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Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's basketball tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece began on 15 August and ended on 28 August, when Argentina defeated Italy 84–69 for the gold medal. The games were held at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena and Olympic Indoor Hall.

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
CityAthens
Dates15 – 28 August
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place United States
Fourth place Lithuania
Tournament statistics
Games played42
MVPArgentina Manu Ginóbili
Top scorerSpain Pau Gasol
(22.4 points per game)
Competing teams.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Argentina (ARG)   Italy (ITA)   United States (USA)

Qualification

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Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Country Qualified as Date of qualification Previous
appearance
  Greece Olympics host Sep 5, 1997 1996
  Serbia and Montenegro World champion Sep 8, 2002 2000
  China Asian champion Oct 1, 2003 2000
  Australia Oceanian champion Sep 4, 2003 2000
  New Zealand Oceanian runner-up Sep 4, 2003 2000
  Angola African champion Aug 19, 2003 2000
  United States Americas champion Aug 31, 2003 2000
  Argentina Americas runner-up Aug 31, 2003 1996
  Puerto Rico Americas third place Aug 31, 2003 1996
  Lithuania European champion Sep 14, 2003 2000
  Spain European runner-up Sep 14, 2003 2000
  Italy European third place Sep 14, 2003 2000

Format

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  • Twelve teams are split into two preliminary round groups of six teams each.
  • The top four teams from both groups qualify for the knockout stage.
  • Fifth-placed teams from both groups compete for ninth place in an additional game.
  • Sixth-placed teams from both groups compete for 11th place in an additional game.
  • In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
    • From the eliminated teams at the quarterfinals, the loser from A1 vs. B4 competes against the loser from B1 vs. A4 for seventh place in an additional game. The remaining two loser teams compete for fifth place in an additional game.
  • The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Tie-breaking criteria:

  1. Head to head results
  2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads

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Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 5 5 0 405 349 +56 10 Quarterfinals
2   Italy 5 3 2 371 341 +30 8[a]
3   Argentina 5 3 2 414 396 +18 8[a]
4   China 5 2 3 303 382 −79 7
5   New Zealand 5 1 4 399 413 −14 6[b] 9th place playoff
6   Serbia and Montenegro 5 1 4 377 388 −11 6[b] 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Italy 1–0 Argentina
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: New Zealand 1–0 Serbia and Montenegro

All times are local (UTC+3)

15 August 2004
11:15
Italy   71–69   New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 14–9, 17–24, 15–23
Pts: Basile 16
Rebs: Chiacig 9
Asts: Pozzecco 7		 Pts: Penney 20
Rebs: Marks 9
Asts: Cameron 5
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 1,100
Referees:
Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic)
Renato Santos (Brazil)
15 August 2004
14:30
China   58–83   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 12–24, 13–19, 15–22
Pts: Li Nan 14
Rebs: Mo Ke, Yao Ming 8 each
Asts: Liu Wei 2		 Pts: Gasol 21
Rebs: Gasol 10
Asts: Calderón, Gasol 2 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 9,500
Referees:
Lazaros Voreadis (Greece)
Jorge Vazquez (Puerto Rico)
15 August 2004
16:45
Argentina   83–82   Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 22–24, 12–20, 22–23
Pts: Ginóbili 27
Rebs: Wolkowyski 6
Asts: Ginóbili 3		 Pts: Radmanović 21
Rebs: Dejan Tomašević 10
Asts: 3 players, 1 each
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 10,500
Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), José Carrión (PUR)
17 August 2004
9:00
New Zealand   62–69   China
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 6–12, 25–22, 17–18
Pts: Jones 27
Rebs: Book, Marks 7 each
Asts: Dickel 2		 Pts: Yao Ming 39
Rebs: Yao Ming 13
Asts: Li Nan, Liu Wei 4 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 1,300
Referees:
Christos Christodoulou (Greece)
Virginijus Dovidavicius (Lithuania)
17 August 2004
16:45
Serbia and Montenegro   74–72   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 20–19, 19–14, 19–22
Pts: Rakočević 19
Rebs: Tomašević 12
Asts: Tomašević 5		 Pts: Bulleri 15
Rebs: Chiacig, Radulović 5 each
Asts: Bulleri, Pozzecco 2 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 12,500
Referees:
José Ronfini (Mexico)
Sean Corbin(United States)
17 August 2004
20:00
Spain   87–76   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 10–22, 23–20, 29–16
Pts: Gasol 26
Rebs: Gasol 8
Asts: Calderón 5		 Pts: Scola 28
Rebs: Scola 9
Asts: 3 players, 4 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (ESP), Mike Homsy (CAN)
19 August 2004
9:00
Serbia and Montenegro   87–90   New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 24–17, 22–16, 21–35
Pts: Bodiroga 25
Rebs: Bodiroga 6
Asts: Rakočević 2		 Pts: Penney 15
Rebs: Marks 5
Asts: Dickel 6
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 4,200
Referees:
Jorge Vazquez (Puerto Rico)
Philippe Leemann (Switzerland)
19 August 2004
11:15
Italy   63–71   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 11–18, 19–13, 11–23
Pts: Righetti 18
Rebs: Chiacig, Marconato 8 each
Asts: Basile 3		 Pts: Garbajosa 17
Rebs: Garbajosa 8
Asts: Garbajosa 3
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 8,950
Referees:
José Carrión (Puerto Rico)
Michael Aylen (Australia)
19 August 2004
20:00
Argentina   82–57   China
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 19–7, 24–18, 17–18
Pts: Nocioni 17
Rebs: Delfino, Nocioni 6 each
Asts: Scola, Sconochini 4 each		 Pts: Yao Ming 15
Rebs: Yao Ming 7
Asts: Liu Wei 2
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Sean Corbin (USA), Scott Buttler (AUS)
21 August 2004
11:15
Spain   76–68   Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 13–17, 20–21, 25–16
Pts: Calderón 15
Rebs: Reyes 6
Asts: Garbajosa, Navarro 3 each		 Pts: Bodiroga 14
Rebs: Tomašević 9
Asts: Rakočević 3
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 10,350
Referees:
Renato Santos (Brazil)
José Monfini (Mexico)
21 August 2004
14:30
New Zealand   94–98   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 17–24, 29–29, 23–22
Pts: Jones 25
Rebs: Book 6
Asts: Dickel 7		 Pts: Scola 25
Rebs: Oberto 9
Asts: Montecchia, Oberto 5 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)
21 August 2004
16:45
China   52–89   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 15–22, 13–16, 13–29
Pts: Li Nan, Yao Ming 9 each
Rebs: Yi Jianlian 7
Asts: Yao Ming 2		 Pts: Galanda 22
Rebs: Soragna 5
Asts: Pozzecco 12
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 7,600
Referees:
Lazaros Voreadis (Greece)
Jorge Vazquez (Puerto Rico)
23 August 2004
9:00
Spain   88–84   New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 29–26, 25–31, 15–16
Pts: Garbajosa 17
Rebs: Gasol 10
Asts: Calderón 3		 Pts: Jones 23
Rebs: Marks 10
Asts: Dickel 5
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 4,252
Referees:
José Carrión (Puerto Rico)
Mike Homsy (Canada)
23 August 2004
16:45
Serbia and Montenegro   66–67   China
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 13–15, 20–20, 12–16
Pts: Drobnjak 17
Rebs: Tomašević 11
Asts: Tomašević 4		 Pts: Yao Ming 27
Rebs: Yao Ming 13
Asts: Liu Wei 3
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 11,150
Referees:
Christos Christodoulou (Greece)
Michael Aylen (Australia)
23 August 2004
20:00
Italy   76–75   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 22–13, 18–18, 23–21
Pts: Pozzecco 17
Rebs: Bulleri 6
Asts: Bulleri 4		 Pts: Ginóbili, Scola 19 each
Rebs: Wolkowyski 7
Asts: Ginóbili 3
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Sean Corbin (USA)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Lithuania 5 5 0 468 414 +54 10 Quarterfinals
2   Greece 5 3 2 389 343 +46 8[a]
3   Puerto Rico 5 3 2 410 411 −1 8[a]
4   United States 5 3 2 418 389 +29 8[a]
5   Australia 5 1 4 383 411 −28 6 9th place playoff
6   Angola 5 0 5 321 421 −100 5 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Greece 1–1 (1.10 GAvg), Puerto Rico 1–1 (0.99), United States 1–1 (0.92)

All times are local (UTC+3)

15 August 2004
9:00
Angola   73–78   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 8–14, 23–28, 18–22
Pts: Lutonda 17
Rebs: Lutonda 4
Asts: Lutonda 6		 Pts: Lavrinovič, E. Žukauskas 15 each
Rebs: E. Žukauskas 11
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 400
Referees: Chantal Julien (FRA), Ma Li Jun (CHN)
15 August 2004
20:00
Puerto Rico   92–73   United States
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 28–7, 16–21, 27–25
Pts: Arroyo 24
Rebs: Ortiz 6
Asts: Arroyo 7		 Pts: Duncan, Iverson 15 each
Rebs: Duncan 16
Asts: Duncan 4
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 11,560
Referees:
Zoran Šutulović (Serbia and Montenegro)
Vicente Bulto (Spain)
15 August 2004
22:15
Greece   76–54   Australia
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 12–15, 24–18, 17–3
Pts: Papadopoulos 21
Rebs: Papadopoulos 9
Asts: Papaloukas 4		 Pts: Heal, Maher 12 each
Rebs: Nielsen 6
Asts: Andersen, Heal 1 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 11,500
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), José Ronfini (MEX)
17 August 2004
11:15
Australia   83–59   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 24–16, 27–15, 11–15
Pts: Heal 18
Rebs: Bogut 11
Asts: Smith 3		 Pts: Monteiro 18
Rebs: Gomes 9
Asts: 4 players, 1 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 2,400
Referees: Renato Santos (BRA), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS)
17 August 2004
14:30
Lithuania   98–90   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 26–32, 23–12, 22–22, 27–24
Pts: Šiškauskas 23
Rebs: E. Žukauskas 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 7		 Pts: Arroyo, Ayuso 25 each
Rebs: Hourruitiner 6
Asts: Arroyo, Ayuso 2 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 12,500
Referees:
Pablo Estevez (Argentina)
Zoran Šutulović (Serbia and Montenegro)
17 August 2004
22:15
United States   77–71   Greece
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 19–14, 20–22, 20–18
Pts: Iverson 17
Rebs: Duncan 9
Asts: Marbury 6		 Pts: Fotsis 22
Rebs: Papadopoulos 7
Asts: Papaloukas 6
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 12,000
Referees:
Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic)
Vicente Bulto (Spain)
19 August 2004
14:30
United States   89–79   Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21–31, 26–20, 18–16, 24–12
Pts: Duncan 18
Rebs: Duncan 11
Asts: James, Marbury 5 each		 Pts: Heal 17
Rebs: Andersen, Bogut 8
Asts: Heal 7
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: José Ronfini (MEX), Giampaolo Cicoria (ITA)
19 August 2004
16:45
Puerto Rico   83–80   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 18–15, 26–34, 20–14
Pts: Ayuso 17
Rebs: Santiago 10
Asts: Arroyo 6		 Pts: de Carvalho 14
Rebs: Moussa 6
Asts: Costa 7
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Reynaldo Sanchez (DOM), Ma Li Jun (CHN)
19 August 2004
22:15
Greece   76–98   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 10–28, 15–26, 19–22, 32–22
Pts: Zisis 18
Rebs: Papanikolaou 7
Asts: Papaloukas 3		 Pts: Šiškauskas 25
Rebs: Javtokas, Songaila 5 each
Asts: Jasikevičius 8
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 12,000
Referees:
Renato Santos (Brazil)
Pablo Estevez (Argentina)
21 August 2004
9:00
Australia   82–87   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 28–28, 17–24, 14–22
Pts: Nielsen 20
Rebs: Bogut 11
Asts: Heal 6		 Pts: Santiago 20
Rebs: Ortiz 6
Asts: Arroyo 7
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Vicente Bulto (ESP), Pablo Estevez (ARG)
21 August 2004
20:00
Lithuania   94–90   United States
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 21–23, 23–20, 27–21
Pts: Jasikevičius 28
Rebs: Štombergas 10
Asts: Jasikevičius 4		 Pts: Jefferson 20
Rebs: Duncan 20
Asts: Marbury 3
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 12,000
Referees:
Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic)
Zoran Šutulović (Serbia and Montenegro)
21 August 2004
22:15
Angola   56–88   Greece
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 10–20, 10–24, 21–21
Pts: Costa 12
Rebs: Costa 5
Asts: 5 players, 1 each		 Pts: Dikoudis 15
Rebs: Dikoudis, Papadopoulos 8 each
Asts: Diamantidis 3
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Mike Homsy (CAN), Alejandro Chiti (ARG)
23 August 2004
11:15
Lithuania   100–85   Australia
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 32–9, 23–38, 25–19
Pts: Javtokas 23
Rebs: Javtokas 9
Asts: Jasikevičius 4		 Pts: Bogut, Saville 21 each
Rebs: Bogut 9
Asts: Heal 3
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 7,650
Referees: Vicente Bulto (ESP), Alejandro Chiti (ARG)
23 August 2004
14:30
United States   89–53   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 23–12, 29–13, 14–14
Pts: Duncan 15
Rebs: Boozer 9
Asts: James 5		 Pts: Monteiro 20
Rebs: Gomes 6
Asts: Monteiro, Moussa 2 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG), Philippe Leemann (SUI)
23 August 2004
22:15
Greece   78–58   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 20–6, 16–18, 22–12
Pts: Kakiouzis 16
Rebs: Dikoudis 8
Asts: Papaloukas 4		 Pts: Ayuso 11
Rebs: Fajardo 9
Asts: Arroyo 4
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 12,000
Referees:
José Ronfini (Mexico)
Scott Buttler (Australia)

Classification games

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All times are local (UTC+3)

24 August 2004
14:30
11th place
Serbia and Montenegro   85–62   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–15, 27–19, 24–18
Pts: Šćepanović 18
Rebs: Krstić 12
Asts: Šćepanović 4		 Pts: Monteiro 26
Rebs: Moussa 7
Asts: Almeida, Monteiro 2 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 3,625
Referees: Vicente Bulto (ESP), Alejandro Chiti (ARG)
24 August 2004
16:45
9th place
New Zealand   80–98   Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 19–20, 18–26, 28–24
Pts: Jones 26
Rebs: Marks 6
Asts: Dickel 3		 Pts: Heal 30
Rebs: Bogut 10
Asts: 3 players, 3 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 4,250
Referees: Zoran Šutulović (SCG), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS)
28 August 2004
9:00
7th place
China   76–92   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 11–17, 18–23, 26–27
Pts: Li Nan 16
Rebs: Yao Ming 7
Asts: Yao Ming 3		 Pts: Gasol 37
Rebs: Gasol 7
Asts: Calderón 6
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 8,200
Referees:
Alejandro Chiti (Argentina)
Virginijus Dovidavicius (Lithuania)
28 August 2004
11:15
5th place
Puerto Rico   75–85   Greece
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 21–19, 20–22, 19–19
Pts: Ayuso 14
Rebs: Santiago 9
Asts: Arroyo 4		 Pts: Kakiouzis 20
Rebs: Diamantidis 8
Asts: 3 players, 3 each
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 14,500
Referees:
Mike Homsy (Canada)
Michael Aylen (Australia)

Knockout stage

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
         
A1   Spain 94
B4   United States 102
B4   United States 81
A3   Argentina 89
A3   Argentina 69
B2   Greece 64
A3   Argentina 84
A2   Italy 69
B1   Lithuania 95
A4   China 75
B1   Lithuania 91 Bronze medal game
A2   Italy 100
A2   Italy 83 B4   United States 104
B3   Puerto Rico 70 B1   Lithuania 96

Quarterfinals

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In spite of an undefeated preliminary round, the Spaniards were defeated by the United States (3–2 in group play) to the chagrin of Spanish head coach Mario Pesquera.

Unlike their Spanish counterparts, however, the Lithuanians had an easy time disposing of the Del Harris-led Chinese squad.

Argentina, led by 13 points from both Manu Ginóbili and Fabricio Oberto, disposed of the home squad, led by the 12 points from Nikos Chatzivrettas.

All times are local (UTC+3)

26 August 2004
14:30
Spain   94–102   United States
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 18–19, 24–30, 27–28
Pts: Gasol 29
Rebs: Calderón 7
Asts: 3 players, 1 each		 Pts: Marbury 31
Rebs: Marion, Odom 6 each
Asts: Iverson, Marbury 4 each
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 14,500
Referees:
José Ronfini (Mexico)
Michael Aylen (Australia)
26 August 2004
16:45
Lithuania   95–75   China
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 28–18, 21–20, 21–18
Pts: Macijauskas 32
Rebs: E. Žukauskas 8
Asts: Šiškauskas 4		 Pts: Yao Ming 29
Rebs: Yao Ming 11
Asts: Liu Wei 4
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 14,500
Referees: Mike Homsy (CAN), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)
26 August 2004
20:00
Italy   83–70   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 18–15, 19–17, 23–18
Pts: Bulleri 20
Rebs: Marconato 12
Asts: Pozzecco 6		 Pts: Ayuso 24
Rebs: Ortiz 8
Asts: Arroyo 5
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 14,500
Referees:
Vicente Bulto (Spain)
Alejandro Chiti (Argentina)
26 August 2004
22:15
Greece   64–69   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 21–7, 18–24, 11–16
Pts: Hatzivrettas 12
Rebs: Dikoudis, Papadopoulos 9 each
Asts: Diamantidis 3		 Pts: Ginóbili, Oberto 13 each
Rebs: Herrmann 6
Asts: Ginóbili, Montecchia 2 each
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 14,500
Referees: Renato Santos (BRA), Giampaolo Cicoria (ITA)

Semifinals

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All times are local (UTC+3)

27 August 2004
20:00
Argentina   89–81   United States
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 19–18, 27–19, 19–24
Pts: Ginóbili 29
Rebs: Oberto 6
Asts: Sánchez 7		 Pts: Marbury 18
Rebs: Boozer 9
Asts: Iverson, Odom 3 each
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 14,500
Referees: Vicente Bulto (ESP), Zoran Šutulović (SCG)
27 August 2004
22:15
Italy   100–91   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 29–17, 24–20, 27–28
Pts: Basile 31
Rebs: Marconato 9
Asts: Marconato, Pozzecco 3 each		 Pts: Macijauskas 26
Rebs: Šiškauskas 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 9
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 14,500
Referees:
Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic)
José Carrión (Puerto Rico)

Bronze medal game

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The United States won its first bronze medal since 1988 by avenging the preliminary loss to Lithuania of one week earlier.

All times are local (UTC+3)

28 August 2004
20:45
Lithuania   96–104   United States
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 20–25, 27–25, 25–30
Pts: Macijauskas 24
Rebs: Javtokas 6
Asts: Jasikevičius 4		 Pts: Marion 22
Rebs: Boozer, Duncan 8 each
Asts: Wade 6
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 14,500
Referees:
Pablo Estevez (Argentina)
Giampaolo Cicoria (Italy)

Gold medal game

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Argentina won its first ever Olympic gold medal in basketball and became the first Latin and Hispanic nation to obtain an Olympic gold medal in men's basketball.

All times are local (UTC+3)

28 August 2004
22:45
Italy   69–84   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 25–20, 13–17, 15–24
Pts: Pozzecco, Soragna 12 each
Rebs: Garri 6
Asts: Rombaldoni 2		 Pts: Scola 25
Rebs: Scola 11
Asts: Ginóbili 6
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 14,500
Referees: Renato Santos (BRA), Lazaros Voreadis (GRE)

Awards

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MVP:   Manu Ginóbili[2]
 2004 Olympic Basketball Champions 
 
Argentina
1st title

Statistical leaders

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Top ten in points, rebounds and assists, and top 5 in steals and blocks.

Game highs

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Department Name Total Opponent
Points   Yao Ming 39   New Zealand
Rebounds   Tim Duncan 16   Puerto Rico
Assists   Gianmarco Pozzecco 12   China
Steals   Tim Duncan
  Theodoros Papaloukas		 5   Puerto Rico
  Argentina
Blocks   Pau Gasol 5   Argentina
Turnovers   Tim Duncan
  Šarūnas Jasikevičius		 7   Puerto Rico (both players)

Final standings

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Rank Team Pld W L
Gold medal game participants
    Argentina 8 6 2
    Italy 8 5 3
Bronze medal game participants
    United States 8 5 3
4th   Lithuania 8 6 2
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th   Greece 7 4 3
6th   Puerto Rico 7 3 4
7th   Spain 7 6 1
8th   China 7 2 5
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th   Australia 6 2 4
10th   New Zealand 6 1 5
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th   Serbia and Montenegro 6 2 4
12th   Angola 6 0 6

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Puerto Rico 92, USA 73". Usabasketball.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  2. ^ "2004 Olympic Games: Tournament for Men". FIBA. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
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