Basketball at the 1955 Pan American Games
# Basketball at the 1955 Pan American Games

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

| Argentina  Brazil  Cuba | Mexico  United States  Venezuela |
| - | - |

### 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 |
| - | - |
| 1. | United States |
| 2. | Argentina |
| 3. | Brazil |
| 4. | Mexico |
| 5. | Cuba |
| 6. | Venezuela |

### Awards

* 1955 Pan American Games winners
* 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

