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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.
Group Play. Largest USA margin of loss in Olympic competition. [ 1] Game 5. Czechoslovakia. W 83–67. +18. Group Play. USA wins silver medal.
Medalists. Basketball at the Summer Olympics has been a sport for men consistently since 1936. Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport, basketball was held as an unofficial demonstration event in 1904 and 1924. Women's basketball made its debut in the Summer Olympics in 1976. FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic ...
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons (run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium ), the race walks (on the streets of Athens ), and the shot put (held at the Ancient Olympia Stadium ). A total of 46 events were contested, of which 24 ...
The most medals were won in track and field, 27, and swimming, 15. The US basketball team won its second consecutive gold medal, defeating France in the final, 65–21. [9] Gold medal game in basketball at the 1952 Olympics between the US and the USSR. The Americans won, 36–25. In 1952, Helsinki saw the Soviets sending a team for the first ...
This was the first time ever that women competed in the Olympic Games. The women's division was won by Margaret Abbott of Chicago Golf Club. Abbott shot a 47 to win and became the first ever American female to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games, [6] though she received a gilded porcelain bowl as a prize instead of a medal. She is also the ...
The Women's Pole Vault event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany was held between 15 August and 17 August 2009. Yelena Isinbayeva was the strong favourite prior to the competition, a position enhanced further by the withdrawal of 2008 Olympic silver medallist Jennifer Stuczynski .
Bai Xue of China wins gold in the women's marathon, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia took the 5,000 metres world title, and Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway won the men's javelin with a throw of 89.59 metres. Brittney Reese won the women's long jump with 7.10 metres, beating defending champion Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia. In the last ...