The following is the list of squads for each of the 23 teams that competed in the men's basketball tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Argentina
The following players represented Argentina:
Alberto López
Hugo del Vecchio
Ignacio Poletti
Juan Gazsó
Juan Uder
Leopoldo Contarbio
Omar Monza
Oscar Furlong
Rafael Lledó
Raúl Pérez
Ricardo González
Roberto Viau
Rubén Menini
Rubén Pagliari
Belgium
The following players represented Belgium:
Alexis Van Gils
Désiré Ligon
Félix Roosemont
Henri Coosemans
Henri Crick
Jan Ceulemans
Johannes Ducheyne
Josef du Jardin
Jef Eygel
Jules Boes
Julien Meuris
Yvan Delsarte
Brazil
The following players represented Brazil:
Alfredo da Motta
Almir
Angelim
Godinho
Bráz
Zé Luiz
Mário Jorge
Mayr Facci
Raymundo dos Santos
Ruy de Freitas
Tião
Thales
Algodão
Bulgaria
The following players represented Bulgaria:
Gencho Khristov
Georgi Panov
Iliya Georgiev
Kiril Semov
Konstantin Georgiev
Konstantin Totev
Neycho Neychev
Veselin Penkov
Vladimir Savov
Vasil Manchenko
Anton Kuzov
Khristo Donchev
Petar Shishkov
Ivan Nikolov
Canada
The following players represented Canada:
Bernard Pickel
Chuck Dalton
George Wearring
Glen Pettinger
Harry Wade
Carl Ridd
Woody Campbell
Bob Phibbs
Bobby Simpson
Roy Williams
Bill Pataky
Bill Coulthard
Chile
The following players represented Chile:
Álvaro Salvadores
Eduardo Cordero
Eric Mahn
Exequiel Figueroa
Hernán Raffo
Hernán Ramos
Hugo Fernández
Juan José Gallo
Juan Ostoic
Orlando Silva
Pedro Araya
Rufino Bernedo
Victor Mahaña
Cuba
The following players represented Cuba:
Alberto Escoto
Alfredo Faget
Armando Estrada
Carlos Bea
Casimiro García
Fabio Ruíz
Fico López
Felipe de la Pozas
Juan García
Mario Quintero
Ramón Wiltz
Raúl García
Czechoslovakia
The following players represented Czechoslovakia:
Eugen Horniak
Ivan Mrázek
Jan Kozák
Jaroslav Šíp
Jiří Baumruk
Jiří Matoušek
Josef Ezr
Luboš Kolář
Miloslav Kodl
Miroslav Baumruk
Miroslav Škeřík
Zdeněk Bobrovský
Zdeněk Rylich
Egypt
The following players represented Egypt:
Abdel Rahman Hafez Ismail
Albert Tadros
Armand Catafago
Fouad Abdel Meguid El-Kheir
Raymond Sabounghi
George Chalhoub
Hussain Montassir
Youssef Mohamed
Mohamed Medhat Bahgat
Mohamed Ali Ahmed El-Rashidy
Sami Mansour
Youssef Abou Ouf
Youssef Abbas
Zaki Harari
Finland
The following players represented Finland:
Eero Salonen
Esko Karhunen
Kalevi Heinänen
Tapio Pöyhönen
Juhani Kyöstilä
Oiva Virtanen
Pentti Laaksonen
Pertti Mutru
Raimo Lindholm
Raine Nuutinen
Timo Suviranta
France
The following players represented France:
André Buffière
André Chavet
André Vacheresse
Bernard Planque
Jacques Dessemme
Robert Monclar
Jean Perniceni
Jean-Paul Beugnot
Jean-Pierre Salignon
Louis Devoti
René Chocat
Robert Crost
Robert Guillin
Roger Haudegand
Greece
The following players represented Greece:
Alexandros Spanoudakis
Aristeidis Roubanis
Mimis Stefanidis
Dimitrios Taliadoros
Ioannis Lambrou
Ioannis Spanoudakis
Konstantinos Papadimas
Nikolaos Milas
Panagiotis Manias
Faidon Matthaiou
Stelios Arvanitis
Themis Cholevas
Hungary
The following players represented Hungary: