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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.

PosNrTeamNOCWLPtsPoints
1ArgentinaARG6212656–610Gold
2ItalyITA5310623–586Silver
3United StatesUSA5310705–668Bronze
4LithuaniaLTU6212750–693
5GreeceGRE438538–487
6Puerto RicoPUR346555–579
7SpainESP6112591–527
8People's Republic of ChinaCHN254454–569
9AustraliaAUS244481–491
10New ZealandNZL152479–511
11Serbia and MontenegroSCG244462–450
12AngolaANG060383–506

Preliminary Round (15 – 23 August 2004)

Group A (15 – 23 August 2004)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1ESP5010405–349
2ITA326371–341
3ARG326414–396
4CHN234303–382
5NZL142399–413
6SCG142377–388

Match #115 Aug 9:00ITA 71 – 69NZL
Match #215 Aug 14:30ESP 83 – 58CHN
Match #315 Aug 20:00ARG 83 – 82SCG
Match #417 Aug 9:00CHN 69 – 62NZL
Match #517 Aug 14:30SCG 74 – 72ITA
Match #617 Aug 20:00ESP 87 – 76ARG
Match #719 Aug 9:00NZL 90 – 87SCG
Match #819 Aug 14:30ESP 71 – 63ITA
Match #919 Aug 20:00ARG 82 – 57CHN
Match #1021 Aug 9:00ESP 76 – 68SCG
Match #1121 Aug 14:30ARG 98 – 94NZL
Match #1221 Aug 20:00ITA 89 – 52CHN
Match #1323 Aug 9:00ESP 88 – 84NZL
Match #1423 Aug 14:30CHN 67 – 66SCG
Match #1523 Aug 20:00ITA 76 – 75ARG

Group B (15 – 23 August 2004)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1LTU5010468–414
2GRE326389–343
3PUR326410–411
4USA326418–389
5AUS142383–411
6ANG050321–421

Match #115 Aug 11:15LTU 78 – 73ANG
Match #215 Aug 16:45PUR 92 – 73USA
Match #315 Aug 22:15GRE 76 – 54AUS
Match #417 Aug 11:15AUS 83 – 59ANG
Match #517 Aug 16:45LTU 98 – 90PUR
Match #617 Aug 22:15USA 77 – 71GRE
Match #719 Aug 11:15USA 89 – 79AUS
Match #819 Aug 16:45PUR 83 – 80ANG
Match #919 Aug 22:15LTU 98 – 76GRE
Match #1021 Aug 11:15PUR 87 – 82AUS
Match #1121 Aug 16:45LTU 94 – 90USA
Match #1221 Aug 22:15GRE 88 – 56ANG
Match #1323 Aug 11:15LTU 100 – 85AUS
Match #1423 Aug 16:45USA 89 – 53ANG
Match #1523 Aug 22:15GRE 78 – 58PUR

Quarter-Finals (26 August 2004)

Single-elimination.

Match #126 Aug 14:30ITA 83 – 70PUR
Match #226 Aug 16:45LTU 95 – 75CHN
Match #326 Aug 20:00ARG 69 – 64GRE
Match #426 Aug 22:15USA 102 – 94ESP

Semi-Finals (27 August 2004)

Single-elimination.

Match #127 Aug 20:00ITA 100 – 91LTU
Match #227 Aug 22:15ARG 89 – 81USA

Final Round (24 – 28 August 2004)

Medal round.

Match 1/228 Aug 22:30ARG 84 – 69ITA
Match 3/428 Aug 20:00USA 104 – 96LTU
Match 5/628 Aug 11:15GRE 85 – 75PUR
Match 7/828 Aug 9:00ESP 92 – 76CHN
Match 9/1024 Aug 16:45AUS 98 – 80NZL
Match 11/1224 Aug 14:30SCG 85 – 62ANG

Rankings

Points
Scoring Average
2-point Field Goals Made
2-point Field Goals %
3-point Field Goals Made
3-point Field Goals %
Total Field Goals Attempted
Total Field Goals %
Free Throws Made
Free Throws %
Total Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Turnovers
Blocked Shots
Personal Fouls