August 2004 in Sports - August 17, 2004

August 17, 2004

  • 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 4: (BBC)
    • Fencing:
      • Men's Individual Épée: Marcel Fischer, SUI
      • Women's Individual Sabre: Mariel Zagunis, USA
    • Gymnastics:
      • Women's Team Artistic: Romania (Oana Ban, Alexandra Georgiana Eremia, Cătălina Ponor, Monica Roşu, Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie, Silvia Stroescu)
    • Judo:
      • Women's 57–63 kg: Ayumi Tanimoto, JPN
      • Men's 73–81 kg: Ilias Iliadis, GRE
    • Shooting:
      • Men's 50 m Free Pistol: Mikhail Nestruev, RUS
      • Men's Double Trap: Ahmed Al Maktoum, UAE
    • Swimming:
      • Men's 200 m Butterfly: Michael Phelps, USA
      • Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay: United States (Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller)
      • Women's 200 m Freestyle: Camelia Potec, ROM
      • Women's 200 m Medley: Yana Klochkova, UKR

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