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Basketball at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
CityBerlin
Dates7–14 August 1936 (1936-08-07 – 1936-08-14)
Teams21
Venue(s)Tennis Courts & Tennis Stadium
at Reichssportfeld
Final positions
Champions  United States (1st title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place  Mexico
Tournament statistics
Games played40
← 1904 (demonstration)
Basketball at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men
Squads
men
Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball

Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the first appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. The tournament was played between 7 August and 14 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. 23 nations entered the competition, making basketball the largest tournament of the team sports, but Hungary and Spain withdrew, meaning 21 competed.

The International Olympic Committee and International Basketball Federation, which is the governing body of international basketball, used the tournament to experiment with outdoor basketball. Lawn and sand tennis courts were used for the competition, but this caused problems when the weather was adverse, especially during the final of the tournament.

Going into the games the US team was the heavy favorite, despite no worldwide international tournaments having been held prior to the 1936 Olympics. The South American Basketball Championship had been held 4 times since it began in 1930 with Uruguay winning twice and Brazil collecting a silver and 2 bronze finishes. The IBF had also held the first edition of EuroBasket the prior year where Latvia was crowned champion and Czechoslovakia took bronze over Switzerland.

Medalists

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The medals were awarded by James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. The United States won its first gold medal, while Canada and Mexico won silver and bronze, their only medals in basketball, as of 2020.

Gold Silver Bronze
  United States (USA)
Sam Balter
Ralph Bishop
Joe Fortenberry
Tex Gibbons
Francis Johnson
Carl Knowles
Frank Lubin
Art Mollner
Donald Piper
Jack Ragland
Willard Schmidt
Carl Shy
Duane Swanson
Bill Wheatley 		  Canada (CAN)
Gordon Aitchison
Ian Allison
Art Chapman
Chuck Chapman
Edward Dawson
Irving Meretsky
Doug Peden
James Stewart
Malcolm Wiseman
Stanley Nantais 		  Mexico (MEX)
Carlos Borja
Víctor Borja
Rodolfo Choperena
Luis de la Vega
Raúl Fernández
Andrés Gómez
Silvio Hernández
Francisco Martínez
Jesús Olmos
José Pamplona
Greer Skousen

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.

Format

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The twenty-three teams originally registered for the tournament were drawn into a bracket. The first two rounds were conducted in a double-elimination style. Beginning with the third round the tournament was conducted in single elimination format with teams who made the quarter-finals playing in classification rounds to determine 5th and 6th place. It is unclear how matchups were drawn for the second, third, and consolation rounds.

Upon Spain's decision to boycott the games and Hungary's withdrawal from the tournament it was decided that the bracket would not be re-drawn and that the two team's would be opponents would be awarded walkover victories in the first and following consolation round. The same procedure was used for opponents of Peru after the entire delegation withdrew from the Olympic Games.

Squads

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Main article: Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Each team could enter up to 14 players with 7 being permitted to dress for each game. Only those who dressed for a game are officially recorded as olympic athletes.

Results

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Winner's bracket

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First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finals1st & 2nd place match
                      
  United States
  United Statesw/o
  Spain
  United States52
  Estonia28
  Estonia34
  France29
  United States56
  Philippines23
  Philippines
  Philippines32
  Mexico30
  Belgium9
  Mexico32
  Philippines39
  Estonia22
  United States25
  Mexico10
  Poland28
  Italy44
  Italy58
  Germany16
  Italy27
  Chile19
  Turkey16
  Chile30
  Chile23
  Brazil18
  Italy17
  Mexico34
  Japan35
  Republic of China19
  Japan43
  Poland31
  Japan22
  Mexico28
  United States19
  Canada8
  Canada24
  Brazil17
  Canada34
  Latvia23
  Latvia20
  Uruguay17
  Canada27
   Switzerland9
   Switzerland25
  Germany18
   Switzerland25
  Czechoslovakia12
  Czechoslovakiaw/o
  Hungary
  Canada41
  Uruguay21
  Uruguay36
  Egypt23
  Uruguay28
  Czechoslovakia19
  Canada42
  Poland15
  Poland33
  Brazil25
  Polandw/o
  Peru
  Peru35
  Egypt22
  Peru29
  Republic of China21
  Peru

Consolation and classification rounds

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First consolation roundSecond consolation roundClassification semifinal5th & 6th place match3rd & 4th place match
                  
  Poland28
  Latvia23
  Uruguay17
  Belgium10
  Philippines32
  Italy14
  Brazil32
  Republic of China14
  Republic of China45
  France38
  Philippines33
  Uruguay23
  Mexico32
  Egypt10
  Brazilw/o
  Hungary
  Uruguayw/o
  Peru
  Czechoslovakia20
  Germany9
  Egypt33
  Turkey23
  Mexico26
  Poland12
  Estonia
  Germanyw/o
  Spain
  Poland

First round

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

Bye:   Philippines

First consolation round

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

Bye:   Poland

Second round

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

Second consolation round

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Bye:   Estonia

Third round

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The third round was the first to cause automatic elimination for losers, with no consolation round. Winners advanced to the quarterfinals. TODO: Mention wind, cite official report v2 pg 441

Chile   19–27   Italy
Scoring by half: 12–16, 7–11
Mexico   28–22   Japan
Scoring by half: 12–8, 16–14
Switzerland   9–27   Canada
Scoring by half: 1–13, 8–14
Uruguay   28–19   Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 14–8, 14–11
Brazil   25–33   Poland
Scoring by half: 10–17, 15–16

Byes: United States and Peru

Quarterfinals

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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

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Preliminary match

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  • Philippines 32–14 Italy

Bye: Uruguay (Peru withdrew from the competition - see above).

Fifth place match

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  • Philippines 33–23 Uruguay

Medals round

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Semifinals

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August 13
United States   25–10   Mexico
Scoring by half: 13–2, 12–8
Poland   15–42   Canada
Scoring by half: 6-23, 9-19

Bronze medal match

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August 14
  Mexico   26–12   Poland
Scoring by half: 23–8, 3–4

Final

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August 14
18:00
  United States   19–8   Canada  
Scoring by half: 15–4, 4–4
Pts: Fortenberry 8
Berlin, Germany
Attendance: 900+

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

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 1936 Olympic Basketball champions 
 
United States
First title

Participating nations

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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:

  •   Belgium (8 – from a squad of 14)
  •   Brazil (8 – from a squad of 10)
  •   Canada (9 – from a squad of 14)
  •   Chile (7 – from a squad of 11)
  •   Republic of China (13 – from a squad of 14)
  •   Czechoslovakia (12 – from a squad of 12)
  •   Egypt (7 – from a squad of 10)
  •   Estonia (8 – from a squad of 11)
  •   France (11 – from a squad of 14)
  •   Germany (10 – from a squad of 14)
  •   Italy (13 – from a squad of 14)
  •   Japan (8 – from a squad of 11)
  •   Latvia (7 – from a squad of 11)
  •   Mexico (11 – from a squad of 11)
  •   Peru (9 – from a squad of 13)
  •   Philippines (9 – from a squad of 12)
  •   Poland (10 – from a squad of 14)
  •   Switzerland (8 – from a squad of 13)
  •   Turkey (8 – from a squad of 10)
  •   United States (14 – alternating squads of seven players)
  •   Uruguay (9 – from a squad of 13)

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

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Note: Hungary and Spain withdrew before competition started

References

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  1. ^ (in Italian) – Un viaggio all’interno di questi Ottanta anni Archived October 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. FIP.it.


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