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This list shows notable sports-related events and notable outcomes that occurred in August of 2004.
Deaths
27 Willie Crawford 23 Hank Borowy 16 Ivan Hlinka 13 George Yardley
August 31, 2004 (Tuesday) Football (soccer): Manchester United F.C. sign England star Wayne Rooney from Everton F.C. The potential fee of £27 million is the second highest ever for an exclusively British transfer. (Reuters)
August 30, 2004 (Monday) Football (soccer): Newcastle United F.C. dismiss their manager, Sir Bobby Robson, following a poor start to their Premier League season and alleged discontent in the dressing room. Striker Alan Shearer is named caretaker manager and is rumoured to be Robson's permanent replacement. (Reuters) Ice hockey: The 2004 World Cup of Hockey begins with Finland blanking the Czech Republic 4–0 in the opening match held in Helsinki. (AP)
August 29, 2004 (Sunday) 2004 Summer Olympics: Men's Marathon: Vanderlei de Lima from Brazil is pushed into the crowd by Cornelius Horan (who ran onto the track during the Formula One 2003 British Grand Prix at Silverstone) while leading in the last 10 km of the race. Vanderlei loses around 15–20 seconds but finishes in third place. (BBC) Gold medal winners on day 16: (BBC) Athletics Men's Marathon: Stefano Baldini, ITA Boxing: Men's Under 48 kg: Yan Bartelemí Varela, CUB Men's 51–54 kg: Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz, CUB Men's 57–60 kg: Mario Cesar Kindelan Mesa, CUB Men's 64–69 kg: Bakhtiyar Artayev, KAZ Men's 75–81 kg: Andre Ward, USA Men's Over 91 kg: Alexander Povetkin, RUS Handball: Men: Croatia Women: Denmark Gymnastics: Women's Individual All-Around Rhythmic: Alina Kabaeva, RUS Taekwondo: Women's Over 67 kg: Zhong Chen, CHN Men's Over 80 kg: Dae Sung Moon, KOR Volleyball: Men: Brazil Water Polo: Men: Hungary Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 60 kg: Yandro Miguel Quintana, CUB Men's Freestyle 74 kg: Buvaysa Saytiev, RUS Men's Freestyle 96 kg: Khadjimourat Gatsalov, RUS Kimi Räikkönen wins the Belgian Grand Prix Formula One ahead of Michael Schumacher, who clinches his seventh championship title. (BBC) Baseball: Team Curaçao beats team Thousand Oaks, California, 5–2, to win the Little League World Series. (ESPN)
August 28, 2004 (Saturday) 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 4 × 100 m Relay: Great Britain (Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay: United States (Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson) Women's 4 × 400 m Relay: United States (DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan) Basketball: Men: Argentina Women: United States Boxing: Men's 48–51 kg: Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano. CUB Men's 54–57 kg: Kim Song Guk, PRK Men's 60–64 kg: Manus Boonjumnong, THA Men's 69–75 kg: Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov, RUS Men's 81–91 kg: Odlanier Solís Fonte, CUB Canoeing: Men's K-1 500 m: Adam van Koeverden, CAN Men's C-1 500 m: Andreas Dittmer, GER Women's K-1 500 m: Natasa Janics, HUN Men's K-2 500 m: Ronald Rauhe, Tim Wieskoetter, GER Men's C-2 500 m: Meng Guanliang, Yang Wenjun, CHN Women's K-2 500 m: Katalin Kovács, Natasa Janics, HUN Cycling: Men's Individual Mountain Bike: Julien Absalon, FRA Diving: Men's 10 m Platform: Jia Hu, CHN Football: Men: Argentina Gymnastics: Women's Group Rhythmic: Russia Sailing: Men's Keelboat: Torben Grael, Marcelo Ferreira, BRA Men's Multihull: Roman Hagara, Hans Peter Steinacher, AUS Taekwondo: Women's 57–67 kg: Wei Luo, CHN Men's 68–80 kg: Steven López, USA Volleyball: Women: People's Republic of China Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 55 kg: Mavlet Batirov, RUS Men's Freestyle 66 kg: Elbrus Tedeyev, UKR Men's Freestyle 84 kg: Cael Sanderson, USA Men's Freestyle 120 kg: Artur Taymazov, UZB NASCAR Nextel Cup: Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The win is Junior's first since being badly burnt in practice for a Trans-Am race, and comes a day after winning the Busch Series race held at the same track. ESPN.com
August 27, 2004 (Friday) 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 4 × 100 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 Menéndez, 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: Women's Individual Mountain Bike: Gunn-Rita Dahle, NOR Equestrian: Mixed Individual Show Jumping: Cian O'Connor – Waterford Crystal, IRE Hockey: Men: Australia Modern pentathlon: Women's Individual: Zsuzsanna Vörös, HUN Synchronized Swimming: Women's Team: Russia Taekwondo: Women's 49–57 kg: Ji Won Jang, KOR Men's 58–68 kg: Hadia Saei Bonehkohal, IRN
August 26, 2004 (Thursday) 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 13: (BBC) Athletics: Men's 200 m: Shawn Crawford, USA Men's 400 m Hurdles: Félix Sánchez, DOM Men's Long Jump: Dwight Phillips, USA Diving: Women's 3 m Springboard: Jingjing Guo, CHN Football: Women: United States Hockey: Women: Germany Modern pentathlon: Men's Individual: Andrey Moiseev, RUS Sailing: Mixed 49er: Iker Martínez and Xabier Fernández, ESP Taekwondo: Women's Under 49 kg: Shih Hsin Chen, TPE Men's Under 58 kg: Mu Yen Chu, TPE Triathlon: Men's Individual: Hamish Carter, NZL Water Polo: Women: Italy Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman 55–60 kg: Ji Hyun Jung, KOR Men's Greco-Roman 66–74 kg: Alexandr Dokturishivili, UZB Men's Greco-Roman 84–96 kg: Karam Ibrahim, EGY Men's Greco-Roman 96–120 kg: Khasan Baroyev, RUS UEFA Cup 2004–05 Second qualifying round second leg. Teams progressing to the first round proper in bold: CSKA Sofia 3 – 1 AC Omonia FC Zenit St Peterburg 2 – 0 SV Pasching (Zenit win on away goals rule) NK Maribor 0 – 1 FK Budućnost Banatski Dvor (Maribor win on away goals rule) PFC Litex Lovech 7 – 0 NK Željeznicar Sarajevo NK Primorje 2 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb NK Rijeka 2 – 1 Gençlerbirligi (Gençlerbirligi win on away goals rule) FK Modriča 0 – 3 PFC Levski Sofia KF Partizani Tirana 1 – 3 Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin FC FC Steaua București 1 – 2 FC Železnik Servette FC 0 – 2 Újpest FC FC Tiraspol 1 – 2 FC Metalurh Donetsk Legia Warszawa 6 – 0 FC Tbilisi Budapest Honvéd FC 1 – 0 Amica Wronki IF Elfsborg 2 – 1 Glentoran F.C. FC Vaduz 1 – 2 K.S.K.Beveren FK Ekranas 2 – 1 Odd Grenland Brøndby IF 1 – 1 FK Ventspils (Ventspils win on away goals rule) ÍA Akranes 1 – 2 Hammarby IF FC Haka 1 – 3 Stabæk FC Levadia Tallinn 2 – 1 F.K. Bodø/Glimt Dunfermline Athletic F.C. 1 – 2 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar Aalborg Boldspilklub 0 – 0 FK Žalgiris Vilnius FK Liepājas Metalurgs 1 – 1 Östers IF (Metalurgs win on away goals rule) FK Partizan 1 – 0 FC Oţelul Galaţi Maccabi Petach Tikva FC 4 – 0 AEK Larnaca F.C. Lech Poznań 0 – 1 FC Terek Grozny Dinamo Tbilisi FC 2 – 0 SK Slavia Praha (Dinamo win on away goals rule) FC Rubin Kazan 0 – 3 SK Rapid Wien FK Austria Wien 3 – 0 FC Illichivets Mariupol FC Wil 1900 1 – 1 FK Dukla Banská Bystrica SK Sigma Olomouc 4 – 0 FC Nistru Otaci FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 – 1 FC Artmedia Bratislava
August 25, 2004 (Wednesday) 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 12: (BBC) Athletics: Women's 200 m: Veronica Campbell, JAM Women's 400 m Hurdles: Fani Halkia, GRE Women's Hammer Throw: Olga Kuzenkova, RUS Baseball: Men: Cuba Beach Volleyball: Men: Ricardo Alex Santos and Emanuel Rego, BRA Cycling: Men's Keirin: Ryan Bayley, AUS Men's Madison: Graeme Brown and Stuart O'Grady, AUS Women's Points Race: Olga Slyusareva, RUS Equestrian: Mixed Individual Dressage: Anky van Grunsven – Salinero, NED Sailing: Men's Windsurfing Mistral: Gal Fridman, ISR Women's Windsurfing Mistral: Faustine Merret, FRA Synchronized Swimming: Women's Duet: Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova, RUS Triathlon: Women's Individual: Kate Allen, AUT Weightlifting: Men's Over 105 kg: Hossein Reza Zadeh, IRN Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman Under 55 kg: István Majoros, HUN Men's Greco-Roman 60–66 kg: Farid Mansurov, AZE Men's Greco-Roman 74–84 kg: Aleksey Mishin, RUS FA Premier League: Arsenal beat Blackburn Rovers 3–0 to set a new record of 43 consecutive league matches without defeat. Nottingham Forest's previous record stood for 26 years. (BBC) UEFA Champions League 2004–05 Third qualifying round, second leg. Teams progressing to the group stage in bold: Trabzonspor 0 – 2 Dynamo Kyiv Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. 1 – 0 PAOK Rangers F.C. 1 – 1 PFC CSKA Moskva AC Sparta Praha 2 – 0 Ferencváros (aet) Manchester United F.C. 3 – 0 F.C. Dinamo București Club Brugge KV 2 – 2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk PSV Eindhoven 5 – 0 FK Crvena Zvezda FC Baník Ostrava 2 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen Djurgårdens IF 1 – 4 Juventus Real Madrid 3 – 1 Wisła Kraków (UEFA.com)
August 24, 2004 (Tuesday) 2004 Summer Olympics: Athletics: After "refusing or failing to admit a urine sample", men's Discus champion Róbert Fazekas (HUN) is stripped of his title. Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) now receives the gold medal. (BBC) Gold medal winners on day 11: (BBC) Athletics: Women's 100 m Hurdles: Joanna Hayes, USA Men's 1500 m: Hicham El Guerrouj, MAR Men's 3000 m Steeplechase: Ezekiel Kemboi, KEN Women's 400 m: Tonique Williams-Darling, BAH Men's Decathlon: Roman Šebrle, CZE Women's Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS Beach Volleyball: Women: Kerri Walsh and Misty May, USA Cycling: Men's Points Race: Mikhail Ignatiev, RUS Men's Sprint: Ryan Bayley, AUS Women's Sprint: Lori-Ann Muenzer, CAN Diving: Men's 3 m Springboard: Bo Peng, CHN Equestrian: Mixed Team Jumping: Germany (Ludger Beerbaum – Goldfever, Marco Kutscher – Montender, Otto Becker – Cento, Christian Ahlmann – Coster) Weightlifting: Men's 94–105 kg: Dmitry Berestov, RUS UEFA Champions League 2004–05 Third qualifying round, second leg. Teams progressing to the group stage in bold: Liverpool 0–1 Grazer AK Anderlecht 3–0 Benfica AS Monaco 6–0 NK Gorica Internazionale 4–1 Basel Deportivo de La Coruña 3–0 Shelbourne Maccabi Haifa 2–3 Rosenborg (UEFA.com)
August 23, 2004 (Monday) 2004 Summer Olympics: Athletics: Shot put winner Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) fails a drug test and is stripped of her gold medal. The Olympic title goes to Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) instead. (BBC) Gold medal winners on day 10: (BBC) Athletics: Women's 20 km Race Walk: Athanasia Tsoumeleka, GRE Men's 400 m: Jeremy Wariner, USA Women's 5000 m: Meseret Defar, ETH Women's 800 m: Kelly Holmes, GBR Men's Discus: Virgilijus Alekna, LTU (revised result: see August 24) Women's Triple Jump: Françoise Mbango Etone, CMR Cycling: Men's Team Pursuit 400 m: Australia (Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, Brad McGee, Luke Roberts) Gymnastics: Women's Balance Beam: Cătălina Ponor, ROM Women's Floor Exercise: Cătălina Ponor, ROM Men's Horizontal Bar: Igor Cassina, ITA Men's Horse Vault: Gervasio Deferr, ESP Men's Parallel Bars: Valeri Goncharov, UKR Table Tennis: Men's Singles: Seung Min Ryu, KOR Weightlifting: Men's 85–94 kg: Milen Dobrev, BUL Wrestling: Women's Freestyle Under 48 kg: Irini Merleni, UKR Women's Freestyle 48–55 kg: Saori Yoshida, JPN Women's Freestyle 55–63 kg: Kaori Icho, JPN Women's Freestyle 63–72 kg: Xu Wang, CHN
August 22, 2004 (Sunday)