Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Note: The International Olympic Committee medal database shows only these players as medalists. They all played at least one match during the tournament. The reserve players are not listed as medalists.

Results

Brackets

Third round onwards

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Fifth-place classification

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First round

Winners advanced to the second round, while losers competed in the first consolation round for another chance to move on.

Byes: Philippines, (drawn against Spain, who withdrew) and (drawn against Hungary, who withdrew).

First consolation round

Winners returned to the main competition for the second round, while losers were eliminated.

• Uruguay 17–10 Belgium
• China 45–38 France
• Egypt 33–23 Turkey Byes: Brazil, Germany and Poland

Second round

Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second consolation round for another chance to move on.

• Philippines 32–30 Mexico
• Japan 43–31 Poland
• Uruguay 36–23 Egypt
• Peru 29–21 China
• United States 52–28 Estonia
• Italy 58–16 Germany
• Switzerland 25–12 Czechoslovakia
• Chile 23–18 Brazil
• Canada 34–23 Latvia

Second consolation round

• Poland 28-23 Latvia
• Brazil 32-14 China
• Mexico 32-10 Egypt
• Czechoslovakia 20-9 Germany Bye: Estonia

Third round

The third round was the first to cause automatic elimination for losers, with no consolation round. Winners advanced to the quarterfinals.

Byes: United States and Peru

Quarterfinals

Winners of the quarterfinals advanced to the medals round, with losers playing in classification matches.

• United States 56–23 Philippines
• Mexico 24–17 Italy
• Canada 41–21 Uruguay

Bye: Poland (Peru withdrew from the Olympic Games to protest the decision of the Olympic Committee and FIFA in the football tournament).

Classification 5–8

Preliminary match

• Philippines 32–14 Italy Bye: Uruguay (Peru withdrew from the competition – see above).

Fifth place match

• Philippines 33–23 Uruguay

Medals round

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

The final was played in driving rain, turning the court into a quagmire such that it was impossible to dribble, while the conditions kept scoring to a minimum: highest scorer in the game was Joe Fortenberry of the United States, with eight points. In addition, almost all of the nearly 1,000 in attendance had to stand in the rain throughout the final, as there were virtually no seats for spectators.

Awards

Participating nations

For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.

Each country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation; however, only seven were allowed to dress for competition at any one game.

A total of 199*() basketball players from 21 nations competed at the Berlin Games:

• BEL
• BRA
• CAN
• CHI
• ROC
• TCH
• EGY
• EST
• FRA
• GER
• ITA
• JPN
• LAT
• MEX
• PER
• PHI
• POL
• SUI
• TUR
• USA
• URU

Hungary and Spain withdrew before playing a match.

() NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.*

Not all reserve players are known.

Summary

Note: Hungary and Spain withdrew before competition started

References

References

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