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Basketball, Men

Date15 – 28 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationKleisto Gipedo, Olympiako Syngrotima Ellenikou, Hellinikon / Olympiako Kleisto Gymnastirio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants144 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

The United States entered the 2004 Olympic basketball tournament as the favorite based only on past reputation. But at the 2002 World Championships, the US team had finished only 6th, despite playing with NBA players. At the Olympics, the United States lost two preliminary games in Group B to Lithuania and Puerto Rico. The Groups were led by undefeated Lithuania with Spain winning all its games in Group A. The United States was drawn against Spain in the quarter-finals, and did win, but only by 102-94.

The semi-final match-ups saw Italy defeat Lithuania 100-96, while the United States faced Argentina, which had advanced against Greece in a close game. In the semi-finals, the Argentines, led by NBA players Manu Ginóbili, Andrés Nocioni, and Walter Herrmann, beat the USA, 89-81, but the game was really not that close. In the final, Argentina won the gold medal, 84-68, over Italy. The USA did win the bronze medal, defeating Lithuania in that game, 104-96.

PosTeamNOC
1ArgentinaARGGold
Carlos Delfino
Gabriel Fernández
Manu Ginóbili
Leonardo Gutiérrez
Walter Herrmann
Alejandro Ariel Montecchia
Andrés Nocioni
Fabricio Oberto
Pepe Sánchez
Luis Scola
Hugo Ariel Sconochini
Rubén Wolkowyski
CoachRubén Magnano
2ItalyITASilver
Gianluca Basile
Massimo Bulleri
Roberto Chiacig
Jack Galanda
Luca Garri
Denis Marconato
Michele Mian
Gianmarco Pozzecco
Nikola Radulovic
Alex Righetti
Rodolfo Rombaldoni
Matteo Soragna
CoachCarlo Recalcati
3United StatesUSABronze
Carmelo Anthony
Carlos Boozer
Tim Duncan
Allen Iverson
LeBron James
Richard Jefferson
Stephon Marbury
Shawn Marion
Lamar Odom
Emeka Okafor
Amar'e Stoudemire
Dwyane Wade, Jr.
CoachLarry Brown
4LithuaniaLTU
Vidas Ginevičius
Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Kšištof Lavrinovič
Dainius Šalenga
Ramūnas Šiškauskas
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Mindaugas Žukauskas
Robertas Javtokas
Arvydas Macijauskas
Donatas Slanina
Darius Songaila
Saulius Štombergas
CoachAntanas Sireika
5GreeceGRE
Frankie Alvertis
Dimitrios Diamantidis
Dimos Ntikoudis
Antonios Fotsis
Michalis Kakiouzis
Nikos Chatzivrettas
Lazaros Papadopoulos
Theodoros Papaloukas
Pap Papanikolaou
Vasilis Spanoulis
Kostas Tsartsaris
Nikos Zisis
CoachPanagiotis Giannakis
6Puerto RicoPUR
Rick Apodaca
Carlos Arroyo
Larry Ayuso
Eddie Casiano
Christian Dalmau
Sharif Karim Fajardo
Bobby Joe Hatton
Rolando Hourruitiner
José Rafael Ortiz
Peter John Ramos
Jorge Rivera
Daniel Santiago
CoachJulio Toro
7SpainESP
Óscar Yebra
José Manuel Calderón
Jaume Comas
Rodrigo de la Fuente
Roberto Dueñas
Rudy Fernández
Jorge Garbajosa
Pau Gasol
Iker Iturbe
Carlos Jiménez
Juan Carlos Navarro
Felipe Reyes
CoachMario Pesquera
8People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Meng Kebate'er
Chen Ke
Du Feng
Guo Shiqiang
Li Nan
Liu Wei
Mo Ke
Yao Ming
Yi Jianlian
Zhang Jingsong
Zhang Yunsong
Zhu Fangyu
CoachDel Harris
9AustraliaAUS
David Andersen
Andrew Bogut
C. J. Bruton
Martin Cattalini
Shane Heal
Brett Maher
Matt Nielsen
John Rillie
Paul Rogers
Tony Ronaldson
Glen Saville
Jason Smith
CoachBrian Goorjian
10New ZealandNZL
Ed Book
Dillon Boucher
Craig Bradshaw
Pero Cameron
Mark Dickel
Paul Henare
Phil Jones
Sean Marks
Aaron Olson
Kirk Penney
Tony Rampton
Paora Winitana
CoachTab Baldwin
11Serbia and MontenegroSCG
Vule Avdalović
Dejan Bodiroga
Peja Drobnjak
Nenad Krstić
Đuro Ostojić
Aleksandar Pavlović
Petar Popović
Vladimir Radmanović
Igor Rakočević
Vlado Šćepanović
Dejan Tomašević
Miloš Vujanić
CoachŽeljko Obradović
12AngolaANG
Carlos Almeida
Olímpio Cipriano
Walter Costa
Victor de Carvalho
Joaquim Gomes
Miguel Lutonda
Eduardo Mingas
Valter Monteiro
Abdel Moussa
Victor Muzadi
Ângelo Victoriano
Edmar Victoriano
CoachMário Palma

Preliminary Round

Date15 – 23 August 2004

Group A

Date15 – 23 August 2004
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1SpainESP50010405-349
2ItalyITA3026371-341
3ArgentinaARG3026414-396
4People's Republic of ChinaCHN2034303-382
5New ZealandNZL1042399-413
6Serbia and MontenegroSCG1042377-388
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #115 Aug 9:00ItalyITA71 – 69New ZealandNZL
Match #215 Aug 14:30SpainESP83 – 58People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #315 Aug 20:00ArgentinaARG83 – 82Serbia and MontenegroSCG
Match #417 Aug 9:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN69 – 62New ZealandNZL
Match #517 Aug 14:30Serbia and MontenegroSCG74 – 72ItalyITA
Match #617 Aug 20:00SpainESP87 – 76ArgentinaARG
Match #719 Aug 9:00New ZealandNZL90 – 87Serbia and MontenegroSCG
Match #819 Aug 14:30SpainESP71 – 63ItalyITA
Match #919 Aug 20:00ArgentinaARG82 – 57People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1021 Aug 9:00SpainESP76 – 68Serbia and MontenegroSCG
Match #1121 Aug 14:30ArgentinaARG98 – 94New ZealandNZL
Match #1221 Aug 20:00ItalyITA89 – 52People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #1323 Aug 9:00SpainESP88 – 84New ZealandNZL
Match #1423 Aug 14:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN67 – 66Serbia and MontenegroSCG
Match #1523 Aug 20:00ItalyITA76 – 75ArgentinaARG

Group B

Date15 – 23 August 2004
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1LithuaniaLTU50010468-414
2GreeceGRE3026389-343
3Puerto RicoPUR3026410-411
4United StatesUSA3026418-389
5AustraliaAUS1042383-411
6AngolaANG0050321-421
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #115 Aug 11:15LithuaniaLTU78 – 73AngolaANG
Match #215 Aug 16:45Puerto RicoPUR92 – 73United StatesUSA
Match #315 Aug 22:15GreeceGRE76 – 54AustraliaAUS
Match #417 Aug 11:15AustraliaAUS83 – 59AngolaANG
Match #517 Aug 16:45LithuaniaLTU98 – 90Puerto RicoPUR
Match #617 Aug 22:15United StatesUSA77 – 71GreeceGRE
Match #719 Aug 11:15United StatesUSA89 – 79AustraliaAUS
Match #819 Aug 16:45Puerto RicoPUR83 – 80AngolaANG
Match #919 Aug 22:15LithuaniaLTU98 – 76GreeceGRE
Match #1021 Aug 11:15Puerto RicoPUR87 – 82AustraliaAUS
Match #1121 Aug 16:45LithuaniaLTU94 – 90United StatesUSA
Match #1221 Aug 22:15GreeceGRE88 – 56AngolaANG
Match #1323 Aug 11:15LithuaniaLTU100 – 85AustraliaAUS
Match #1423 Aug 16:45United StatesUSA89 – 53AngolaANG
Match #1523 Aug 22:15GreeceGRE78 – 58Puerto RicoPUR

Quarter-Finals

Date26 August 2004
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 Aug 14:30ItalyITA83 – 70Puerto RicoPUR
Match #226 Aug 16:45LithuaniaLTU95 – 75People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #326 Aug 20:00ArgentinaARG69 – 64GreeceGRE
Match #426 Aug 22:15United StatesUSA102 – 94SpainESP

Semi-Finals

Date27 August 2004
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #127 Aug 20:00ItalyITA100 – 91LithuaniaLTU
Match #227 Aug 22:15ArgentinaARG89 – 81United StatesUSA

Final Round

Date24 – 28 August 2004
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/228 Aug 22:30ArgentinaARG84 – 69ItalyITA
Match 3/428 Aug 20:00United StatesUSA104 – 96LithuaniaLTU
Match 5/628 Aug 11:15GreeceGRE85 – 75Puerto RicoPUR
Match 7/828 Aug 9:00SpainESP92 – 76People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match 9/1024 Aug 16:45AustraliaAUS98 – 80New ZealandNZL
Match 11/1224 Aug 14:30Serbia and MontenegroSCG85 – 62AngolaANG