Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Pld W L
1 Soviet Union 9 9 0
2 United States 9 8 1
3 Cuba 9 7 2
4th Italy 9 5 4
5th Yugoslavia 9 7 2
6th Puerto Rico 9 6 3
7th Brazil 9 5 4
8th Czechoslovakia 9 4 5
9th Australia 9 5 4
10th Poland 9 3 6
11th Spain 9 4 5
12th West Germany 9 3 6
13th Philippines 8 2 6
14th Japan 9 2 7
15th Senegal 8 0 8
16th Egypt 7 0 7
Final standings
Basketball contests at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the eighth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle in Munich, Germany from August 27 to September 9. The Soviet Union controversially won the gold medal game against the United States. This was the first time that the USA did not win a gold medal since the sport's introduction into the Olympics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. The bronze was won by Cuba, the only Olympic medal they have won in basketball.