More Information About 2004 in sports
2004 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
- February 14 – Tunisia beat Morocco 2-1 to clinch the first Africa Cup of Nations in the country's history.
- May 26 – Porto defeat AS Monaco 3-0 in the UEFA Champions League final in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
- July 4 – Greece surprisingly win the UEFA Euro 2004 football tournament, defeating the host nation Portugal 1-0.
- July 25 – Brazil win the Copa América football tournament, defeating Argentina 4-2 on penalties.
- August 7 – Japan win the 2004 Asian Cup football tournament, defeating China 3-1.
- August 26 – United States win the Olympic women's football tournament, defeating Brazil 2-1 in extra time.
- August 28 – Argentina win the Olympic men's football tournament, defeating Paraguay 1-0.
- September 20 – death of Brian Clough, 69, English manager who won successive European Cups in 1979 and 1980 as manager of Nottingham Forest
- October 27 – death of Serginho, 30, Brazilian player wo suffered a fatal heart attack during a Campeonato Brasileiro match
- December 17 – Boca Juniors defeats BolÃvar 2-1 on aggregate to win the Copa Sudamericana final in Buenos Aires
- June 27 College World Series – Cal State Fullerton wins the NCAA College World Series, defeating Texas 3-2 to win the best-of-three championship series 2-0.
- September 17 – At San Francisco, Barry Bonds becomes just the third player in MLB history to hit 700 home runs. Bonds joined the select company of Hall of Famers Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714) with his historic blast off San Diego Padres Jake Peavy in the third inning.
- September 17 – At Seattle, Ichiro Suzuki hits his 199th single of the season, breaking the major league baseball record of 198, set by Lloyd Waner in 1927.
- September 29 – Major League Baseball announces that the Montreal Expos will be moved to the Washington, D.C. area for the 2005 season.
- October 1 – Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners gets two base hits to break the 83-year-old record for most hits in a single season. The previous record, held by George Sisler, was 257 hits in a season.
- October 27 – The Boston Red Sox sweep the St. Louis Cardinals, four games to none, to win the World Series for the first time in 86 years.
Road Cycling
Cyclo-cross
Men's professional
Men's amateur
Women's professional
Steeplechases
Flat races
- November 21 – India wins the first-ever World Cup kabaddi championship defeating Iran in the final held at Mumbai.
- First ever World Championship in Trail Orienteering held September 15–18 in Västerås, Sweden
- September 19 – death of Line Oestvold, 26, Norwegian snowboarder, after a crash in training in Chile.
| Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
USA |
36 |
39 |
27 |
102 |
| 2 |
China |
32 |
17 |
14 |
63 |
| 3 |
Russia |
27 |
27 |
38 |
92 |
| 4 |
Australia |
17 |
16 |
16 |
49 |
| 5 |
Japan |
16 |
9 |
12 |
37 |
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