	JPN
Match #9	29 Aug 9:00	BRA	72 – 69	ESP
Match #10	29 Aug 14:30	JPN	78 – 73	EGY
Match #11	29 Aug 18:30	TCH	69 – 68	AUS
Match #12	29 Aug 18:30	USA	67 – 48	CUB
Match #13	30 Aug 9:00	ESP	72 – 58	EGY
Match #14	30 Aug 14:30	AUS	92 – 76	JPN
Match #15	30 Aug 14:30	CUB	77 – 65	TCH
Match #16	30 Aug 18:30	USA	61 – 54	BRA
Match #17	01 Sep 9:00	CUB	84 – 70	AUS
Match #18	01 Sep 14:30	USA	96 – 31	EGY
Match #19	01 Sep 14:30	BRA	83 – 82	TCH
Match #20	01 Sep 18:30	ESP	87 – 76	JPN
Match #21	02 Sep 9:00	AUS	75 – 69	BRA
Match #22	02 Sep 9:00	TCH	94 – 64	EGY
Match #23	02 Sep 14:30	CUB	108 – 63	JPN
Match #24	02 Sep 18:30	USA	72 – 56	ESP
Match #25	03 Sep 9:00	USA	99 – 33	JPN
Match #26	03 Sep 9:00	TCH	74 – 70	ESP
Match #27	03 Sep 18:30	AUS	89 – 66	EGY
Match #28	03 Sep 18:30	CUB	64 – 63	BRA

Group B (27 August – 3 September 1972)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Points
1	URS	7	0	14	639–479
2	ITA	5	2	10	547–471
3	YUG	5	2	10	582–484
4	PUR	5	2	10	570–531
5	FRG	3	4	6	482–518
6	POL	2	5	4	520–536
7	PHI	1	6	2	526–666
8	SEN	0	7	0	405–586

Match #1	27 Aug 9:00	POL	90 – 75	PHI
Match #2	27 Aug 14:30	YUG	85 – 78	ITA
Match #3	27 Aug 14:30	URS	94 – 52	SEN
Match #4	27 Aug 14:30	PUR	81 – 74	FRG
Match #5	28 Aug 9:00	ITA	92 – 56	SEN
Match #6	28 Aug 9:00	URS	87 – 63	FRG
Match #7	28 Aug 18:30	PUR	92 – 72	PHI
Match #8	28 Aug 18:30	YUG	85 – 64	POL
Match #9	29 Aug 9:00	POL	95 – 59	SEN
Match #10	29 Aug 9:00	URS	79 – 66	ITA
Match #11	29 Aug 14:30	PUR	79 – 74	YUG
Match #12	29 Aug 18:30	FRG	93 – 74	PHI
Match #13	30 Aug 9:00	URS	94 – 64	POL
Match #14	30 Aug 9:00	ITA	68 – 57	FRG
Match #15	30 Aug 18:30	YUG	117 – 76	PHI
Match #16	30 Aug 18:30	PUR	92 – 57	SEN
Match #17	01 Sep 9:00	PHI	68 – 62	SEN
Match #18	01 Sep 9:00	YUG	81 – 56	FRG
Match #19	01 Sep 18:30	ITA	71 – 59	POL
Match #20	01 Sep 18:30	URS	100 – 87	PUR
Match #21	02 Sep 9:00	YUG	73 – 57	SEN
Match #22	02 Sep 14:30	FRG	67 – 65	POL
Match #23	02 Sep 18:30	URS	111 – 80	PHI
Match #24	02 Sep 18:30	ITA	71 – 54	PUR
Match #25	03 Sep 9:00	ITA	101 – 81	PHI
Match #26	03 Sep 14:30	PUR	85 – 83	POL
Match #27	03 Sep 14:30	URS	74 – 67	YUG
Match #28	03 Sep 18:30	FRG	72 – 62	SEN

Classification Round 5-8 (7 September 1972)

Classification matches.

Match #1	07 Sep 15:00	YUG	66 – 63	TCH
Match #2	07 Sep 20:00	PUR	87 – 83	BRA

Classification Round 9-12 (5 – 6 September 1972)

Classification matches.

Match #1	05 Sep 15:00	AUS	70 – 69	FRG
Match #2	06 Sep 20:00	POL	87 – 76	ESP

Classification Round 13-16 (5 – 6 September 1972)

Classification matches.

Match #1	05 Sep 15:00	PHI	walkover
Match #2	06 Sep 20:00	JPN	70 – 67	SEN

Semi-Finals (7 September 1972)

Single-elimination.

Match #1	07 Sep 15:00	URS	67 – 61	CUB
Match #2	07 Sep 20:00	USA	68 – 38	ITA

Final Round (8 – 9 September 1972)

Medal round.

Match 1/2	09 Sep 21:00	URS 2	51 – 50	USA 3
Match 3/4	08 Sep 20:00	CUB	66 – 65	ITA
Match 5/6	09 Sep 16:00	YUG	86 – 70	PUR
Match 7/8	08 Sep 20:00	BRA	87 – 69	TCH
Match 9/10	09 Sep 16:00	AUS	91 – 83	POL
Match 11/12	08 Sep 15:00	ESP	84 – 83	FRG
Match 13/14	08 Sep 15:00	PHI	82 – 73	JPN
Match 15/16	08 Sep 15:00	SEN	walkover

Rankings

Points
Scoring Average
Total Field Goals Attempted
Total Field Goals %
Free Throws Made
Free Throws %
Total Rebounds
Turnovers
Blocked Shots
Personal Fouls