2004 in sports

Events

Athletics

• Cross-country running
  • January 3 - Winners from the 2004 Great Winter Run X-country race at Newcastle, England:
    • Women's 6.3km: Tirunesh Dibada, Ethiopia 21:01
    • Men's 8.0km: Sileshi Sihine, Ethiopia 26:15

Auto racing

• Stock car racing (NASCAR):
  • February 15 - Daytona 500: won by Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Baseball

• February 15 - Alex Rodriguez traded to New York Yankees

Cricket

• February 15 - March 5 - under-19 Cricket World Cup 2004 in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Curling

• January 10- Canada Cup
  • Women's Final: Colleen Jones 8-7 Sherry Anderson
• January 11-
  • Men's Final: Randy Ferbey 10-3 John Morris
• January 18- 2004 Canadian mixed curling championship
  • Final: 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.

Field Hockey

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

Football (Soccer)

• African Cup of Nations - Tunisia beat Morocco 2-1

Football (American)

• College football Bowl Championship Series:
  • January 1 - Rose Bowl: University of Southern California 28, University of Michigan 14
  • January 1 - Orange Bowl: University of Miami 16, Florida State University 14
  • January 2 - Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State University 35, Kansas State University 28
  • January 4 - Sugar Bowl: Louisiana State University 21, University of Oklahoma 14
  • January 5 - LSU and USC are awarded a share of the national championship.
• National Football League:
  • February 1 - Super Bowl XXXVIII: New England Patriots 32, Carolina Panthers 29 at Houston, Texas

Golf

• January 11 - Mercedes Championships winner: Stuart Appleby, $1,060,000 (66-67-66-71--270)
• 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.
• January 18- South African Airways Open at Somerset West, South Africa winner: Trevor Immelman (71-69-69-67--276)

Handball

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

Ice Hockey

• January 4 - Under 17 World Championship at St. John's
  • Gold Medal Game: Ontario 5-2 Pacific
  • Bronze Medal Game: Team Quebec 3-2 United States
• January 5 - World Junior Hockey Championship at Helsinki, Finland
  • Gold Medal Game: United States 4-3 Canada
  • Bronze Medal Game: Finland 2-1 Czech Republic
• 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."
• September 15 - NHL collective bargaining agreement expires. If a new one is not negotiated by this date, then a strike or lockout will occur.

Luge

• January 4 - European Luge Championships at Oberhof, Germany
  • Men's Doubles winner: Steffen Skel and Steffen Woeller, Germany, 1:22.633
  • Women's Singles winner: Silke Kraushaar, Germany, 1:22.995
• January 17 - World Cup event at Winterberg, Germany
  • Men's Singles winner: George Hackl, Germany 1:51.211

Ice skating

Long track speed skating

• January 2 - Winners at the 2003 Canada Post All Round Canadian Championships at Calgary, Alberta:
  • Men's 500m: Mike Ireland, Winnipeg, Manitoba 34.58 seconds
  • Men's 1000m: Jeremy Wootherspoon, Red Deer, Alberta 1:08.90
  • Women's 500m: Krisy Myers, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan 39.43
  • Women's 1000m: Kristy Myers 1:18.16
• January 3
  • Men's 500m: Casey Fitzrandolph, Madison, Wisconsin 35.27 seconds
  • Men's 1500m: Jay Morrison, Fort St. John, British Columbia 1:46.96
  • Women's 500m: Kerry Simpson, Melville, Saskatchewan 39.67
  • Women's 1500m: Kristina Groves, Ottawa 1:59.25

• January 17 - Winners at the World sprint speedskating championships at Nagano, Japan:
  • Men's 500m: Jeremy Wootherspoon, Canada 35.25
  • Women's 500m: Sayuri Osuga, Japan 38.79

• February 7 - 9 - Winners at the 2004 World Allround Speed Skating Championships at Hamar, Norway:
  • Men's 500m: Yevgeny Lalenkov, Russia 35.780
  • Men's 5000m: Carl Verheijen, Netherlands 6:20.61
  • Ladies' 500m: Jennifer Rodriguez, United States 38.740
  • Ladies' 3000m Renate Groenewold, Netherlands 4:04.58
  • Men's 1500m Shani Davis, United States 1:46.02
  • Men's 10,000m Carl Verheijen, Netherlands 13:17.86
  • Ladies' 1500m Jennifer Rodriguez, United States, 1:57.33
  • Ladies' 5000m Gretha Smit, Netherlands 7:02.89
  • Men's all-around champion: Chad Hedrick, United States
  • Ladies' all-around champion: Renate Groenewold, Netherlands

Figure skating

• BMO Financial Group Canadian figure skating championships at Edmonton:
  • January 9
    • Junior Ice dance winners: Tessa Virtue, (London) and Scott Moir (Ilderton, Ontario), 2.8 factored placements
    • Junior Pairs winners: Jessica Dube, (Drummondville, Quebec) and Bryce Davison, (Cambridge, Ontario), 1.5 factored placements
  • January 10
    • Junior Women's singles winner: Myriane Samson, (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec), 1.5 factored placements
  • January 11
    • Senior Ice Dance winners: Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon, (Boisbriand, Quebec), 2.0

• 2004 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Atlanta, Georgia:
  • January 8:
    • Junior Pairs winners: Shantel Jordan and Jeremy Barrett, Bradenton, Florida, 2.5 factored placements
  • January 9:
    • Junior Men's winner: Christopher Toland, 3.5
    • Junior Ice Dance winners: Morgan Matthews and Maxim Zavozin, New York City, 2.0
  • January 10:
    • Senior Men's winner: Johnny Weir, Newark, Delaware, 1.5
    • Senior Pairs winners: Rena Inoue and John Baldwin, 2.0
    • Junior Ladies' winner: Kimberly Meissner, Bel Air, Maryland, 2.0
    • Senior Ice Dance winners: Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto, Detroit, Michigan, 2.0
  • January 11:
    • Senior Ladies' winner: Michelle Kwan, 2.0

• 2004 European Figure Skating Championships, Budapest, Hungary
  • February 4, Senior Pairs:
    • 1-Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin, Russia, 1.5 factored placements
    • 2-Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov, Russia, 3.0
    • 3-Dorota Zagorska and Mariusz Siudek, Poland, 4.5
  • February 5, Senior Men's:
    • Brian Joubert, France, 2.6
    • Evgeni Plushenko, Russia, 3.0
    • Ilia Klimkin, Russia, 5.6
  • February 6, Senior Ice Dance:
    • Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov, Russia, 2.0
    • Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski, Bulgaria, 4.6
    • Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov, Ukraine, 5.4
  • February 7: Senior Ladies':
    • Julia Sebestyen, Hungary, 1.5
    • Elena Liashenko, Ukraine, 4.0
    • Elena Sokolova, Russia, 5.0

Short track speed skating

• January 10- World junior short-track speed skating championships at Beijing
  • Men's 500m winner: Ho-Suk Lee, South Korea 42.542 seconds
  • Women's 500m winner: Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canada 45.689 seconds
• January 11-
  • Men's 1000m winner: Ki-Deok Kwon, South Korea 1:28.682
  • Women's 1000m winner: Yun-Mi Kang, South Korea 1:36.040
• January 17- European short-track speedskating championship at Zoetermeer, Netherlands:
  • Women's 500m: Evgenia Radanova, Bulgaria 44.882
  • Men's 500m: Nicola Franceschina, Italy 42. 845

Skiing & Snowboarding

• Biathlon
  • January 10- World Cup Biathalon event at Pokljuka, Slovenia winner, men's 12.5km pursuit: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway, 36:18.8
  • January 14- World Cup Biathalon event at Ruhpolding, Germany winner, Women's 4x6K Relay winner: Germany, 1:18:37
  • January 15- Men's 4x7.5K Relay winner: Belarus, 1:43:43.71
  • January 17- World Cup Biathalon competition Men's 10km Sprint winner: Halvard Hanevold, Norway 25:01.5
• Cross-country skiing
  • January 10- World Cup men's cross-country skiing competition at Otepaa, Finland winner, 30km mass start: Frode Estil, Norway, 1:15:18.1
  • January 17- World Cup cross-country ski meet at Nove Mesto, Czech Republic
    • Men's 15km classical style winner: Andrus Veerpalu, Estonia 42:27.6
    • Women's 10km classical style winner: Gabriella Paruzzi, Italy 31:17.6
• Downhill skiing
  • January 4 - Men's World Cup Slalom Competition at Flachau, Austria winner: Kalle Palander, Finland, 1:42.24
  • January 4 - Women's World Cip Giant Slalom Competition at Megeve, France winner: Alexandra Meissnitzer, Austria 1:24.98
  • January 10 - Men's World Cup downhill race at Chamonix, France winner: Stephane Eberharter, Austria 1:59.08
  • January 10- Women's World Cup downhill ski race at Veysonnaz, Switzerland winner: Renate Goetschl, Austria 1:38.58
  • January 11- Men's World Cup slalom at Chamonix, France winner: Giorgio Rocca, Italy 1:29.09
  • January 17- Women's World Cup downhill race at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy winner: Hilde Gerg, Germany 1:17.57
• Freestyle skiing
  • January 10- Ericsson World Freestyle skiing competition at Mont Tremblant, Quebec
    • Women's Moguls winner: Stephanie St. Pierre, Canada 24.25 points
    • Men's Moguls winner: Marc-Andre Moreau, Canada 25.14 points
  • January 16- Freesyle FIS World Cup at Lake Placid, New York
    • Women's aerials winner: Jiao Wang, China 183.61
    • Men's aerials winner: Steve Omischl, Canada 246.01
  • January 17
    • Women's Moguls winner: Jennifer Heil, Canada 26.77
    • Men's Moguls winner: Janne Lahtela, Finland 26.29
• Giant slalom
  • January 3 - Men's World Cup Giant Slalom Competition at Flachau, Austria winner: Benjamin Raich, Austria, 2:22.54
• Nordic skiing
  • January 4 - Nordic combined World Cup event at Schonach, Germany winner: Todd Lodwick, United States, 34:29.5
• Ski jumping
  • January 1 - The traditional New Year's Ski Jumping in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The Large Hill event was won by Sigurd Pettersen of Norway with 253.8 points.
  • January 4 - Four Hills ski jumping tournament at Innsbruck, Austria. K120 winner: Peter Zonta, Slovenia, 265.2 points
• Super-G
  • January 11 - Women's World Cup super-G at Veysonnaz, Switzerland winner: Hilde Gerg, Germany, 1:21.34
  • January 14 - Women's World Cup super-G at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy winner: Genevieve Simard, Canada, 13.05
  • January 16 - Women's World Cup super-G at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy winner: Renate Goetschl, Austria 1:10.59
• Snowboarding
  • January 3 - World Cup men's "big air" snowboarding competition at Klagenfurt, Austria winner: Aleksi Vanninen, Finland, 1,000 points
  • January 6 - World Cup snowboard parallel slalom at Bad Gastein, Austria
    • Men's winner: Dejan Josir, Slovenia, 1,000
    • Women's winner: Jagna Kolasinska-Marczulajtis, Poland, 1,000
  • January 10 - World Cup giant slalom race at L'Alpe d'Huez, France
    • Men's Parallel Giant Slalom winner: Urs Eiselin, Switzerland, 1,000
    • Women's Parallel Giant Slalom winner: Daniela Meuli, Switzerland, 1,000
  • January 16 - World Cup cross at Arosa, Switzerland
    • Men's winner: Stefano Pozzolini, Italy 1,000
    • Women's winner: Karine Ruby, France 1,000
  • January 17 -
    • Men's winner: Simone Malusa, Italy 1,000
    • Women's winner: Karine Ruby, France 1,000

Swimming

• January 13- World Cup sort-course swimming competition at Stockholm, Sweden winners:
  • Men's 50m butterfly: Mike Mintenko, Canada 23.75
  • Men's 100m freestyle: Jason Lezak, United States 47.24
  • Men's 100m IM: Kosuke Kitajima, Japan 53.71
  • Men's 400m freestyle: Yuri Prilokov, Russia 3:41.10
  • Men's 400m IM: Brian Johns, Canada 4:09.92
  • Men's 50m breaststroke: Ed Moses, United States 27.10
  • Men's 200m breaststroke: Ed Moses, United States 2:04.54
  • Men's 200m butterfly: Takeshi Matsuda, Japan 1:52.67
  • Women's 50m backstroke: Chang Gao, China 27.61
• January 14-
  • Men's 200m backstroke: Evgeny Aleshin, Russia 1:53.21
  • Men's 100m butterfly: Andriy Serdinov, Ukraine 51.66
  • Men's 200m freestyle: Ryk Neethling, South Africa 1:23.85
  • Men's 1,500m freestyle: Yuri Prilukov, Russia 14:46.59
  • Men's 200m IM: Kosuke Kitajima, Japan 1:56.68

Tennis

• January 9th- Qatar ExxonMobil Open at Doha, Qatar
  • Doubles Final: Martin Damm and Cyril Suk, (Czech Republic) defeats Andy Roddick (United States) and Stefan Koubek (Austria) 6-2, 6-4
• January 10
  • Singles Final: Nicolas Escude, France def. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia 6-3, 7-6
• January 10- WTA Uncle Tobys at Gold Coast, Australia
  • Singles Final: Ai Sugiyama, Japan def. Nadia Petrova, Russia 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
  • Doubles Final: Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Likhovtseva (Russia) def. Liezel Huber (South Africa) and Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-3, 6-4
• January 10- Hopman Cup indoor tournament at Perth, Australia results:
  • United States def. Slovakia, 2-1
    • Lindsay Davenport, United States def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia 6-3, 6-1
    • Karol Kucera, Slovakia def. James Blake, United States 4-6, 6-4, 7-6
    • Lindsay Davenport and James Blake, United States def. Daniela Hantuchova and Karol Kucera, Slovakia 6-2, 6-3
• January 10- WTA Tour ASB Classic at Auckland, New Zealand
  • Singles Final: Eleni Daniilidou, Greece def. Ashley Harkleroad, United States 6-3, 6-2
  • Doubles Final: Mervana Jugic-Salkic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Jelena Kostanic (Croatia) def. Paola Suarez (Argentina) and Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) 7-6, 3-6, 6-1
• January 11- ATP TATA Open at Madras, India
  • Singles Final: Carlos Moya, Spain def. Paradorn Srichaphan, Thailand 6-4, 3-6, 7-6
  • Doubles Final: Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo (Spain) def. Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram (Israel) 7-6, 4-6, 6-3
• January 11- ATP AAPT Championship at Adelaide, Australia
  • Singles Final: Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakia def. Michael Llodra, France 6-4, 6-0
  • Doubles Final: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (United States) def. Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra (France) 7-5, 6-3
• January 16- Moorilla International tournament at Hobart, Australia
  • Singles Final: Amy Frazier, United States def. Shinobu Asagoe, Japan 6-3, 6-3
• January 17- Adidas International at Sydney, Australia
  • Men's Singles Final: Lleyton Hewitt, Australia def. Carlos Moya, Spain 4-3, retired
  • Women's Singles Final: Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgium def. Amelie Mauresmo, France 6-4, 6-4
  • Men's Doubles Final: Todd Woodbridge (Australia) and Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden) def. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (United States) 7-6, 7-5
  • Women's Doubles Final: Cara Black (Zimbabwe) and Rennae Stubbs (Australia) def. Meghann Shaughnessy (United States) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
• January 17- Commonwealth Bank International at Melbourne, Australia
  • Singles Final: David Nalbandian, Argentina def. Andre Agassi, United States 6-2, 6-3
• January 17- ATP Heineken Open at Auckland, New Zealand
  • Singles Final: Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakia def. Rafael Nadal, Spain 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
  • Doubles Final: Mahesh Bhupathi (India) and Fabrice Santoro (France) def. Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
  • January 17- WTA Tour's Canberra Classic at Canberra, Australia
  • Singles Final: Paola Suarez, Argentina def. Silvia Farina Elia, Italy 3-6, 6-4, 7-6
  • Doubles Final: Jelena Kostanic (Croatia) and Claudine Schaul (Luxembourg) def. Lisa McShea (Australia) and Caroline Dhenin (France) 6-4, 7-6

Scheduled Events

• March 13 - Boxing's world Jr. Middleweight champions Shane Mosley and Winky Wright will meet to unify the division.
• May 16 to May 23 - The European Men's Unihockey Championship in Switzerland are expected to be held.
• May 19 - The UEFA Cup final will be held at the Nya Ullevi stadium in Göteborg, Sweden.
• May 26 - The Champions League final will be held at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
• June 12 to July 4 - The UEFA EURO 2004, the European football competition, will be held in Portugal; see the competition's website.
• August 13 to August 29 - The 2004 Summer Olympics are expected to take place in Athens, Greece this year; see their website.
• September 17 to September 28 - The 2004 Summer Paralympics are expected to take place in Athens, Greece this year; see their website.

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