2004 in sports

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Contents 1 Events 2 2004 Summer Olympics 3 Athletics 4 Auto racing 5 Baseball 6 Basketball 7 Boxing 8 Cricket 9 Curling 10 Cycling 11 Field Hockey 12 Football (American) 13 Football (Australian Rules) 14 Football (Canadian) 15 Football (Rugby League) 16 Football (Rugby Union) 17 Football (Soccer) 18 Golf 19 Handball 20 Harness Racing 21 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 21.1 Flat races 21.2 Steeplechases 22 Ice Hockey 23 Kabaddi 24 Lacrosse 25 Luge 26 Ice skating 26.1 Long track speed skating 26.2 Figure skating 26.3 Short track speed skating 27 Netball 28 Skiing & Snowboarding 29 Snooker 30 Swimming 31 Tennis 32 Floorball (Unihockey) 33 General sporting events 34 Births 35 Deaths 35.1 January-February 35.2 March-April 35.3 May-June 35.4 July-August 35.5 September-October 35.6 November-December

Events

On January 28, International Olympic Committee Vice-President Kim Un-yong is arrested on charges of corruption in Seoul. Prosecutors arrest Kim minutes after an arrest warrant is issued by the Seoul District Court, and the 72-year-old was put behind bars after his pre-trial detention was approved.

On April 27, the International Olympic Committee takes out insurance in case the Athens Olympic Games are canceled due to terrorism or natural disasters.

On May 18, the International Olympic Committee announced the list of cities accepted as candidates to host the 2012 Olympic Games. The five candidate cities are Paris, New York, Moscow, London and Madrid.

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Olympics opened in Athens, Greece on August 13.

2004 Summer Olympics medal count					Image:Olympic-rings.png
Rank	NOC Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	35	39	29	103
2	Image:PRC flag large.png China	32	17	14	63
3	Image:Flag of Russia.png Russia	27	27	38	92
4	Image:Australia flag large.png Australia	17	16	16	49
5	Image:Japan flag large.png Japan	16	9	12	37
6	Image:Germany flag large.png Germany	14	16	18	48
7	Image:France flag large.png France	11	9	13	33
8	Image:Flag of Italy.png Italy	10	11	11	32
9	Image:South korea flag large.png South Korea	9	12	9	30
10	Image:Uk flag large.png Great Britain	9	9	12	30
For the full list, see 2004 Summer Olympics medal count

Athletics

• Cross-country running
  • January 3 - Winners from the 2004 Great Winter Run X-country race at Newcastle, England:
    • Women's 6.3 km: Tirunesh Dibada, Ethiopia 21:01
    • Men's 8.0 km: Sileshi Sihine, Ethiopia 26:15
• London Marathon
  • Men's Evans Rutto, Kenya 2:06:18
  • Women's Margaret Okayo, Kenya 2:22:35
• Boston Marathon
  • Men's Timothy Cherigat Kenya 2:10:37
  • Women's Catherine Ndereba Kenya 2:24:27
• United States Olympic Track and Field trials, Sacramento, California:
  • July 10 - Marion Jones finishes fourth in the qualifying for the 100 meter dash, and therefore fails to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics in that event. (Jones did qualify for the Olympics in the long jump.)
  • July 11 - Tim Montgomery, current world record holder in the men's 100 meter run, fails to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing 7th out of 8 competitors in the trials finals.
• New York Marathon, Nov 7
  • Men's Hendrik Ramaala, South Africa 2:09:28
  • Women's Paula Radcliffe, Great Britain 2:23:10

Auto racing

• Stock car racing (NASCAR):
  • February 15 - Daytona 500: won by Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  • November 21st - Kurt Busch wins the 2004 Nextel Cup at the conclusion of a ten-race "playoff" by seven points.
• Indy Racing League:
  • May 30 - Indianapolis 500: won by Buddy Rice
• Formula One:
  • August 15 - Ferrari clinch Formula One constructors title
  • August 29 - Michael Schumacher clinches seventh Formula One title
• 24 hours of Le Mans
  • June - Tom Kristensen / Rinaldo Capello / Seiji Ara driving a Audi R8 with Audi Sport Japan Team Goh win the LMP1 and overall victories in the Lemans 24 Hours.
    • The LMP2 category was won by the #32 Interport Racing Lola with drivers Bill Binnie, Clint Field, and Rick Sutherland.
    • The GTS category was won by the #65 Chevrolet Corvette with drivers Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Jan Magnussen.
    • The GT category was won by the #90 White Lightning Porsche with drivers Sascha Maassen, Jörg Bergmeister, and Patrick Long.
• V8 Supercar:
  • March - Marcos Ambrose (Ford Falcon) won Adelaide 500
  • November - Andrews Jones (Ford Falcon) won V8 Development (level two) Series
  • October 10 - Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly (Holden Commodore) won Bathurst 1000
  • September - Marcos Ambrose (Ford Falcon) won V8 Championship Series
• Formula 3000:
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi wins the title by comfortable margin;; championship is replaced by GP2 for the new year

Baseball

• June 27 College World Series: Cal State Fullerton wins the NCAA College World Series, defeating Texas 3-2 to win the best-of-three championship series 2-0.

• July 4: Eric Gagné's consecutive saves streak ended at 84 in a 6-5 Los Angeles Dodgers victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks

• July 10: Barry Bonds breaks his own record for intentional walks received in a season; amazingly, he broke the former full-season record of 68 set in 2002 before the All-Star break. After three intentional walks in a 3-1 San Francisco Giants win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, his total stood at 71. He would end the season with 120.

• August 8: At Comerica Park, Boston Red Sox outslugged the Detroit Tigers 11-9, despite knuckle baller Tim Wakefield giving up a record six home runs.

• August 31: The Cleveland Indians win a 22-0 rout of the New York Yankees, who endured the worst shutout loss in league history.

• September 17: At San Francisco, Barry Bonds became just the third player in MLB history to hit 700 home runs. Bonds joined the select company of Hall of Famers Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714) with his historic blast off San Diego Padres Jake Peavy in the third inning.

• September 17: At Seattle, Ichiro Suzuki hits his 199th single of the season, breaking the major league baseball record of 198, set by Lloyd Waner in 1927.

• September 29: Major League Baseball announces that the Montreal Expos will be moved to the Washington, DC area for the 2005 season.

• October 1: Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners gets two base hits to break the 83-year-old record for most hits in a single season. The previous record, held by George Sisler, was 257 hits in a season.

• October 20: The Boston Red Sox win the ALCS, coming back from 0-3 in the best-of-seven series against the New York Yankees.

• October 26: Seibu Lions PL defeats Chunichi Dragons CL, 4 games to 3 in the Japan Series.

• October 27: The Boston Red Sox sweep the St. Louis Cardinals, four games to none, to win the World Series for the first time in 86 years.

See also 2004 in baseball

Basketball

• April 5 - NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
  • The UConn Huskies win 82-73 over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. UConn's Emeka Okafor is named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.

• April 6 - NCAA Women's Basketball Championship
  • The UConn Huskies defeat the Tennessee Lady Volunteers, 70-61, making UConn the first school to win both the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball championships in the same season. A Division II school, Central Missouri State, was the first to accomplish this double in 1984. UConn's Diana Taurasi is named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.

• August 25- The Puerto Rican National Basketball Team defeats the United States' Dream Team 92-73 on the opening game if the 2004 Summer Olympics. This marked the first time the Dream Team lost an Olympic Game.

• Chinese Basketball Association finals: Guangdong Southern Tigers defeat Bayi Rockets, 3 games to 1.

• Euroleague: Maccabi Tel-Aviv of Israel wins the final 118-74 over Fortitudo Bologna of Italy.

• NBA Finals: The Detroit Pistons in a major upset defeated the heavily-favored Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1.

• November 19 - A game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers is called with less than a minute remaining after a fight between opposing players turns into a far more massive brawl between Pacers players and Pistons supporters. For more details on the brawl and its aftermath, see The Malice at The Palace.

Boxing

• March 13 - The world junior middleweight championship was unified as Shane Mosley lost to Winky Wright.
• May 15 - Antonio Tarver won the WBC light-heavyweight title with a stunning second-round knockout of champion Roy Jones Jr.
• July 30 - Danny Williams knocks out Mike Tyson in the fourth round of a non-championship bout.
• August 16 - Robert Quiroga, former International Boxing Federation super flyweight champion, found stabbed to death.
• September 18 - Bernard Hopkins successfully defends his undisputed middleweight title with a ninth-round knockout of Oscar De La Hoya.

Cricket

• March 12 - Shane Warne becomes the first spinner in history to take 500 Test wickets.
• March 13 - India beat Pakistan in the highest scoring one-day international ever (693 runs), in the opening match of their first Pakistan tour since 1989.
• April - Ricky Ponting is named Leading Cricketer in the World by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
• April 2 - Zimbabwe Cricket Union announces the retirement of Heath Streak as captain of Zimbabwe. It is later revealed he was sacked, and 15 senior players withdraw from Zimbabwean cricket, citing political interference by Robert Mugabe's government in team selection.
• April 12 - The West Indies' Brian Lara regains the individual Test innings record from Australian Matthew Hayden with 400 not out in the fourth Test against England in St. John's, Antigua.
• May 8 - Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan breaks Courtney Walsh's world record of 519 Test wickets with his 520th wicket against Zimbabwe in Harare.
• June 10 - Zimbabwe Cricket Union agrees to abandon any further Test matches in 2004, under pressure from International Cricket Council over substandard teams due to 15 striking players.
• June 19 - September 4 - Inaugural Pro Cricket season, the first professional cricket tournament in the United States.
• September 10 - September 25 - ICC Champions Trophy in England: West Indies beats England in the final.

see also 2004 in cricket

Curling

• 2004 Nokia Brier:
  • Final: (March 14) Nova Scotia (Mark Dacey) 10-9 Alberta (Randy Ferbey)
• 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts:
  • Final: (February 29) Canada (Colleen Jones) 7-4 Quebec (Marie-France Larouche)
• 2004 Ford World Curling Championship:
  • Women's Final: (April 24) Canada (Colleen Jones) 8-4 Norway (Dordi Nordby)
  • Men's Final: (April 25) Sweden (Peja Lindholm) 7-6 Germany (Sebastien Stock)
• Canada Cup
  • Women's Final: (January 10) Colleen Jones 8-7 Sherry Anderson
  • Men's Final: (January 11) Randy Ferbey 10-3 John Morris
• M&M Meat Shops National Final (January 25) Glenn Howard 5-3 Jeff Stoughton
• PharmAssist Players' Championship Final (April 4) John Morris 7-5 Jeff Stoughton
• 2004 Canadian mixed curling championship Final: (January 18) Alberta (Shannon Kleibrink) 9-5 Ontario (Heath McCormick) Shannon Kleibrink becomes the first woman to skip and win the Canadian mixed curling championship. Last year, she was the first to skip and participate in the event, losing only in the final.
• Canadian Senior Curling Championship
  • Women's Final: (February 1) Ontario (Anne Dunn) 7-3 British Columbia (Kathy Smiley)
  • Men's Final: (February 1) Newfoundland and Labrador (Bas Buckle) 9-8 Nova Scotia (Steve Ogden)
• World Junior Curling Championships
  • Women's Final: (March 27) Norway (Linn Githmark) 9-6 Canada (Jill Mouzar)
  • Men's Final: (March 28) Sweden (Niklas Edin) 6-4 Switzerland (Stefan Rindisblacher)

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia - won by Damiano Cunego of Italy. Sprinter Alessandro Petacchi wins nine stages. See 2004 Giro d'Italia
• Tour de France -
  • Overall (Yellow jersey) - Lance Armstrong, his record-setting sixth consecutive title.
  • King of the Mountains (Polka dot jersey) - Richard Virenque, a record seventh title
  • Points Classification (Green jersey) - Robbie McEwen
  • Young Rider (White jersey) - Vladimir Karpets
  • Team - T-Mobile Team

Field Hockey

• January 31 to February 5 - The 5th Asian women's hockey championship is held in New Delhi

Football (American)

• College football Bowl Championship Series (2003 season):
  • January 1 - Rose Bowl: USC 28, Michigan 14
  • January 1 - Orange Bowl: Miami 16, Florida State 14
  • January 2 - Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State 35, Kansas State 28
  • January 4 - Sugar Bowl: LSU 21, Oklahoma 14
  • January 5 - LSU and USC are awarded a share of the 2003 Division I-A national championship.
• College football (other divisions; 2004 season):
  • Division I-AA: James Madison 31, Montana 21
  • Division II: Valdosta State 36, Pittsburg State 31
  • Division III: Linfield 28, Mary Hardin-Baylor 21
• National Football League:
  • February 1 - Super Bowl XXXVIII: New England Patriots 32, Carolina Panthers 29 at Houston, Texas
  • August 8 - John Elway, Barry Sanders, Carl Eller and Bob Brown are inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
  • September 19 - Jerry Rice's record of 274 consecutive games with a pass reception comes to an end, although his Oakland Raiders defeat the Buffalo Bills, 13-10.
  • September 27 - Morten Andersen appears in his 341st NFL game, breaking the record set by George Blanda.
  • December 26 - Peyton Manning threw his 49th touchdown pass of the season in a game against the San Diego Chargers breaking Dan Marino's single season touchdown record
• NFL Europe:
  • June 12 - World Bowl: Berlin Thunder 30, Frankfurt Galaxy 24
• Arena Football League:
  • June 27 - ArenaBowl XVIII: San Jose SaberCats 69, Arizona Rattlers 62 at Phoenix, Arizona

Football (Australian Rules)

• Australian Football League
  • Port Adelaide wins the 108th AFL premiership (Port Adelaide 17.11 (113) d Brisbane Lions 10.13 (73))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Chris Judd (West Coast Eagles)
  • See also Australian Football League season 2004

Football (Canadian)

• November 21: Toronto Argonauts defeats British Columbia Lions 27-19 in the 92nd Grey Cup, played in Ottawa, Canada.

Football (Rugby League)

• May 15 - St Helens defeat Wigan Warriors 32-16 to win the Challenge Cup.
• June 17 - Martin Gleeson and Sean Long are banned for four and three months respectively after placing bets on their side, St Helens, to lose a Super League match against the Bradford Bulls.
• October 3 - Canterbury Bulldogs defeat Sydney Roosters 16-13 in the Grand Final to win the NRL premiership.
• October 16 - Leeds Rhinos defeat Bradford Bulls 16-8 in the Super League Grand Final to become champions of Super League IX.
• November 27 - Australia defeat Great Britain 44-4 in the final of the second Tri-Nations competition.

Football (Rugby Union)

• Hong Kong Sevens - England beat Argentina 22-12
• Super 12 - ACT Brumbies defeated Crusaders 47-38
• Six Nations Championship - France (Grand Slam). Ireland win the Triple Crown.
• Heineken Cup - London Wasps defeated Toulouse 27-20
• Tri Nations Series - The Springboks of South Africa win due to bonus points, after all sides finish with two wins and two losses. The All Blacks of New Zealand retain the Bledisloe Cup.

Football (Soccer)

• February 14 - Tunisia beat Morocco 2-1 to clinch the first African Cup of Nations in the country's history.
• February 29 - Middlesbrough beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 to win the Carling Cup (League Cup, England), the club's first cup in their 128 year history.
• April 25 - Premier League - Arsenal clinch the Premier League title, their second in three years, with four games still to play.
• April 29 - San Marino record their first ever win, a 1-0 victory over Liechtenstein in a friendly.
• May 2 - AC Milan clinch the Italian Serie A title.
• May 8 - Werder Bremen win the German Bundesliga
• May 8 - Valencia win the Spanish Primera División
• May 8 - Ajax win the Dutch Eredivisie
• May 15 - Arsenal complete their last game of the Premier League season with a victory, becoming the first team to go unbeaten for a whole season in the top division of English football since Preston North End in 1889.
• May 19 - Valencia defeat Marseille 2-0 in the UEFA Cup final in Gothenburg, Sweden.
• May 22 - Manchester United win their record 11th FA Cup, defeating Millwall 3-0.
• May 26 - Porto defeat AS Monaco 3-0 in the UEFA Champions League final in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
• May 26 - Manchester United's Darren Fletcher captains Scotland to a 1-0 win over Estonia, becoming the youngest Scotland captain in 100 years (aged 20 years, 114 days).
• June 26 - River Plate win the Argentine Clausura League.
• June 30 - Santo André defeats Flamengo 4-2 on aggregate to clinch the Brazilian Cup.
• July 1 - Once Caldas (Colombia) defeats Boca Juniors (Argentina) 1-1 on aggregate, 2-0 on penalties to win the Copa Libertadores.
• July 4 - Greece win the UEFA Euro 2004 football tournament, defeating the host nation Portugal 1-0.
• July 25 - Brazil win the Copa América football tournament, defeating Argentina 4-2 on penalties.
• August 26 - United States win the Olympic women's football tournament, defeating Brazil 2-1 in extra time.
• August 28 - Argentina win the Olympic men's football tournament, defeating Paraguay 1-0.
• September 7 - Cienciano defeats Boca Juniors 4-2 on penalties to win the South American Recopa final in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
• December 10 - Newell's win the Argentine Apertura League.
• December 12 - Porto defeats Once Caldas 8-7 on penalties in the Intercontinental Cup final in Yokohama, Japan.
• December 17 - Boca Juniors defeats Bolívar 2-1 on aggregate to win the Copa Sudamericana final in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• December 19 - Santos clinch the Brazilian League

Golf

• January 15-16 - At the age of 14, golf prodigy Michelle Wie becomes the youngest woman (and only the fourth overall) to play at a PGA TOUR event, shooting 72-68 (even par) at the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club in her hometown of Honolulu. She missed the cut by one stroke.
• February 29 - Annika Sörenstam wins her third ANZ Ladies Masters.
• March 28 - Grace Park wins the first major of the LPGA season, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, by one shot over 17-year-old Aree Song. Michelle Wie finished fourth, four shots behind Park.
• April 11 - Phil Mickelson wins The Masters, the first major of his career.
• June 13 - Annika Sörenstam successfully defends her title in the second major of the LPGA season, the LPGA Championship.
• July 18 - Todd Hamilton wins The Open at Royal Troon
• August 15 - Vijay Singh wins the PGA Championship in a three-hole playoff with Chris DiMarco and Justin Leonard.
• September 6 - Vijay Singh replaces Tiger Woods at the top of the world rankings, ending Woods' reign of five years and four weeks.
• September 17-19 - Team Europe defeats Team USA 18½?9½ to retain the Ryder Cup. See 2004 Ryder Cup for more details.

See also 2004 in golf

Handball

• January 22 to February 1 - The European Men's Handball Championship in Slovenia held.

Harness Racing

• Windsong's Legacy becomes the seventh horse to win the North American Trotting Triple Crown.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

Flat races

• Australia
  • November 2 - Makybe Diva wins the Melbourne Cup.
• Canada
  • June 27 - Niigon wins the Queen's Plate.
• France
  • October 3 - Bago wins the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
• Ireland
  • June 27 - Grey Swallow wins the Irish Derby.
• English Triple Crown
  1. May 1 - Haafhd wins the 2000 Guineas.
  2. June 5 - North Light wins the Epsom Derby.
  3. September 11 - Rule of Law wins the St. Leger Stakes.
• Other English races
  • May 2 - Attraction wins the 1000 Guineas.
  • June 4 - Ouija Board wins the Epsom Oaks.
• United States Triple Crown
  1. May 1 - Smarty Jones wins the Kentucky Derby.
  2. May 15 - Smarty Jones wins the Preakness Stakes by a record margin of 11½ lengths.
  3. June 5 - Birdstone wins the Belmont Stakes.
• Other United States races
  • April 30 - Ashado wins the Kentucky Oaks.
  • August 28 - Birdstone wins the Travers Stakes.
• October 30 - Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas:
  • Ghostzapper wins the Breeders' Cup Classic.
  • Ashado wins the Breeders' Cup Distaff.
  • Ouija Board wins the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.
  • Wilko wins the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
  • Sweet Catomine wins the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
  • Singletary wins the Breeders' Cup Mile.
  • Speightstown wins the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
  • Better Talk Now wins the Breeders' Cup Turf.

Steeplechases

• United Kingdom
  • March 18 - Best Mate wins a third consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cup.
  • April 3 - Amberleigh House wins the Grand National.

Ice Hockey

• January 4 - Under 17 World Championship at St. John's
  • Gold Medal Game: Ontario 5, Pacific 2
  • Bronze Medal Game: Team Quebec 3, United States 2
• January 5 - 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships at Helsinki, Finland
  • Gold Medal Game: United States 4, Canada 3
  • Bronze Medal Game: Finland 2, Czech Republic 1
• February 12 - An independent audit by Arthur Levitt reveals that National Hockey League teams lost a collective US$273 million in 2003, and suggests the league is "on the road to oblivion."
• April 6 - 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships at Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Gold Medal Game: Image:Canada flag large.png Canada 2, Image:Us flag large.png United States 0
  • Bronze Medal Game: Image:Finland flag large.png Finland 3, Image:Sweden flag large.png Sweden 2
• April 10 - National Women's Hockey League championship at Brampton, Ontario
  • Championship Final: Calgary X-Treme 6, Brampton Thunder 5 (OT)
• April 18 - IIHF World Under-18 Championship at Minsk, Belarus
  • Gold Medal Game: Russia 3, United States 2
  • Bronze Medal Game: Czech Republic 3, Canada 2
• April 25 - Allan Cup at Saint-Georges, Quebec
  • Allan Cup Final: Saint-Georges Garaga 5, Ministlkwan Islanders 0
• April 25 - Canadian National Midget Championship at Kenora, Ontario
  • Gold Medal Game: Brandon Wheat Kings 2, College Charles-Lemoyne 1 (OT)
  • Bronze Medal Game: Red Deer Optimist Chiefs 5, Kenora Stars 2
• May 9 - 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships at Prague, Czech Republic
  • Gold Medal Game: Image:Canada flag large.png Canada 5, Image:Sweden flag large.png Sweden 3
  • Bronze Medal Game: Image:Us flag large.png United States 1, Image:Slovakia flag large.png Slovakia 0 (SO)
• May 23 - Memorial Cup at Kelowna, British Columbia
  • 2004 Memorial Cup Final: Kelowna Rockets 2, Gatineau Olympques 1
• June 7 - Stanley Cup - Tampa Bay Lightning defeat Calgary Flames 4 games to 3 to win the Stanley Cup.
• September 14 - World Cup of Hockey at Toronto, Canada
  • Final: Canada 3, Finland 2.
• September 15 - NHL collective bargaining agreement expires. Commissioner Gary Bettman announces a lockout of NHLPA players (

See: 2004-05 NHL lockout