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2004 in sports

See also: 2003 in sports, other events of 2004, 2005 in sports, list of 'years in sports'.

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.

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
  • *October 10 - Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly (Holden Commodore) won Bathurst 1000
  • Formula 3000:
  • *Vitantonio Liuzzi wins the title by comfortable margin;; championship is replaced by GP2 for the new year

    Baseball

    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.

    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.
  • 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

    See also 2004 in golf

    Handball