August 2004 in Sports - August 27, 2004

August 27, 2004

  • 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 14: (BBC)
    • Athletics:
      • Women's 10,000 m: Xing Huina, CHN
      • Men's 100 m Hurdles: Liu Xiang, CHN
      • Women's 4x100 m Relay: Jamaica (Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell)
      • Men's 50 km Race Walk: Robert Korzeniowski, POL
      • Women's Javelin Throw: Osleidys Menendez, CUB
      • Women's Long Jump: Tatyana Lebedeva, RUS
      • Men's Pole Vault: Timothy Mack, USA
    • Canoeing:
      • Men's C-1 1000 m: David Cal, ESP
      • Men's C-2 1000 m: Germany (Christian Gille, Tomasz Wylenzek)
      • Men's K-1 1000 m: Eirik Verås Larsen, NOR
      • Men's K-2 1000 m: Sweden (Markus Oscarsson, Henrik Nilsson)
      • Men's K-4 1000 m: Hungary (Zoltan Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei, Gabor Horvath)
      • Women's K-4 500 m: Germany (Birgit Fischer, Maike Nollen, Katrin Wagner, Carolin Leonhardt)
    • Cycling:
      • Women's Individual Mountain Bike: Gunn-Rita Dahle, NOR
    • Equestrian:
      • Mixed Individual Show Jumping: Cian O'Connor – Waterford Crystal, IRE
    • Hockey:
      • Men: Australia
    • Modern pentathlon:
      • Women's Individual: Zsuzsanna Voros, HUN
    • Synchronized Swimming:
      • Women's Team: Russia
    • Taekwondo:
      • Women's 49–57 kg: Ji Won Jang, KOR
      • Men's 58–68 kg: Hadia Saei Bonehkohal, IRN

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