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2004 Olympic Games
South American Schedule and Results

See also Olympic Games Statistics for athletes, sports represented and medals.

Winners below are shown in bold.

Date Event / Results
Pre Games Thursday,
August 11 - 12
Men's Soccer: Brazil vs Australia 1 -0
Paraguay vs Japan 4 -3
Argentina vs Serbia-Montenegro 6 - 0

Women's Soccer: Brazil vs Australia 1 -0

Friday,
August 13
Opening Ceremony
Saturday,
August 14
Women's Soccer: US vs Brazil 2 -0

Women's Volleyball (B): Brazil vs Japan 2 - 0

Men's Soccer: Argentina vs Tunisia 2 - 0

Women's Field Hockey: Argentina vs Spain 4 -0

Men's Table Tennis: Juan Papic of Chile vs Ilija Lupulesku of US

Women's Basketball: Brazil vs Japan 128 - 62

Men's Volleyball: Argentina vs Portugal 2 - 1

Men's Handball: Brazil vs France 31 - 17

Sunday,
August 15
Men's Soccer: Paraguay vs Ghana 2 -1

Men's Basketball: Argentina vs Serbia and Montenegro 83 -82

Men's Tennis (Singles): Andy Roddick (US) vs Flavio Saretta of Brazil 6-3, 7-6
Lee Hyung-taik (South Korea) beat Mariano Zabaleta (Argentina) 4-6 6-3 6-2
Max Mirnyi (Belarus) beat 11-Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina) 3-6 7-6 (7-0) 6-4
Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) beat Konstantinos Economidis (Greece) 7-6 (8-6) 6-2

Women's Tennis (Singles): Fabiola Zuluaga (Colombia) beat Jelena Jankovic Serbia & Montenegro) 6-4 6-1
Maria Vento-Kabchi (Venezuela) beat Anne Kremer (Luxembourg) 6-3 6-4

Men's Volleyball: (A) Brazil vs Norway 2 - 1

Men's Volleyball: (B) Brazil vs France 2 - 0

Women's Volleyball (B): Brazil vs South Africa 2 -1

Women's Volleyball (C): Brazil vs Norway 2 - 0

Men's Handball: Brazil vs Greece 29 - 21

Monday,
August 16
Women's Field Hockey: Argentina vs Japan 3 -1

Men's Boxing: Jose David Mosquera (Colombia) vs Vicente Escobedo (US)

Women's Basketball: Brazil vs Greece 87 -75

Men's Volleyball: Argentina vs South Africa 2 - 0

Men's Handball: Brazil vs Hungary 20 - 19

Tuesday,
August 17
Men's Soccer: Argentina vs Australia 1 - 0

Women's Soccer: Brazil vs Greece 7 - 0

Men's Basketball: Argentina vs Spain 2 - 0

Men's Volleyball: (A) Brazil vs Australia 2 - 0

Men's Volleyball: Argentina vs Tunisia 3 - 2

Women's Volleyball (B): Brazil vs Italy 2 -0

Women's Volleyball (C): Brazil vs Greece 2 -2

Men's Field Hockey: Argentina vs Australia 2 -2

Wednesday,
August 18
Men's Soccer: Paraguay vs Italy 1 - 0

Women's Soccer: Brazil vs Greece 7 - 0

Women's Basketball: Brazil vs Russia 77 - 67

Men's Basketball: Argentina vs Spain 87 -76

Men's Handball: Brazil vs Germany 34 -21

Women's Volleyball: Brazil vs Italy 3 -2

Men's Tennis (Singles): Fernando Gonzalez of Chile beats Andy Roddick, the U.S. Open champion, 6-4, 6-4

Men's Volleyball (C): Brazil vs Germany 2 - 0

Thursday,
August 19
Men's Basketball: Argentina vs China 82 -57

Men's Volleyball: (A) Brazil vs US 2 - 0

Men's Volleyball: (B) Brazil vs Netherlands 3 - 1

Women's Volleyball (B): Brazil vs Cuba 2- 0

Boxing: Colombia's Juan Novoa (69 kilos) beat Vimos Balog of Hungary

Women's Handball: Brazil vs Ukraine 21 - 10

Men's Handball: Brazil vs Germany 34 - 21

Men's Field Hockey: Argentina vs New Zealand 3 - 1

Friday,
August 20
Women's Basketball: Brazil vs Nigeria 82 - 63

Women's Field Hockey: Argentina vs New Zealand 3 - 0

Women's Volleyball (B): Brazil vs Greece 2 - 0

Men's Volleyball (A): Brazil Norway 2 - 1

Women's Soccer (B): Brazil vs Mexico 5 - 0

Men's Tennis (Singles): Fernando Gonzalez of Chile lost to Mardy Fish of US
Nicolas Massu of Chile beat Taylor Dent of US

Saturday,
August 21
Men's Basketball: Argentina vs New Zealand 98 - 94

Men's Volleyball: Argentina vs Serbia and Montenegro 3 - 1
Argentina vs Canada 2 - 0

Women's Volleyball: Brazil (Bede / Behar) vs Bulgaria 2 - 1
Brazil (Bede / Behar) vs Brazil (Connelly / Pires) 2 - 1

Men's Soccer Quarterfinals: Argentina vs Costa Rica
4 - 0
Paraguay vs South Korea 3 - 2

Men's Field Hockey: Argentina vs Netherlands 4 - 2

Men's Tennis (Singles): Fernando Gonzalez of Chile beat Taylor Dent of US for the Bronze Medal

Men's Tennis (Doubles) : Nicolas Massu and Fernando Gonzalez of Chile vs Germany for the Gold Medal

Women's Tennis (Doubles): Paola Suarez and Patricia Tarabini of Argentina beat Shinobu Asagoe and Ai Sugiyama of Japan - for the Bronze Medal

Sunday,
August 22
Women's Basketball: Brazil vs Australia 84 - 66

Women's Field Hockey: Argentina vs China 3 - 2

Men's Tennis (Singles): Nicolas Massu of Chile vs Mardy Fish of US for the Gold Medal

Women's Volleyball: Brazil (Bede / Behar) vs Brazil (Connelly / Pires) 2 - 1
Brazil vs South Korea - 3 - 0

Men's Volleyball: Brazil vs Switzerland 2 -1

Men's Handball: Brazil vs Egypt 26 - 22

Monday,
August 23
Men's Volleyball: US vs Brazil 3 - 1

Men's Volleyball: Argentina vs Poland 3 - 2

Men's Basketball: Argentina vs Italy 76 - 75

Men's Field Hockey: Argentina vs India 2 -2 (tie)

Women's Handball: Brazil vs China 28 - 23

Women's Soccer: Brazil vs Sweden 1 - 0

Tuesday,
August 24
Men's Soccer: Argentina vs Italy
3 - 0
Paraguay vs Iraq 3 - 1

Women's Volleyball Quarter Final: Brazil vs US 3 - 2 for the Silver Medal for Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar

Men's Handball: Brazil vs Iceland 29 - 25

Women's Field Hockey: Argentina vs Netherlands 4 -2

Men's Volleyball Brazil vs US 3 - 2

Wednesday,
August 25
Women's Cycling: Track - Points Race Bronze Medal to Maria Luisa Calle Williams of Colombia

Men's Field Hockey: Argentina vs UK

Men's Volleyball: Argentina vs Italy 3 - 1
Brazil vs Poland 3 - 0

Women's Basketball: Brazil vs Spain 67 - 63

Men's Beach Volleyball: Gold Medal Match: Brazil vs Spain

Thursday,
August 26

Women's Soccer Gold Medal Game: Brazil vs US 2 -1 Brazil wins the Silver Medal

Women's Field Hockey: Argentinavs China 1 - 0 for the Bronze Medal

Women's Volleyball: Brazil vs Russia 3 - 2

Women's Handball: Brazil vs South Korea 26 - 24

Men's Basketball: Argentina vs Greece 69 - 64

Friday,
August 27
Women's Basketball: Brazil vs Australia 88 - 75

Men's Field Hockey: Argentina vs Egypt 4 - 2

Men's Basketball: Argentina vs US 89 - 81

Men's Volleyball: Brazil vs United States 3 - 0

Saturday,
August 28
Men's Soccer Gold Medal Match: Argentina vs Paraguay 1 - 0
Win or lose, it will be Paraguay's first Olympic medal

Women's Handball: Brazil vs Hungary 36 - 31

Women's Volleyball: Brazil vs Cuba 2 - 0

Women's Basketball: Brazil vs Russia 71 - 62

Sailing - Star - Brazil Grael / Ferreira for the Gold Medal

Men's Basketball: Argentina vs Italy 84 - 69 for the Gold Medal

Sunday,
August 29
Men's Volleyball Gold Medal Match: Brazil vs Italy 3 - 1

Women's Over 67kg Taekwondo: Adriana Carmona of Venezuela defeated Natalia Silva of Brazil for the Bronze Medal 7 - 4

Women's Handball: Brazil vs China 26 - 25

Closing Ceremonies

Disclaimer:

  1. The schedule is subject to change. Quarter, semi and finals are yet to be determined.
  2. These pages contains information culled from several sources, including Official Site of the Olympic Games, and may not be complete.


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