August 2004 in Sports - August 16, 2004

August 16, 2004

• Ice hockey: Ivan Hlinka, head coach of the Czech team, dies after being injured in a car crash, days before training camp opens for the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. (CBC news)
• Test cricket: England beat the West Indies by seven wickets at Old Trafford in the third Test, securing the series. England's last-innings total of 231 is a record winning score in Old Trafford Tests. (BBC)
• 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 3:
  • Diving:
    • Women's Synchronized 10 m Platform: Lao Lishi and Li Ting, CHN
    • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard: Nikolaos Siranidis and Thomas Bimis, GRE
  • Fencing:
    • Men's Individual Foil: Brice Guyart, FRA
  • Gymnastics:
    • Men's Team Artistic: Japan (Takehiro Kashima, Hisashi Mizutori, Daisuke Nakano, Hiroyuki Tomita, Naoya Tsukahara, Isao Yoneda)
  • Judo:
    • Women's 52–57 kg: Yvonne Bönisch, GER
    • Men's 66–73 kg: Won Hee Lee, KOR
  • Shooting:
    • Women's Trap: Suzanne Balogh, AUS
    • Men's 10 m Air Rifle: Qinan Zhu, CHN
  • Swimming:
    • Men's 200 m Freestyle: Ian Thorpe, AUS
    • Men's 100 m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol, USA
    • Women's 100 m Backstroke: Natalie Coughlin, USA
    • Women's 100 m Breaststroke: Luo Xuejuan, CHN
  • Weightlifting:
    • Women's 58 kg: Chen Yanqing, CHN
    • Men's 62 kg: Zhiyong Shi, CHN
• Baseball: Chipper Jones of the Atlanta Braves hits his 300th career home run in a 5–4 victory over the San Diego Padres. AtlantaBraves.com
• Softball: Ninotska Amaro, her sister Alizabeth and Joselyn Steider combine to throw a perfect game, as team Puerto Rico beats the Red Mountain team from Mesa, Arizona, as part of the Senior League Softball World Series.
• Boxing: Former world Bantamweight champion Robert Quiroga, 35, is found murdered in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas.