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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.
See Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics (team squads) for details.
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| United States Leah Amico Laura Berg Crystil Bustos Lisa Fernandez Jennie Finch Tairia Flowers Amanda Freed Lori Hannigan Lovieanne Jung Kelly Kretschman Jessica Mendoza Stacey Nuveman Catherine Osterman Jenny Topping Natasha Watley | AustraliaAustralia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring count 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 | JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honsh 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 |
In one of the most dominating runs in Softball History, the team of the United StatesThe United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics are represented by the United States Olympic Committee (abbreviated USOC . 613 athletes represent the largest American delegation ever. Medals Half of the U. medals came from two sports: Swimming accounted for led by head coach Mike Candrea won the olympic gold medal by defeating AustraliaAustralia at the 2004 Summer Olympics was represented by Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and abbreviated AUS. 482 athletes from Australia competed in all sports except for Handball in Athens. Australia first competed in the Olympics in 1896, and is one 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. Throughout the tournament the team outscored its opponents 51-1. Crystl Bustos hit two homeruns to provide all the run-support pitcher Lisa Fernandez required. Fernandez pitched all six innings, picking up her second win in two days against Australia. She also won the semi-final game.
Team USA has won the previous two tournaments and completed the Hat-trickIn sports, a hat-trick (more often rendered in North America as hat trick without the hyphen) is associated with achieving something in a group of three. The term was originally used in cricket, and was connected with the custom of giving a hat or cap to.
Australia's silver medal marks the teams best result in olympic softball history. JapanJapan at the 2004 Summer Olympics is represented by the Japanese Olympic Committee and abbreviated JPN. Japan's anthem, Kimi Ga Yo ( May 1000 Years of Happy Reign Be Yours ) is played when Japan wins a gold medal. The flag bearer in the opening ceremony w earned the bronze medal after beating ChinaThe People's Republic of China competed as China at the 2004 Summer Olympics . The team won 63 total medals (ranked third), including 32 gold medals (ranked second). The delegation consisted of 633 people, including 407 athletes, 226 officers, attending 2 in the semi-final.