Annex: Basketball at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games
| XVI Basketball Olympic Championship Athens | |
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| Headquarters |  Greece
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| Date | 15 August 2004 28 August 2004 |
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| Participants | 12 selections |
| Podium - Champion - Subfield - Third place |   Argentina  Italy  USA
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| Participants | 12 selections |
| Podium - Champion - Subfield - Third place | USA .svg){kind=small} Australia  Russia
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The basketball competition at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games took place in two venues: for the preliminary rounds, the Helliniko Olympic Arena of the Helliniko Olympic Complex, and for the final rounds, the OACA Olympic Indoor Hall of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.
This was the 16th edition of the official Olympic tournament for this sport since its debut at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Both the men's and women's tournaments featured 12 participating teams, divided into two groups of six, where they played a system of all-against-all. The best four of each group went to a direct elimination system until reaching the final. The winners of each semifinal met to determine the gold and silver medals, while the losers contested a defining match for the bronze medal.
Participating teams
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Medal table
| No. | Country |  |  |  | Total |
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| 1 | United States(USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Argentina(ARG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Australia(AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Italy(ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Russia(RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Results
Men's Tournament:
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| Argentina Gabriel Fernández Fabricio Oberto Luis Scola Rubén Wolkowyski Carlos Delfino Leonardo Gutiérrez Walter Herrmann Andrés Nocioni Emanuel Ginóbili Alejandro Montecchia Juan Ignacio Sánchez Hugo Sconochini Coach: Ruben Magnano | Italy Roberto Chiacig Luca Garri Denis Marconato Giacomo Galanda Nikola Radulović Alex Righetti Matteo Soragna Gianluca Basile Massimo Bulleri Michele Mian Gianmarco Pozzecco Rodolfo Rombaldoni Coach: Carlo Recalcati | United States Tim Duncan Emeka Okafor Carmelo Anthony Carlos Boozer Richard Jefferson Shawn Marion Lamar Odom Amare Stoudemire Allen Iverson LeBron James Stephon Marbury Dwyane Wade Coach: Larry Brown |
Women's tournament:
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| United States Sue Bird Swin Cash Tamika Catchings Yolanda Griffith Shannon Johnson Lisa Leslie Ruth Riley Katie Smith Dawn Staley Sheryl Swoopes Diana Taurasi Tina Thompson Coach: Van Chancellor |  AustraliaSuzy Batkovic Sandy Brondello Trisha Fallon Kristi Harrower Lauren Jackson Natalie Porter Alicia Poto Belinda Snell Rachael Sporn Laura Summerton Penny Taylor Allison Tranquilli Coach: Jan Stirling | Russia Anna Arkhipova Olga Arteshina Yelena Baranova Diana Goustilina Maria Kalmykova Elena Karpova Ilona Korstin Irina Osipova Oxana Rakhmatulina Tatiana Shchegoleva Maria Stepanova Natalia Vodopyanova Coach: Vadim Kapranov |
Succession
| Predecessor: Sydney 2000 | Basketball at the Olympic Games Athens | Successor: Beijing 2008 |