Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics The football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August (two days before the opening ceremony), and ended on 28 August. The tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with the Summer Olympic Games. The associations affiliated to FIFA are invited to participate with their men's U-23 and women's representative teams. The men's tournament allows up to three overage players to join the U-23 squads. The men's tournament was won by Argentina, coached by Marcelo Bielsa, which held a record of having won every match without conceding a goal in the
Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics spot in the 1960 Olympic Games via a tournament held on August: France's victory over Mexico and Hungary's over the Philippines carried over. Czechoslovakia's victory over Poland and Yugoslavia's win over Uruguay carried over to this round. The United States' win over the Soviet Union and Brazil's victory over Italy carried over. Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the fifth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. 16 nations were admitted into the Olympic tournament, with many others being eliminated in a pre-Olympic tournament held earlier in the year from 13 to 20