Basketball contests at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the sixth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from October 11 to October 23. The United States defeated the Soviet Union to win their sixth consecutive gold medal at this event, while Brazil earned the bronze against Puerto Rico.
Results Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's basketball Jim BarnesBill BradleyLarry BrownJoe CaldwellMel CountsRichard DaviesWalt HazzardLucious JacksonJohn McCaffreyJeff MullinsJerry ShippGeorge Wilson Valdis MuižnieksMykola BahleyArmenak AlachachianAlexandr TravinViacheslav KhryninJānis KrūmiņšLevan MoseshviliYury KorneevAlexsandr PetrovGennadi VolnovJaak LipsoJuris Kalniņš Amaury Antônio PasosWlamir MarquesUbiratan Pereira MacielCarlos Domingos MassoniFriedrich Wilhelm BraunRosa BrancaJatyr Eduardo SchallEdson Bispo dos SantosAntônio Salvador SucarVictor MirshauswkaSérgio de Toledo MachadoJosé Edvar Simões
Qualification Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the first eight places at the previous tournament. Additional spots were decided by various continental tournaments held by FIBA plus two additional intercontinental tournaments that granted six extra berths total, after the withdrawal of United Arab Republic and Czechoslovakia.
Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified Host nation 1 1960 Summer Olympics 26 August–10 September 1960 Rome 8 7 1963 Pan American Games 23 April–3 May 1963 São Paulo 2 FIBA Africa Championship 1964 4–8 March 1964 Casablanca 1 0 European Pre-Olympic Tournament 4–13 June 1964 Geneva 2 Pan-Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament 25 September–3 October 1964 Yokohama 2 4 Total 16
Withdrew from the tournament. Replacement teams.
Format Two groups of eight teams are formed, where the top two from each group compete for the medals in a knockout round. The remaining places are defined as follows: Fifth through eighth places are decided in a separate bracket between the third and fourth places from each group in a separate bracket. Ninth through sixteenth places are decided between the fifth through eighth places from each group in separate brackets.
Squads For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.
Preliminary round The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, while the remaining teams compete for 5th through 16th places in separate brackets. Both group leaders, the United States and the Soviet Union advanced undefeated to the knockout stage.
Group A
October 11
October 12
October 13
October 14
October 16
October 17
October 18
Group B
October 11
October 12
October 13
October 14
October 16
October 17
October 18
Knockout stage Championship playoffs
Classification brackets 5th–8th Place
9th–12th Place
13th–16th Place
Awards 1964 Olympic Basketball Champions United States Sixth title
Final standings Rank Team W L 9 0 8 1 6 3 4th 5 4 5th 6 3 6th 5 4 7th 6 3 8th 4 5 9th 4 5 10th 4 5 11th 4 5 12th 3 6 13th 4 5 14th 1 8 15th 3 6 16th 0 9
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