Participating Nations
Each country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 317 players were entered.
A total of 301(*) basketball players from 23 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:
- Argentina (14)
- Belgium (13)
- Brazil (13)
- Bulgaria (14)
- Canada (13)
- Chile (13)
- Cuba (12)
- Czechoslovakia (14)
- Egypt (14)
- Finland (14)
- France (14)
- Greece (12)
- Hungary (13)
- Israel (12)
- Italy (13)
- Mexico (13)
- Philippines (12)
- Romania (12)
- Soviet Union (14)
- Switzerland (14)
- Turkey (12)
- United States (14)
- Uruguay (12)
Read more about this topic: Basketball At The 1952 Summer Olympics
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