2004 in sports

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

Table of contents

1 Athletics
2 Cricket
3 Curling
4 Golf
5 Ice Hockey
6 Luge
7 Skating
8 Skiing & Snowboarding
9 Swimming
10 Tennis
11 Scheduled Events

Athletics

Cross Country
- 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

Cricket

February 9 - February 17 - under-19 cricket World Cup in 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

Golf

January 11 - Mercedes Championships winner: Stuart Appleby, $1,060,000 (66-67-66-71--270)
January 15 - 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 a +2 72 at the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club.

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

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

Skating

Long track speed skating
- January 2 - Winners at the 2003 Canada Post All Round Canadian Championships at Calgary:
  - Men's 500m: Mike Ireland, Winnipeg 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
Figure skating
- January 9 - BMO Financial Group Canadian figure skating championships at Edmonton
  - 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 singes 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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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

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

Scheduled Events

January 22 to February 1 - The European Men's Handball Championship in Slovenia are expected to be held.
January 31 to February 5 - The 5th Asian women's hockey championship will be held in New Delhi
February 9 to February 17 - under-19 cricket World Cup to be held in Bangladesh
May 16 to May 23 - The European Men's Unihockey Championship in Switzerland are expected to be held.
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.