August 2004 in Sports - August 19, 2004

August 19, 2004

  • 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 6: (BBC)
    • Archery:
      • Men's Individual (70 m): Marco Galiazzo, ITA
    • Badminton:
      • Mixed Doubles: Zhang Jun and Gao Ling, CHN
      • Women's Singles: Zhang Ning, CHN
    • Fencing:
      • Men's Team Sabre: France (Gael Touya, Julien Pillet, Damien Touya)
    • Gymnastics:
      • Women's Artistic Individual All-Around: Carly Patterson, USA
    • Judo:
      • Women's 70–78 kg: Noriko Anno, JPN
      • Men's 90–100 kg: Ihar Makarau, BLR
    • Shooting:
      • Men's 10 m Running Target: Manfred Kurzer, GER
      • Women's Skeet: Diána Igaly, HUN
    • Swimming:
      • Women's 100 m Freestyle: Jodie Henry, AUS
      • Women's 200 m Breaststroke: Amanda Beard, USA
      • Men's 200 m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol, USA
      • Men's 200 m Medley: Michael Phelps, USA
    • Weightlifting:
      • Women's 62–69 kg: Chunhong Liu, CHN
      • Men's 69–77 kg: Taner Sagir, TUR

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