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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)
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)
- 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
- 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 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: Bakhtiyar Artayev, KAZ
- Men's 75-81 kg: Andre Ward, USA
- Men's Over 91 kg: Alexander Povetkin, RUS
- Handball:
- 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
- Athletics
- 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
- 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:
- 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 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:
- 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
- Athletics:
- 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
- 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, 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, 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
- Athletics:
August 26, 2004
- 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 13: (BBC)
- 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
- 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 Baroyev, RUS
- Athletics:
- 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 Modrica 0 – 3 PFC Levski Sofia
- KF Partizani Tirana 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
- FC Levadia Tallinn 2 – 1 F.K. Bodø/Glimt
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. 1 – 2 FH Hafnarfjördur
- 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 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 Mariupol
- 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)
August 25, 2004
- 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: Istvan Majoros, HUN
- Men's Greco-Roman 60-66 kg: Farid Mansurov, AZE
- Men's Greco-Roman 74-84 kg: Alexei Michine, RUS
- Athletics:
- 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 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 F.C. Dinamo Bucureşti
- 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
- 2004 Summer Olympics:
- Athletics: After "refusing or failing to admit a urine sample", men's Discus champion Robert 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 Ignatyev, RUS
- Men's Sprint: Ryan Bayley, AUS
- Women's Sprint: Lori-Ann Muenzer, CAN
- Diving:
- 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
- Athletics:
- UEFA Champions League 2004-05 Third qualifying round, second leg. Teams progressing to the group stage in bold:
- Liverpool F.C. 0 – 1 Grazer AK
- R.S.C. Anderlecht 3 – 0 SL Benfica
- AS Monaco FC 6 – 0 NK Gorica
- Internazionale 4 – 1 FC Basel
- Deportivo de La Coruña 3 – 0 Shelbourne
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. 2 – 3 Rosenborg BK (UEFA.com)
August 23, 2004
- 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 Cumba (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: Francoise 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
- Athletics:
August 22, 2004
- 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 9: (BBC)
- Athletics:
- Men's 100 m: Justin Gatlin, USA
- Men's Hammer Throw: Adrian Annus, HUN
- Men's High Jump: Stefan Holm, SWE
- Men's Triple Jump: Christian Olsson, SWE
- Women's Marathon: Mizuki Noguchi, JPN
- Cycling:
- Women's Individual Pursuit 3000 m: Sarah Ulmer, NZL
- Diving:
- Women's 10 m Platform: Chantelle Newbery, AUS
- Fencing:
- Men's Team Épée: France (Hugues Obry, Eric Boisse, Fabrice Jeannet, Jerome Jeannet)
- Gymnastics:
- Women's Asymmetric Bars: Émilie Lepennec, FRA
- Men's Floor Exercise: Kyle Shewfelt, CAN
- Women's Horse Vault: Monica Roşu, ROM
- Men's Pommel Horse: Haibin Teng, CHN
- Men's Rings: Dimosthenis Tampakos, GRE
- 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 Burcica, Angela Alupei)
- Sailing:
- Women's Europe: Siren Sundby, NOR
- Mixed Laser: Robert Scheidt, BRA
- Shooting:
- Men's 50 m Free Rifle 3 Positions: Zhanbo Jia, CHN
- Men's Skeet: Andrea Benelli, ITA
- Table Tennis:
- Women's Singles: Zhang Yining, CHN
- Tennis:
- Men's Singles: Nicolás Massú, CHI
- Women's Doubles: Li Ting and Sun Tiantian, CHN
- Athletics:
- NASCAR Nextel Cup: Greg Biffle wins the GFS Marketplace 400 in Brooklyn, MI 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
- 2004 Summer Olympics:
- Rowing: Matthew Pinsent wins his fourth gold in consecutive Olympics in the men's coxless four. Pinsent, Ed Coode, James Cracknell and Steve Williams hold off the Canadian world champions to win by 0.08s. (BBC)
- Equestrian: After an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport by Great Britain, France and the United States, the results of the Mixed Individual and Mixed Team competitions are changed. Penalty points awarded to Bettina Hoy of Germany for crossing the start gate twice, then removed on appeal (giving Hoy the individual gold and Germany the team gold), are reinstated. Leslie Law (GBR) is awarded the individual gold, and France the team gold. (BBC)
- Gold medal winners on day 8: (BBC)
- Archery:
- Men's Team (70 m): Korea (Dong Hyun Im, Yong Ho Jang, Kyung Mo Park)
- Athletics:
- Women's 100 m: Yulia Nestsiarenka, BLR
- Women's Discus: Natalya Sadova, RUS
- Women's Heptathlon: Carolina Klüft, SWE
- Badminton:
- Women's Doubles: Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei, CHN
- Men's Singles: Taufik Hidayat, INA
- Cycling:
- Men's Individual Pursuit: Bradley Wiggins, GBR
- Men's Team Sprint: Germany (Jens Fiedler, Stefan Nimke, Rene Wolff)
- Equestrian:
- Dressage Mixed Team: Germany (Ulla Salzgeber - Rusty, Martin Schaudt - Weltall, Hubertus Schmidt - Wansuela Suerte, Heike Kemmer - Bonaparte)
- Fencing:
- Men's Team Foil: Italy (Simone Vanni, Salvatore Sanzo, Andrea Cassara)
- Gymnastics:
- Men's Individual Trampoline: Yuri Nikitin, UKR
- Rowing:
- Men's Coxless Four: Great Britain (Steve Williams, James Cracknell, Ed Coode, Matthew Pinsent)
- Men's Coxless Pair: Australia (Drew Ginn, James Tomkins)
- Women's Coxless Pair: Romania (Georgeta Damian, Viorica Susanu)
- Men's Double Sculls: France (Sebastien Vieilledent, Adrien Hardy)
- Women's Double Sculls: New Zealand (Georgina Evers-Swindell, Caroline Evers-Swindell)
- Men's Single Sculls: Olaf Tufte, NOR
- Women's Single Sculls: Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, GER
- Sailing:
- Men's 470: United States (Paul Foerster, Kevin Burnham)
- Women's 470: Greece (Sofia Bekatorou, Aimilia Tsoulfa)
- Men's Finn: Ben Ainslie, GBR
- Women's Yngling: Great Britain (Shirley Robertson, Sarah Webb, Sarah Ayton)
- Shooting:
- Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol: Ralf Schumann, GER
- Swimming:
- Men's 1500 m Freestyle: Grant Hackett, AUS
- Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay: United States (Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak)
- Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay: Australia (Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry)
- Women's 50 m Freestyle: Inge de Bruijn, NED
- Table Tennis:
- Tennis:
- Women's Singles: Justine Henin-Hardenne, BEL
- Men's Doubles: Fernando González and Nicolás Massú, CHI
- Weightlifting:
- Men's 77-85 kg: George Asanidze, GEO
- Women's Over 75 kg: Tang Gonghong, CHN
- Archery:
- Test cricket: England beat the West Indies by ten wickets in the fourth and final Test match, at The Oval. England have now won seven consecutive Test matches, a feat they haven't achieved for 75 years. (BBC)
- Rugby union: In the final match of the Tri Nations Series held in Durban, the Springboks (South Africa) hold off a late charge by the Wallabies (Australia) to win 23-19, winning the Tri Nations for the first time since 1998. [1]
August 20, 2004
- English football player Jonathan Woodgate makes a surprise move from Newcastle United to Spanish side Real Madrid, for a transfer fee of £15 million. Woodgate is the second English footballer in the space of a week to sign for Real, following Michael Owen's transfer from Liverpool. They join fellow Englishman David Beckham, who has been a player at the club for a year.
- 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 7: (BBC)
- Archery:
- Women's Team (70 m): Korea (Sung Jin Lee, Sung Hyun Park, Mi Jin Yun)
- Athletics:
- Men's 10,000 m: Kenenisa Bekele, ETH
- Men's 20 km Walk: Ivano Brugnetti, ITA
- Badminton:
- Men's Doubles: Kim Dong-moon and Ha Tae-kwon, KOR
- Canoeing:
- Men's C-2 Slalom: Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner, SVK
- Men's K-1 Slalom: Benoit Peschier, FRA
- Cycling:
- Men's 1 km Time Trial: Chris Hoy, GBR
- Women's 500 m Time Trial: Anna Meares, AUS
- Fencing:
- Women's Team Épée: Russia (Oxana Ermakova, Anna Sivkova, Tatiana Logounova, Karina Aznavourian)
- Gymnastics:
- Women's Individual Trampoline: Anna Dogonadze, GER
- Judo:
- Men's Over 100 kg: Keiji Suzuki, JPN
- Women's Over 78 kg: Maki Tsukada, JPN
- Shooting:
- Men's 50 m Free Rifle Prone: Matthew Emmons, USA
- Women's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions: Lioubov Galkina, RUS
- Swimming:
- Men's 100 m Butterfly: Michael Phelps, USA
- Men's 50 m Freestyle: Gary Hall, USA
- Women's 200 m Backstroke: Kirsty Coventry, ZIM
- Women's 800 m Freestyle: Ai Shibata, JPN
- Table Tennis:
- Women's Doubles: Nan Wang and Yining Zhang, CHN
- Weightlifting:
- Women's 69-75 kg: Pawina Thongsuk, THA
- Archery:
- Boxing: Former world Heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe announces he will attempt a comeback.(ESPN)
August 19, 2004
- 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 6: (BBC)
- Archery:
- Men's Individual (70 m): Marco Galiazzo, ITA
- Badminton:
- Mixed Doubles: Zhang Jun and Gao Ling, CHN
- Women's Singles: Zhang Ning, CHN
- Fencing:
- Men's Team Sabre: France (Gael Touya, Julien Pillet, Damien Touya)
- Gymnastics:
- Women's Artistic Individual All-Around: Carly Patterson, USA
- Judo:
- Women's 70-78 kg: Noriko Anno, JPN
- Men's 90-100 kg: Ihar Makarau, BLR
- Shooting:
- Men's 10 m Running Target: Manfred Kurzer, GER
- Women's Skeet: Diana Igaly, HUN
- Swimming:
- Women's 100 m Freestyle: Jodie Henry, AUS
- Women's 200 m Breaststroke: Amanda Beard, USA
- Men's 200 m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol, USA
- Men's 200 m Medley: Michael Phelps, USA
- Weightlifting:
- Women's 62-69 kg: Chunhong Liu, CHN
- Men's 69-77 kg: Taner Sagir, TUR
- Archery:
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)
- Archery:
- Women's Individual (70 m): Sung Hyun Park, KOR
- Athletics:
- Men's Shot Put: Yuriy Bilonog, UKR
- Women's Shot Put: Yumileidi Cumba, CUB (revised result: See August 23)
- Canoeing:
- Men's C-1 Slalom: Tony Estanguet, FRA
- Women's K-1 Slalom: Elena Kaliska, SVK
- Cycling:
- Men's Individual Time Trial: Tyler Hamilton, USA
- Women's Individual Time Trial: Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel, NED
- Equestrian:
- Mixed Individual: Leslie Law, Shear L'Eau, GBR (result changed after appeal)
- Mixed Team: France (Nicolas Touzaint - Galan de Sauvagere, Jean Teulere - Espoir de la Mare, Didier Courreges - Deba d'Estruval, Cedric Lyard - Fine Merveille, Arnaud Boiteau - Expo du Moulin) (result changed after appeal)
- Fencing:
- Women's Individual Foil: Valentina Vezzali, ITA
- Gymnastics:
- Judo:
- Women's 63-70 kg: Masae Ueno, JPN
- Men's 81-90 kg: Zurab Zviadauri, GEO
- Shooting:
- Women's 25m Sport Pistol: Maria Grozdeva, BUL
- Women's Double Trap: Kimberly Rhode, USA
- Swimming:
- Men's 100 m Freestyle: Pieter van den Hoogenband, NED
- Men's 200 m Breaststroke: Kosuke Kitajima,
- Archery: