August 2004 in sports
See also: 2004 in sports, Other events in August 2004
August 31, 2004
August 30, 2004
August 29, 2004
August 28, 2004
- 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 15: (BBC)
- Athletics:
- Women's High Jump: Yelena Slesarenko, RUS
- Women's 1500 m: Kelly Holmes, GBR
- Men's Javelin: Andreas Thorkildsen, NOR
- Men's 800 m: Yuriy Borzakovskiy, RUS
- Men's 5000 m: Hicham El Guerrouj, MAR
- Men's 4x100 m Relay: Great Britain (Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis)
- Men's 4 x 400 m Relay: United States (Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson)
- Women's 4 x 400 m Relay: United States (DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan)
- Basketball:
- Boxing:
- Canoeing:
- Cycling:
- Diving:
- Men's 10 m Platform: Jia Hu, CHN
- Football:
- Gymnastics:
- Women's Group Rhythmic: Russia
- Sailing:
- Taekwondo:
- Volleyball:
- Wrestling:
August 27, 2004
- 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 14: (BBC)
- Athletics:
- Women's 10,000 m: Xing Huina, CHN
- Men's 100 m Hurdles: Liu Xiang, CHN
- Women's 4x100 m Relay: Jamaica (Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell)
- Men's 50 km Race Walk: Robert Korzeniowski, POL
- Women's Javelin Throw: Osleidys Menendez, CUB
- Women's Long Jump: Tatyana Lebedeva, RUS
- Men's Pole Vault: Timothy Mack, USA
- Canoeing:
- Men's C-1 1000 m: David Cal, ESP
- Men's C-2 1000 m: Germany (Christian Gille, Tomasz Wylenzek)
- Men's K-1 1000 m: Eirik Verås Larsen, NOR
- Men's K-2 1000 m: Sweden (Markus Oscarsson, Henrik Nilsson)
- Men's K-4 1000 m: Hungary (Zoltan Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei, Gabor Horvath)
- Women's K-4 500 m: Germany (Birgit Fischer, Maike Nollen, Katrin Wagner, Carolin Leonhardt)
- Cycling:
- Equestrian:
- Hockey:
- Modern pentathlon:
- Synchronized Swimming:
- Taekwondo:
- Women's 49–57 kg: Ji Won Jang, KOR
- Men's 58–68 kg: Hadia Saei Bonehkohal, IRN
August 26, 2004
August 25, 2004
August 24, 2004
- UEFA Champions League 2004–05 Third qualifying round, second leg. Teams progressing to the group stage in bold:
August 23, 2004
August 22, 2004
- 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 9: (BBC)
- Athletics:
- Cycling:
- Diving:
- Fencing:
- Gymnastics:
- Rowing:
- Men's Lightweight Coxless Four: Denmark (Thor Kristensen, Thomas Ebert, Stephan Moelvig, Eskild Ebbesen)
- Men's Coxless Quadruple Sculls: Russia (Nikolai Spinev, Igor Kravtsov, Alekseij Svirin, Sergej Fedorovtsev)
- Women's Coxless Quadruple Sculls: Germany (Kathrin Boron, Meike Evers, Manuela Lutze, Kerstin El Qalqili)
- Men's Eight: United States (Jason Read, Wyatt Allen, Chris Ahrens, Joseph Hansen, Matt Deakin, Dan Beery, Beau Hoopman, Bryan Volpenhein, Pete Cipollone)
- Women's Eight: Romania (Rodica Florea, Viorica Susanu, Aurica Barascu, Ioana Papuc, Liliana Gafencu, Elisabeta Lipă, Georgeta Damian, Doina Ignat, Elena Georgescu)
- Men's Lightweight Double Sculls: Poland (Tomasz Kucharski, Robert Sycz)
- Women's Lightweight Double Sculls: Romania (Constanţa Burcică, Angela Alupei)
- Sailing:
- Shooting:
- Table Tennis:
- Tennis:
- NASCAR Nextel Cup: Greg Biffle wins the GFS Marketplace 400 in Brooklyn, Michigan for his second career Nextel Cup victory. Biffle leads nearly half of the laps in a car featuring a special Justice League paint scheme. (ESPN.com)
August 21, 2004
August 20, 2004
August 19, 2004
August 18, 2004
- 2004 Summer Olympics:
- Athletics: Konstantinos Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou, who missed a mandatory drugs test last Thursday, withdraw from the games after an IOC disciplinary hearing – even though the IOC chose not to take any action against them. A meeting of the IAAF on August 26 will consider whether a doping offence has been committed. (BBC)
- Equestrian: Bettina Hoy of Germany crosses the start line twice, and is awarded penalty points. After an appeal, the points are removed. This gives Hoy the gold medal in the individual event, and Germany gold in the team event, overturned on appeal (see August 21).
- Gold medal winners on day 5: (BBC)
August 17, 2004
August 16, 2004
- Ice hockey: Ivan Hlinka, head coach of the Czech team, dies after being injured in a car crash, days before training camp opens for the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. (CBC news)
- Test cricket: England beat the West Indies by seven wickets at Old Trafford in the third Test, securing the series. England's last-innings total of 231 is a record winning score in Old Trafford Tests. (BBC)
- 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 3:
- Baseball: Chipper Jones of the Atlanta Braves hits his 300th career home run in a 5–4 victory over the San Diego Padres. AtlantaBraves.com
- Softball: Ninotska Amaro, her sister Alizabeth and Joselyn Steider combine to throw a perfect game, as team Puerto Rico beats the Red Mountain team from Mesa, Arizona, as part of the Senior League Softball World Series.
- Boxing: Former world Bantamweight champion Robert Quiroga, 35, is found murdered in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas.
August 15, 2004
August 14, 2004
August 13, 2004
August 12, 2004
August 11, 2004
August 10, 2004
August 9, 2004
August 8, 2004
- The United States basketball team defeats Turkey, 79–67, despite 11 3-point shots by Turkey. (Yahoo!)
August 7, 2004
August 6, 2004
August 4, 2004
- NFL: The Dallas Cowboys release quarterback Quincy Carter, who started all 16 games for the team last year. (NY Times) ESPN has reported that Carter tested positive for an illegal substance just before his release, and that he was in the NFL's substance abuse program.
- Baseball: The New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics, 8–6, with an eleventh inning home run hit by Alex Rodriguez, in a nationally televised game. (ESPN)
- Basketball: A three-pointer by Allen Iverson from near half-court with less than a second to go lifts the Dream Team 80–77 over Germany in a friendly game held in Cologne. German NBA superstar Dirk Nowitzki, who had tied the game with a three-pointer of his own seconds before Iverson's shot, led all scorers with 32 points. (ESPN)
- In a blockbuster trade, the Atlanta Hawks trade Jason Terry, Alan Henderson and a future first round draft pick to the Dallas Mavericks for Antoine Walker and Tony Delk. (ESPN)
- The Detroit Pistons trade center Corliss Williamson to the Philadelphia 76ers for Derrick Coleman and Amal McCaskill. (ESPN)
- UEFA Champions League 2004–05 Second qualifying round, second leg (team progressing to next round in bold):
August 3, 2004
- Asian Cup 2004: Hosts China thrill fans by defeating Iran in a penalty shootout 4–3. Iran missed their fourth and fifth shots. The game was tied 1–1 aet. In the other match, Bahrain ties Japan in a hard-fought match 3–3, with Japan only tying on the 90th minute of regulation play. Japan scores first in extra time, however, and keeps the score at 4–3 to win the game.
- Basketball: Team Italy upsets the United States' Dream Team, 95–78, during a friendly in Cologne, Germany. (ESPN)
- UEFA Champions League 2004–05 Second qualifying round, second leg (team progressing to next round in bold):
August 2, 2004
August 1, 2004