August 2004 in Sports - August 20, 2004

August 20, 2004

• English football player Jonathan Woodgate makes a surprise move from Newcastle United to Spanish side Real Madrid, for a transfer fee of £15 million. Woodgate is the second English footballer in the space of a week to sign for Real, following Michael Owen's transfer from Liverpool. They join fellow Englishman David Beckham, who has been a player at the club for a year.
• 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 7: (BBC)
  • Archery:
    • Women's Team (70 m): Korea (Sung Jin Lee, Sung Hyun Park, Mi Jin Yun)
  • Athletics:
    • Men's 10,000 m: Kenenisa Bekele, ETH
    • Men's 20 km Walk: Ivano Brugnetti, ITA
  • Badminton:
    • Men's Doubles: Kim Dong-moon and Ha Tae-kwon, KOR
  • Canoeing:
    • Men's C-2 Slalom: Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner, SVK
    • Men's K-1 Slalom: Benoît Peschier, FRA
  • Cycling:
    • Men's 1 km Time Trial: Chris Hoy, GBR
    • Women's 500 m Time Trial: Anna Meares, AUS
  • Fencing:
    • Women's Team Épée: Russia (Oxana Ermakova, Anna Sivkova, Tatiana Logounova, Karina Aznavourian)
  • Gymnastics:
    • Women's Individual Trampoline: Anna Dogonadze, GER
  • Judo:
    • Men's Over 100 kg: Keiji Suzuki, JPN
    • Women's Over 78 kg: Maki Tsukada, JPN
  • Shooting:
    • Men's 50 m Free Rifle Prone: Matthew Emmons, USA
    • Women's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions: Lioubov Galkina, RUS
  • Swimming:
    • Men's 100 m Butterfly: Michael Phelps, USA
    • Men's 50 m Freestyle: Gary Hall, USA
    • Women's 200 m Backstroke: Kirsty Coventry, ZIM
    • Women's 800 m Freestyle: Ai Shibata, JPN
  • Table Tennis:
    • Women's Doubles: Nan Wang and Yining Zhang, CHN
  • Weightlifting:
    • Women's 69–75 kg: Pawina Thongsuk, THA
• Boxing: Former world Heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe announces he will attempt a comeback.(ESPN)