2004 in sports : June _ July - August - September - October - November _ December
See also: Other events in August 2004

August 31, 2004

• 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) (http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040831/2/68cx.html)

August 30, 2004

• 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) (http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040830/2/6784.html)

• Hockey: The Finland blanking the Czech Republic 4-0 in the opening match held in Helsinki. (AP) (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040831/ap_on_sp_ho_ga_su/hko_wcup_czech_republic_finland_1)

August 29, 2004

• 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 2003 Formula One 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) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/athletics/3610598.stm)
  • Gold medal winners on day 16: (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/results/3534708.stm)
    • Athletics
      • Men's Marathon: Stefano Baldini, ITA
    • Boxing:
      • Men's Under 48 kg: Yan Bhartelemy 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: Bakhtiar 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 Raikkonen wins the Belgian Grand Prix Formula One ahead of Michael Schumacher, who clinches his seventh championship title. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3609480.stm)
• Baseball: Team Curacao beats team Thousand Oaks, California, 5-2, to win the Little League World Series. (ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=1870825e)

August 28, 2004

• 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 15: (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/results/3534712.stm)
  • 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 of America (Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson)
    • Women's 4 x 400 m Relay: United States of America (DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan)
  • Basketball:
    • Men: Argentina
    • Women: United States of America
  • 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 Solis 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 Kovacs, 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 Lopez, 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 (http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?id=1870260)

August 27, 2004

• 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 14: (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/results/3534720.stm)
  • Athletics:
    • Women's 10,000 m: Huina Xing, CHN
    • Men's 100 m Hurdles: Xiang Liu, 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 Veraas Larsen, Sweden (Markus Oscarsson, Henrik Nilsson)
    • Men's K-4 1000 m: Hungary (Zoltan Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Akos 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 Voros, Russia
  • Taekwondo:
    • Women's 49-57 kg: Ji Won Jang, KOR
    • Men's 58-68 kg: Hadia Saei Bonehkohal, IRN

August 26, 2004

• 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 13: (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/results/3534724.stm)
  • Athletics:
    • Men's 200 m: Shawn Crawford, USA
    • Men's 400 m Hurdles: Felix Sanchez, DOM
    • Men's Long Jump: Dwight Phillips, USA
  • Diving:
    • Women's 3 m Springboard: Jingjing Guo, CHN
  • Football:
    • Women: United States of America
  • Hockey:
    • Women: Germany
  • Modern Pentathlon:
    • Men's Individual: Andrey Moiseev, RUS
  • Sailing:
    • Mixed 49er: Iker Martinez and Xavier Fernandez, 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 Baroev, 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 Buducnost 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 Modrica 0 – 3 PFC Levski Sofia
  • KF Partizani 1 – 3 Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin FC
  • FC Steaua Bucuresti 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 FC
  • FC Vaduz 1 – 2 K.S.K.Beveren
  • FK Ekranas 2 – 1 Odd Grenland B.K.
  • Brøndby IF 1 – 1 FK Ventspils (Ventspils win on away goals rule)
  • ÍA Akranes 1 – 2 Hammarby IF
  • FC Haka 1 – 3 Stabæk IF
  • FC Levadia Tallinn 2 – 1 F.K. Bodø/Glimt
  • Dunfermline Athletic F.C. 1 – 2 FH Hafnarfjördur
  • Aalborg Boldspilklub 0 – 0 FK Žalgiris Vilnius
  • FHK Liepajas Metalurgs 1 – 1 Östers IF (Metalurgs win on away goals rule)
  • FK Partizan 1 – 0 FC Otelul Galati
  • Maccabi Petach Tikva FC 4 – 0 AEK Larnaca FC
  • 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 Mariupil
  • FC Wil 1900 1 – 1 FK Dukla Banská Bystrica
  • SK Sigma Olomouc 4 – 0 FC Nistru Otaci
  • FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 – 1 Petrzalka (UEFA.com) (http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/UefaCup/index.html)

August 25, 2004

• 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 12: (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/results/3534730.stm)
  • 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: Istvan Majoros, HUN
    • Men's Greco_Roman 60_66 kg: Farid Mansurov, AZE
    • Men's Greco_Roman 74_84 kg: Alexei Michine, 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) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng-prem/3577058.stm)
• 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 FC 1 – 0 PAOK FC
  • Rangers F.C. 1 – 1 PFC CSKA Moskva
  • AC Sparta Praha 2 – 0 Ferencváros (aet)
  • Manchester United F.C. 3 – 0 FC Dinamo Bucuresti
  • 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 Wisla Kraków (UEFA.com (http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/UCL/index.html))

August 24, 2004

• 2004 Summer Olympics:
  • Athletics: After "refusing or failing to admit