Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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16th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Athens 2004
Basketball, Athens 2004.png
Tournament details
Olympics 2004 Summer Olympics
Host nation Greece
City Athens
Duration15–28 August 2004
Men's tournament
Teams 12
Medals
Gold medal icon.svg Gold medalists Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Silver medal icon.svg Silver medalistsFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze medalistsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Women's tournament
Teams 12
Medals
Gold medal icon.svg Gold medalists Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Silver medalistsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze medalistsFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Tournaments
  Sydney 2000   Beijing 2008  

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the sixteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, a part of the Hellinikon Olympic Complex, in Athens, for the preliminary rounds, with the later stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. [1]

Contents

Italy and Argentina warming up before the game. BasketballAt2004SummerOlympics-1.jpg
Italy and Argentina warming up before the game.

Argentina, led by NBA standouts like Manu Ginóbili and Luis Scola, won the country's first and only gold medal in the event.

In Olympic basketball tournaments, 12 teams take part. The host nation (Greece in 2004) automatically receives a berth in the tournament. By winning the two World Championship tournaments in 2002, FR Yugoslavia, now named Serbia and Montenegro, also put a team into the men's tournament and the United States a team in the women's tournament.

The remaining 10 spots in each tournament were allocated by the five Olympic zones. Each of these zones held its own tournaments to select its entries in the Olympic tournament. Africa was allocated one spot in each of these, Oceania was allocated two apiece, and Europe was allocated three. Furthermore, the Americas were allocated three teams for the men's tournament and just one in the women's tournament, whereas Asia was allocated just one in the men's tournament and three in the women's tournament.

The United States team's third-place finish in the men's tournament was an embarrassment for the country that birthed the sport. The following Summer Olympics, the U.S. was represented by the Redeem Team, sporting an improved roster led by international superstars like LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Dwyane Wade, under the coaching of Mike Krzyzewski, and returned the gold medal to America.

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men
details
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina  (ARG)

Carlos Delfino
Gabriel Fernández
Manu Ginóbili
Leonardo Gutiérrez
Walter Herrmann
Alejandro Montecchia
Andrés Nocioni
Fabricio Oberto
Juan Ignacio Sánchez
Luis Scola
Hugo Sconochini
Rubén Wolkowyski

Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy  (ITA)

Roberto Chiacig
Luca Garri
Denis Marconato
Giacomo Galanda
Nikola Radulović
Alex Righetti
Matteo Soragna
Gianluca Basile
Massimo Bulleri
Gianmarco Pozzecco
Michele Mian
Rodolfo Rombaldoni

Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)

Allen Iverson
Stephon Marbury
Dwyane Wade
Carlos Boozer
Carmelo Anthony
LeBron James
Emeka Okafor
Shawn Marion
Amar'e Stoudemire
Tim Duncan
Lamar Odom
Richard Jefferson

Women
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)

Shannon Johnson
Dawn Staley
Sue Bird
Sheryl Swoopes
Ruth Riley
Lisa Leslie
Tamika Catchings
Tina Thompson
Diana Taurasi
Yolanda Griffith
Katie Smith
Swin Cash

Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)

Alicia Poto
Allison Tranquilli
Sandy Brondello
Penny Taylor
Suzy Batkovic
Trisha Fallon
Kristi Harrower
Laura Summerton
Belinda Snell
Natalie Porter
Rachael Sporn
Lauren Jackson

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)

Olga Arteshina
Oxana Rakhmatulina
Natalia Vodopyanova
Diana Goustilina
Yelena Baranova
Tatiana Shchegoleva
Ilona Korstin
Maria Stepanova
Maria Kalmykova
Elena Karpova
Irina Osipova
Anna Arkhipova

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter just one men's team with 12 players, and just one women's team with 12 players in the regional tournaments. The reigning world champions and the host country qualify automatically, as do the winners of the five continental championships, plus the runner-up and third place teams from the Americas and Europe competitions, and the runner-up Oceania in the men's tournament. For the women's tournament, the extra teams consisted of the runner-up and third place teams from Asia and Europe, and the runner-up from Oceania.

Basketball – Men

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualifiers
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and MontenegroWorld champions
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece – Olympic hosts

Basketball – Women

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualifiers
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of the United States.svg  United StatesWorld champions
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece – Olympic hosts

Format

Tie-breaking criteria:

  1. Head to head results
  2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Teams

Men

The men's event involved twelve teams split equally into two groups.

Women

The women's event involved 12 teams split in two groups.

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 550405349+5610 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 532371341+308 [a]
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 532414396+188 [a]
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 523303382797
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 514399413146 [b] 9th place playoff
6Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro 514377388116 [b] 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Italy 1–0 Argentina
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: New Zealand 1–0 Serbia and Montenegro
August 15
11:15
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg7169Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
August 15
14:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg5883Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
August 15
16:45
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg8382Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
August 17
9:00
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg6269Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
August 17
16:45
Serbia and Montenegro  Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg7472Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
August 17
20:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg8776Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
August 19
9:00
Serbia and Montenegro  Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg8790Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
August 19
11:15
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg6371Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
August 19
20:00
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg8257Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
August 21
11:15
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg7668Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
August 21
14:30
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg9498Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
August 21
16:45
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg5289Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
August 23
9:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg8884Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
August 23
16:45
Serbia and Montenegro  Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg6667Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
August 23
20:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg7675Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 550468414+5410 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 532389343+468 [a]
3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 53241041118 [a]
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 532418389+298 [a]
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 514383411286 9th place playoff
6Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 5053214211005 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Greece 1–1 (1.10 GAvg), Puerto Rico 1–1 (0.99), United States 1–1 (0.92)
August 15
9:00
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg7378Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
August 15
20:00
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg9273Flag of the United States.svg  United States
August 15
22:15
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg7654Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
August 17
11:15
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg8359Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
August 17
14:30
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg9890Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
August 17
22:15
United States  Flag of the United States.svg7771Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
August 19
14:30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg8979Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
August 19
16:45
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg8380Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
August 19
22:15
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg7698Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
August 21
9:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg8287Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
August 21
20:00
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg9490Flag of the United States.svg  United States
August 21
22:15
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg5688Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
August 23
11:15
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg10085Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
August 23
14:30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg8953Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
August 23
22:15
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg7858Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals
(August 26)
Semifinals
(August 27)
Gold-medal game
(August 28)
         
A1 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 94
B4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 102
B4 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 81
A3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 89
A3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 69
B2 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 64
A3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 84
A2 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 69
B1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 95
A4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 75
B1 Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 91 Bronze-medal game
(August 28)
A2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 100
A2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 83B4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 104
B3 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 70 B1 Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 96

Classification round

August 24
14:30
11th place
Serbia and Montenegro  Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg8562Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
August 24
16:45
9th place
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg8098Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
August 28
9:00
7th place
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg7692Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
August 28
11:15
5th place
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg7585Flag of Greece.svg  Greece

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 550418313+10510 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 541389333+569
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 532430361+698
4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (H)523353392397
5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5143814851046
6Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 505335422875
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
August 14
9:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg8573Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
August 14
16:45
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg62128Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
August 14
20:00
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg6269Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
August 16
11:15
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg7379Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
August 16
20:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg8775Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
August 16
22:15
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg5675Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
August 18
11:15
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg7897Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
August 18
16:45
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg8368Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
August 18
20:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg6777Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
August 20
9:00
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg9471Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
August 20
20:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg7740Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
August 20
22:15
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg6382Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
August 22
11:15
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg5893Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
August 22
14:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg6684Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
August 22
16:45
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg9391Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 550430285+14510 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 541368334+349
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 532408375+338
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 523321414937
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 514360406466
6Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 505320393735
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
August 14
11:15
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg5471Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
August 14
14:30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg9947Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
August 14
22:15
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg8078Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
August 16
9:00
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg8173Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
August 16
14:30
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg6180Flag of the United States.svg  United States
August 16
16:45
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg6775Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
August 18
9:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg8398Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
August 18
14:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg5780Flag of the United States.svg  United States
August 18
22:15
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg9157Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
August 20
11:15
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg7977Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
August 20
14:30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg7158Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
August 20
16:45
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg9775Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
August 22
9:00
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg5774Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
August 22
20:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg62100Flag of the United States.svg  United States
August 22
22:15
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg6461Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals
(August 25)
Semifinals
(August 27)
Gold-medal game
(August 28)
         
A1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 94
B4 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 55
A1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 88
A3 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 75
A3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 67
B2 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 64
A1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 63
B1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 74
B1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 102
A4 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 72
B1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 66Bronze-medal game
(August 28)
A2 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 62
A2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 70A3 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 62
B3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 49 A2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 71

Classification round

August 24
9:00
11th place
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg6864Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
August 24
11:15
9th place
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg6382Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
August 27
9:00
7th place
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg8783Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
August 27
11:15
5th place
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg7968Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Final standings

RankMenWomen
TeamPldWLTeamPldWL
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 862Flag of the United States.svg  United States 880
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 853Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 871
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 853Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 862
4thFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 862Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 844
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5thFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 743Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 743
6thFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 734Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 743
7thFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 761Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 734
8thFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 725Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 725
Preliminary round 5th placers
9thFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 624Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 624
10thFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 615Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 615
Preliminary round 6th placers
11thFlag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro 624Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 615
12thFlag of Angola.svg  Angola 606Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 606

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