# Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

The following is the list of squads for each of the 15 teams that competed in the men's basketball tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

## Group A
### Japan

The following players represented Japan:
* Hiroshi Saito
* Hitoshi Konno
* Kenichi Imaizumi
* Manabu Fujita
* Reizo Ohira
* Riichi Arai
* Setsuo Nara
* Shutaro Shoji
* Takeo Sugiyama
* Takashi Itoyama
* Tetsuro Noborisaka

### Philippines

The following players represented the Philippines:
* Tony Genato
* Antonio Villamor
* Carlos Badion
* Carlos Loyzaga
* Eddie Lim
* Leonardo Marquicias
* Loreto Carbonell
* Mariano Tolentino
* Martin Urra
* Rafael Barretto
* Ramón Manulat
* Ramón Campos

### Thailand

The following players represented Thailand:
* Ampol Saranont
* Chalaw Sonthong
* Chan Sae-Lim
* Kirin Chavanwong
* Kuang Sae-Lim
* Mongkol Aimmanolrom
* Surakit Rukpanich
* Ta Sriratana
* Visit Chaicharoen

### United States

The following players represented the United States:
* Carl Cain
* Bill Hougland
* K. C. Jones
* Bill Russell
* Jim Walsh
* Billy Evans
* Burdie Haldorson
* Ron Tomsic
* Dick Boushka
* Gib Ford
* Bob Jeangerard
* Chuck Darling

## Group B
### Canada

The following players represented Canada:
* Bob Pickel
* Coulter Osborne
* Don Macintosh
* Doug Brinham
* Ed Lucht
* George Stulac
* John McLeod
* Ed Wild
* Mel Brown
* Bob Burtwell
* Ron Stuart
* Ron Bissett

### France

The following players represented France:
* André Schlupp
* Christian Baltzer
* Gérard Sturla
* Henri Grange
* Henri Rey
* Robert Monclar
* Jean-Paul Beugnot
* Maurice Buffière
* Roger Antoine
* Roger Haudegand
* Roger Veyron
* Yves Gominon

### Singapore

The following players represented Singapore:
* Chen Sho Fa
* Ho Lien Siew
* Jerome Henderson
* Ko Tai Chuen
* Lee Chak Men
* Ong Kiat Guan
* Wee Tian Siak
* Wong Kim Poh
* Yee Tit Kwan
* Yeo Gek Huat

### Soviet Union

The following players represented the Soviet Union:
* Valdis Muižnieks
* Maigonis Valdmanis
* Vladimir Torban
* Stasys Stonkus
* Kazys Petkevičius
* Arkady Bochkaryov
* Jānis Krūmiņš
* Mikhail Semyonov
* Algirdas Lauritėnas
* Yury Ozerov
* Viktor Zubkov
* Mikhail Studenetsky

## Group C
### Bulgaria

The following players represented Bulgaria:
* Atanas Atanasov
* Georgi Kanev
* Georgi Panov
* Iliya Mirchev
* Konstantin Totev
* Lyubomir Panov
* Nikolay Ilov
* Tsvetko Slavov
* Vasil Manchenko
* Viktor Radev
* Vladimir Savov

### Formosa

The following players represented Taiwan:
* Chen Tsu-Li
* Chien Kok-Ching
* Hoo Cha-pen
* James Yap
* Lai Lam-kwong
* Ling Jing-huan
* Loo Hor-Kuay
* Tong Suet-fong
* Wang Yih-jiun
* Willie Chu
* Wu Yet-An
* Yung Pi-hock

### South Korea

The following players represented South Korea:
* An Yeong-sik
* An Byeong-seok
* Jo Byeong-hyeon
* Choi Tae-gon
* Kim Chun-bae
* Kim Hyeong-il
* Kim Yeong-gi
* Kim Yeong-su
* Go Se-tae
* Baek Jeong-nam

### Uruguay

The following players represented Uruguay:
* Carlos Blixen
* Ramiro Cortés
* Héctor Costa
* Nelson Chelle
* Nelson Demarco
* Héctor García
* Carlos González
* Sergio Matto
* Oscar Moglia
* Raúl Mera
* Ariel Olascoaga
* Milton Scaron

## Group D
### Australia

The following players represented Australia:
* Algis Ignatavicius
* Bruce Flick
* Colin Burdett
* Geoff Heskett
* Inga Freidenfelds
* George Dancis
* Ken Finch
* Merv Moy
* Peter Bumbers
* Peter Demos
* Peter Sutton
* Stan Dargis

### Brazil

The following players represented Brazil:
* Amaury
* Angelim
* Edson Bispo
* Fausto
* Jamil Gedeão
* Jorge Olivieri
* Zé Luiz
* Mayr Facci
* Nelson Lisboa
* Wilson Bombarda
* Wlamir Marques
* Algodão

### Chile

The following players represented Chile:
* Hernán Raffo
* Juan Ostoic
* Luis Salvadores
* Maximiliano Garafulic
* Orlando Etcheberrigaray
* Orlando Silva
* Pedro Araya
* Raúl Urra
* Rolando Etchepare
* Rufino Bernedo
* Victor Mahaña