Basketball at the 1955 Pan American Games
International sporting event
| Basketball at the 1955 Pan American Games | |||||||
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| Date | March 13–24, 1955 | ||||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||||
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«1951 1959» | |||||||
The basketball tournament at the 1955 Pan American Games was held from March 13 to March 24, 1955 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Men's competition
Participating nations
Results
- United States 78-49 Brazil
- United States 85-55 Mexico
- United States 84-56 Cuba
- United States 72-29 Venezuela
- Argentina 72-39 Venezuela
- Argentina 78-64 Mexico
- Argentina 54-53 United States
- Argentina 66-50 Cuba
- Brasil 86-44 Venezuela
- Brasil 95-69 Cuba
- Brasil 61-57 Argentina
- Brasil 65-59 Mexico
- Mexico 89-74 Cuba
- Mexico 93-49 Venezuela
- Cuba 86-69 Venezuela
Final ranking
| RANK | TEAM |
|---|---|
| 1. |  United States |
| 2. |  Argentina |
| 3. |  Brazil |
| 4. |  Mexico |
| 5. |  Cuba |
| 6. |  Venezuela |
Medalists
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United States men's basketball squad – 1955 Pan American Games – Gold medal
Argentina squad – 1955 Pan American Games – Silver medal | ||
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Brazil squad – 1955 Pan American Games - Bronze medal | ||
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Awards
| 1955 Pan American Games winners |
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 United States Second title |
Women's competition
Participating nations
The women's basketball team to represent the U.S. at the Second Pan American Games in March 1955[1] in Mexico City included Lometa Odom.[2] The U.S. team went 8-0 and captured the gold medal.[1]
Final ranking
1. USA 2. Argentina 3. Brazil
Awards
References
- ^ a b "Second Pan American Games -- 1955". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ "Lometa Odom - Class of 2011". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- "Todor66: Men's Basketball Pan American Games 1955". Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
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- "Sports 123: Basketball: Pan American Games - Men". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786443369. ISBN 9780786443369.
