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16th Basketball Olympic Tournament
Athens 2004
Tournament details
Olympics 2004 Summer Olympics
Host nation  Greece
City Athens
Duration August 15 - August 28
Men's teams 12
Men's medals:
Gold medal.svg Gold medalists  Argentina
Silver medal.svg Silver medalists  Italy
Bronze medal.svg Bronze medalists  USA
Women's teams 12
Women's medals:
Gold medal.svg Gold medalists  USA
Silver medal.svg Silver medalists  Australia
Bronze medal.svg Bronze medalists  Russia
Basketball at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Basketball pictogram.svg
Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena in Athens, Greece for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.[1]

Greece and Argentina warming up before the game.

In each competition, 12 teams took part in the Olympics. The host nation (Greece) automatically received a berth in both tournaments. Winning in the 2002 World Championships also earned a berth for Serbia and Montenegro (as Yugoslavia at the time) in the men's tournament and the United States in the women's.

The remaining 10 spots in each tournament were allocated to the five Olympic continents. Each continent held a tournament to determine its entries. Africa received 1 spot in each, Oceania received 2, and Europe received 3. America received 3 places in the men's tournament but only 1 in the women's, while Asia received 1 in the men's and 3 in the women's.

Reigning gold medallists from the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics in both the men's and women's event, the United States of America failed to retain its men's title, which went to Argentina, but successfully defended its women's title. Both the men's and women's gold medal games were held on August 28, 2004.[2][3]

Contents

Medalists

See also: List of Olympic medalists in basketball
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details		  Argentina (ARG)  Italy (ITA)  United States (USA)
Women
details		  United States (USA)  Australia (AUS)  Russia (RUS)

Teams

Men

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

See also: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads

Group A:

Group B:

Women

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

See also: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's team squads

Group A:

Group B:

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's basketball
Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group Stage

Group A

Team W L Pts First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams
 Spain 5 0 10
 Italy 3 2 8 1-0
 Argentina 3 2 8 0-1
 China 2 3 7
 New Zealand 1 4 6 1-0
 Serbia and Montenegro 1 4 6 0-1

Group B

Team W L Pts First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams		 Second Tiebreaker
Goal Average for Tied Teams
 Lithuania 5 0 10
 Greece 3 2 8 1-1 1.12
 Puerto Rico 3 2 8 1-1 0.98
 USA 3 2 8 1-1 0.92
 Australia 1 4 6
 Angola 0 5 5

Knockout stage

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold Medal game
                           
  A1   Spain 94  
B4   USA 102  
  B4   USA 81  
  A3   Argentina 89  
A3   Argentina 69
  B2   Greece 64  
    A3   Argentina 84
  A2   Italy 69
  B1   Lithuania 95  
A4   China 75  
  B1   Lithuania 91 Bronze medal game
  A2   Italy 100  
A2   Italy 83 B4   USA 104
  B3   Puerto Rico 70   B1   Lithuania 96

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's basketball
Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group Stage

Group A

Team W L Pts First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams
 Australia 5 0 10
 Russia 4 1 9
 Brazil 3 2 8
 Greece 2 3 7
 Japan 1 4 6
 Nigeria 0 5 5 0-1

Group B

Team W L Pts First Tiebreaker
Classification for Tied Teams		 Second Tiebreaker
Goal Average for Tied Teams
 USA 5 0 10
 Spain 4 1 9 1-1 1.12
 Czech Republic 3 2 8
 New Zealand 2 3 7
 China 1 4 6
 Korea 0 5 5

Knockout stage

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold Medal game
                           
  A1   Australia 94  
B4   New Zealand 55  
  A1   Australia 88  
  A3   Brazil 75  
A3   Brazil 67
  B2   Spain 64  
    A1   Australia 63
  B1   USA 74
  B1   USA 100  
A4   Greece 72  
  B1   USA 66 Bronze medal game
  A2   Russia 62  
A2   Russia 70 A3   Brazil 62
  B3   Czech Republic 49   A2   Russia 71

References

  1. ^ Olympic Games Official Report 2004 Athens-Volume II
  2. ^ www.wnba.com/athens2004/schedule_results.html
  3. ^ www.nba.com/athens2004/schedule.html

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