2004 United States women's Olympic basketball team

2004 United States women's Olympic basketball team

Head coach	Van Chancellor
2004 Summer Olympics
Scoring leader	Lisa Leslie[1] 15.6
Rebounding leader	Lisa Leslie 8.0
Assists leader	Dawn Staley 2.9
Biggest win	52 vs.  New Zealand
Biggest defeat	none'

The 2004 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad which were held in Athens, Greece. The U.S. women's Olympic team won their fifth gold medal, and third consecutive, at the event. They went undefeated, beating Australia in the Gold medal final and bronze medal winners Russia in the semi-finals.^[2]

Roster

United States women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Shannon Johnson 29 – (1974-08-18)August 18, 1974 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) San Antonio Silver Stars G 5 Dawn Staley 34 – (1970-05-04)May 4, 1970 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Charlotte Sting G 6 Sue Bird 23 – (1980-10-16)October 16, 1980 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Seattle Storm F 7 Sheryl Swoopes 33 – (1971-03-25)March 25, 1971 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Houston Comets C 8 Ruth Riley 24 – (1979-08-28)28 August 1979 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Detroit Shock C 9 Lisa Leslie 32 – (1972-07-07)July 7, 1972 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Los Angeles Sparks F 10 Tamika Catchings 25 – (1979-07-21)July 21, 1979 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Indiana Fever F 11 Tina Thompson 29 – (1975-02-10)February 10, 1975 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Houston Comets G 12 Diana Taurasi 22 – (1982-06-11)June 11, 1982 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Phoenix Mercury F/C 13 Yolanda Griffith 34 – (1970-03-01)March 1, 1970 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Sacramento Monarchs G 14 Katie Smith 30 – (1974-06-04)June 4, 1974 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Minnesota Lynx F 15 Swin Cash 24 – (1979-09-22)September 22, 1979 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Detroit Shock	Head coach Van Chancellor Assistant coach(es) Anne Donovan Gail Goestenkors Vivian Stringer Legend Ctr. field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004 Source:[3]

Results

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Group stage

August 14, 2004 14:30

[4]

United States	99–47	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 35–11, 16–15, 20–8
Pts: Cash 19 Rebs: Taurasi 9 Asts: Bird, Staley 3		Pts: Marino 13 Rebs: Loffhagen 7 Asts: Three players 1

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 1,970 Referees: Vladimir Okhrimenko (Russia) Abdellilah Chlif (Morocco)

August 16, 2004 14:30

[4]

Czech Republic	61–80	United States
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 14–24, 15–23, 11–15
Pts: Klimešová 18 Rebs: Machová 5 Asts: Machová 5		Pts: Leslie 15 Rebs: Leslie 10 Asts: Staley 4

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 954 Referees: Giampaolo Cicoria (Italy) Shoko Sugura (Japan)

August 18, 2004 14:30

[4]

South Korea	57–80	United States
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 9–19, 7–29, 18–12
Pts: Lee M 16 Rebs: Kim Y. 5 Asts: Kim Y., Lee M 3		Pts: Leslie 25 Rebs: Leslie, Thompson 7 Asts: Three players 3

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Michael Aylen (Australia) Dallas Pickering (New Zealand)

August 20, 2004 14:30

[4]

United States	71–58	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 12–13, 19–12, 21–17
Pts: Leslie 19 Rebs: Leslie 9 Asts: Staley 6		Pts: Valdemoro 22 Rebs: Pascua 11 Asts: Palau 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 1,352 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (Greece) Tatiana Steigerwald (Brazil)

August 22, 2004 20:00

[4]

China	62–100	United States
Scoring by quarter: 13–27, 19–25, 13–23, 17–25
Pts: Ye 19 Rebs: Sui 6 Asts: Miao 3		Pts: Taurasi 19 Rebs: Griffith 11 Asts: Bird, Johnson 5

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 1,653 Referees: Vladimir Okhrimenko (Russia) Abreu Joao (Mozambique)

Quarterfinal

August 25, 2004 14:30

[4]

United States	102–72	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 28–15, 21–19, 26–19
Pts: Johnson 21 Rebs: Griffith 11 Asts: Thompson 5		Pts: Kostaki 26 Rebs: Samoroukova 6 Asts: Kostaki 8

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Zoran Sutulovic (Serbia and Montenegro) Dallas Pickering (New Zealand)

Semifinal

August 27, 2004 14:30

[4]

Russia	62–66	United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 18–21, 11–14, 18–15
Pts: Shchegoleva 13 Rebs: Baranova, Stepanova 8 Asts: Baranova 6		Pts: Thompson 14 Rebs: Griffit, Leslie 7 Asts: Leslie 3

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 3,740 Referees: Pablo Estevez (Argentina) Christos Christodoulou (Greece)

Gold Medal Final

August 28, 2004 16:15

[4]

United States	74–63	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 12–12, 23–24, 22–13
Pts: Thompson 18 Rebs: Leslie 8 Asts: Thompson 3		Pts: Taylor 16 Rebs: Jackson 14 Asts: Fallon, Jackson 2

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 10,120 Referees: Chantal Julien (France) José Reyes Ronfini (Mexico)

See also

• 2004 Summer Olympics
• Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• United States women's national basketball team

References

1. "2004 Stats - United States".
2. Hack, Damon (August 29, 2004). "Summer 2004 Games -- Basketball: Women's Final; For U.S. Women, Victory for Gold And Team Play". The New York Times.
3. "Women's Basketball Team Roster – United States (USA)" (PDF). 2004 Olympics. LA84 Foundation. April 9, 2014. p. 15.
4. "Women's Basketball - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics". Olympian Database.

External links

• 2004 Olympics, Women's Basketball: Standings and Stats at Basketball-Reference.com