Sporting Highlights for 2004
Here are the sporting highlights of the world of sport in 2004. The major sporting event of this year was the Olympic Games held in Athens Greece.
On Jul 4th Maria Sharapova defeated the defending champion and the top seed Serena Williams in straight sets to become the third youngest women to win Wimbledon at just 17 years of age. Though the victory was termed by the media as the most stunning upset in recent memory, Sharapova continued her ascent up the rankings and reached the world's no. 1 in Sept 2005.
Lionel Messi, who has won the Ballon d'Or five times, is considered as the greatest player of all time. It all started on Oct 16th of this year, when Messi made his debut for Barcelona at just 17 years, 3 months, and 22 days of age. Though he played only 77 minutes in his debut season and did not score any goals that year, his achievements in the following years are well known.
Michael Schumacher had the best season of his entire career winning 13 of the 18 races breaking his own record of 11 wins set in 2002. Schumacher won the first five races and 12 of the first 13 races on this year.
The 2004 Laureus World Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Awards went to motorsport's Michael Schumacher and golfer Annika Sörenstam.
In the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong won his sixth consecutive race, though in 2012 he was stripped of all his wins after doping allegations were proven correct.
The most disastrous sports related incident of the year happened on October 24th, when the plane carrying, John Hendrick and Ricky Hendrick of Hendrik motorsports and eight other people, crashed killing all of them aboard.
See the Top Earners for 2004. See some videos from the world of sport in 2004.
Below is a timeline of some significant results in the world of sport for the year 2004.
| Date | Results |
|---|---|
| Jan | Tennis Australia Open won by Roger Federer and Justine Henin-Hardenne |
| Feb | Super Bowl held in Houston won by New England |
| April | Golf Masters won by Phil Mickelson (1st win) |
| May | Tennis French Open won by Gaston Gaudio and Anastasia Myskina |
| June | Golf US Open won by Retief Goosen |
| July | the Cycling Tour de France was won by Lance Armstrong (though he was later stripped of this win) |
| July | Tennis Wimbledon won by Roger Federer (Switz) and Maria Sharapova (Russia) |
| July | Golf The Open Championship won by Todd Hamilton |
| Aug | Golf US PGA won by Vijay Singh (2) |
| Aug 13-29 | Summer Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece |
| Sep | Tennis US Open won by Roger Federer (Swiz) and Svetlana Kuznetsova |
| Oct | The Baseball World Series won by Boston Redsox |
Please note that the dates for past events are not always known, and are sometimes just placed in the month that the current event is held. If no exact date is listed, then it is just an estimated month that it was held.
If you have a correction or know of events that should be included here, please let me know.
Related Pages
- Ballon D'or Winners for 2004
- Timeline (all years) in the world of sport
- For future sporting events, see the Calendar of Major Sporting Events
- More about the World of Sport
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