2004 in sports

See also: 2003 in sports, other events of 2004, 2005 in sports, list of 'years in sports'.

• Cross-country running
  • January 3 - Winners from the 2004 Great Winter Run X-country race at Newcastle, England:
    • Women's 6.3km: Tirunesh Dibada, Ethiopia 21:01
    • Men's 8.0km: Sileshi Sihine, Ethiopia 26:15

• February 9 - February 17 - under-19 cricket World Cup in Bangladesh

• January 10- Canada Cup
  • Women's Final: Colleen Jones 8-7 Sherry Anderson
• January 11-
  • Men's Final: Randy Ferbey 10-3 John Morris

• January 11 - Mercedes Championships winner: Stuart Appleby, $1,060,000 (66-67-66-71--270)
• January 15 - At the age of 14, golf prodigy Michelle Wie becomes the youngest woman (and only the fourth overall) to play at a PGA Tour event, shooting a +2 72 at the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club.

• January 4 - Under 17 World Championship at St. John's
  • Gold Medal Game: Ontario 5-2 Pacific
  • Bronze Medal Game: Team Quebec 3-2 United States
• January 5 - World Junior Hockey Championship at Helsinki, Finland
  • Gold Medal Game: United States 4-3 Canada
  • Bronze Medal Game: Finland 2-1 Czech Republic

• January 4 - European Luge Championships at Oberhof, Germany
  • Men's Doubles winner: Steffen Skel and Steffen Woeller, Germany, 1:22.633
  • Women's Singles winner: Silke Kraushaar, Germany, 1:22.995

• Long track speed skating
  • January 2 - Winners at the 2003 Canada Post All Round Canadian Championships at Calgary:
    • Men's 500m: Mike Ireland, Winnipeg 34.58 seconds
    • Men's 1000m: Jeremy Wootherspoon, Red Deer, Alberta 1:08.90
    • Women's 500m: Krisy Myers, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan 39.43
    • Women's 1000m: Kristy Myers 1:18.16
  • January 3
    • Men's 500m: Casey Fitzrandolph, Madison, Wisconsin 35.27 seconds
    • Men's 1500m: Jay Morrison, Fort St. John, British Columbia 1:46.96
    • Women's 500m: Kerry Simpson, Melville, Saskatchewan 39.67
    • Women's 1500m: Kristina Groves, Ottawa 1:59.25
• Figure skating
  • January 9 - BMO Financial Group Canadian figure skating championships at Edmonton
    • Junior Ice dance winners: Tessa Virtue, (London) and Scott Moir (Ilderton, Ontario), 2.8 factored placements
    • Junior Pairs winners: Jessica Dube, (Drummondville, Quebec) and Bryce Davison, (Cambridge, Ontario), 1.5 factored placements
  • January 10-
    • Junior Women's singes winner: Myriane Samson, (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec), 1.5 factored placements
  • January 11-
    • Senior Ice Dance winners: Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon, (Boisbriand, Quebec), 2.0
• Short track speed skating
  • January 10- World junior short-track speed skating championships at Beijing
    • Men's 500m winner: Ho-Suk Lee, South Korea 42.542 seconds
    • Women's 500m winner: Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canada 45.689 seconds
  • January 11-
    • Men's 1000m winner: Ki-Deok Kwon, South Korea 1:28.682
    • Women's 1000m winner: Yun-Mi Kang, South Korea 1:36.040

• Biathlon
  • January 10- World Cup Biathalon event at Pokljuka, Slovenia winner, men's 12.5km pursuit: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway, 36:18.8
  • January 14- World Cup Biathalon event at Ruhpolding, Germany winner, Women's 4x6K Relay winner: Germany, 1:18:37
  • January 15 Men's 4x7.5K Relay winner: Belarus, 1:43:43.71
• Cross-country skiing
  • January 10- World Cup men's cross-country skiing competition at Otepaa, Finland winner, 30km mass start: Frode Estil, Norway, 1:15:18.1
• Downhill skiing
  • January 4 - Men's World Cup Slalom Competition at Flachau, Austria winner: Kalle Palander, Finland, 1:42.24
  • January 4 - Women's World Cip Giant Slalom Competition at Megeve, France winner: Alexandra Meissnitzer, Austria 1:24.98
  • January 10 - Men's World Cup downhill race at Chamonix, France winner: Stephane Eberharter, Austria 1:59.08
  • January 10- Women's World Cup downhill ski race at Veysonnaz, Switzerland winner: Renate Goetschl, Austria 1:38.58
  • January 11- Men's World Cup slalom at Chamonix, France winner: Giorgio Rocca, Italy 1:29.09
• Freestyle skiing
  • January 10- Ericsson World Freestyle skiing competition at Mont Tremblant, Quebec
    • Women's Moguls winner: Stephanie St. Pierre, Canada 24.25 points
    • Men's Moguls winner: Marc-Andre Moreau, Canada 25.14 points
  • January 16- Freesyle FIS World Cup at Lake Place, New York
    • Women's aerials winner: Jiao Wang, China 183.61
    • Men's aerials winner: Steve Omischl, Canada 246.01
• Giant slalom
  • January 3 - Men's World Cup Giant Slalom Competition at Flachau, Austria winner: Benjamin Raich, Austria, 2:22.54
• Nordic skiing
  • January 4 - Nordic combined World Cup event at Schonach, Germany winner: Todd Lodwick, United States, 34:29.5
• Ski jumping
  • January 1 - The traditional New Year's Ski Jumping in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The Large Hill event was won by Sigurd Pettersen of Norway with 253.8 points.
  • January 4 - Four Hills ski jumping tournament at Innsbruck, Austria. K120 winner: Peter Zonta, Slovenia, 265.2 points
• Super-G
  • January 11 - Women's World Cup super-G at Veysonnaz, Switzerland winner: Hilde Gerg, Germany, 1:21.34
  • January 14 - Women's World Cup super-G at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy winner: Genevieve Simard, Canada, 13.05
  • January 16 - Women's World Cup super-G at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy winner: Renate Goetschl, Austria 1:10.59
• Snowboarding
  • January 3 - World Cup men's "big air" snowboarding competition at Klagenfurt, Austria winner: Aleksi Vanninen, Finland, 1,000 points
  • January 6 - World Cup snowboard parallel slalom at Bad Gastein, Austria
    • Men's winner: Dejan Josir, Slovenia, 1,000
    • Women's winner: Jagna Kolasinska-Marczulajtis, Poland, 1,000
  • January 10 - World Cup giant slalom race at L'Alpe d'Huez, France
    • Men's Parallel Giant Slalom winner: Urs Eiselin, Switzerland, 1,000
    • Women's Parallel Giant Slalom winner: Daniela Meuli, Switzerland, 1,000
  • January 16 - World Cup cross at Arosa, Switzerland
    • Men's winner: Stefano Pozzolini, Italy 1,000
    • Women's winner: Karine Ruby, France 1,000

• January 13- World Cup sort-course swimming competition at Stockholm, Sweden winners:
  • Men's 50m butterfly: Mike Mintenko, Canada 23.75
  • Men's 100m freestyle: Jason Lezak, United States 47.24
  • Men's 100m IM: Kosuke Kitajima, Japan 53.71
  • Men's 400m freestyle: Yuri Prilokov, Russia 3:41.10
  • Men's 400m IM: Brian Johns, Canada 4:09.92
  • Men's 50m breaststroke: Ed Moses, United States 27.10
  • Men's 200m breaststroke: Ed Moses, United States 2:04.54
  • Men's 200m butterfly: Takeshi Matsuda, Japan 1:52.67
  • Women's 50m backstroke: Chang Gao, China 27.61
• January 14-
  • Men's 200m backstroke: Evgeny Aleshin, Russia 1:53.21
  • Men's 100m butterfly: Andriy Serdinov, Ukraine 51.66
  • Men's 200m freestyle: Ryk Neethling, South Africa 1:23.85
  • Men's 1,500m freestyle: Yuri Prilukov, Russia 14:46.59
  • Men's 200m IM: Kosuke Kitajima, Japan 1:56.68

• January 9th- Qatar ExxonMobil Open at Doha, Qatar
  • Doubles Final: Martin Damm and Cyril Suk, (Czech Republic) defeats Andy Roddick (United States) and Stefan Koubek (Austria) 6-2, 6-4
• January 10
  • Singles Final: Nicolas Escude, France def. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia 6-3, 7-6
• January 10- WTA Uncle Tobys at Gold Coast, Australia
  • Singles Final: Ai Sugiyama, Japan def. Nadia Petrova, Russia 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
  • Doubles Final: Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Likhovtseva (Russia) def. Liezel Huber (South Africa) and Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-3, 6-4
• January 10- Hopman Cup indoor tournament at Perth, Australia results:
  • United States def. Slovakia, 2-1
    • Lindsay Davenport, United States def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia 6-3, 6-1
    • Karol Kucera, Slovakia def. James Blake, United States 4-6, 6-4, 7-6
    • Lindsay Davenport and James Blake, United States def. Daniela Hantuchova and Karol Kucera, Slovakia 6-2, 6-3
• January 10- WTA Tour ASB Classic at Auckland, New Zealand
  • Singles Final: Eleni Daniilidou, Greece def. Ashley Harkleroad, United States 6-3, 6-2
  • Doubles Final: Mervana Jugic-Salkic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Jelena Kostanic (Croatia) def. Paola Suarez (Argentina) and Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) 7-6, 3-6, 6-1
• January 11- ATP TATA Open at Madras, India
  • Singles Final: Carlos Moya, Spain def. Paradorn Srichaphan, Thailand 6-4, 3-6, 7-6
  • Doubles Final: Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo (Spain) def. Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram (Israel) 7-6, 4-6, 6-3
• January 11- ATP AAPT Championship at Adelaide, Australia
  • Singles Final: Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakia def. Michael Llodra, France 6-4, 6-0
  • Doubles Final: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (United States) def. Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra (France) 7-5, 6-3
• January 16- Moorilla International tournament at Hobart, Australia
  • Singles Final: Amy Frazier, United States def. Shinobu Asagoe, Japan 6-3, 6-3

• January 22 to February 1 - The European Men's Handball Championship in Slovenia are expected to be held.
• January 31 to February 5 - The 5th Asian women's hockey championship will be held in New Delhi
• February 9 to February 17 - under-19 cricket World Cup to be held in Bangladesh
• May 16 to May 23 - The European Men's Unihockey Championship in Switzerland are expected to be held.
• June 12 to July 4 - The UEFA EURO 2004, the European football competition, will be held in Portugal; see the competition's website.
• August 13 to August 29 - The 2004 Summer Olympics are expected to take place in Athens, Greece this year; See their website.
• September 17 to September 28 - The 2004 Summer Paralympics are expected to take place in Athens, Greece this year; See their website.