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 |
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| 1. |  United States
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| 2. |  Argentina
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| 3. |  Brazil
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| 4. |  Mexico
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| 5. |  Cuba
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| 6. |  Venezuela
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Medalists※
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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 in Mexico City included Lometa Odom. The U.S. team went 8-0 and "captured the gold medal."
Final ranking※
1. USA 2. Argentina 3. Brazil
Awards※
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References※
- ^ "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.
