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
- Athletics:
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