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 Disaster s.
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 .
The 2004 Olympics opened in Athens , Greece on August 13 .
- 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
- win a 22-0 rout of the New York Yankees , who endured the worst shutout loss in league history.
- 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.
See also 2004 In Baseball
- , in a major upset, defeat the heavily-favored Los Angeles Lakers , 4 games to 1. It is the Pistons first NBA title in fourteen years.
- November 19 - A game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers is called with less than a minute remaining after a fight between opposing players turns into a far more massive brawl between Pacers players and Pistons supporters. For more details on the brawl and its aftermath, see Pacers-Pistons Brawl .
see also 2004 In Cricket
- College Football Bowl Championship Series ( 2003 season):
- --- 28, Michigan 14
- --- 16, Florida State 14
- --- 35, Kansas State 28
- --- 21, Oklahoma 14
- --- January 5 - LSU and USC are awarded a share of the 2003 Division I-A national championship.
- College Football (other divisions; 2004 season):
- --- 31, Montana 21
- --- 36, Pittsburg State 31
- --- 28, Mary Hardin-Baylor 21
- National Football League :
- --- 32, Carolina Panthers 29 at Houston, Texas
- --- August 8 - John Elway , Barry Sanders , Carl Eller and Bob Brown are inducted into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame
- --- September 19 - Jerry Rice 's record of 274 consecutive games with a Pass Reception comes to an end, although his Oakland Raiders defeat the Buffalo Bills , 13-10.
- --- September 27 - Morten Andersen appears in his 341st NFL game, breaking the record set by George Blanda .
- --- December 26 - Peyton Manning threw his 49th Touchdown pass of the season in a game against the San Diego Chargers breaking Dan Marino's single season touchdown record
- NFL Europe :
- --- 30, Frankfurt Galaxy 24
- Arena Football League :
- --- 69, Arizona Rattlers 62 at Phoenix, Arizona
''For fuller coverage, see: 2004 In Football (soccer) ''
- ---All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Galway
- ---National Football League: Mayo
See also 2004 In Golf
- January 4 - Under 17 World Championship at St. John's
- ---Gold Medal Game: Ontario 5, Pacific 2
- ---Bronze Medal Game: Team Quebec 3, United States 2
- January 5 - 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships at Helsinki , Finland
- ---Gold Medal Game: United States 4, Canada 3
- ---Bronze Medal Game: Finland 2, Czech Republic 1
- 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."
- April 6 - 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships at Halifax, Nova Scotia
- --- Gold Medal Game: 2, 0
- --- Bronze Medal Game: 3, 2
- April 10 - National Women's Hockey League championship at Brampton, Ontario
- --- Championship Final: Calgary X-Treme 6, Brampton Thunder 5 (OT)
- April 18 - IIHF World Under-18 Championship at Minsk , Belarus
- --- Gold Medal Game: Russia 3, United States 2
- --- Bronze Medal Game: Czech Republic 3, Canada 2
- April 25 - Allan Cup at Saint-Georges, Quebec
- --- Allan Cup Final: Saint-Georges Garaga 5, Ministlkwan Islanders 0
- April 25 - Canadian National Midget Championship at Kenora, Ontario
- --- Gold Medal Game: Brandon Wheat Kings 2, College Charles-Lemoyne 1 (OT)
- --- Bronze Medal Game: Red Deer Optimist Chiefs 5, Kenora Stars 2
- May 9 - 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships at Prague , Czech Republic
- --- Gold Medal Game: 5, 3
- --- Bronze Medal Game: 1, 0 (SO)
- May 23 - Memorial Cup at Kelowna, British Columbia
- --- Rockets 2, Gatineau Olympques 1
- June 7 - Stanley Cup - Tampa Bay Lightning defeat Calgary Flames 4 games to 3 to win the Stanley Cup .
- September 14 - World Cup Of Hockey at Toronto , Canada
- --- Final: Canada 3, Finland 2.
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- October 11 - Jean Perron named Head Coach of Israeli National Under-18 Hockey Team
- January 2 - Winners at the 2003 Canada Post All Round Canadian Championships at Calgary, Alberta :
- ---Men's 500 m: Mike Ireland , Winnipeg, Manitoba 34.58 seconds
- ---Men's 1000 m: Jeremy Wotherspoon , Red Deer, Alberta 1:08.90
- ---Women's 500 m: Krisy Myers , Lloydminster, Saskatchewan 39.43
- ---Women's 1000 m: Kristy Myers 1:18.16
- January 3
- ---Men's 500 m: Casey Fitzrandolph , Madison, Wisconsin 35.27 seconds
- ---Men's 1500 m: Jay Morrison , Fort St. John, British Columbia 1:46.96
- ---Women's 500 m: Kerry Simpson , Melville, Saskatchewan 39.67
- ---Women's 1500 m: Kristina Groves , Ottawa 1:59.25
- February 7 - 9 - Winners at the 2004 World Allround Speed Skating Championships at Hamar , Norway :
- ---Men's 500 m: Yevgeny Lalenkov , Russia 35.780
- ---Men's 5000 m: Carl Verheijen , Netherlands 6:20.61
- ---Ladies' 500 m: Jennifer Rodriguez , United States 38.740
- ---Ladies' 3000 m Renate Groenewold , Netherlands 4:04.58
- ---Men's 1500 m Shani Davis , United States 1:46.02
- ---Men's 10,000 m Carl Verheijen , Netherlands 13:17.86
- ---Ladies' 1500 m Jennifer Rodriguez , United States , 1:57.33
- ---Ladies' 5000 m Gretha Smit , Netherlands 7:02.89
- ---Men's all-around champion: Chad Hedrick , United States 150.478
- ---Ladies' all-around champion: Renate Groenewold , Netherlands 162.573
- BMO Financial Group Canadian Figure Skating Championships at Edmonton :
- --- January 9
--Junior , ( 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
-- Evgeny 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
- 2004 World Figure Skating Championships , Dortmund , Germany
- --- March 24 , Senior Pairs:
-- Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin , Russia , 2.5 factored placements
-- Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao , China , 3.0
-- Qing Pang and Jian Tong , China
- --- March 25 , Senior Men's:
-- Evgeny Plushenko , Russia, 2.0
-- Brian Joubert , France , 4.0
-- Stefan Lindemann , Germany , 6.0
- --- March 26 , Senior Dance:
-- Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov , Russia, 2.0
-- Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski , Bulgaria , 3.6
-- Kati Winkler and René Lohse , Germany, 6.2
- --- March 27 , Senior Ladies':
-- Shizuka Arakawa , Japan , 2.6
-- Sasha Cohen , United States , 4.0
-- Michelle Kwan , United States, 5.6
- Biathlon
- ---, Norway , 36:18.8
- --- January 14 - World Cup Biathlon event at Ruhpolding , Germany winner, Women's 4x6K Relay winner: Germany, 1:18:37
- ---, 1:43:43.71
- ---, Norway 25:01.5
- Cross-country Skiing
- ---, Norway , 1:15:18.1
- --- January 17 - World Cup cross-country ski meet at Nove Mesto Na Morave , Czech Republic
--Men's 15 km classical style winner: Andrus Veerpalu , Estonia 42:27.6
--Women's 10 km classical style winner: Gabriella Paruzzi , Italy 31:17.6
- Downhill Skiing
- ---, Finland , 1:42.24
- ---January 4 - Women's World Cip Giant Slalom Competition at , Austria 1:24.98
- ---, Austria 1:59.08
- ---January 10- Women's World Cup downhill ski race at , Austria 1:38.58
- ---, Italy 1:29.09
- ---, 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
- ---, Austria, 2:22.54
- Nordic Skiing
- ---, 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.
- ---, Slovenia , 265.2 points
- Super-G
- ---, Germany , 1:21.34
- ---, Canada , 13.05
- ---, Austria 1:10.59
- Snowboarding
- ---, 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
- makes a Break of 148 against Leo Fernandez and becomes the first player to achieve a break higher than the nominal maximum of 147 in a professional match.
- January 13 - World Cup sort-course swimming competition at Stockholm , Sweden winners:
- ---Men's 50 m , Canada 23.75
- ---Men's 100 m , United States 47.24
- ---Men's 100 m , Japan 53.71
- ---Men's 400 m freestyle: Yuri Prilokov , Russia 3:41.10
- ---Men's 400 m IM: Brian Johns , Canada 4:09.92
- ---Men's 50 m , United States 27.10
- ---Men's 200 m breaststroke: Ed Moses, United States 2:04.54
- ---Men's 200 m butterfly: Takeshi Matsuda , Japan 1:52.67
- ---Women's 50 m , China 27.61
- January 14 -
- ---Men's 200 m , Russia 1:53.21
- ---Men's 100 m , Ukraine 51.66
- ---Men's 200 m , South Africa 1:23.85
- ---Men's 1,500 m freestyle: Yuri Prilukov , Russia 14:46.59
- ---Men's 200 m , Japan 1:56.68
- May 5 - May 16 - European LC Championships in Madrid . Winners are:
- ---Men's 50 m , Ukraine 24.02
- ---Men's 50 m , Germany 25.61
- ---Men's 50 m , Ukraine 27.55
- ---Men's 100 m , Hungary 55.26
- ---Men's 100 m , Ukraine 1:01.23
- ---Men's 100 m , Italy 48.87
- ---Men's 100 m , Ukraine 52.31
- ---Men's 200 m , Netherlands 1:47.05
- ---Men's 200 m , Italy 2:11.73
- ---Men's 200 m , Austria 2:57.58
- ---Men's 200 m , Ukraine 1:56.71
- ---Men's 200 m , Austria 1:59.79
- ---Men's 400 m , Italy 3:49.14
- ---Men's 1500 m , Russia 15:04.35
- ---Men's 4 x 100 m 3:15.66
- ---Men's 4 x 200 m 7:11.93
- ---Women's 50 m , Russia 27.04
- ---Women's 50 m , Sweden 31.68
- ---Women's 100 m , Slovakia 58.05
- ---Women's 100 m , France 54.46
- ---Women's 100 m , France 1:00.93
- ---Women's 100 m , Ukraine 1:09.23
- ---Women's 200 m , Russia 2:10.97
- ---Women's 200 m , Romania 1:58.20
- ---Women's 200 m , Austria 2:27.25
- ---Women's 200 m , Ukraine 2:12.56
- ---Women's 400 m , Ukraine 4:38.52
- ---Women's 800 m , Spain 8:31.26
- ---Women's 4 x 100 m 3:40.67
- ---Women's 4 x 200 m 8:03.41
''See also 2004 In Tennis ''
- January 2 — Paul Hopkins (99), reported to be the oldest living former Major League Baseball player
- January 4 — James Counsilman , American swimming coach (b. 1920 )
- January 5 - TG Jones , Footballer ( Soccer ) Wales and Everton
- January 5 - Tug McGraw (59), former MLB Relief Pitcher with the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies who played for two World Champions in 1969 with the Mets and in 1980 with the Phillies and coined the phrase "You Gotta Believe!".
- January 14 — Mike Goliat (78), member of the famous Phillies' "Whiz Kids" team that won the 1950 NL pennant
- January 17 — Harry "The Cat" Brecheen (89), former MLB Pitcher
- January 19 — David Hookes - Australia n cricketer
- January 25 — Fanny Blankers-Koen (85), legendary Dutch athlete
- January 25 — Miklos Feher , Hungarian footballer (soccer)
- February 1 — Ally McLeod , footballer (soccer) and former Scottish national team manager
- February 14 — Marco Pantani (34), Italian cyclist, winner of 1998 Tour De France
- February 17 — Shirley Strickland De La Hunty - Australia n Athlete
- February 21 — John Charles - Welsh Footballer (soccer) for Leeds , Juventus , Roma , Cardiff and Wales
- February 22 — Andy Seminick , 83, former MLB Catcher who played for the 1950 Phillies' "Whiz Kids" team
- March 3 — Chris Timms , 56, New Zealand yachtsman
- March 3 — Luis Villalta , 34, Peruvian boxer
- March 18 — Gene Bearden , 83, Major League Baseball pitcher
- March 22 — Peter Jackson , England and Lions winger
- April 4 — George Bamberger , 80, Major League Baseball pitcher and manager
- April 9 — Julius Sang , Kenyan runner (b. 1948 )
- April 10 — Lou Berberet , 74, Major League Baseball catcher
- April 12 — Frankie Narvaez , 65, Puerto Rican boxer
- April 20 — Ronnie Simpson , Scottish football (soccer) goalkeeper
- April 22 — Pat Tillman , 27, American football player who left the NFL to enlist in the United States Army ; killed in action in Afghanistan
- May 2 — Moe Burtschy , 82, former MLB Pitcher for the Philadelphia & Kansas City Athletics
- May 3 — Darrell Johnson , 75, former MLB catcher who was manager for the Boston Red Sox in the 1975 World Series
- May 17 Buster Narum , 63, former MLB Pitcher for the Orioles and Senators
- June 4 Wilmer Fields , 81, former Negro League Baseball All-Star
- June 8 — Mack Jones , 65, former MLB Outfielder , who played for the Milwaukee & Atlanta Braves , Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos
- September 4 — Caroline Pratt , 42, Equestrian , died in an accident at the Burghley Horse Trials
- September 4 — Bob Boyd , 84, former MLB First Baseman ; the first Black Player to sign with the White Sox , and the first Oriole regular to Hit over .300 in the 20th Century
- September 19 — Line Oestvold , 26, Norwegian Snowboard er, after a crash in training in Chile .
- September 20 — Brian Clough , 69, English Football er and manager, won successive European Cup s in 1979 and 1980 as manager of Nottingham Forest F.C.
- September 29 - David Jackson , 49, New Zealand boxer
- October 2 — Bolat Kesikhbaev , vice president of Kazakh Boxing Federation, heart attack
- October 3 — John Cerutti , 44, baseball broadcaster
- October 10 — Ken Caminiti , 41, baseball player; National League Most Valuable Player in 1996 .
- October 11 — Keith Miller , 84, Australian Rules Football er, cricketer, fighter pilot and journalist
- October 17 — Ray Boone , 81, Major League Baseball player; father of Bob Boone , grandfather of Aaron and Bret Boone
- October 23 — Bill Nicholson , 85, British Football player, manager, coach, scout for Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
- October 24 — Ricky Hendrick , 24, NASCAR driver, in a plane crash with nine other people, including the two pilots and members of his father Rick Hendrick 's family in Martinsville, Virginia
- October 26 — Beto Avila , 80, Mexican Major League Baseball Second Baseman
- October 27 — Serginho , 30, Brazil ian Footballer , a heart attack during a ''Campeonato Brasileiro'' match
- October 28 — Jimmy McLarnin , 96, British boxer
- October 29 — Jacinto João , 60, Angola-born Portuguese football (soccer) player
- November 2 — Gerrie Knetemann , 53, Dutch cyclist, Heart Attack
- November 3 — Sergei Zholtok , 32, Latvian ice hockey player, Cardiac Arrythmia suffered during a match in Belarus
- November 8 — Eddie Charlton , 75, Australian snooker player, Surgery complications
- November 8 — Lennox Miller , 58, Jamaican sprinter
- November 9 — Emlyn Hughes , 57, Liverpool F.C. and England football player, Brain Tumor
- December 16 — Bobby Mattick , 89, manager of the Toronto Blue Jays , Stroke
- November 17 — Mikael Ljungberg , 34, Swedish wrestler (b. 1970 )
- November 27 — Gunder Hägg , 85, Swedish runner (b. 1918 )
- December 24 — Johnny Oates , 58, manager of the Texas Rangers , Brain Tumor
- December 26 — Reggie White , 43, member of the Philadelphia Eagles , Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers
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