Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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7th Basketball Olympic Tournament Mexico City 1968
Tournament details
Olympics	1968 Summer Olympics
Host nation	Mexico
City	Mexico City
Duration	October 13–25
Men's teams	16
Men's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Yugoslavia
Bronze medalists	Soviet Union

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Basketball contests at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico from October 13 to October 25. The United States defeated Yugoslavia to win their seventh straight gold medal in this sport, while the Soviet Union earned the bronze against Brazil.

Contents

1 Medal summary
2 Qualification
3 Format
4 Preliminary Round
- 4.1 Group A
- 4.2 Group B
5 Knockout Stage
- 5.1 Medal bracket
- 5.2 Classification brackets
6 Final Standings
7 References
8 External links

Medal summary

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
United States (USA) Mike Barrett John Clawson Don Dee Calvin Fowler Spencer Haywood Bill Hosket Jim King Glynn Saulters Charlie Scott Mike Silliman Ken Spain Jo Jo White	Yugoslavia (YUG) Dragutin Čermak Kresimir Ćosić Vladimir Cvetković Ivo Daneu Radivoj Korać Zoran Marojević Nikola Plećaš Trajko Rajković Dragoslav Ražnatović Petar Skansi Damir Šolman Aljoša Žorga	Soviet Union (URS) Anatoli Krikun Modestas Paulauskas Zurab Sakandelidze Vadim Kapranov Yuri Selikhov Anatoli Polivoda Sergei Belov Priit Tomson Sergei Kovalenko Gennadi Volnov Jaak Lipso Vladimir Andreev

Qualification

Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the first five places at the previous tournament. Additional spots were decided by various continental championships held by FIBA plus two additional intercontinental championships that granted two extra berths each.

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Automatic qualifiers
Senegal Morocco	Panama Cuba	Philippines Korea	SFR Yugoslavia Bulgaria Spain Poland	United States – Gold medal in 1964 Soviet Union – Silver medal in 1964 Brazil – Bronze medal in 1964 Puerto Rico – 4th place in 1964 Italy – 5th place in 1964 Mexico – Olympic hosts

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.

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

	Qualified for the semifinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	7	0	599	392	+207	14
SFR Yugoslavia	6	1	592	511	+81	13
Italy	5	2	562	539	+23	12
Spain	4	3	557	548	+9	11
Puerto Rico	3	4	493	468	+25	10
Panama	2	5	572	624	−52	9
Philippines	1	6	525	636	−111	8
Senegal	0	7	383	565	−182	7

October 13

United States

81–46

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	7	0	642	408	+234	14
Brazil	6	1	561	418	+143	13
Mexico	5	2	493	443	+50	12
Poland	4	3	473	504	−31	11
Bulgaria	3	4	456	478	−22	10
Cuba	2	5	514	532	−18	9
Korea	1	6	453	530	−77	8
Morocco	0	7	355	634	−279	7

Semifinals (October 22)^[1]			Gold medal (October 25)

A1	United States	75
B2	Brazil	63
			A1	United States	65
			B2	SFR Yugoslavia	50
B1	Soviet Union	62
A2	SFR Yugoslavia	63	Bronze medal (October 25)

			B2	Brazil	53
			B1	Soviet Union	70

Semifinals (October 22)			5th place (October 25)

A3	Italy	52
B4	Poland	66
			B3	Poland	65
			B4	Mexico	75
B3	Mexico	73
A4	Spain	72	7th place (October 25)

			A3	Italy	72
			A4	Spain	88

Semifinals (October 23)			9th place (October 24)

A5	Puerto Rico	71
B6	Cuba	65
			A5	Puerto Rico	67
			B5	Bulgaria	57
B5	Bulgaria	83
A6	Panama	79	11th place (October 24)

			A6	Cuba	91
			B6	Panama	88

Semifinals (October 23)			13th place (October 24)

A7	Philippines	86
B8	Morocco	57
			A7	Philippines	66
			B7	Korea	63
B7	Korea	76
A8	Senegal	59	14th place (October 24)

			B8	Morocco	38
			A8	Senegal	42

Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics