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{{Infobox basketball tournament at games
| type       = Olympics
| city       = Berlin
| year       = 1936
| logo       = Olympic rings without rims.svg
| size       = 150px
| games      = [[1936 Summer Olympics]]
| host       = Nazi Germany
| dates      = 7–14 August 1936
| men_teams  = 21
| men_gold   = United States
| men_silver = Canada
| men_bronze = Mexico
| prev       = [[Basketball at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904]] (demonstration)
| next       = [[Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics|London 1948]]
}}
{{BasketballAt1936SummerOlympics}}
[[File:Dr. James Naismith.jpg|thumb|upright|Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball]]
[[Basketball]] at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] was the first appearance of the sport of [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|basketball as an official Olympic medal event]].  The tournament was played between 7 and 14 August 1936 in [[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany|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 [[FIBA|International Basketball Federation]], which is the governing body of international basketball, used the 1936 tournament to experiment with outdoor basketball.  Lawn and dirt tennis courts were used for the competition, but this caused problems when the weather was adverse, especially during the final of the tournament.

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 2024.

==Medalists==
{| {{Medallists}}
|-valign=top
|width=200| {{FlagIOC|USA|1936 Summer}}<br>[[Sam Balter]] <br /> [[Ralph Bishop]] <br /> [[Joe Fortenberry]] <br /> [[Tex Gibbons]] <br /> [[Francis Johnson (basketball)|Francis Johnson]] <br /> [[Carl Knowles]] <br /> [[Frank Lubin]] <br /> [[Art Mollner]] <br /> [[Donald Piper (basketball)|Donald Piper]] <br /> [[Jack Ragland]] <br />[[Willard Schmidt (basketball)|Willard Schmidt]] <br /> [[Carl Shy]] <br /> [[Duane Swanson]] <br /> [[Bill Wheatley]]
|width=200| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1936 Summer}}<br> [[Gordon Aitchison]] <br /> [[Ian Allison (basketball)|Ian Allison]] <br /> [[Art Chapman (basketball)|Art Chapman]] <br /> [[Chuck Chapman]] <br />[[Edward Dawson (basketball)|Edward Dawson]] <br />[[Irving Meretsky]] <br />[[Doug Peden]] <br /> [[James Stewart (basketball)|James Stewart]] <br /> [[Malcolm Wiseman]] <br /> [[Stanley Nantais]]
|width=200| {{FlagIOC|MEX|1936 Summer}}<br> [[Carlos Borja (basketball)|Carlos Borja]]<br /> [[Víctor Borja]]<br />[[Rodolfo Choperena]]<br /> [[Luis de la Vega]]<br /> [[Raúl Fernández (basketball)|Raúl Fernández]] <br />[[Andrés Gómez (basketball)|Andrés Gómez]]<br />[[Silvio Hernández]]<br /> [[Francisco Martínez (basketball)|Francisco Martínez]]<br /> [[Jesús Olmos]]<br /> [[José Pamplona]] <br /> [[Greer Skousen]]
|}

Note: The [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp 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.

==Results==
===Brackets===
====Third round onwards====
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|14 August|{{Bk|USA|1912}}|19|{{Bk|CAN|1921}}|8
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|14 August|{{Bk|MEX}}|26|{{Bk|POL|1928}}|12
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====Fifth-place classification====
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| byes=1
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===First round===
Winners advanced to the second round, while losers competed in the first consolation round for another chance to move on.

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'''Byes''': Philippines, {{bk-rt|USA}} (drawn against Spain, who withdrew) and {{bk|TCH}} (drawn against Hungary, who withdrew).

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

* Uruguay 17–10 Belgium
* China 45–38 France
* Egypt 33–23 Turkey
'''Byes''': Brazil, Germany and Poland

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

* Philippines 32–30 Mexico
* Japan 43–31 Poland
* Uruguay 36–23 Egypt
* Peru 29–21 China 
* United States 52–28 Estonia
* Italy 58–16 Germany
* Switzerland 25–12 Czechoslovakia
* Chile 23–18 Brazil
* Canada 34–23 Latvia

====Second consolation round====
* Poland 28-23 Latvia
* Brazil 32-14 China
* Mexico 32-10 Egypt
* Czechoslovakia 20-9 Germany
'''Bye''': Estonia

===Third round===
The third round was the first to cause automatic elimination for losers, with no consolation round.  Winners advanced to the quarterfinals.
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[[Bye (sports)|Byes]]: United States and Peru

===Quarterfinals===
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 at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Peru withdrew from the Olympic Games]] to protest the decision of the Olympic Committee and FIFA in the [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|football tournament]]).

===Classification 5–8===
====Preliminary match====
* Philippines 32–14 Italy
'''Bye''': Uruguay (Peru withdrew from the competition – see above).

====Fifth place match====
* Philippines 33–23 Uruguay

==Medals round==
===Semifinals===
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===Bronze medal match===
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===Final===
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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==
{{winners|Bk|1936 Olympic Basketball champions|United States|First|1912}}

==Participating nations==
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:

* {{flagIOC|BEL|1936 Summer|8 – from a squad of 14}}
* {{flagIOC|BRA|1936 Summer|8 – from a squad of 10}}
* {{flagIOC|CAN|1936 Summer|9 – from a squad of 14}}
* {{flagIOC|CHI|1936 Summer|7 – from a squad of 11}}
* {{flagIOC|ROC|1936 Summer|13 – from a squad of 14}}
* {{flagIOC|TCH|1936 Summer|12 – from a squad of 12}}
* {{flagIOC|EGY|1936 Summer|7 – from a squad of 10}}
* {{flagIOC|EST|1936 Summer|8 – from a squad of 11}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1936 Summer|11 – from a squad of 14}}
* {{flagIOC|GER|1936 Summer|10 – from a squad of 14}}
* {{flagIOC|ITA|1936 Summer|13 – from a squad of 14}}
* {{flagIOC|JPN|1936 Summer|8 – from a squad of 11}}
* {{flagIOC|LAT|1936 Summer|7 – from a squad of 11}}
* {{flagIOC|MEX|1936 Summer|11 – from a squad of 11}}
* {{flagIOC|PER|1936 Summer|9 – from a squad of 13}}
* {{flagIOC|PHI|1936 Summer|9 – from a squad of 12}}
* {{flagIOC|POL|1936 Summer|10 – from a squad of 14}}
* {{flagIOC|SUI|1936 Summer|8 – from a squad of 13}}
* {{flagIOC|TUR|1936 Summer|8 – from a squad of 10}}
* {{flagIOC|USA|1936 Summer|14 – alternating squads of seven players}}
* {{flagIOC|URU|1936 Summer|9 – from a squad of 13}}

Hungary and Spain withdrew before playing a match.

<small>''(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.''</small>

Not all reserve players are known.

==Summary==
{| class="wikitable"
! Place || Nation
|- align=center bgcolor=gold
| 1 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1936 Summer}}
|-
|  ||align=left|''Head Coach:'' [[Jimmy Needles|James Needles]] <small>''(Universal Pictures (CA))''</small><br />''Asst. coach: ''[[Gene Johnson (basketball)|Gene Johnson]] <small>''(Globe Refiners)''</small><br />[[Sam Balter]] <small>''(Universal Pictures (UCLA))''</small><br /> [[Ralph Bishop]] <small>''([[Washington Huskies men's basketball|Washington]])''</small><br /> [[Joe Fortenberry]] <small>''(Globe Refiners ([[West Texas A&M Buffaloes|West Texas State]]))''</small><br /> [[Tex Gibbons]] <small>''(Globe Refiners ([[Southwestern Moundbuilders|Southwestern]]))''</small><br /> [[Francis Johnson (basketball)|Francis Johnson]] ([[Captain (sports)|Captain]]) <small> ''(Globe Refiners ([[Wichita State Shockers men's basketball|Wichita]]))''</small><br /> [[Carl Knowles]] <small>''(Universal Pictures (UCLA))''</small><br /> [[Frank Lubin]]  <small>''(Universal Pictures (UCLA))''</small><br /> [[Art Mollner]] <small>''(Universal Pictures (L.A. J.C.))''</small><br /> [[Donald Piper (basketball)|Donald Piper]] <small>''(Universal Pictures (UCLA))''</small><br /> [[Jack Ragland]] <small>''(Globe Refiners ([[Wichita State Shockers men's basketball|Wichita State]]))''</small><br />[[Willard Schmidt (basketball)|Willard Schmidt]] <small>''(Globe Refiners ([[Creighton Bluejays men's basketball|Creighton]]))''</small><br /> [[Carl Shy]] <small>''(Universal Pictures (UCLA))''</small><br /> [[Duane Swanson]] <small>''(Universal Pictures (USC))''</small><br /> [[Bill Wheatley]] <small>''(Globe Refiners)''</small>
|- align=center bgcolor=silver
| 2 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1936 Summer}}
|-
|  ||align=left|''Head Coach:'' [[Gordon Fuller]] <small>''(Windsor Ford V-8's)''</small><br />''Asst. coach:''[[Julius Goldman]] <small>''(Windsor Ford V-8's)''</small><br /> [[Gordon Aitchison]] <small>''(Windsor Ford V-8's)''</small><br /> [[Ian Allison (basketball)|Ian Allison]] <small>''(Windsor Ford V-8's)''</small><br /> [[Art Chapman (basketball)|Art Chapman]] <small>''(Victoria Blue Ribbon)''</small><br /> [[Chuck Chapman]] <small>''(Victoria Blue Ribbon)''</small><br />[[Edward Dawson (basketball)|Edward Dawson]] <small>''(Windsor Ford V-8's)''</small><br /> [[Irving Meretsky]] <small>''(Windsor Ford V-8's)''</small><br /> [[Doug Peden]] <small>''(Victoria Blue Ribbon)''</small><br /> James Stewart <small>''(Windsor Ford V-8's)''</small><br /> [[Malcolm Wiseman]] <small>''(Windsor Ford V-8's)''</small><hr>Norman Dawson <small>''(Windsor Ford V-8's)''</small><br />[[Donald William Gray|Don Gray]] <small>''(Windsor Ford V-8's)''</small><br />[[Stanley Nantais]] <small>''(Windsor Ford V-8's)''</small><br />[[Bob Osborne (basketball)|Bob Osborne]] <small>''([[UBC Thunderbirds|University of British Columbia]])''</small><br />[[Tom Pendlebury]] <small>''(Windsor Ford V-8's)''</small>
|- align=center bgcolor=cc9966
| 3 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|MEX|1936 Summer}}
|-
|  ||align=left|[[Carlos Borja (basketball)|Carlos Borja]]<br /> [[Víctor Borja]]<br />[[Rodolfo Choperena]]<br /> [[Luis de la Vega]]<br /> [[Raúl Fernández (basketball)|Raúl Fernández]] <br />[[Andrés Gómez (basketball)|Andrés Gómez]]<br />[[Silvio Hernández]]<br /> [[Francisco Martínez (basketball)|Francisco Martínez]]<br /> [[Jesús Olmos]]<br /> [[José Pamplona]] <br /> [[Greer Skousen]]
|-align=center
| 4 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1936 Summer}}<hr>Head Coach: [[Walenty Kłyszejko]]<br />[[Zdzisław Filipkiewicz]]<br />[[Florian Grzechowiak]]<br />[[Zdzisław Kasprzak]]<br />[[Jakub Kopf]]<br />[[Ewaryst Łój]]<br />[[Janusz Patrzykont]]<br />[[Andrzej Pluciński]]<br />[[Zenon Różycki]]<br />[[Paweł Stok]]<br />[[Edward Szostak]]
|- align=center
| 5 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|PHI|1936 Summer}}<hr>''Head Coach:'' [[Dionisio Calvo]]<br />[[Charles Borck]]<br />[[Jacinto Ciria Cruz]]<br />[[Franco Marquicias]]<br />[[Primitivo Martínez]]<br />[[Jesús Marzan]]<br />[[Amador Obordo]]<br />[[Bibiano Ouano]]<br />[[Ambrosio Padilla]]<br />[[Fortunato Yambao]]<hr>[[Antonio Carillo]]<br />[[Miguel Pardo]]<br />[[John Worrell]]
|- align=center
| 6 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|URU|1936 Summer}}<hr>''Head Coach:'' [[Juan A. Collazo]]<br />[[Gregorio Agós]]<br />[[Umberto Bernasconi Galvar]]<br />[[Rodolfo Braselli]]<br />[[Prudencio de Pena]]<br />[[Carlos Gabín]]<br />[[Leandro Gómez Harley]]<br />[[Alejandro González Roig]]<br />[[Víctor Latou Jaume]]<br />[[Tabaré Quintans]]<hr>[[Héctor González (basketball)|Héctor González]]<br />[[Alberto Martí]]<br />[[Amílcar Mesa]]
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| 7 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1936 Summer}}<hr>''Coaches:'' [[Decio Scuri]]-[[Guido Graziani]]<ref>{{in lang|it}} – ''[http://www.fip.it/MissionStoria.asp Un viaggio all’interno di questi Ottanta anni] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030223633/http://www.fip.it/MissionStoria.asp |date=30 October 2007 }}''. FIP.it.</ref><br />[[Gino Basso]]<br />[[Ambrogio Bessi]]<br />[[Enrico Castelli]]<br />[[Galeazzo Dondi]]<br />[[Livio Franceschini]]<br />[[Emilio Giassetti]]<br />[[Giancarlo Marinelli]]<br />[[Adolfo Mazzini]]<br />[[Mario Novelli (basketball)|Mario Novelli]]<br />[[Sergio Paganella]]<br />[[Michele Pelliccia]]<br />[[Remo Piana]]<br />[[Egidio Premiani]]
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| 8 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|PER|1936 Summer}}<hr>''Head Coach:'' [[Pedro Vera (basketball)|Pedro Vera]]<br />[[Manuel Arce]]<br />[[Rolando Bacigalupo]]<br />[[Willy Dasso]]<br />[[Antuco Flecha]]<br />[[José Carlos Godoy]]<br />[[Miguel Godoy (basketball)|Miguel Godoy]]<br />[[Luis Jacob (basketball)|Luis Jacob]]<br />[[Cañón Oré]]<br />[[Armando Rossi]]<hr>[[Koko Cárdenas]]<br />[[Roberto Rospigliosi]]<br />[[Fernando Ruiz (basketball)|Fernando Ruiz]]<br />[[Pedro Vera (basketball)|Pedro Vera]]
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| 9–14 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|BRA|1936 Summer}}<hr>[[Armando Albano]]<br />[[Aloysio Freire Ramos Accioly Neto|Baiano]]<br />[[Waldemar Gonçalves|Coroa]]<br />[[Carmino de Pilla]]<br />[[Nelson Monteiro de Souza]]<br />[[Miguel Pedro Martinez Lopes]]<br />[[Américo Montanarini]]<br />[[Ary dos Santos Furtado|Pavão]]<hr>[[Luiz Barros Nunes|Cacau]]<br />[[José Oscar Zelaya Alonso]]
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| 9–14 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CHI|1936 Summer}}<hr>[[Luis Carrasco (basketball)|Luis Carrasco]]<br />[[Augusto Carvacho]]<br />[[José González (basketball)|José González]]<br />[[Eusebio Hernández (basketball)|Eusebio Hernández]]<br />[[Luis Ibaseta]]<br />[[Eduardo Kapstein Suckel]]<br />[[Michel Mehech]]
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| 9–14 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1936 Summer}}<hr>[[Jiří Čtyroký]]<br />[[Alois Dvořáček]]<br />[[Ludvík Dvořáček]]<br />[[František Hájek]]<br />[[Vítězslav Hloušek]]<br />[[Josef Klíma]]<br />[[Karel Kuhn]]<br />[[Josef Moc]]<br />[[František Picek]]<br />[[F. Prokop]]<br />[[Ladislav Prokop]]<br />[[Ladislav Trpkoš]]
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| 9–14 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|EST|1936 Summer}}<hr>''Head Coach:'' [[Herbert Niiler]] <small>''(Tartu NMKÜ)''</small><br />[[Erich Altosaar]] <small>''(Tallinna Kalev)''</small><br />[[Artur Amon]] <small>''(Tartu NMKÜ)''</small><br />[[Aleksander Illi]] <small>''(Tartu NMKÜ)''</small><br />[[Vladimir Kärk]] <small>''(Tartu NMKÜ)''</small><br />[[Robert Keres]] <small>''(Tartu NMKÜ)''</small><br />[[Evald Mahl]] <small>''(Tartu NMKÜ)''</small><br />[[Aleksander Margiste]] <small>''(Tallinna Kalev)''</small><br />[[Heino Veskila]] <small>''(Tartu NMKÜ)''</small><hr>[[Bernhard Nooni]] <small>''(Tallinna Kalev)''</small><br />[[Leonid Saar]] <small>''(Tallinna NMKÜ)''</small><br />[[Georg Vinogradov]] <small>''(Tallinna Russ)''</small>
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| 9–14 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|JPN|1936 Summer}}<hr>[[Richin Cho]]<br />[[Takehiko Kanakogi]]<br />[[Masayasu Maeda]]<br />[[Satoshi Matsui]]<br />[[Uichi Munakata]]<br />[[Takao Nakae]]<br />[[Seikyu Ri]]<br />[[Kenshichi Yokoyama]]
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| 9–14 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SUI|1936 Summer}}<hr>[[Fernand Bergmann]]<br />[[Pierre Carlier]]<br />[[René Laederach]]<br />[[Raymond Lambercy]]<br />[[John Pallet]]<br />[[Jean Pare (basketball)|Jean Pare]]<br />[[Marcel Wuilleunier]]
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| 15–18 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ROC|1936 Summer}}<hr>Feng<br />Hsu<br />Li Shao-Tang<br />[[Liu Bao-Cheng]]<br />[[Liu Yun-Chang]]<br />[[Mou Tso-Yun]]<br />Shen Yi-Tung<br />Tsai Yen-Hung<br />[[Wang Hung-Pin]]<br />Wang Shi-Hsuan<br />Wang Yu-Tseng<br />Wong Nan-Chen<br />Yu Sai-Chang
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| 15–18 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|EGY|1936 Summer}}<hr>Abdel Moneim Wahib Hussein<br />Albert Fahmy Tadros<br />Edward Riskalla<br />Gamal el din Sabri<br />[[Goanni Nosseir]]<br />[[Kamal Riad]]<br />Mohamed Rashad Shafshak
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| 15–18 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GER|1936 Summer}}<hr>'' Head Coach:'' Hermann Niebuhr<br />[[Bernhard Cuiper]] <small>''(Heeressportschule Wünsdorf)''</small><br />[[Robert Duis]] <small>''(DSC Berlin)''</small><br />[[Karl Endres]] <small>''(Heeressportschule Wünsdorf)''</small><br />[[Emil Göing]] <small>''(Heeressportschule Wünsdorf)''</small><br />[[Otto Kuchenbecker]] <small>''(Luftwaffen-Sportschule Spandau)''</small><br />[[Emil Lohbeck]] <small>''(Heeressportschule Wünsdorf)''</small><br />[[Hans Niclaus]] <small>''(Heeressportschule Wünsdorf)''</small><br />[[Kurt Oleska]] <small>''(Heeressportschule Wünsdorf)''</small><br />[[Siegfried Reischieß]] <small>''(VfB Breslau)''</small><br />[[Heinz Steinschulte]] <small>''(Luftwaffen-Sportschule Spandau)''</small><hr>[[Willy Daume]] <small>''(TV Eintracht Dortmund)''</small><br />[[Otto Gottwald]] <small>''(Post SV Bad Kreuznach)''</small><br />[[Adolf Künzel]] <small>''(NSTV Breslau)''</small><br />[[Jupp Schäfer]] <small>''(TV Kreuznach 1848)''</small>
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| 15–18 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|LAT|1936 Summer}}<hr>''Head Coach:'' [[Rihards Dekšenieks]]<br />
[[Eduards Andersons]] <small>''(US)''</small><br />[[Voldemārs Elmūts]] <small>''(US)''</small><br />[[Mārtiņš Grundmanis]] <small>''([[Rīgas ASK|ASK]])''</small><br />[[Rudolfs Jurciņš]] <small>''(US)''</small><br />[[Maksis Kazaks]] <small>''(LJ)''</small><br />[[Visvaldis Melderis]] <small>''([[Rīgas ASK|ASK]])''</small><br />[[Džems Raudziņš]] <small>''(US)''</small><hr /> [[Edgars Rūja]] <small>''(US)''</small> <br /> [[Askolds Hermanovskis]] <small>''(LJ)''</small> <br /> [[Aleksejs Anufrijevs]] <small>''(Starts)''</small> <br /> J.Tiltiņš <small>''(US)''</small> <br />
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| 19–21 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|BEL|1936 Summer}}<hr>Robert Brouwer<br />Gustave Crabbe<br />René Demanck<br />Raymond Gerard<br />Émile Laermans<br />Guillaume Merckx<br />Pierre van Basselaere<br />Gustave Vereecken
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| 19–21 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRA|1936 Summer}}<hr>[[Pierre Boel]] <small>''(Olympique Lillois)''</small><br />[[Pierre Caque]] <small>''(Reims)''</small><br />[[Georges Carrier]] <small>''(CS Plaisance)''</small><br />[[Robert Cohu]] <small>''([[Stade Français (basketball)|Stade Français]])''</small><br />[[Jean Couturier]] <small>''(Reims)''</small><br />[[Jacques Flouret]] <small>''([[PUC (basketball)|Paris UC]])''</small><br />[[Edmond Leclere]] <small>''(Charleville)''</small><br />[[Étienne Onimus]] <small>''([[Cercle athlétique mulhousien|CA Mulhouse]])''</small><br />[[Fernand Prud'homme]] <small>''(AS Hippolyte)''</small><br />[[Étienne Roland]] <small>''([[US Métro (basketball)|US Métro]])''</small><br />[[Lucien Thèze]] <small>''(Romilly)''</small>
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| 19–21 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|TUR|1936 Summer}}<hr>''Head Coach:'' Rupen Semerciyan<br />
Şeref Alemdar <small>''([[Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)|Galatasaray]])''</small><br />Hayri Arsebük <small>''([[Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)|Galatasaray]])''</small><br />Nihat Riza Ertuğ <small>''([[Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)|Galatasaray]])''</small><br />Jak Habib <small>''(Barkhoba)''</small><br />Naili Moran <small>''([[Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)|Galatasaray]])''</small><br />Hazdai Penso <small>''(Barkhoba)''</small><br />Dionis Sakalak <small>''(Kurtulus)''</small><br />Sadri Usluoğlu<hr>[[Kamil Ocak]] <small>''([[Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)|Galatasaray]])''</small>
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Note: [[Hungarian national basketball team|Hungary]] and [[Spanish national basketball team|Spain]] withdrew before competition started

==References==
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