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Softball, Women

Date14 – 23 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Kentro Softbol, Olympiako Syngrotima Ellenikou, Hellinikon
Participants118 from 8 countries
FormatRound-robin tournament, with the top 4 teams progressing to the semi-finals.

Though the United States had won gold medals in 1996 and 2000, their performance in 2004 softball was one of the most dominant ever in an Olympic team sport. The USA played nine games, won nine games, and outscored their opponents, 51-1. The lone run came in the final game against Australia, which lost 5-1. The US was led by four women who won their third consecutive gold medals: Laura Berg, Lisa Fernandez, Lori Harrigan, and Leah O’Brien-Amico. The media darling for the United States was pitcher Jennie Finch, known for her model good looks, which actually belied her superb pitching abilities. Shortly after the 2004 Olympics, the IOC voted to exclude softball (and baseball) from the Olympic Program after the 2008 Olympic Games.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1United StatesUSAGold
20Leah O'Brien-Amico
44Laura Berg
6Crystl Bustos
16Lisa Fernandez
27Jennie Finch
11Tairia Flowers
7Amanda Freed
21Lori Harrigan
3Lovie Jung
12Kelly Kretschman
2Jessica Mendoza
33Stacey Nuveman
8Cat Osterman
31Jenny Topping
29Natasha Watley
CoachMike Candrea
2AustraliaAUSSilver
8Sandy Allen-Lewis
3Marissa Carpadios
25Fiona Crawford
28Amanda Doman
11Peta Edebone
7Tanya Harding
27Natalie Hodgskin
26Simmone Morrow
9Tracey Mosley
16Stacey Porter
5Melanie Roche
21Natalie Titcume
6Natalie Ward
10Brooke Wilkins
14Kerry Wyborn
CoachSimon Roskvist
3JapanJPNBronze
19Kazue Ito
7Yumi Iwabuchi
3Masumi Mishina
4Emi Naito
26Haruka Saito
21Hiroko Sakai
12Naoko Sakamoto
5Rie Sato
15Yuki Sato
18Juri Takayama
17Yukiko Ueno
28Reika Utsugi
11Eri Yamada
25Noriko Yamaji
23Emi Inui DNS
CoachTaeko Utsugi
4People's Republic of ChinaCHN
5Deng Xiaoling
29Guo Jia
18Li Chunxia
7Li Qi
4Lu Wei
23Luo Lin
8Mi Renrong
11Mu Xia
25Tao Hua
9Wang Xiaoyan
15Wei Qiang
12Wu Di
10Zhang Ai
21Zhang Lixia
19Zhou Yi
CoachShan McDonald
5CanadaCAN
3Lauren Bay-Regula
17Alison Bradley
18Erin Cumpstone
9Cindy Eadie
27Kaila Holtz
32Jackie Lance
4Sheena Lawrick
11Angela Lichty
15Ani Nyhus
10Kristy Odamura
7Sasha Olson
22Kim Sarrazin
6Rachel Schill
24Auburn Sigurdson
2Erin White
CoachMike Renney
6Chinese TaipeiTPE
15Chang Li-Chiu
36Chen Feng-Yin
12Chen Miao-Yi
10Huang Hui-Wen
21Lai Sheng-Jung
11Li Chiu-Ching
26Lin Po-Jen
9Lin Su-Hua
28Pan Tzu-Hui
27Tung Yun-Chi
13Wang Hsiao-Ping
18Wang Ya-Fen
22Wu Chia-Yen
23Yang Hui-Chun
6Yen Show-Tzu
CoachNi Chao-Liang
7GreeceGRE
31Jessica Bashor
1Lindsey Bashor
26Ioanna Bouziou
21Vanessa Czarnecki
9Jamie Farnworth
15Sarah Farnworth
5Stacey Farnworth
19Joanna Gail
13Ginny Georgantas
25Lindsay James
12Chloe Kloezeman
32Katerina Koutougkou
7Katina Kramos
8Stephanie Skegas-Maxwell
16Kristen Karanzias DNS
CoachLinda Wells
8ItalyITA
22Natalie Anter
31Samanta Bardini
17Susan Bugliarello
15Daniela Castellani
7Natalia Cimin
3Sabrina Del Mastio
13Nicole Di Salvio
23Francesca Francolini
12Marta Gambella
16Leslie Malerich
1Ilaria Pino
8Jennifer Spediacci
2Eva Trevisan
24Annalisa Turci
4Stefania Vitaliani
CoachBarry Blanchard

Round-Robin

Date14 – 20 August 2004
FormatRound-robin pool, with the top 4 teams progressing to the semi-finals.
PosTeamNOCWinsLossesPointsRuns
1United StatesUSA701441-0Q
2AustraliaAUS611222-14Q
3JapanJPN43817-8q
4People's Republic of ChinaCHN34615-20q
5CanadaCAN3466-14
6Chinese TaipeiTPE2543-13
7GreeceGRE2546-24
8ItalyITA1628-25
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Game #114 Aug 9:30AustraliaAUS4 – 2JapanJPN
Game #214 Aug 12:00United StatesUSA7 – 0ItalyITA5-inning mercy rule
Game #314 Aug 17:00CanadaCAN2 – 0Chinese TaipeiTPE
Game #414 Aug 19:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN5 – 0GreeceGRE
Game #515 Aug 9:30JapanJPN6 – 0Chinese TaipeiTPE
Game #615 Aug 12:00ItalyITA7 – 5People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Game #715 Aug 17:00United StatesUSA10 – 0AustraliaAUS5-inning mercy rule
Game #815 Aug 19:30GreeceGRE2 – 0CanadaCAN
Game #916 Aug 9:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN4 – 2CanadaCAN
Game #1016 Aug 12:00United StatesUSA3 – 0JapanJPN8-innings
Game #1116 Aug 17:00GreeceGRE2 – 1ItalyITA
Game #1216 Aug 19:30AustraliaAUS1 – 0Chinese TaipeiTPE
Game #1317 Aug 9:30United StatesUSA4 – 0People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Game #1417 Aug 12:00CanadaCAN1 – 0JapanJPN8-innings
Game #1517 Aug 17:00Chinese TaipeiTPE2 – 0GreeceGRE
Game #1617 Aug 19:30AustraliaAUS8 – 0ItalyITA5-inning mercy rule
Game #1718 Aug 9:30Chinese TaipeiTPE1 – 0ItalyITA
Game #1818 Aug 12:00AustraliaAUS5 – 0People's Republic of ChinaCHN8-innings
Game #1918 Aug 17:00United StatesUSA7 – 0CanadaCAN5-inning mercy rule
Game #2018 Aug 19:30JapanJPN6 – 0GreeceGRE
Game #2119 Aug 9:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN1 – 0Chinese TaipeiTPE
Game #2219 Aug 12:00United StatesUSA7 – 0GreeceGRE5-inning mercy rule
Game #2319 Aug 17:00JapanJPN1 – 0ItalyITA
Game #2419 Aug 19:30AustraliaAUS1 – 0CanadaCAN
Game #2520 Aug 9:30CanadaCAN1 – 0ItalyITA
Game #2620 Aug 12:00United StatesUSA3 – 0Chinese TaipeiTPE
Game #2720 Aug 17:00AustraliaAUS3 – 2GreeceGRE
Game #2820 Aug 19:30JapanJPN2 – 0People's Republic of ChinaCHN

Semi-Finals

Date22 August 2004
FormatWinner of the match between the 1st and 2nd place of the round-robin phase advanced to the Grand Final, the loser advanced to the Final against the winner of the other semi-final.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Game #122 Aug 9:30United StatesUSA5 – 0AustraliaAUS
Game #222 Aug 12:00JapanJPN1 – 0People's Republic of ChinaCHN8-innings

Final Round

Date22 – 23 August 2004
FormatWinner of the Final advanced to the Grand Final.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Grand Final22 Aug 16:00United StatesUSA5 – 1AustraliaAUS
Final23 Aug 17:00AustraliaAUS3 – 0JapanJPN