Softball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics

Softball
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Softball; at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Softball Stadium
Dates	14 – 23 August 2004
Competitors	120 from 8 nations
Medalists
	← 2000 2008 →

Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Softball was a women's sporting event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Games were played at the softball stadium in the Helliniko Olympic Complex from August 14 to 23. The United States won the gold while Australia took silver and Japan received bronze.

Softball was one of the three sports at the 2004 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 softball at the Summer Olympics. The softball competition featured 120 athletes.

Japanese pitcher Yukiko Ueno threw a perfect game—the first at an Olympics’ softball competition—in a preliminary round match against China.^[1] The United States dominated the overall competition, winning all seven of its preliminary matches and defeating Australia twice in the medal round.

Results

Olympic Softball Stadium at the Helliniko Olympic Complex - shown abandoned in November 2018.

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.

Preliminary round

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Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Leah Amico Laura Berg Crystl Bustos Lisa Fernandez Jennie Finch Tairia Flowers Amanda Freed Lori Harrigan Lovieanne Jung Kelly Kretschman Jessica Mendoza Stacey Nuveman Cat Osterman Jenny Topping Natasha Watley	Australia (AUS) Sandra Allen Marissa Carpadios Fiona 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	Japan (JPN) Emi Inui 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

Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	Pct
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
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
none

Softball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics

Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Participants

Results

Standings

Preliminary round

August 14

August 15

August 16

August 17

August 18

August 19

August 20

Medal round

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

See also

References

External links

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taiwan	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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taiwan	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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Australia	2	2	2	0	2	8	10	1
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Game end by Run Ahead Rule
W: Melanie Roche (1-0) L: Jennifer Spediacci (0-1)
Home Run
AUS 2 : S.Porter in 1st, 2 RBI;N.Titcume in 5th, 2 RBI

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Taiwan	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1	4	0
W: Lin Su-Hua (1-1) L: Susan Bugliarello (0-2)
Home Run
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
United States	1	2	1	2	1	7	11	1
Game ended by Run Ahead Rule
W: Jennie Finch (2-0) L: Auburn Sigurdson (0-1)
Home Run
USA 2 : C.Bustos in 4th, 1 RBI;L.Fernandez in 4th, 1 RBI

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taiwan	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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taiwan	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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
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
none

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	1
United States	3	0	2	0	0	0	x	5	9	0
W: Lisa Fernandez (4-0) L: Tanya Harding (4-1)
Home Run
USA : C.Bustos in 1st, 2 RBI; C.Bustos in 3rd, 1 RBI; S.Nuveman in 3rd, 1 RBI