Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held from 14 to 28 August 2004 at the Athens Olympic Indoor Hall.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 |  Argentina |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Australia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Russia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | Argentina Carlos Francisco Delfino Gabriel Diego Fernandez Emanuel David Ginobili Leonardo Martin Gutierrez Walter Herrmann Alejandro Ariel Montecchia Andres Nocioni Fabricio Oberto Juan Ignacio Sanchez Luis Alberto Scola Hugo Ariel Sconochini Ruben Wolkowyski |
Italy Gianluca Basile Massimo Bulleri Roberto Chiacig Giacomo Galanda Luca Garri Denis Marconato Michele Mian Gianmarco Pozzecco Nikola Radulovic Alex Righetti Rodolfo Rombaldoni Matteo Soragna |
United States Carmelo Anthony Carlos Boozer Timothy Duncan Allen Iverson Lebron James Richard Jefferson Stephen Marbury Shawn Marion Lamar Odom Emeka Okafor Amare Stoudemire Dwyane Wade Jr |
| Women | United States Suzanne Bird Swintayla Cash Tamika Catchings Yolanda Griffith Shannon Johnson Lisa Leslie Ruth Riley Katie Smith Dawn Staley Sheryl Swoopes Diana Taurasi Tina Thompson |
Australia Suzy Batkovic Sandra Brondello Trish Fallon Kristi Harrower Lauren Jackson Natalie Porter Alicia Poto Belinda Snell Rachael Sporn Laura Summerton Penny Taylor Allison Tranquilli |
Russia Anna Arkhipova Olga Arteshina Elena Baranova Diana Gustilina Maria Kalmykova Elena Karpova Ilona Korstin Irina Osipova Oxana Rakhmatulina Tatiana Shchegoleva Maria Stepanova Natalia Vodopyanova |
Statistics[]
- There were 287 total athletes from 18 countries.
- Yi Jianlian was the youngest participant with 16 years and 293 days.
- Jose Rafael Ortiz was the oldest participant with 40 years and 295 days.
- 6 participants were chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
- Argentina won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
- Italy won its first medal in the sport since Moscow 1980.
