August 2004 in Sports - August 28, 2004

August 28, 2004

• 2004 Summer Olympics: Gold medal winners on day 15: (BBC)
  • Athletics:
    • Women's High Jump: Yelena Slesarenko, RUS
    • Women's 1500 m: Kelly Holmes, GBR
    • Men's Javelin: Andreas Thorkildsen, NOR
    • Men's 800 m: Yuriy Borzakovskiy, RUS
    • Men's 5000 m: Hicham El Guerrouj, MAR
    • Men's 4x100 m Relay: Great Britain (Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis)
    • Men's 4 x 400 m Relay: United States (Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson)
    • Women's 4 x 400 m Relay: United States (DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan)
  • Basketball:
    • Men: Argentina
    • Women: United States
  • Boxing:
    • Men's 48–51 kg: Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano. CUB
    • Men's 54–57 kg: Kim Song Guk, PRK
    • Men's 60–64 kg: Manus Boonjumnong, THA
    • Men's 69–75 kg: Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov, RUS
    • Men's 81–91 kg: Odlanier Solis Fonte, CUB
  • Canoeing:
    • Men's K-1 500 m: Adam van Koeverden, CAN
    • Men's C-1 500 m: Andreas Dittmer, GER
    • Women's K-1 500 m: Natasa Janics, HUN
    • Men's K-2 500 m: Ronald Rauhe, Tim Wieskoetter, GER
    • Men's C-2 500 m: Meng Guanliang, Yang Wenjun, CHN
    • Women's K-2 500 m: Katalin Kovács, Natasa Janics, HUN
  • Cycling:
    • Men's Individual Mountain Bike: Julien Absalon, FRA
  • Diving:
    • Men's 10 m Platform: Jia Hu, CHN
  • Football:
    • Men: Argentina
  • Gymnastics:
    • Women's Group Rhythmic: Russia
  • Sailing:
    • Men's Keelboat: Torben Grael, Marcelo Ferreira, BRA
    • Men's Multihull: Roman Hagara, Hans Peter Steinacher, AUS
  • Taekwondo:
    • Women's 57–67 kg: Wei Luo, CHN
    • Men's 68–80 kg: Steven López, USA
  • Volleyball:
    • Women: People's Republic of China
  • Wrestling:
    • Men's Freestyle 55 kg: Mavlet Batirov, RUS
    • Men's Freestyle 66 kg: Elbrus Tedeyev, UKR
    • Men's Freestyle 84 kg: Cael Sanderson, USA
    • Men's Freestyle 120 kg: Artur Taymazov, UZB

• NASCAR Nextel Cup: Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The win is Junior's first since being badly burnt in practice for a Trans-Am race, and comes a day after winning the Busch Series race held at the same track. ESPN.com