# 2004 United States women's Olympic basketball team

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.

## Results
### Group stage

* August 14, 2004 14:30
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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)