Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Softball Stadium in the Helliniko Olympic Complex from August 14 to 23.
It was one of the three sports at the Athens Olympics that was for women only along with Synchronized Swimming and Rhythmic Gymnastics.
Eight teams competed for the gold medal in only the third appearance of the sport at the Summer Olympics.
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[edit] Medal winners
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
United States (USA) Leah Amico |
Australia (AUS) Sandra Allen |
Japan (JPN) Emi Inui |
In one of the most dominating runs in softball history, the United States team led by head coach Mike Candrea won the gold medal by defeating Australia 5-1 in the championship game on August 23. It was the first time in 9 games that an opponent scored a run against Team USA. Crystl Bustos hit two home runs to provide all the run-support that pitcher Lisa Fernandez required. Fernandez pitched all six innings, picking up her second win against Australia in as many days. She also won the semi-final game.
Throughout the tournament Team USA outscored its opponents 51-1. Team USA has won the Olympic gold medal in softball for the third straight time.
Australia's silver medal marks its best result in Olympic softball history. Japan earned the bronze medal after defeating China in the semi-final, and losing to Australia in the Bronze medal game.
[edit] Participants
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[edit] Results
Starting August 14, there were four preliminary games each day until August 20 for a total of 28 games. Two semi-final games were played August 22, with the game for third place following later that day. The final game for the gold medal was played on August 23 at 4pm local time.
[edit] Standings
Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | Pct |
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United States | 7 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1.000 |
Australia | 7 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 0.857 |
Japan | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 0.571 |
China | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 0.429 |
Canada | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 0.429 |
Chinese Taipei | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0.286 |
Greece | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 0.286 |
Italy | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 0.143 |
[edit] Preliminary round
[edit] August 14
HRs: AUS – N.Titcume in 4th, 1 RBI
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[edit] August 15
09:30
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
Japan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 | 13 | 0 | ||
W: Sakai Hiroko (1-0) L: Lin Su-Hua (0-1) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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12:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3 | ||
China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 | 5 | 1 | ||
W: Jennifer Spediacci (1-0) L: Li Qi (0-1) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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17:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | ||||
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Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | X | 10 | 9 | 2 | ||||
Game ended by Run Ahead Rule | ||||||||||||
W: Lisa Fernandez (1-0) L: Brooke Wilkins (0-1) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
USA 1 : S.Nuveman in 4th, 3 RBI |
19:30
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
W: Sarah Farnworth (1-1) L: Kaila Holtz (0-1) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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[edit] August 16
09:30
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
W: Zhang Lixia (1-0) L: Lauren Bay (1-1) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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12:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E | |
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United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
W: Catherine Osterman (1-0) L: Juri Takayama (0-1) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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17:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
W: Sarah Farnworth (2-1) L: Susan Bugliarello (0-1) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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19:30
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
W: Wu Chia-Yen (0-2) L: Tanya Harding (2-0) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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[edit] August 17
09:30
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
W: Lori Harrigan (1-0) L: Zhang Lixia (1-1) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
USA 1 : C.Bustos in 5th, 1 RBI |
12:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E | |
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Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
W: Lauren Bay (2-1) L: Yukiko Ueno (0-2) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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17:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
W: Lai Sheng-Jung (1-0) L: Sarah Farnworth (2-2) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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19:30
[edit] August 18
09:30
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
W: Lin Su-Hua (1-1) L: Susan Bugliarello (0-2) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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12:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E | |
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Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
W: Melanie Roche (2-0) L: Lu Wei (1-1) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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17:00
19:30
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Japan | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 | ||
Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
W: Hiroko Sakai (2-0) L: Sarah Farnworth (2-3) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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[edit] August 19
09:30
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
W: Lu Wei (2-1) L: Lai Sheng-Jung (1-1) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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12:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | ||||
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Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||||
Game ended by Run Ahead Rule | ||||||||||||
W: Lisa Fernandez (2-0) L: Stephanie Skegas-Maxwell (0-1) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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17:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
W: Yukiko Ueno (1-2) L: Jennifer Spediacci (1-2) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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19:30
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
W: Melanie Roche (3-0) L: Lauren Bay (2-2) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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[edit] August 20
09:30
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
W: Lauren Bay (3-2) L: Susan Bugliarello (0-3) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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12:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 3 | 8 | 1 | ||
W: Catherine Osterman (2-0) L: Wu Chia-Yen (0-3) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
USA 1 : C.Bustos in 4th, 1 RBI |
17:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 1 | ||
W: Tanya Harding (3-0) L: Sarah Farnworth (2-4) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
AUS 2 : T.Mosley in 4th, 2 RBI;S.Porter in 3rd, 1 RBI |
19:30
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
W: Yukiko Ueno (1-2)** L: Lu Wei (2-2) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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** Perfect game
[edit] Semi finals
The semi-final game between the #3 and #4 ranked teams (Japan and China) is an elimination game, with the loser out. The winner faces the loser of the other semifinal in the bronze medal game later Sunday night. The loser of the bronze medal game received the bronze medal. The winner of that game faces the winner of the Australia vs. United States semifinal in the gold medal game, with the winner of that game receiving gold and the loser receiving silver.
August 22 9:30
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E | |
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Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
W: Yukiko Ueno (2-2) L: Lu Wei (2-3) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
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August 22 12:20
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | x | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
W: Lisa Fernandez (3-0) L: Melanie Roche (3-1) | ||||||||||||
Home Run | ||||||||||||
USA: K. Kretschman in 6th, 1 RBI |
[edit] Bronze Medal game
August 22 17:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||
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Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||
Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
W: Tanya Harding (4-0) L: Juri Takayama (1-2) | |||||||||||||
Home Run | |||||||||||||
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[edit] Gold Medal Game
August 23 16:00
[edit] External links
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