Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport as an official medal event. 23 nations entered the competition. Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... The Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in 1948 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. ...

Olympic basketball returned to being an indoor competition after the disastrous weather conditions of the final game in the 1936 Summer Olympics. The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. ...

Medallists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
United States	France	Brazil

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Final ranking

1. United States
2. France
3. Brazil
4. Mexico
5. Uruguay
6.  Chile
7. Czechoslovakia
8. Korea
9. Canada
10. Peru
11. Belgium
12. Philippines
13. Cuba
14. Iran
15. Argentina
16. Hungary
17. Italy
18. China
19. Egypt
20. Great Britain
21. Switzerland
22. Iraq
23. Ireland

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Results

Preliminary round

The 23 teams were split into 4 pools of 6 teams each, with one pool being of 5 teams. There was a round-robin in each pool with every team playing each of the 5 other teams once. 2 points were given for a win, 1 point for a loss. Ties were broken by the ratio of points scored to points allowed.

Group A

• Uruguay def. Great Britain, 69-17
• Brazil def. Hungary, 45-41
• Canada def. Italy, 55-37

• Brazil def. Uruguay, 36-32
• Canada def. Great Britain, 44-24
• Hungary def. Italy, 32-19

• Brazil def. Great Britain, 76-11
• Hungary def. Canada, 37-36
• Uruguay def. Italy, 46-34

• Italy def. Great Britain, 49-28
• Uruguay def. Hungary, 49-31
• Brazil def. Canada, 57-35

• Hungary def. Great Britain, 60-23
• Brazil def. Italy, 47-31
• Canada def. Uruguay, 52-50

Group B

• Philippines def. Iraq, 102-30
• Korea def. Belgium, 29-27
• Chile def. China , 44-39

• Chile def. Iraq, 100-18
• Philippines def. Korea, 35-33
• China def. Belgium, 36-34

• Chile def. Philippines, 68-39
• Belgium def. Iraq, 98-20
• China def. Korea, 49-48

• Belgium def. Chile, 38-36
• Korea def. Iraq, 120-20
• Philippines def. China, 51-32

• Belgium def. Philippines, 37-35
• China def. Iraq, 125-25
• Korea def. Chile, 28-21

Group C

• United States def. Switzerland, 86-21
• Czechoslovakia def. Peru, 38-30
• Argentina def. Egypt, 57-38

• Peru def. Egypt, 52-27
• Argentina def. Switzerland, 49-23
• United States def. Czechoslovakia, 53-28

• Peru def. Switzerland, 49-19
• United States def. Argentina, 59-57
• Czechoslovakia def. Egypt, 52-38

• United States def. Egypt, 66-28
• Czechoslovakia def. Switzerland, 54-28
• Argentina def. Peru, 42-34

• Egypt def. Switzerland, 31-29
• United States def. Peru, 61-33
• Czechoslovakia def. Argentina, 45-41

Group D

• France def. Iran, 62-30
• Mexico def. Cuba, 39-31

• Mexico def. Ireland, 71-9
• France def. Cuba, 37-31

• Mexico def. France, 56-42
• Iran def. Ireland, 49-22

• Mexico def. Iran, 68-27
• Cuba def. Ireland, 88-25

• Cuba def. Iran, 63-30
• France def. Ireland, 73-14

Classification 17-23

• China def. Switzerland, 42-34
• Great Britain def. Ireland, 46-21
• Italy def. Iraq, 77-28
• Egypt, BYE

Classification 21-23

• Switzerland def. Ireland, 55
• Iraq, BYE

Classification 21/22

• Switzerland def. Iraq, forfeit

Classification 17-20

• China def. Great Britain, 54-25
• Italy def. Egypt, 35-33

Classification 19/20

• Egypt def. Great Britain, 50-18

Classification 17/18

• Italy def. China, 54-38

Classification 9-16

• Belgium def. Hungary, forfeit
• Canada def. Iran, 81-25
• Peru def. Cuba, 45-40
• Philippines def. Argentina, 45-43

Classification 13-16

• Cuba def. Argentina, 35-34
• Iran def. Hungary, forfeit

Classification 15/16

• Argentina def. Hungary, forfeit

Classification 13/14

• Cuba def. Iran, 70-36

Classification 9-12

• Canada def. Belgium, 45-40
• Peru def. Philippines, 40-29

Classification 11/12

• Belgium def. Philippines, 38-34

Classification 9/10

• Canada def. Peru, 49-43

Quarterfinals

• United States def. Uruguay, 63-28
• Mexico def. Korea, 43-32
• Brazil def. Czechoslovakia, 28-23
• France def. Chile, 53-52

Classification 5-8

• Chile def. Czechoslovakia, 38-36
• Uruguay def. Korea, 45-36

Classification 7/8

• Czechoslovakia def. Korea, 39-38

Classification 5/6

• Uruguay def. Chile, 50-32

Semifinals

• United States def. Mexico, 71-40
• France def. Brazil, 43-33

Bronze medal match

• Brazil def. Mexico, 52-47

Final

• United States def. France, 65-21