August 2004 in Sports - August 15, 2004

August 15, 2004

• Michael Schumacher wins the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, securing the constructors' championship for Ferrari. Schumacher sets two driver records—12 victories in a season, and seven consecutive victories in a season. (ESPN.com)
• PGA Championship: Vijay Singh wins the PGA Championship in a three-hole playoff, defeating Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco. Singh wins his second career championship in spite of failing to shoot a birdie during regulation play in the 4th round. (ESPN.com)
• NASCAR: Tony Stewart wins the Sirius at the Glen race in Watkins Glen, New York, despite suffering from leg and stomach cramps for most of the event. (ESPN.com)
• 2004 Summer Olympics
  • Olympic Basketball: The Puerto Rican National Basketball Team beats the United States, 92–73, recording only the third loss in Olympic competition for the U.S. team, and the first since NBA players were allowed to compete. (ESPN)
  • Argentina beats Serbia and Montenegro 83–82 after a last-second, off-the-floor basket by Manu Ginóbili, which provoked an angry outburst by Serbia-Montenegro's head coach. (ESPN)
  • Gold medal winners on day 2:
    • Cycling:
      • Women's Road race: Sara Carrigan, AUS
    • Fencing:
      • Women's Individual Épée: Tímea Nagy, HUN
    • Judo:
      • Women's 48–52 kg: Dongmei Xian, CHN
      • Men's 60–66 kg: Masato Uchishiba, JPN
    • Shooting:
      • Women's 10 m Air Pistol: Olena Kostevych, UKR
      • Men's Trap: Alexei Alipov, RUS
    • Swimming:
      • Women's 100 m Butterfly: Petria Thomas, AUS
      • Women's 400 m Freestyle: Laure Manaudou, FRA
      • Men's 100 m Breaststroke: Kosuke Kitajima, JPN
      • Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay: South Africa (Roland Mark Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend, Ryk Neethling)
    • Weightlifting:
      • Women's 53 kg: Udomporn Polsak, THA
      • Men's 56 kg: Halil Mutlu, TUR