User:Gamer9678/1936 oly basketball draft

Medalists

Format

Squads

Results

Medals round

Awards

Participating nations

Summary

References

Winner's bracket

Consolation and classification rounds

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Classification 5–8

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

First consolation round

Second consolation round

Preliminary match

Fifth place match

Basketball at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Berlin
Dates	7–14 August 1936
Teams	21
Venue(s)	Tennis Courts & Tennis Stadium; at Reichssportfeld
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Games played	40
	← 1904 (demonstration) London 1948 →

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.

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.

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.

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.

First round		Second round		Third round		Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			1^st & 2^nd place match














				United States
United States	w/o

~~Spain~~
		United States	52

		Estonia	28
Estonia	34

France	29
						United States	56

						Philippines	23


Philippines
		Philippines	32

		Mexico	30
Belgium	9

Mexico	32
				Philippines	39

				Estonia	22









									United States	25

									Mexico	10
Poland	28

Italy	44
		Italy	58

		Germany	16



				Italy	27

				Chile	19
Turkey	16

Chile	30
		Chile	23

		Brazil	18



						Italy	17

						Mexico	34
Japan	35

Republic of China	19
		Japan	43

		Poland	31



				Japan	22

				Mexico	28









											United States	19

												Canada	8
Canada	24

Brazil	17
		Canada	34

		Latvia	23
Latvia	20

Uruguay	17
				Canada	27

				Switzerland	9
Switzerland	25

Germany	18
		Switzerland	25

		Czechoslovakia	12
Czechoslovakia	w/o

~~Hungary~~
						Canada	41

						Uruguay	21



		Uruguay	36

		Egypt	23



				Uruguay	28

				Czechoslovakia	19









								Canada	42

									Poland	15









				Poland	33

				Brazil	25









						Poland	w/o

						~~Peru~~
Peru	35

Egypt	22
		Peru	29

		Republic of China	21





				~~Peru~~

First consolation round

Second consolation round

Classification semifinal

5^th & 6^th place match

3^rd & 4^th place match

Poland

28

Latvia

23

Uruguay

17

Belgium

10

Philippines

32

Italy

14

Brazil

32

Republic of China

14

Republic of China

45

France

38

Philippines

33

Uruguay

23

Mexico

32

Egypt

10

Brazil

w/o

~~Hungary~~

Uruguay

w/o

~~Peru~~

Czechoslovakia

20

Germany

9

Egypt

33

Turkey

23

Mexico

26

Poland

12

Estonia

Germany

w/o

~~Spain~~

Poland

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

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)	Estonia	34–29	France	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
16:00	Scoring by half: 16–17, 18–12
	Pts: Veskila (11)	Boxscore	Pts: Prudhomme (14)	Arena: Tennis Court 1 Referees: James Tobin (USA)

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)	Chile	30–16	Turkey	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
16:00	Scoring by half: 15–5, 15–11
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 2 Referees: Egidio Ghirimoldi (ITA)

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)	Switzerland	25–18	Germany	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
16:00	Scoring by half: 8–10, 17–8
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 3 Referees: Lee Sang-Bek (JPN)

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)	Italy	44–28	Poland	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
17:00	Scoring by half: 25–12, 19–16
	Pts: three players (11)	Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 1 Referees: Aleksey Selenoi (EST)

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)	Peru	35–22	Egypt	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
17:00	Scoring by half: 17–6, 18–16
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 3 Referees: Thomas H. Suvoong (CHN)

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)	Latvia	20–17	Uruguay	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
18:00	Scoring by half: 11–11, 9–6
	Pts: Raudziņš (10)	Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 1 Referees: Henri Luciri (SUI)

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)	Canada	24–17	Brazil	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
18:00	Scoring by half: 14–7, 10–10
	Pts: A. Chapman, Stewart (8)	Boxscore	Pts: Baiano (8)	Arena: Tennis Court 2 Referees: Marcel Pfeuti (SUI)

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)	Japan	35–19	Republic of China	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
18:00	Scoring by half: 15–10, 20–9
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 3 Referees: Eddie Powers (USA)

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)	Mexico	32–9	Belgium	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
18:00	Scoring by half: 21–2, 11–7
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 4 Referees: Vittorio Ugolini (ITA)

Bye: Philippines

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

8 August 1936 (1936-08-08)	Uruguay	17–10	Belgium	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
16:00	Scoring by half: 8–7, 9–3
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 1 Referees: Eddie Powers (USA)

8 August 1936 (1936-08-08)	Republic of China	45–38	France	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
16:00	Scoring by half: 22–22, 23–16
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 2 Referees: Aleksey Selenoi (EST)

8 August 1936 (1936-08-08)	Egypt	33–23	Turkey	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
17:00	Scoring by half: 19–14, 14–9
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 1 Referees: M. Creux (FRA)

Bye: Poland

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

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09)	Philippines	32–30	Mexico	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
16:00	Scoring by half: 17–19, 15–11
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 1 Referees: James Tobin (USA)

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09)	Japan	43–31	Poland	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
16:00	Scoring by half: 23–12, 20–19
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 2 Referees: Aleksey Selenoi (EST)

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09)	Uruguay	36–23	Egypt	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
16:00	Scoring by half: 19–14, 17–9
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 3 Referees: Thomas H. Suvoong (CHN)

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09)	Peru	29–21	Republic of China	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
17:00	Scoring by half: 16–10, 13–11
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 1 Referees: Vittorio Ugolini (ITA)

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09)	United States	52–28	Estonia	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
17:00	Scoring by half: 26–7, 26–21
	Pts: Lubin (13)	Boxscore	Pts: Veskila (20)	Arena: Tennis Court 2 Referees: Henri Luciri (SUI)

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09)	Italy	58–16	Germany	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
17:00	Scoring by half: 38–11, 20–5
	Pts: Paganella (24)	Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 3 Referees: Sohaku Ri (JPN)

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09)	Switzerland	25–12	Czechoslovakia	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
18:00	Scoring by half: 13–4, 12–8
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 1 Referees: M. Creux (FRA)

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09)	Chile	23–18	Brazil	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
18:00	Scoring by half: 10–4, 13–14
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 2 Referees: Eddie Powers (USA)

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09)	Canada	34–23	Latvia	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
18:00	Scoring by half: 9–12, 25–11
	Pts: Aitchison, Peden (11)	Boxscore	Pts: Jurciņš (12)	Arena: Tennis Court 3 Referees: Sohaku Ri (JPN)

10 August 1936 (1936-08-10)	Poland	28–23	Latvia	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
16:00	Scoring by half: 14–12, 14–11
		Boxscore	Pts: Jurciņš (11)	Arena: Tennis Court 1 Referees: Vittorio Ugolini (ITA)

10 August 1936 (1936-08-10)	Brazil	32–14	Republic of China	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
16:00	Scoring by half: 16–5, 16–9
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 2 Referees: Aleksey Selenoi (EST)

10 August 1936 (1936-08-10)	Mexico	32–10	Egypt	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
17:00	Scoring by half: 16–8, 16–2
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 1 Referees: Marcel Pfeuti (SUI)

10 August 1936 (1936-08-10)	Czechoslovakia	20–9	Germany	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
17:00	Scoring by half: 11–5, 9–4
		Boxscore		Arena: Tennis Court 2 Referees: Eddie Powers (USA)

Bye: Estonia

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

11 August 1936 (1936-08-11)	Philippines	39–22	Estonia	Reichssportfeld, Berlin
16:00	Scoring by half: 21–4, 18–18
		Boxscore	Pts: Veskila (8)	Arena: Tennis Court 1 Referees: James Tobin (USA)

Chile	19–27	Italy
Scoring by half: 12–16, 7–11

Berlin, Germany

Mexico	28–22	Japan
Scoring by half: 12–8, 16–14

Berlin, Germany

Switzerland	9–27	Canada
Scoring by half: 1–13, 8–14

Berlin, Germany

Uruguay	28–19	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 14–8, 14–11

Berlin, Germany

Brazil	25–33	Poland
Scoring by half: 10–17, 15–16

Berlin, Germany

Byes: United States and Peru

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).

Philippines 32–14 Italy

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

Philippines 33–23 Uruguay

August 13

United States	25–10	Mexico
Scoring by half: 13–2, 12–8

Berlin, Germany

Poland	15–42	Canada
Scoring by half: 6-23, 9-19

Berlin, Germany

August 14

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

Berlin, Germany

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.

1936 Olympic Basketball champions
United States First title

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.

Place	Nation
1	United States (USA)
	Head Coach: James Needles (Universal Pictures (CA)) Asst. coach: Gene Johnson (Globe Refiners) Sam Balter (Universal Pictures (UCLA)) Ralph Bishop (Washington) Joe Fortenberry (Globe Refiners (West Texas State)) Tex Gibbons (Globe Refiners (Southwestern)) Francis Johnson (Captain) (Globe Refiners (Wichita)) Carl Knowles (Universal Pictures (UCLA)) Frank Lubin (Universal Pictures (UCLA)) Art Mollner (Universal Pictures (L.A. J.C.)) Donald Piper (Universal Pictures (UCLA)) Jack Ragland (Globe Refiners (Wichita State)) Willard Schmidt (Globe Refiners (Creighton)) Carl Shy (Universal Pictures (UCLA)) Duane Swanson (Universal Pictures (USC)) Bill Wheatley (Globe Refiners)
2	Canada (CAN)
	Head Coach: Gordon Fuller (Windsor Ford V-8's) Asst. coach:Julius Goldman (Windsor Ford V-8's) Gordon Aitchison (Windsor Ford V-8's) Ian Allison (Windsor Ford V-8's) Art Chapman (Victoria Blue Ribbon) Chuck Chapman (Victoria Blue Ribbon) Edward Dawson (Windsor Ford V-8's) Irving Meretsky (Windsor Ford V-8's) Doug Peden (Victoria Blue Ribbon) James Stewart (Windsor Ford V-8's) Malcolm Wiseman (Windsor Ford V-8's) Norman Dawson (Windsor Ford V-8's) Don Gray (Windsor Ford V-8's) Stanley Nantais (Windsor Ford V-8's) Bob Osborne (University of British Columbia) Tom Pendlebury (Windsor Ford V-8's)
3	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
4	Poland (POL) Head Coach: Walenty Kłyszejko Zdzisław Filipkiewicz Florian Grzechowiak Zdzisław Kasprzak Jakub Kopf Ewaryst Łój Janusz Patrzykont Andrzej Pluciński Zenon Różycki Paweł Stok Edward Szostak
5	Philippines (PHI) Head Coach: Dionisio Calvo Charles Borck Jacinto Ciria Cruz Franco Marquicias Primitivo Martínez Jesús Marzan Amador Obordo Bibiano Ouano Ambrosio Padilla Fortunato Yambao Antonio Carillo Miguel Pardo John Worrell
6	Uruguay (URU) Head Coach: Juan A. Collazo Gregorio Agós Umberto Bernasconi Galvar Rodolfo Braselli Prudencio de Pena Carlos Gabín Leandro Gómez Harley Alejandro González Roig Víctor Latou Jaume Tabaré Quintans Héctor González Alberto Martí Amílcar Mesa
7	Italy (ITA) Coaches: Decio Scuri-Guido Graziani^[1] Gino Basso Ambrogio Bessi Enrico Castelli Galeazzo Dondi Livio Franceschini Emilio Giassetti Giancarlo Marinelli Adolfo Mazzini Mario Novelli Sergio Paganella Michele Pelliccia Remo Piana Egidio Premiani
8	Peru (PER) Head Coach: Pedro Vera Manuel Arce Rolando Bacigalupo Willy Dasso Antuco Flecha José Carlos Godoy Miguel Godoy Luis Jacob Cañón Oré Armando Rossi Koko Cárdenas Roberto Rospigliosi Fernando Ruiz Pedro Vera

Place	Nation
9–14	Brazil (BRA) Armando Albano Baiano Coroa Carmino de Pilla Nelson Monteiro de Souza Miguel Pedro Martinez Lopes Américo Montanarini Pavão Cacau José Oscar Zelaya Alonso
9–14	Chile (CHI) Luis Carrasco Augusto Carvacho José González Eusebio Hernández Luis Ibaseta Eduardo Kapstein Suckel Michel Mehech
9–14	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Jiří Čtyroký Alois Dvořáček Ludvík Dvořáček František Hájek Vítězslav Hloušek Josef Klíma Karel Kuhn Josef Moc František Picek F. Prokop Ladislav Prokop Ladislav Trpkoš
9–14	Estonia (EST) Head Coach: Herbert Niiler (Tartu NMKÜ) Erich Altosaar (Tallinna Kalev) Artur Amon (Tartu NMKÜ) Aleksander Illi (Tartu NMKÜ) Vladimir Kärk (Tartu NMKÜ) Robert Keres (Tartu NMKÜ) Evald Mahl (Tartu NMKÜ) Aleksander Margiste (Tallinna Kalev) Heino Veskila (Tartu NMKÜ) Bernhard Nooni (Tallinna Kalev) Leonid Saar (Tallinna NMKÜ) Georg Vinogradov (Tallinna Russ)
9–14	Japan (JPN) Richin Cho Takehiko Kanakogi Masayasu Maeda Satoshi Matsui Uichi Munakata Takao Nakae Seikyu Ri Kenshichi Yokoyama
9–14	Switzerland (SUI) Fernand Bergmann Pierre Carlier René Laederach Raymond Lambercy John Pallet Jean Pare Marcel Wuilleunier
15–18	Republic of China (ROC) Feng Hsu Li Shao-Tang Liu Bao-Cheng Liu Yun-Chang Mou Tso-Yun Shen Yi-Tung Tsai Yen-Hung Wang Hung-Pin Wang Shi-Hsuan Wang Yu-Tseng Wong Nan-Chen Yu Sai-Chang
15–18	Egypt (EGY) Abdel Moneim Wahib Hussein Albert Fahmy Tadros Edward Riskalla Gamal el din Sabri Goanni Nosseir Kamal Riad Mohamed Rashad Shafshak
15–18	Germany (GER) Head Coach: Hermann Niebuhr Bernhard Cuiper (Heeressportschule Wünsdorf) Robert Duis (DSC Berlin) Karl Endres (Heeressportschule Wünsdorf) Emil Göing (Heeressportschule Wünsdorf) Otto Kuchenbecker (Luftwaffen-Sportschule Spandau) Emil Lohbeck (Heeressportschule Wünsdorf) Hans Niclaus (Heeressportschule Wünsdorf) Kurt Oleska (Heeressportschule Wünsdorf) Siegfried Reischieß (VfB Breslau) Heinz Steinschulte (Luftwaffen-Sportschule Spandau) Willy Daume (TV Eintracht Dortmund) Otto Gottwald (Post SV Bad Kreuznach) Adolf Künzel (NSTV Breslau) Jupp Schäfer (TV Kreuznach 1848)
15–18	Latvia (LAT) Head Coach: Rihards Dekšenieks Eduards Andersons (US) Voldemārs Elmūts (US) Mārtiņš Grundmanis (ASK) Rudolfs Jurciņš (US) Maksis Kazaks (LJ) Visvaldis Melderis (ASK) Džems Raudziņš (US) Edgars Rūja (US) Askolds Hermanovskis (LJ) Aleksejs Anufrijevs (Starts) J.Tiltiņš (US)

Place	Nation
19–21	Belgium (BEL) Robert Brouwer Gustave Crabbe René Demanck Raymond Gerard Émile Laermans Guillaume Merckx Pierre van Basselaere Gustave Vereecken
19–21	France (FRA) Pierre Boel (Olympique Lillois) Pierre Caque (Reims) Georges Carrier (CS Plaisance) Robert Cohu (Stade Français) Jean Couturier (Reims) Jacques Flouret (Paris UC) Edmond Leclere (Charleville) Étienne Onimus (CA Mulhouse) Fernand Prud'homme (AS Hippolyte) Étienne Roland (US Métro) Lucien Thèze (Romilly)
19–21	Turkey (TUR) Head Coach: Rupen Semerciyan Şeref Alemdar (Galatasaray) Hayri Arsebük (Galatasaray) Nihat Riza Ertuğ (Galatasaray) Jak Habib (Barkhoba) Naili Moran (Galatasaray) Hazdai Penso (Barkhoba) Dionis Sakalak (Kurtulus) Sadri Usluoğlu Kamil Ocak (Galatasaray)

Note: Hungary and Spain withdrew before competition started

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)

United States

Reichssportfeld, Berlin

Arena: Tennis Court 4

Note: walkover

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