Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held from 11 to 28 August 2004 at various locations in Greece.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Argentina |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 United States |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Brazil |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Paraguay |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Germany |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Italy |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | Argentina Roberto Ayala Nicolas Burdisso Fabricio Coloccini Andres d'Alessandro Cesar Delgado Cristian Gonzalez Luis Gonzalez Mariano Gonzalez Gabriel Heinze German Lux Javier Mascherano Nicolas Medina Clemente Rodriguez Mauro Rosales Javier Saviola Carlos Tevez |
Paraguay Fredy Bareiro Diego Barreto Edgar Barreto Pedro Benitez Jose Cardozo Ernesto Cristaldo Jose Devaca Osvaldo Diaz Julio Cesar Enciso Celso Esquivel Diego Figueredo Carlos Gamarra Pablo Gimenez Julio Gonzalez Julio Manzur Emilio Martinez Aureliano Torres |
Italy Andrea Barzagli Daniele Bonera Cesare Bovo Giorgio Chiellini Daniele de Rossi Simone del Nero Marco Donadel Matteo Ferrari Andrea Gasbarroni Alberto Gilardino Giandomenico Mesto Emiliano Moretti Angelo Palombo Ivan Pelizzoli Giampiero Pinzi Andrea Pirlo Giuseppe Sculli |
| Women | United States Shannon Boxx Brandi Chastain Joy Fawsett Julie Foudy Mia Hamm Angela Hucles Kristine Lilly Kate Markgraf Heather Mitts Heather O'Reilly Cindy Parlow Christie Rampone Cat Reddick Briana Scurry Lindsay Tarpley Aly Wagner Abby Wambach |
Brazil Aline Andreia Christiane Daniela Elaine Formiga Grazielle Juliana Kelly Marta Maycon Monica Pretinha Renata Costa Rosana Roseli Tania |
Germany Isabell Bachor Sonja Fuss Kerstin Garefrekes Sarah Guenther Ariane Hingst Steffi Jones Renate Lingor Sandra Minnert Martina Mueller Viola Odebrecht Navina Omilade Conny Pohlers Birgit Prinz Silke Rottenberg Kerstin Stegemann Petra Wimbersky Pia Wunderlich |
Statistics[]
- There were 425 total athletes from 22 countries.
- Sally Shipard was the youngest participant with 16 years and 296 days.
- Joy Fawcett was the oldest participant with 36 years and 185 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- 6 nations won a medal, the highest number possible.
- Argentina won one of its first gold medals at the Olympics since Helsinki 1952.
- Italy won its first medal in the sport since Berlin 1936.
- Paraguay won its first-ever Olympic medal.
