Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics information
1956 Olympic Summer Games competition
International basketball tournament
4th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Melbourne 1956
Tournament details
Olympics
1956 Summer Olympics
Host nation
Australia
City
Melbourne
Duration
November 22 – December 1
Men's tournament
Teams
15
Medals
Gold medalists
United States
Silver medalists
Soviet Union
Bronze medalists
Uruguay
Tournaments
← Helsinki 1952
Rome 1960 →
Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men
Squads
men
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Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the fourth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. Fifteen nations, an unusually low number for the basketball tournament, competed in the event, with 174 participants. A total number of 56 games of basketball were played.
The teams were divided into four pools, with four teams in three of the pools and only three in the fourth. Every team played against each other team in its pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the quarterfinals, where again they were split into pools of four. Teams again played every other team in their pool, with the top two in each advancing to the semifinal and the bottom two entering a pool for 5th through 8th places. Eliminated teams also played in consolation matches with the same structure as the quarterfinals and finals, but for 9th through 15th places.
The games were held at the Royal Exhibition Building.
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