Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Basketball Olympic tourney
city = Athens
year = 2004

size = 140px
olympics = 2004 Summer Olympics
host = Greece
dates = August 15 - August 28
man_teams = 12
man_gold = Argentina
man_silver = Italy
man_bronze = United States
women_teams = 12
women_gold = United States
women_silver = Australia
women_bronze = Russia
website = BasketballAt2004SummerOlympics

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the indoor arena in the Helliniko Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. [ [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/or2004b.pdf Olympic Games Official Report 2004 Athens-Volume II] ]

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 sex, 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, but successfully defended its women's title. Both the men's and women's gold medal games were held on August 28, 2004. [ [http://www.wnba.com/athens2004/schedule_results.html www.wnba.com/athens2004/schedule_results.html] ] [ [http://www.nba.com/athens2004/schedule.html www.nba.com/athens2004/schedule.html] ]

Medalists

Group B

Group B

Knockout stage

8TeamBracket-with third | RD1=Quarterfinals
RD2=Semifinals
RD3=Gold Medal game
Consol=Bronze medal game

RD1-seed1=A1
RD1-team1=bkw|AUS
RD1-score1=94
RD1-seed2=B4
RD1-team2=bkw|NZL
RD1-score2=55

RD1-seed3=A3
RD1-team3=bkw|BRA
RD1-score3=67
RD1-seed4=B2
RD1-team4=bkw|ESP
RD1-score4=64

RD1-seed5=B1
RD1-team5=bkw|USA
RD1-score5=100
RD1-seed6=A4
RD1-team6=bkw|GRE
RD1-score6=72

RD1-seed7=A2
RD1-team7=bkw|RUS
RD1-score7=70
RD1-seed8=B3
RD1-team8=bkw|CZE
RD1-score8=49

RD2-seed1=A1
RD2-team1=bkw|AUS
RD2-score1=88
RD2-seed2=A3
RD2-team2=bkw|BRA
RD2-score2=75

RD2-seed3=B1
RD2-team3=bkw|USA
RD2-score3=66
RD2-seed4=A2
RD2-team4=bkw|RUS
RD2-score4=62

RD3-seed1=A1
RD3-team1=bkw|AUS
RD3-score1=63
RD3-seed2=B1
RD3-team2=bkw|USA
RD3-score2=74

RD3-seed3=A3
RD3-team3=bkw|BRA
RD3-score3=62
RD3-seed4=A2
RD3-team4=bkw|RUS
RD3-score4=71

References

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/athens2004/ Olympics: Mens Basketball Tournament 2004]
* [http://www.wnba.com/athens2004/ Olympics: Womens Basketball Tournament 2004]
* [http://www.olympicbasketball.fiba.com FIBA Olympic basketball website]