Basketball at the 1955 Pan American Games explained

Event:	Basketball
Games:	1955
Date:	March 13–24, 1955
Teams:	6
Prev:	1951
Next:	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

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Awards

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. USA2. Argentina 3. Brazil

Awards

References

• Web site: Todor66: Men's Basketball Pan American Games 1955 . 2016-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090108085839/http://www.todor66.com/basketball/America/Men_PG_1955.html . 2009-01-08 . bot: unknown .
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• Web site: Sports 123: Basketball: Pan American Games - Men . 2019-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004185308/http://sports123.com/bsk/mpa.html . 2011-10-04 . bot: unknown .
• Book: Olderr, Steven . The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition . 2009 . . 978-0786443369. .