The following is the list of squads for each of the 15 teams that competed in the men's basketball tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Group A
Japan
The following players represented Japan:
Hiroshi Saito Hitoshi Konno Kenichi Imaizumi Manabu Fujita Reizo Ohira Riichi Arai Setsuo Nara Shutaro Shoji Takeo Sugiyama Takashi Itoyama Tetsuro Noborisaka
Philippines
The following players represented the Philippines:
Tony Genato Antonio Villamor Carlos Badion Carlos Loyzaga Eddie Lim Leonardo Marquicias Loreto Carbonell Mariano Tolentino Martin Urra Rafael Barretto Ramón Manulat Ramón Campos
Thailand
The following players represented Thailand:
Ampol Saranont Chalaw Sonthong Chan Sae-Lim Kirin Chavanwong Kuang Sae-Lim Mongkol Aimmanolrom Surakit Rukpanich Ta Sriratana Visit Chaicharoen
United States
The following players represented the United States:
Carl Cain Bill Hougland K. C. Jones Bill Russell Jim Walsh Billy Evans Burdie Haldorson Ron Tomsic Dick Boushka Gib Ford Bob Jeangerard Chuck Darling
Group B
Canada
The following players represented Canada:
Bob Pickel Coulter Osborne Don Macintosh Doug Brinham Ed Lucht George Stulac John McLeod Ed Wild Mel Brown Bob Burtwell Ron Stuart Ron Bissett
France
The following players represented France:
André Schlupp Christian Baltzer Gérard Sturla Henri Grange Henri Rey Robert Monclar Jean-Paul Beugnot Maurice Buffière Roger Antoine Roger Haudegand Roger Veyron Yves Gominon
Singapore
The following players represented Singapore:
Chen Sho Fa Ho Lien Siew Jerome Henderson Ko Tai Chuen Lee Chak Men Ong Kiat Guan Wee Tian Siak Wong Kim Poh Yee Tit Kwan Yeo Gek Huat
Soviet Union
The following players represented the Soviet Union:
Valdis Muižnieks Maigonis Valdmanis Vladimir Torban Stasys Stonkus Kazys Petkevičius Arkady Bochkaryov Jānis Krūmiņš Mikhail Semyonov Algirdas Lauritėnas Yury Ozerov Viktor Zubkov Mikhail Studenetsky
Group C
Bulgaria
The following players represented Bulgaria:
Atanas Atanasov Georgi Kanev Georgi Panov Iliya Mirchev Konstantin Totev Lyubomir Panov Nikolay Ilov Tsvetko Slavov Vasil Manchenko Viktor Radev Vladimir Savov
Formosa
The following players represented Taiwan:
Chen Tsu-Li Chien Kok-Ching Hoo Cha-pen James Yap Lai Lam-kwong Ling Jing-huan Loo Hor-Kuay Tong Suet-fong Wang Yih-jiun Willie Chu Wu Yet-An Yung Pi-hock
South Korea
The following players represented South Korea:
An Yeong-sik An Byeong-seok Jo Byeong-hyeon Choi Tae-gon Kim Chun-bae Kim Hyeong-il Kim Yeong-gi Kim Yeong-su Go Se-tae Baek Jeong-nam
Uruguay
The following players represented Uruguay:
Carlos Blixen Ramiro Cortés Héctor Costa Nelson Chelle Nelson Demarco Héctor García Carlos González Sergio Matto Oscar Moglia Raúl Mera Ariel Olascoaga Milton Scaron
Group D
Australia
The following players represented Australia:
Algis Ignatavicius Bruce Flick Colin Burdett Geoff Heskett Inga Freidenfelds George Dancis Ken Finch Merv Moy Peter Bumbers Peter Demos Peter Sutton Stan Dargis
Brazil
The following players represented Brazil:
Amaury Angelim Edson Bispo Fausto Jamil Gedeão Jorge Olivieri Zé Luiz Mayr Facci Nelson Lisboa Wilson Bombarda Wlamir Marques Algodão
Chile
The following players represented Chile:
Hernán Raffo Juan Ostoic Luis Salvadores Maximiliano Garafulic Orlando Etcheberrigaray Orlando Silva Pedro Araya Raúl Urra Rolando Etchepare Rufino Bernedo Victor Mahaña
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