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Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Field	Value
image	Olympic rings without rims.svg
size	150
city	Athens
country	Greece
dates	15 – 28 August 2004
num_teams	12
confederations	5
venues	2
cities	1
champion	ARG
count	1
second	ITA
third	USA
fourth	LTU
games	42
mvp	Manu Ginóbili
top_scorer	ESP Pau Gasol
(22.4 points per game)
prevseason	Sydney 2000
nextseason	Beijing 2008

(22.4 points per game)

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.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
ARG	ITA	USA

Qualification

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

Country	Qualified as	Previous
appearance
	[Olympics host](2004-summer-olympics)	1996
	[World champion](2002-fiba-world-championship)	2000
	[Asian champion](2003-abc-championship)	2000
	Oceanian champion	2000
	Oceanian runner-up	2000
	African champion	2000
	[Americas champion](2003-tournament-of-the-americas)	2000
	[Americas runner-up](2003-tournament-of-the-americas)	1996
	[Americas third place](2003-tournament-of-the-americas)	1996
	European champion	2000
	European runner-up	2000
	European third place	2000

Format

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:

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

Squads

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

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are local (UTC+3) Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic) Renato Santos (Brazil) Lazaros Voreadis (Greece) Jorge Vazquez (Puerto Rico)

Christos Christodoulou (Greece) Virginijus Dovidavicius (Lithuania) José Ronfini (Mexico) Sean Corbin(United States)

Jorge Vazquez (Puerto Rico) Philippe Leemann (Switzerland) José Carrión (Puerto Rico) Michael Aylen (Australia)

Renato Santos (Brazil) José Monfini (Mexico) Lazaros Voreadis (Greece) Jorge Vazquez (Puerto Rico)

José Carrión (Puerto Rico) Mike Homsy (Canada) Christos Christodoulou (Greece) Michael Aylen (Australia)

Group B

All times are local (UTC+3)

Zoran Šutulović (Serbia and Montenegro) Vicente Bulto (Spain)

Pablo Estevez (Argentina) Zoran Šutulović (Serbia and Montenegro) Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic) Vicente Bulto (Spain)

Renato Santos (Brazil) Pablo Estevez (Argentina)

Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic) Zoran Šutulović (Serbia and Montenegro)

José Ronfini (Mexico) Scott Buttler (Australia)

Classification games

All times are local (UTC+3)

Alejandro Chiti (Argentina) Virginijus Dovidavicius (Lithuania) Mike Homsy (Canada) Michael Aylen (Australia)

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

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) José Ronfini (Mexico) Michael Aylen (Australia)

Vicente Bulto (Spain) Alejandro Chiti (Argentina)

Semifinals

The United States was defeated by Argentina, suffering its third loss of the tournament, the most losses ever by the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team. Following the loss to Argentina, it was the first U.S. team to fail to win a gold medal since the 1988 Olympics. The United States would not lose three games in a major tournament again until the 2023 FIBA World Cup.

All times are local (UTC+3)

Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic) José Carrión (Puerto Rico)

Bronze medal game

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) Pablo Estevez (Argentina) Giampaolo Cicoria (Italy)

Gold medal game

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)

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ITA Carlo Recalcati

ARG Rubén Magnano

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Awards

MVP: Manu Ginóbili

Statistical leaders

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

Points

Name	PPG
ESP Pau Gasol	22.4
NZL Phill Jones	21.0
CHN Yao Ming	20.7
ARG Manu Ginóbili	19.3
PUR Carlos Arroyo	19.3
PUR Elías Ayuso	18.8
ARG Luis Scola	17.6
AUS Shane Heal	16.7
LTU Arvydas Macijauskas	15.9
ITA Gianluca Basile	14.6

Rebounds

Name	RPG
CHN Yao Ming	9.3
SCG Dejan Tomašević	9.2
USA Tim Duncan	9.1
AUS Andrew Bogut	9.0
ESP Pau Gasol	7.3
NZL Sean Marks	7.0
GRE Lazaros Papadopoulos	6.5
USA Carlos Boozer	6.1
USA Shawn Marion	5.9
USA Lamar Odom	5.8

Assists

Name	APG
LTU Šarūnas Jasikevičius	5.6
PUR Carlos Arroyo	5.2
NZL Mark Dickel	4.5
ITA Gianmarco Pozzecco	4.3
AUS Shane Heal	3.5
USA Stephon Marbury	3.4
ARG Manu Ginóbili	3.3
GRE Theodoros Papaloukas	3.0
GRE Dimitris Diamantidis	2.8
ANG Miguel Lutonda	2.7

Steals

Name	SPG
GRE Theodoros Papaloukas	2.8
PUR Carlos Arroyo	2.3
USA Dwyane Wade	2.1
USA Lamar Odom	2.0
NZL Dillon Boucher	1.8

Blocks

Name	BPG
ESP Pau Gasol	1.9
USA Tim Duncan	1.4
LTU Eurelijus Žukauskas	1.1
LTU Robertas Javtokas	1.0
AUS Andrew Bogut	1.0

Game highs

Department	Name	Total
Points	CHN Yao Ming	39
Rebounds	USA Tim Duncan	16
Assists	ITA Gianmarco Pozzecco	12
Steals	USA Tim Duncan
GRE Theodoros Papaloukas	5

Blocks	ESP Pau Gasol	5
Turnovers	USA Tim Duncan
LTU Šarūnas Jasikevičius	7	(both players)

Final standings

Rank	Pld	W	L
	8	6	2
	8	5	3
	8	5	3
4th	8	6	2
5th	7	4	3
6th	7	3	4
7th	7	6	1
8th	7	2	5
9th	6	2	4
10th	6	1	5
11th	6	2	4
12th	6	0	6

References

2004 Olympics: Tournament for Men, FIBA Archive. Accessed June 24, 2011.
Official Olympic Report , la84foundation.org. Accessed June 24, 2011.

References

"Puerto Rico 92, USA 73". Usabasketball.com.
(14 September 2023). "2004 Olympic Games: Tournament for Men". [[FIBA]].

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