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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.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1ArgentinaARGGold
14Carlos Delfino
9Gabriel Fernández
5Manu Ginóbili
12Leonardo Gutiérrez
8Walter Herrmann
6Alejandro Ariel Montecchia
13Andrés Nocioni
7Fabricio Oberto
4Pepe Sánchez
11Luis Scola
10Hugo Ariel Sconochini
15Rubén Wolkowyski
CoachRubén Magnano
2ItalyITASilver
5Gianluca Basile
12Massimo Bulleri
14Roberto Chiacig
6Jack Galanda
15Luca Garri
8Denis Marconato
13Michele Mian
9Gianmarco Pozzecco
4Nikola Radulovic
10Alex Righetti
11Rodolfo Rombaldoni
7Matteo Soragna
CoachCarlo Recalcati
3United StatesUSABronze
8Carmelo Anthony
7Carlos Boozer
13Tim Duncan
4Allen Iverson
9LeBron James
15Richard Jefferson
5Stephon Marbury
11Shawn Marion
14Lamar Odom
10Emeka Okafor
12Amar'e Stoudemire
6Dwyane Wade, Jr.
CoachLarry Brown
4LithuaniaLTU
4Vidas Ginevičius
13Šarūnas Jasikevičius
12Kšištof Lavrinovič
14Dainius Šalenga
8Ramūnas Šiškauskas
11Eurelijus Žukauskas
5Mindaugas Žukauskas
15Robertas Javtokas
6Arvydas Macijauskas
10Donatas Slanina
9Darius Songaila
7Saulius Štombergas
CoachAntanas Sireika
5GreeceGRE
4Frankie Alvertis
13Dimitrios Diamantidis
11Dimos Ntikoudis
9Antonios Fotsis
15Michalis Kakiouzis
10Nikos Chatzivrettas
14Lazaros Papadopoulos
5Theodoros Papaloukas
7Pap Papanikolaou
8Vasilis Spanoulis
12Kostas Tsartsaris
6Nikos Zisis
CoachPanagiotis Giannakis
6Puerto RicoPUR
8Rick Apodaca
7Carlos Arroyo
10Larry Ayuso
5Eddie Casiano
9Christian Dalmau
13Sharif Karim Fajardo
6Bobby Joe Hatton
12Rolando Hourruitiner
4José Rafael Ortiz
11Peter John Ramos
14Jorge Rivera
15Daniel Santiago
CoachJulio Toro
7SpainESP
11Óscar Yebra
8José Manuel Calderón
6Jaume Comas
14Rodrigo de la Fuente
12Roberto Dueñas
13Rudy Fernández
15Jorge Garbajosa
4Pau Gasol
5Iker Iturbe
10Carlos Jiménez
7Juan Carlos Navarro
9Felipe Reyes
CoachMario Pesquera
8People's Republic of ChinaCHN
14Meng Kebate'er
4Chen Ke
15Du Feng
7Guo Shiqiang
10Li Nan
5Liu Wei
12Mo Ke
13Yao Ming
11Yi Jianlian
9Zhang Jingsong
6Zhang Yunsong
8Zhu Fangyu
CoachDel Harris
9AustraliaAUS
13David Andersen
6Andrew Bogut
9C. J. Bruton
7Martin Cattalini
11Shane Heal
5Brett Maher
14Matt Nielsen
8John Rillie
15Paul Rogers
4Tony Ronaldson
12Glen Saville
10Jason Smith
CoachBrian Goorjian
10New ZealandNZL
13Ed Book
10Dillon Boucher
14Craig Bradshaw
11Pero Cameron
4Mark Dickel
7Paul Henare
8Phil Jones
12Sean Marks
9Aaron Olson
6Kirk Penney
15Tony Rampton
5Paora Winitana
CoachTab Baldwin
11Serbia and MontenegroSCG
10Vule Avdalović
4Dejan Bodiroga
11Peja Drobnjak
12Nenad Krstić
6Đuro Ostojić
15Aleksandar Pavlović
5Petar Popović
7Vladimir Radmanović
8Igor Rakočević
9Vlado Šćepanović
14Dejan Tomašević
13Miloš Vujanić
CoachŽeljko Obradović
12AngolaANG
13Carlos Almeida
4Olímpio Cipriano
5Walter Costa
9Victor de Carvalho
10Joaquim Gomes
14Miguel Lutonda
15Eduardo Mingas
7Valter Monteiro
12Abdel Moussa
11Victor Muzadi
6Ângelo Victoriano
8Edmar 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