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Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the fourth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. Fifteen nations, an unusually low number for the basketball tournament, competed in the event, with 174 participants. A total number of 56 games of basketball were played.
The 1956 United States men's Olympic basketball team competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, from November 22 to December 1, 1956.The team was led by 22-year-old Bill Russell, who averaged 14.1 points per game. [1]
1956 Summer Olympics Game 1: Japan: W 98–40 ... List of results of the United States men's basketball team at the Olympics. Add languages ...
Team USA has dominated men's 5x5 basketball at the Olympics, winning 16 of 20 gold medals since the event made its debut as a medal sport in 1936. ... 1956 Melbourne Olympics: gold. 1960 Rome ...
2 Basketball. Toggle Basketball subsection. 2.1 Medal table. 2.2 Medalists. ... The 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Melbourne, Australia, from 22 November to 18 ...
The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports. [ 1 ] Medalists
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 720 participating athletes from 61 countries. There were a total number of 720 participating athletes from 61 countries.
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1956.