Final results for the Basketball competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. It was held from August 27 to September 9. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by throwing a ball through a 10-foot high hoop (the basket) under organized rules. ... Competition is the act of striving against others for the purpose of achieving gain, such as income, pride, amusement, or dominance. ... The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The 1972 Olympics marked the first time that the United States did not win the gold medal in Olympic basketball since the sport's introduction as an official medal event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. ...

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's basketball	Soviet Union Anatoli Polivoda Modestas Paulauskas Zurab Sakandelidze Alzhan Zharmukhamedov Aleksandr Boloshev Ivan Edeshko Sergei Belov Mikhail Korkiya Ivan Dvorny Gennadi Volnov Aleksandr Belov Sergei Kovalenko	United States Kenneth Bryan Davis Doug Collins Thomas Edward Henderson Michael Allen Bantom Robert Clyde Jones Dwight Elmo Jones James Ricardo Forbes James Turner Brewer Tommy Burleson Charles Thomas McMillen Kevin Francis Joyce William Edward Ratleff	Cuba Juan Carlos Domecq Fortuondo Ruperto Herrera Tabio Juan Roca Brunet Pedro Chappe Garcia Miguel Alvarez Pozo Rafael Canizares Poey Conrado Perez Armenteros Miguel Calderon Gomez Tomas Herrera Martinez Oscar Varona Varona Alejandro urgelles Guibot Franklin Standard Johnson

Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Anatoli Ivanovich Polivoda (Russian: ; born 29 May 1947) is a retired Ukrainian basketball player who played for the USSR. He trained at VSS Avanhard in Kiev. ... Modestas Paulauskas (March 19, 1945 in Kretinga) was a Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze (Russian: ) (born August 9, 1945 in Kutaisi) was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Alzhan Zharmukhamedov (Russian: ; born 2 October 1944 in Tavaksai, Tashkent oblast, Uzbek SSR) is a retired Uzbek basketball player who played for the USSR. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. ... Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Boloshev (Russian: ) (born March 12, 1947 in Elektrogorsk, Moscow Oblast) was a Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko (Russian: ) (born March 25, 1945 in village Stetski, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR) was a Belarusian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Sergei Alexandrovič Belov (Russian: Сергей Александрович Белов; born January 23, 1944 in Nashevoko, Russia) is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at Olympic Games. ... Mikhail Korkia (Georgian: ) (September 10, 1948 in Kutaisi - February 7, 2004 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Ivan Vasilevich Dvorny (Russian: ) (born January 1, 1952) was a Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Gennadi Georgievich Volnov (Russian: ) (born November 28, 1939 in Moscow) was a Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Belov (Russian: ) (November 11, 1951 in Leningrad - October 3, 1978) was a Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics, scoring the winning basket in the gold medal game with no time left. ... Sergei Ivanovich Kovalenko (Russian: ) (born August 11, 1948) was a Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For the Canadian journalist and Holocaust denier see Doug Collins (journalist) Paul Douglas Collins (born July 28, 1951 in Christopher, Illinois), better known as Doug Collins, is a former NBA basketball player and announcer who has also been the head coach of a number of NBA teams. ... Thomas Edward Tom Henderson (born January 26, 1952 in Newberry, South Carolina) is an American former professional basketball player. ... Michael Allen Bantom (born December 3, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player. ... For the currently active professional basketball player named Bobby Jones, see Bobby Jones (Washington Huskies). ... Dwight Elmo Jones (born February 27, 1952 in Houston, Texas) is a retired American professional basketball player. ... James Turner Brewer (born on December 3, 1951 in Maywood, Illinois), was a former NBA player. ... Tommy Loren Burleson (born February 24, 1952 in Crossnore, North Carolina) is an American and former collegiate and professional basketball player. ... Charles Thomas McMillen (b. ... Kevin Francis Joyce (born June 27, 1951 in Bayside, New York) is a retired American basketball player. ... William Edward Ratleff (born March 29, 1950 in Bellefontaine, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Juan Carlos Domecq Fortuondo was a Cuban basketball player who won bronze with the Cuban basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Ruperto Herrera Tabio was a Cuban basketball player who won bronze with the Cuban basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Juan Roca Brunet was a Cuban basketball player who won bronze with the Cuban basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Pedro Chappe Garcia was a Cuban basketball player who won bronze with the Cuban basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Miguel Alvarez Pozo was a Cuban basketball player who won bronze with the Cuban basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Rafael Canizares Poey was a Cuban basketball player who won bronze with the Cuban basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Conrado Perez Armenteros was a Cuban basketball player who won bronze with the Cuban basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Miguel Calderon Gomez was a Cuban basketball player who won bronze with the Cuban basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Tomas Herrera Martinez was a Cuban basketball player who won bronze with the Cuban basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Oscar Varona Varona was a Cuban basketball player who won bronze with the Cuban basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Alejandro urgelles Guibot was a Cuban basketball player who won bronze with the Cuban basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Franklin Standard Johnson was a Cuban basketball player who won bronze with the Cuban basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ...

Final ranking

1.  Soviet Union (URS) (9-0)
2.  United States (USA) (8-1)
3.  Cuba (CUB) (7-2)
4.  Italy (ITA) (5-4)
5.  Yugoslavia (YUG) (7-2)
6.  Puerto Rico (PUR) (6-3)
7.  Brazil (BRA) (5-4)
8.  Czechoslovakia (TCH) (4-5)
9.  Australia (AUS) (5-4)
10.  Poland (POL) (3-6)
11.  Spain (ESP) (4-5)
12.  West Germany (FRG) (3-6)
13.  Philippines (PHI) (3-6)
14.  Japan (JPN) (2-7)
15.  Senegal (SEN) (0-8)
16.  Egypt (EGY) (0-8)

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Tournament summary

Pool Play: Group A

Team	P:	W:	L:	F:	A:	Pts:
United States	7	7	0	542	312	14			67-48	61-54	66-35	72-56	81-55	99-33	96-31
Cuba	7	6	1	560	445	13		48-67		64-63	77-65	74-53	84-70	108-63	105-64
Brazil	7	4	3	561	490	11		54-61	63-64		83-82	72-69	69-75	110-55	110-84
Czechoslovakia	7	4	3	493	489	11		35-66	65-77	82-83		74-70	69-68	74-61	94-64
Spain	7	3	4	486	500	10		56-72	53-74	69-72	70-74		79-74	87-76	72-58
Australia	7	3	4	523	524	10		55-81	70-84	75-69	68-69	74-79		92-76	89-66
Japan	7	1	6	442	643	8		33-99	63-108	55-110	61-74	76-87	76-92		78-73
Egypt	7	0	7	440	644	7		31-96	64-105	84-110	64-94	58-72	66-89	73-78

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Pool Play: Group B

Team	P:	W:	L:	F:	A:	Pts:
Soviet Union	7	7	0	639	479	14			79-66	74-67	100-87	87-63	94-64	111-80	94-52
Italy	7	5	2	547	471	12		66-79		78-85	71-54	68-57	71-59	101-81	92-56
Yugoslavia	7	5	2	582	484	12		67-74	85-78		74-79	81-56	85-64	117-76	73-57
Puerto Rico	7	5	2	570	531	12		87-100	54-71	79-74		81-74	85-83	92-72	92-57
West Germany	7	3	4	482	518	10		63-87	57-68	56-81	74-81		67-65	93-74	72-62
Poland	7	2	5	520	536	9		64-94	59-71	64-85	83-85	65-67		90-75	95-79
Philippines	7	1	6	526	666	8		80-111	81-101	76-117	72-92	74-93	75-90		68-62
Senegal	7	0	7	405	586	7		52-94	56-92	57-73	57-92	62-72	59-95	62-68

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Semifinal

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Final

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Notes

The gold medal game between the United States and Soviet Union remains very controversial to this day. The Soviets had a 49-48 lead and committed a hard foul on Doug Collins with three seconds left. Collins made two free throws to put the U.S. up 50-49, and the Soviets inbounded the ball quickly. Referee Renaldo Righetto of Brazil stopped play with one second on the clock. USSR coach Vladimir Kondrashin had attempted to call time out between Collins' free throws and it was awarded. For the Canadian journalist and Holocaust denier see Doug Collins (journalist) Paul Douglas Collins (born July 28, 1951 in Christopher, Illinois), better known as Doug Collins, is a former NBA basketball player and announcer who has also been the head coach of a number of NBA teams. ... Vladimir Petrovich Kondrashin (Cyrillic: Владимир Петрович Кондрашин) (born January 14, 1929 in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now St. ...

The inbounds pass was intercepted and the United States players and coaches celebrated their victory. But the head of the FIBA, Renato William Jones, ordered that the clock be reset to three seconds, the time that was on the clock when Kondrashin tried to call time. Jones normally had no authority to act during a game, but his reputation was such that the referees felt they had no choice but to comply. The International Basketball Federation (French Fédération Internationale de Basketball) is an association of national organizations which governs international competitition in the sport. ... Renato William Jones, commonly R. William, or simply William, Jones, was a popularizer of basketball in Europe. ...

The Soviets inbounded the ball for a third time, and this time, Alexander Belov scored a lay-up and the USSR won the game 51-50, which not only meant that they got the gold medal, but they also dealt the United States their first loss in Olympic basketball competition. Alexander Alexandrovich Belov (Russian: ) (November 11, 1951 in Leningrad - October 3, 1978) was a Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics, scoring the winning basket in the gold medal game with no time left. ...

The members of the United States team have remained upset over the outcome of the game ever since. They refused to accept the Olympic silver medal during the medal ceremony and appealed to a five-judge panel. The panel was comprised of members from Hungary, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Italy and Romania. The vote was 3-2 to reject the appeal, along Cold War lines (Puerto Rico and Italy voted to uphold the appeal, while Hungary, Cuba and Romania voted to reject it). For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ...

Even when the International Olympic Committee approached the U.S. players about thirty years later to see if they would accept the medals, all of the players still refused them. The medals remain in a vault in Switzerland to this day. At least one U.S. player, Kevin Joyce, has stipulated in his will that after his death, his heirs are forbidden to ever accept the silver medal in his name. Stamp The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894. ...

In recent years, FIBA has instituted more stringent rules for international competitions to attempt prevention of similar incidents again:

• A time-out may only be called when the ball is dead.
• The game clock must register tenths of seconds in the final minute of a period.
• A duplicate game clock must be on top of the shot clock, and as of 2004, must have a readout which can be seen by players and coaches on three sides.
• A whistle-stop unit must be installed where the officials can stop the clock on the sound of their whistle, as of 2004.
• Instant replay is permitted, as of 2006.

External links

• ESPN Classic account of the gold medal game

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