Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's basketball
- Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's basketball
The men's tournament of basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece began on August 15 and lasted until August 28. The games were held at the Helliniko Indoor Arena and Olympic Indoor Hall.
Medalists
Group B
Serbia and Montenegro's 11th-place finish is their worst in Olympic history.
Leading scorers for 9th to 12th place classification:
*Serbia and Montenegro: Vlado Šćepanović 18 pts
*Angola: Gerson Monteiro 26 pts
*Australia: Shane Heal 30 pts
*New Zealand: Phillip Jones 18 pts
Quarter finals
Leading scorers for the semi finals:
*United States: Stephon Marbury 18 pts
*Argentina: Manu Ginobili 29 pts
*Lithuania: Arvydas Macijauskas 26 pts
*Italy: Gianluca Basile 31 pts
Bronze Medal Match
The United States won its first bronze medal since 1988 by avenging the preliminary loss to Lithuania of one week earlier.
Leading scorers:
*United States: Shawn Marion 22 pts
*Lithuania: Arvydas Macijauskas 24 pts
Final
Argentina won its first ever Olympic gold medal in basketball and became the first nation other than the United States to win the gold medal since 1988. Manu Ginobili was named the Most-Valuable Player.
Leading scorers:
*Argentina: Luis Alberto Scola 25 pts
*Italy: Matteo Soragna and Gianmarco Pozzecco 12 pts
Final ranking
#flagicon|ARG Argentina
#flagicon|ITA Italy
#flagicon|USA United States of America
#flagicon|LTU Lithuania
#flagicon|GRC Greece
#flagicon|PRI Puerto Rico
#flagicon|ESP Spain
#flagicon|CHN People's Republic of China
#flagicon|AUS Australia
#flagicon|NZL New Zealand
#flagicon|SCG Serbia and Montenegro
#flagicon|ANG Angola
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