USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM 2004 RESULTS
ATHENS, GREECE • AUGUST 13-29, 2004
Led by three-time Olympians Lisa Leslie, Opening Ceremony flag bearer Dawn Staley and Sheryl Swoopes, the USA team did not disappoint as it captured a third consecutive gold medal for the United States. To open the event, the U.S. collected a 99-47 victory over New Zealand, ran past the Czech Republic 80-61, tore past South Korea 80-57 on and earned a 71-58 win over Spain before closing preliminary round play with a 100-62 win over China. USA head coach Van Chancellor piloted his team into the medal semifinals with a 102-72 win over host Greece in the quarterfinals and edged Russia 66-62 to advance to the gold medal game against Australia. In a rematch of the 2000 Sydney gold medal contest, the U.S. again prevailed for the 74-63 victory and gold medal. For the third time in as many Olympiads Leslie led the U.S. in scoring and paced her squad on the glass for the second Games (2000) after averaging 15.6 points and 8.0 rebounds, which ranked eighth and fifth among all competitors, respectively. Leslie also finished at the top of the blocks list (1.8 bpg). As a team the U.S. ranked first among 12 teams in nearly every major statistical category, including scoring offense (84.0 ppg), scoring de- fense (60.3 ppg), scoring margin (+23.8 ppg), field goal percentage (.470) and steals (13.4 spg.). Additionally, the USA finished ranked second for blocked shots (3.8 bpg) and third for assists (12.3 apg). Leslie closed out her third Olympic competition ranking as the USA’s all-time leading scorer, rebounder and shot blocker after compiling 407 points, 185 rebounds and 25 blocked shots in three Olympic Games (1996, 2000 and 2004). The 2004 team replaced several team records, including most rebounds in a single game (58) versus New Zealand and most 3-pointers made (10) and attempted (25) versus Greece. Overall, the U.S. rewrote single competition records for field goals attempted (568), 3-pointers made (35) and attempted (114), free throw percentage (.763), blocked shots (30) and steals (107). 2000 Olympic gold medalist Katie Smith, who spent the first two games recovering from a knee injury sustained during the WNBA season, tore cartilage in her right knee during the Aug. 22 game against China and was unable to compete in the USA’s medal round contests.
2004 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER
2004 USA RESULTS (8-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE WNBA TEAM
COLLEGE
HOMETOWN
New Zealand Czech Republic
W, 99-47 W, 80-61 W, 80-57 W, 71-58 W, 100-62 W, 102-72 W, 66-62 W, 74-63
Sue Bird Swin Cash
G
5-9 6-2 6-0 6-4 5-7 6-5 6-5 5-11 5-6 6-0 6-0 6-2
150 162 166 175 144 170 195 181 134 145 170 178
23 24 25 34 30 32 25 30 34 33 22 29
Seattle Storm Detroit Shock Indiana Fever
Connecticut ‘02 Connecticut ‘02 Tennessee ‘01 Florida Atlantic ‘93 Notre Dame ‘01 Ohio State ‘96 Texas Tech ‘93 Connecticut ‘04 USC ‘94 Virginia ‘92
Syosset, NY
F F
McKeesport, PA Duncanville, TX Chicago, IL Hartsville, SC Inglewood, CA
South Korea
Tamika Catchings Yolanda Griffith Shannon Johnson
Spain China
F/C
Sacramento Monarchs
G C C G G
San Antonio Silver Stars South Carolina ‘96
Greece Russia
Lisa Leslie Ruth Riley Katie Smith Dawn Staley
Los Angeles Sparks Detroit Shock Minnesota Lynx Charlotte Sting Houston Comets Phoenix Mercury Houston Comets
Macy, IN Logan, OH
Australia
Philadelphia, PA Brownfield, TX
Sheryl Swoopes Diana Taurasi Tina Thompson
F
G/F
Chino, CA
FINAL STANDINGS
F
USC ‘97
Los Angeles, CA
Head Coach: Van Chancellor, Houston Comets Assistant Coach: Anne Donovan, Seattle Storm Assistant Coach: Gail Goestenkors, Duke University Assistant Coach: C. Vivian Stringer, Rutgers University Team Physician: Sheldon Burns, Minneapolis, Minnesota Athletic Trainer: Chrissy Price, University of Washington
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (8-0)
Australia (7-1) Russia (6-2)
Brazil (4-4)
Czech Rep. (4-3)
Spain (4-3) Greece (3-4)
2004 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
New Zealand (2-5)
9. China (2-4) 10. Japan (1-5) 11. Nigeria (1-5) 12. South Korea (0-6)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
AST
BLK
STL
PTS
Leslie
8/8 8/8 8/8 8/0 8/0 8/8 7/0 8/0 8/8 7/0 7/0 3/0
57- 97 45- 90 29- 71 26- 43 26- 69 19- 47 16- 35 18- 46 12- 23 10- 15 9- 30
.588 .500 .408 .605 .377 .404 .457 .391 .522 .667 .300 .000 .470 .367
0- 2
.000 .333 .429 .000 .333 .250 .000 .364 .200 .000 .125 .000 .307 .320
11- 15 17- 22
.733 .773 .857 .571 .714 .833 .800 .889 .800 .000 .000 .763 .721
64/8.0 40/5.0 32/4.0 53/6.6 24/3.0 43/5.4 31/4.4 4/0.5 17/2.4 6/0.9 1/0.3
11 11 13
14
8 8
125/15.6 113/14.1
Thompson Swoopes
6- 18 9- 21 0- 0 11- 33 2- 8 0- 0 4- 11 1- 5 0- 0 2- 16 0- 0 35-114 47-147
0 2 1 3 4 2 1 0 3 0 0
6- 7
19 12
73/9.1 68/8.5 68/8.5 55/6.9 44/6.3 49/6.1 33/4.1 24/3.4 20/2.9 0/ 0.0
Griffith Taurasi
16- 28
1 8 3 2
5- 7
7
Catchings
15- 18 12- 15
22
Cash
3
Johnson
9- 9 8- 9 4- 5 0- 0 0- 0
1.000 20/2.5
15 23
11 12
Staley Riley Smith USA OPP. Bird
2 8 1
3 2 0
0- 2
8 8
267-568 167-455
103-135 101-140
335/41.9 193/24.1
98 76
30
107
672/84.0 482/60.2
9
57
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