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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 four 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.

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

Round-Robin

Date14 – 20 August 2004
FormatRound-robin pool, with the top four teams progressing to the semi-finals.
PosTeamNOCWinsLossesPointsRuns
1United StatesUSA014410-–Q
2AustraliaAUS1122214-–Q
3JapanJPN38178-–q
4People's Republic of ChinaCHN461520-–q
5CanadaCAN46614-–
6Chinese TaipeiTPE54313-–
7GreeceGRE54624-–
8ItalyITA62825-–
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 first and second 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