2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 91 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Women's short race. The announced athletes from  Guinea and the  Netherlands did not show.


2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The 13th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on October 3, 2004 in New Delhi, India. A total of 152 athletes, 91 men and 61 women, from 55 countries took part.


2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given bothfor the men's race and for the women's race.


2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Complete results were published for the men's race, for the women's race, for men's team, and for women's team.


2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The competition also incorporated the 1st Asian Half Marathon Championships. Abdullah Ahmed Hassan of Qatar and Sun Yingjie of China were the inaugural winners. The tournament has not been held since, however.


2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Participation
The participation of 152 athletes (91 men/61 women) from 55 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from  Tajikistan and  Yemen did not show.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004. A total off 139 countries were represented by 677 athletes at the championships.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships
It was the second visit of the championships to Budapest having previously visited there 15 years earlier in 1989. The newly built 13,000 capacity arena was built on the site of a former stadium that was destroyed by fire in 1999.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships
This was the last World Indoor Championships where the 200 m event was contested. The event was discontinued as the tight bends involved in running indoors left athletes drawn to run on the inside lanes with minimal or no chance of winning.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The Men's 1500 metres event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Medalists
Note: Michael East had originally won the bronze but was disqualified for obstructing Laban Rotich.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heat
First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres
The Men's 200 metres event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heat
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified for the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
The Men's 3000 metres event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Results, Heat
First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The Men's 4x400 metres relay event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Medalists
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
The Men's 400 metres event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heat
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified for the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The Men's 60 metres event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Heat
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The Men's 60 metres hurdles event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 6.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heat
First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The Men's 800 metres event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heat
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified for the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon
The men's heptathlon event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The Men's high jump event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 2.30 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The Men's long jump event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 8.00 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The Men's pole vault event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
The Men's shot put event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualifying performance 20.50 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
The Men's triple jump event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying performance 16.95 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The Women's 1500 metres event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heat
First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres
The Women's 200 metres event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres, Medalists
Note: Anastasiya Kapachinskaya of Russia originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified after she tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heat
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified for the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The Women's 3000 metres event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres, Results, Heat
First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The Women's 4x400 metres relay event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Medalists
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The Women's 400 metres event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heat
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified for the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
The Women's 60 metres event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Heat
First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
The Women's 60 metres hurdles event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heat
First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
The Women's 800 metres event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heat
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified for the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
The Women's high jump event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 1.96 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
The Women's long jump event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 6.62 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
The Women's pentathlon event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
The Women's pole vault event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 4.45 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
The Women's shot put event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put, Medalists
Note: Vita Pavlysh had originally won the gold but was later stripped off it for the use of anabolic steroids.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualifying performance 18.50 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump
The Women's triple jump event  at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6.


2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying performance 14.30 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2004 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings
The 2004 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings was the second edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series had four levels: 2004 IAAF Golden League, IAAF Super Grand Prix, IAAF Grand Prix and IAAF Grand Prix II. There were 6 Golden League meetings, 8 Super Grand Prix category meetings, 9 IAAF Grand Prix category meetings and 11 Grand Prix II meetings, making a combined total of 34 meetings for the series.


2004 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings
The series hosted the same number of meetings as the previous year. The Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix was added to Super Grand Prix, the Helsinki Grand Prix was dropped from the Grand Prix circuit and the Cena Slovenska - Slovak Gold Grand Prix II meeting was replaced by the Grande Premio Rio de Atletismo. Three meetings changed venue from 2003: the Bislett Games moved from Oslo to Bergen due to stadium developments, the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria was moved from Trikala to Heraklion, and the Brother Znamensky Memorial moved from Tula, Russia to Kazan.


2004 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings
Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final, held on 18–19 September in Monaco.


2004 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
The 2004 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 1 and 2 May 2004 in the streets of Naumburg, Germany. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given for the IAAF.


2004 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Participation
The participation of 424 athletes (272 men/152 women) from 54 countries is reported.


2004 IBF World Junior Championships
The 2004 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Richmond, Canada.


2004 IBF World Junior Championships, Team competition
A total of 20 countries competed at the team competition in 2004 IBF World Junior Championships.


2004 ICC Americas Championship
The 2004 ICC Americas Championship was a cricket tournament in Bermuda, taking place between 6 July and 16 July 2004. It gave six North and South American Associate and Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket.


2004 ICC Americas Championship, Teams
There were 6 teams that played in the tournament. These teams were non-test member nations of the Americas Cricket Association. The teams that played were:


2004 ICC Americas Championship, Squads
Derek CulleyAlejandro FergusonPablo FergusonDonald ForresterDiego LordEsteban MacDermottLucas PaterliniMatias PaterliniHernan PereyraPablo RyanMartin SiriMalcolm van Steeden


2004 ICC Americas Championship, Squads
Gary ArmstrongWhitcliff AtkinsonVenris BennettGarcha BlairGary CampbellRandolph CoakleyNarendra EkanayakeAndrew FordMario FordK SeeramGregory TaylorL TaylorDwight Weakley


2004 ICC Americas Championship, Squads
Glenn BlakeneyDelyone BordenLionel CannMichael CraneJekon EdnessKevin HurdleDwayne LeverockCharles MarshallSaleem MukuddemSteven OuterbridgeOliver PitcherClay SmithWendale White


2004 ICC Americas Championship, Squads
Ian BillcliffA BrownDesmond ChumneyAustin CodringtonJohn DavisonNicholas de GrootSunil DhaniramHaninder DhillonDon MaxwellAshish PatelZubin SurkariZahid Hussain


2004 ICC Americas Championship, Squads
Ryan BovellOmar BryanLawrence CunninghamRonald EbanksSteve GordonFranklyn HindsJoseph KirkconnellSaheed MohamedKenute TullochChristopher WightDavid WightMichael WightPhilip Wight


2004 ICC Americas Championship, Squads
Aijaz AliZamin AminDonovan BlakeJignesh DesaiNaseer IslamNasir JavedHoward JohnsonMark JohnsonRahul KukretiClayton LambertSteve MassiahTony ReidRichard Staple


2004 ICC Awards
The 2004 ICC Awards were held at Alexandra Palace in London, England on 7 September 2004. They were the inaugural episode and were aimed at recognizing the best individual and team performances of the previous year.


2004 ICC Awards, Sponsors
In association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA), Hyundai were the presenting sponsors of the 2004 ICC Awards ceremony.


2004 ICC Awards, Selection Committee
Nominees were voted on by a 50-member academy of current and ex-players and officials from among players chosen by the ICC Selection Committee, chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Richie Benaud.


2004 ICC Awards, Winners and nominees, Cricketer of the Year
Dravid's 2003–04 performance:Tests: 9 matches, 1241 runs, 3 centuries, 4 half-centuries, 11 catchesODIs: 30 matches, 960 runs, 1 century, 8 half-centuries, 15 catches, 4 stumpings


2004 ICC Awards, Winners and nominees, Cricketer of the Year
Nominees: Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Steve Harmison (Eng), Matthew Hayden (Aus), Jacques Kallis (SA), Brian Lara (WI), V.V.S. Laxman (Ind), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Virender Sehwag (Ind)


2004 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC Test Team of the Year
Ricky Ponting was selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players were announced as follows:


2004 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC ODI Team of the Year
Ricky Ponting was also selected as the captain of the ODI Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players were announced as follows:


2004 ICC Champions Trophy
The 2004 ICC Champions Trophy was held in England in September 2004. Twelve teams competed in 15 matches spread over 16 days at three venues: Edgbaston, The Rose Bowl and The Oval. The nations competing included the ten Test nations, Kenya (ODI status), and – making their One Day International debut – the United States who qualified by winning the 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge by the smallest of margins (coming down to net run rate over Canada, Namibia, and the Netherlands who had all recently played in the 2003 Cricket World Cup).


2004 ICC Champions Trophy
The ICC Champions Trophy was won by the West Indies in front of a sell-out Oval crowd. Ramnaresh Sarwan was named the Player of the Tournament.


2004 ICC Champions Trophy Final
The final of the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy was played on 25 September 2004 between West Indies and England at the Oval, London. England qualified into the final by defeating Australia in the first semi final at Edgbaston while West Indies defeated Pakistan at the Rose Bowl in the second semi final. West Indies won the final by 2 wickets at the Oval, winning the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. This was their first major tournament win since the 1979 Cricket World Cup.


2004 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Road to the Final, First Semi-Final
The first semi final was played between Australia and England on 21 September 2004 at the Edgbaston, Birmingham. England won the toss and decided to field first. Australia scored 259 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs, with Damien Martyn scoring 65 runs from 91 balls. Darren Gough took 3 wickets giving away 48 runs in 7 overs. England, in the reply, chased the target of 260 runs in 46.3 overs losing 4 wickets. They won the match by 6 wickets and reached the final. Michael Vaughan scored 86 runs and received the man of the match award. With this victory, England achieved their first win over Australia since 17 June 1999 and ended a run of 14 consecutive defeats.


2004 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Road to the Final, Second Semi-Final
West Indies played Pakistan in the second semi-final at the Rose Bowl, Southampton on 22 September 2004, and defeated them by 7 wickets. Pakistan won the toss and surprisingly elected to bat first on a pitch known for favouring the chasing teams. They scored 131 runs all out in 38.2 overs, with Yasir Hameed being the highest run-scorer—39 runs off 56 balls. West Indies achieved the target of 132 runs in 28.1 overs, their highest scorer was Ramnaresh Sarwan, with 56 not out. He was named the man of the match.


2004 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Result
The final of the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy was played between West Indies and England at the Oval on 25 September 2004. West Indies made England bat first after winning the toss. Despite a century (104 runs) from Marcus Trescothick, England were restricted to 217 runs in 49.4 overs. Wavell Hinds and Ian Bradshaw took 3 and 2 wickets respectively. West Indies started their batting with the early losses of Hinds and Sarwan, and at one moment they were restricted to 147 runs for 8 wickets; the highest run-scorer Shivnarine Chanderpaul (47 runs) had also departed.


2004 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Result
Courtney Browne and Ian Bradshaw scored 35 and 34 not out respectively which was the highest scoring innings of both their respective careers at the time and guided West Indies to victory without any further loss. They chased the target in 48.5 overs, and Browne and Bradshaw shared an unbeaten 71 run ninth wicket partnership, a West Indian record. Andrew Flintoff took 3 wickets for 38 runs in 10 overs. Bradshaw was given the man of the match award for his all-round performance while Sarwan was named the man of the tournament.


2004 ICC Champions Trophy squads
These were the 11 squads picked to take part in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, the third instalment of the Champions Trophy cricket tournament. The tournament was held in England from 10 September to 25 September 2004. Teams could name a preliminary squad of 30, but only 14-man squads were permitted for the actual tournament.


2004 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Bangladesh
England = Michael Vaughan (c), James Anderson, Gareth Batty, Paul Collingwood, Ashley Giles, Darren Gough , Steve Harmison, Geraint Jones (wk) , Anthony McGrath, Vikram Solanki, Andrew Strauss, Marcus Trescothick, Alex Wharf and Andrew Flintoff


2004 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Bangladesh
India =  Sourav Ganguly (c) , Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid (wk), Yuvraj Singh,  Mohammad Kaif,  Dinesh Karthik (wk) , Ajit Agarkar,  Lakshmipathy Balaji , Anil Kumble , Harbhajan Singh , Irfan Pathan , Ashish Nehra, VVS Laxman and Rohan Gavaskar


2004 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Bangladesh
Kenya = Steve Tikolo (c) , Kennedy Otieno (wk) , Ravindu Shah, Hitesh Modi , Malhar Patel , Thomas Odoyo , Ragheb Aga , Martin Suji , Tony Suji , Maurice Ouma (wk) , Lameck Onyango , Peter Ongonda , Josephat Ababu and Brijal Patel


2004 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Bangladesh
New Zealand = Stephen Fleming (c) , Brendon McCullum (wk) , Nathan Astle , Ian Butler , Chris Cairns , Chris Harris , Hamish Marshall , Craig McMillan , Kyle Mills , Jacob Oram , Michael Papps , Scott Styris , Daryl Tuffney and  Daniel Vettori


2004 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Bangladesh
Pakistan =  Inzaman ul Haq (c) , Moin Khan  (wk) , Yasir Hameed , Imran Farhat , Salman Butt , Yousuf Youhana , Younis Khan , Shoaib Malik , Abdul Razzaq , Shaid Afridi , Mohammad Sami , Naved ul Hasan, Azhar Mahmood  and  Shoaib Akhtar


2004 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Bangladesh
South Africa =  Graeme Smith (c) , Mark Boucher (wk) , Nicky Boje , Alan Dawson , Jean Paul Duminy , Herschelle Gibbs , Lance Klusener , Makhaya Ntini , Robin Peterson , Shaun Pollock , Jacques Kallis , Jacques Rudolph , Martin van Jaarsveld  and  Charl Langeveldt


2004 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Bangladesh
Sri  Lanka =  Marvan Atapattu (c) , Kumar Sangakkara (wk) , Sanath Jayasuriya , Mahela Jayavardene , Tillakaratne Dilshan , Farveez Maharoof , Chaminda Vaas , Lasith Malinga , Nuwan Zoysa , Dilhara Fernando , Saman Jayantha , Avishka Gunawardene , Upul Chandana  and  Kaushal Lokuarachchi


2004 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Bangladesh
United States of America =  Richard Staple (c) , Mark Johnson (wk) , Nasir Javed , Charles Reid , Jignesh Desai , Howard Johnson , Ajaz Ali , Naseer Islam , Leon Romero , Rohan Alexander , Rashid Zia , Steve Massiah , Clayton Lambert  and  Donovan Blake


2004 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Bangladesh
West Indies =  Brian Lara (c) , Courtney Browne (wk) , Dwayne Bravo , Ian Bradshaw , Shivnarine Chanderpaul , Corey Collymore , Mervyn Dillon , Chris Gayle , Ryan Hinds , Wavell Hinds , Ramnaresh Sarwan , Darren Sammy , Sylvester Joseph  and  Richardo Powell


2004 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Bangladesh
Zimbabwe =  Tatenda Taibu (c) (wk) , Alester Maregwede , Dion Ebrahim , Vusi Sibanda , Mark Vermeulen , Brendon Taylor (wk) , Stuart Matsikenyeri , Tawanda Mupariwa , Mluleki Nikala , Tinashe Panyangara , Douglas Hondo , Edward Rainsford , Elton Chigumbura  and  Prosper Utseya


2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup
The 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the inaugural edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup first class cricket tournament, an international cricket tournament between nations who have not been awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council. The tournament took place last from 25 March to 23 November 2004. The competition included 12 teams, divided by geographical region into four groups of three, followed by semi-finals and a final which were all played in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.


2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Points System
In order to encourage competitive play and avoid deadlocks, a point system including bonus points was used:


2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Africa Group
The major surprise in the African group was the victory of Uganda over Namibia. Uganda's subsequent loss against Kenya paved the way for the Kenyans to the next round, despite a player's strike the day before their match against Namibia.


2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Final round, Semi-finals
The semifinals was played in UAE, but were delayed because the death of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Originally were scheduled to start on 16 November and were postponed one day. Canada and Scotland advanced to the final, both in draws by points.


2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Final round, Final
The final started at 21 November. Canada won the toss and elected to bat. However Canada had a poor start, losing Ashif Mulla to the last ball of the first over of the match, bowled by John Blain. In the same day, Scotland took advantage of 80 runs. In the second day Scotland declared with 177 runs ahead. Canada only scored 93 runs for the easy victory of Scotland.


2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge
The 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge was an international limited-overs cricket tournament held in the United Arab Emirates from 29 February to 6 March 2004. Matches were played in Dubai and Sharjah.


2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge
The tournament was the third and final edition of the ICC Six Nations Challenge, and featured six associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Canada, Namibia, and the Netherlands had competed in the 2003 World Cup, while the three other teams invited were Scotland, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. The six teams played each other once in a round-robin, with five teams finishing with three wins and two losses. The United States emerged as the winners based on net run rate, and consequently qualified for the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy in England, making their One Day International (ODI) debut. American all-rounder Clayton Lambert led the tournament in runs, while Scotland's John Blain was the leading wicket-taker.


2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge, Squads
Each team named a squad of 14 players, one coach, one team manager, one physiotherapist, and one umpire.


2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run-scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.


2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2004 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup
The 2004–05 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup was the first tournament held for the IIHF European Women's Champions Cup. AIK Hockey Dam of Sweden's Riksserien won the tournament for the first time.


2004 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup, Qualification
The qualification round was played during 15–17 October 2004. The winner of each group moved on to the Finals.


2004 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup, Finals
The tournament Finals were held 16–18 December 2004. The round was hosted in Solna, Sweden.


2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship
The 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 9th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It took place between July 10 and July 17, 2004.


2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship, Tournament Format
The preliminary round will be played in 4 groups (A-D) with 4 teams each. The groups A and B form the Top Division, the groups C and D form Division I. The two last-placed teams of the groups A and B and the two first-placed teams of the groups C and D play for 4th place in group A and B to participate in the Top Division playoffs. The losers of those games play as first placed teams in group C and D to participate in the Division I playoffs. Playoffs starting with the quarterfinals and placement games will be played both in the Top Division and in Division I.


2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship, Tournament Format
All games in the preliminary round and in the playoffs will be played with 5-minute sudden-death overtime and a penalty shootout in case of a tie. The final games will be played with a 12- minute sudden-death overtime, followed by a penalty shootout competition in case of a tie.


2004 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship, Participating teams
Groups are based on the results of the previous World Championships and Qualifying Series


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2004 IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 30 – April 6, 2004 in Halifax and Dartmouth, Canada. The Canadian national women's hockey team won their eighth straight World Championships. The event had 9 teams, because the 2003 event was cancelled due to the SARS epidemic, therefore no teams were relegated and the winners of the 2002 and 2003 Division I tournaments qualified. Canada won their 37th consecutive World Championship game before losing 3–1 in their third game. They later avenged their loss to the US by defeating them in the gold medal game 2–1. Sweden and Finland also met each other twice, with Finland winning the bronze medal game 3–2 improving on the earlier draw.


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship
In addition to being the qualifications for the 2005 world tournaments, this year also finalized the qualification for the Torino Olympics.


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, Top Division, Awards and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, Top Division, Awards and statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I
The Division I IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 14–20, 2004 in Ventspils, Latvia


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I
Kazakhstan is promoted to the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships,  Norway and  North Korea are demoted to Division II


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I, Awards and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I, Awards and statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division II
The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships will be held March 14–20, 2004 in Sterzing, Italy


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division II
Denmark is promoted to Division I while  Australia and  Great Britain are demoted to Division III in the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division II, Awards and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division II, Awards and statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division III
The Division III IIHF Women World Championships were held March 21–28, 2004 in Maribor, Slovenia.


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division III
Austria was promoted to Division II at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, while both  Romania and  South Korea were relegated to the newly formed Division IV.


2004 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division III, Awards and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: [ IIHF.com]


2004 IIHF World Championship
The 2004 IIHF World Championship was held between April 24 and May 9, 2004 in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic.


2004 IIHF World Championship
It was the 68th ice Hockey World Championships, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).


2004 IIHF World Championship, Qualification
Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament was held on 6 September 2003 in Tokyo, Japan.


2004 IIHF World Championship, Final tournament, Preliminary round
Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Qualifying Round while the last team competed in the relegation round.


2004 IIHF World Championship, Final tournament, Qualifying round
The top three teams in the standings of each group of the Preliminary Round advance to the Qualifying Round, and are placed in two groups: teams from Groups A and D compete in Group E, while teams from Groups B and C compete in Group F.


2004 IIHF World Championship, Final tournament, Qualifying round
Each team is to play three games in this round, one against each of the three teams from the other group with which they have been paired. These three games, along with the two games already played against the other two advancing teams from the same group in the Preliminary Round, will count in the Qualifying Round standings.


2004 IIHF World Championship, Final tournament, Qualifying round
The top four teams in both groups E and F advanced to the Playoff round.


2004 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and Statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.


2004 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and Statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2004 IIHF World Championship Final
The 2004 IIHF World Championship Final was an ice hockey match that took place on May 9, 2004 in Prague, Czech Republic, to determine the winner of the 2004 IIHF World Championship. Canada defeated Sweden to win its 23rd championship.


2004 IIHF World Championship rosters
Rosters at the 2004 IIHF World Championship in the Czech Republic.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
The 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournaments made up the second level of competition at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 27 March and 2 April 2004 in Amstetten, Austria and the Group B tournament took place between 29 March and 4 April 2004 in Asiago, Italy. Switzerland and Germany won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Romania finished last in Group A and South Korea last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2005.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament
The Group A tournament began on 27 March 2004 in Amstetten, Austria. Austria, Latvia, Poland and Slovenia all returned to compete in this year's Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships. Romania gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in lasts years Division II tournament and Switzerland was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament
Switzerland won the tournament after winning all five of their games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. Slovenia finished in second place and Austria finished third after only losing to Switzerland and Slovenia. Romania finished in last place, managing only to tie one game and lose the other four and were relegated back to Division II for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. Rafael Rotter of Austria finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eleven points including five goals and six assists. Latvia's Kristaps Stigis finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 92.93.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament
The Group B tournament began on 29 March 2004 in Asiago, Italy. France, Germany, Italy and Japan all returned to compete in this year's Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships. South Korea gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in lasts years Division II tournament and Kazakhstan was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament
Germany won the tournament after winning all five of their games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. Japan finished second after losing only to Germany and Italy finished in third place. South Korea finished in last place, managing only to tie one game and lose the other four and were relegated back to Division II for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. Daniel Pietta of Germany finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eleven points including eight goals and three assists. Japan's Yuto Takashima finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 96.59.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
The 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II tournaments made up the third level of competition at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 28 March and 3 April 2004 in Debrecen, Hungary and the Group B tournament took place between 1 and 7 March 2004 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania. Ukraine and Great Britain won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Belgium finished last in Group A and Australia last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2005.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A tournament
The Group A tournament began on 28 March 2004 in Debrecen, Hungary. Belgium, Hungary, the Netherlands and Spain returned to compete in the Division II competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships. Ukraine entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Iceland entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships. Ukraine won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion back to Division I for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A tournament
Hungary finished in second place and the Netherlands finished in third. Belgium finished in last place after losing four of their five games and were relegated to Division III for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. Yegor Yegorov of Ukraine finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 18 points including six goals and 12 assists. Martijn Maghielse of the Netherlands finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 88.46.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B tournament
The Group B tournament began on 1 March 2004 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania. Croatia, Estonia and Lithuania all returned to compete in the Division II tournament after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championship. Great Britain entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Australia entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B tournament
The Serbia and Montenegro men's national under-18 ice hockey team made their debut at the World Championships after replacing the Yugoslavia men's national under-18 ice hockey team, the change in team coinciding with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia being reconstituted as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. Great Britain won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion back to Division I for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. Estonia finished second after losing only to Great Britain and Croatia finished in third place.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B tournament
Australia finished in last place after losing four of their five games and drawing the fifth and were relegated back to Division III for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. Thomas Carlon of Great Britain finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 14 points including ten goals and four assists.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
The 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was an international under-18 ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III tournament made up the fourth level of competition at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships and took place between 6 and 14 March 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The tournament was won by Mexico who upon winning gained promotion, along with South Africa who finished in second place, to Division II of the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Overview
The 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III began on 6 March 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand and Turkey returned to compete in the Division III competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships. Bulgaria and South Africa entered the Division III competition after being relegated from the Division II tournaments of the 2003 World U18 Championships. Mexico finished first after winning all six of their games and gained promotion to Division II of the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Overview
South Africa who finished in second place also gained promotion to Division II and New Zealand finished in third place missing out on promotion only by goal difference. Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina finished in sixth and seventh place and were relegated to the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification tournament. Eduardo Glennie of Mexico finished as the tournaments top scorer after recording 20 points including 13 goals and seven assists.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Minsk, Belarus. The championships began on April 8, 2004, and finished on April 18, 2004. Games were played at the Ice Palace and Palace sport in Minsk. Russia defeated the United States 3–2 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the Czech Republic defeated Canada 3–2 to capture the bronze medal.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championships, Championship results, Final standings
Belarus and  Norway are relegated to Division I for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championships, Championship results, Statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2004 IIHF World U18 Championships, Championship results, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2004 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division I
Division I consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 27 March and 2 April 2004 in Amstetten, Austria and the Group B tournament was held between 29 March and 4 April 2004 in Asiago, Italy. Switzerland and Germany won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Romania finished last in Group A and South Korea last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2005.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division II
Division II consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 28 March and 3 April 2004 in Debrecen, Hungary and the Group B tournament was held  between 1 and 7 March 2004 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania. Ukraine and Great Britain won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Belgium finished last in Group A and Australia last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2005.


2004 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division III
The Division III tournament was held between 6 and 14 March 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Mexico and South Africa finished first and second respectively and both gained promotion to Division II for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina finished sixth and seventh respectively and were relegated to the Division III Qualification tournament for 2005.


2004 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
The 3rd IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was held between April 13, 2004 and April 24, 2004 at Kempehallen in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. Örnsköldsvik was also the host of the first Paralympic Winter Games in 1976. Participating countries: 104 athletes from eight nations Canada, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Norway, Sweden, United States. The USA, Norway and Sweden were automatically qualified for their performance at the Salt Lake 2002 Paralympic Winter Games, while the other five teams were selected through regional championships.


2004 ISSF World Cup
For the 2004 ISSF World Cup Final in the seventeen Olympic shooting events, the World Cup Final was held in September 2004 in Maribor, Slovenia for the shotgun events, and in October 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand for the rifle, pistol and running target events. It was the last World Cup Final for the women's Double Trap event and the men's 10 m Running Target event, as they were taken off the Olympic program after 2004.


2004 ISSF World Cup, §Rifle, pistol and running target
Munich, Germany is traditionally the steady home of this competition, but 2004 was the second year in a row that it was held at another venue. The winners in Bangkok were:


2004 ITF Jounieh Open
The 2004 ITF Jounieh Open was a tennis tournament played on Clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the ITF Jounieh Open, and was part of the $50,000 tournaments of the 2004 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Jounieh, Lebanon, from September 21–26, 2004. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$50,000.


2004 ITF Jounieh Open, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2004 ITF Jounieh Open, Champions, Singles
Nuria Llagostera Vives def. Lourdes Domínguez Lino, 2–6, 6–0, 6–4.


2004 ITF Jounieh Open, Champions, Doubles
Petra Cetkovská /  Hana Šromová def. Nuria Llagostera Vives /  Frederica Piedade, 6–4, 6–2.


2004 ITF Jounieh Open – Singles
Nuria Llagostera Vives won in the final, defeating compatriot Lourdes Domínguez Lino 2–6, 6–0, 6–4 in the final.


2004 ITF Men's Circuit
The 2004 ITF Men's Circuit was the 2004 edition of the third tier tour for men's professional tennis. It was organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Challenger Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit included satellite events and 357 'Futures' tournaments played year round across six continents, with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $15,000.


2004 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is the tier below the WTA Tour. In 2004, the ITF Women's circuit included tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $75,000.


2004 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF world champions in 2004 were Anastasia Myskina (senior singles), Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (senior doubles) and Michaëlla Krajicek (combined junior ranking).


2004 ITF Women's Circuit, Tournament breakdown by region
*Includes figures for events in Central America and the Caribbean.


2004 ITF Women's Circuit, Singles titles by nation
This list displays only the top 20 nations in terms of singles titles wins.


2004 ITU Triathlon World Championships
The 2004 ITU Triathlon World Championships were held in Madeira, Portugal on May 9, 2004.


2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
The 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: XI Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was the eleventh edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estadio Iberoamericano in Huelva, Spain on 6–8 August 2004. A record high of 27 nations took part while the number of participating athletes (430) was the second highest in the competition's history after the 1992 edition. The programme featured 44 track and field events, 22 each for men and women, and 16 championship records were broken or equalled at the three-day competition.


2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
The host stadium was built specifically for the championships and it was the first major event to be held there. An opening ceremony was held outside the stadium at La Rábida (the monastery where Christopher Columbus stayed and successfully proposed his voyage to the Indies, which led to the Discovery of the Americas). High participation was attributed to the competition's proximity to the 2004 Summer Olympics, which was held in Athens two weeks later. The legacy of the championships is found in the Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo, an annual track and field meeting which is held at the same stadium.


2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
The host nation, Spain, topped the medal table with 16 gold medals and 38 medals overall. Cuba (typically strong at the meeting) came second with fourteen gold medals and 22 medals overall. Brazil came third, producing six event winners, but had the second highest medal haul with a total of 23 medallists. Spain sent the largest delegation, entering 90 athletes, while Brazil (63), Portugal (51) and Cuba (33) were the next most numerous teams.


2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
A number of medallists went on to have Olympic success. Joan Lino Martínez, winner in the men's long jump, took an Olympic bronze medal. Cuba's female throwers performed well in Athens: Yumileidi Cumbá and Osleidys Menéndez were crowned Olympic champions, while Yipsi Moreno and Yunaika Crawford both reached the podium in the hammer throw. Fernanda Ribeiro, a 1996 Olympic champion, won the women's 5000 metres in Huelva, but retired in the Olympic final due to injuries.


2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, Participation
Twenty-seven nations of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo sent delegations to the 2004 championships, marking a new record. This represented all the organisation's members but for Guinea-Bissau. A total of 430 athletes (443 including out of competition contestants) took part in the competition – the second highest number that it had attracted at that point, after the 1992 edition.


2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results
These are the official results of the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics which took place on August 6–8, 2004 in Huelva, Spain.


2004 Icelandic Cup
The Visa-Bikar 2004 was the forty-fifth season of the Icelandic national football cup. It started on May 16, 2004 and concluded with the final on October 2, 2004. The winners qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2005–06.


2004 Icelandic Cup, Second round
1The match finished 2-2 a.e.t. with ÍR winning 5-4 on penalties. However, ÍH were awarded the match 3-0 after ÍR fielded an ineligible player.


2004 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The 2004 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the ninth staging of the Icelandic Men's League Cup. It featured all the 2003 Úrvalsdeild karla teams and the top 6 teams from 1. deild karla in 2003.


2004 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The competition started on 20 February 2004 and concluded on 8 May 2004 with FH beating KR 2-1 in the final.


2004 Icelandic presidential election
A presidential election was held in Iceland on Saturday, 26 June 2004.


2004 Icelandic presidential election
Traditionally, Icelandic presidential elections in which the incumbent president indicates a wish to obtain a new mandate are uncontested. The current president, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, was first elected in 1996 with 41.4% of the vote, in an election with an 85.9% turnout contested by four candidates. In 2000 he was re-elected without opposition. When Ólafur Ragnar announced his intention to seek another mandate in 2004, two other candidates emerged:


2004 Icelandic presidential election
Unlike parliamentary elections in Iceland, presidential elections are not fought on the basis of party politics; instead, candidates attempt to use their personalities to attract supporters and appear as a living symbol of national unity.


2004 Icelandic presidential election
By tradition, the presidency is an almost entirely powerless office, as the presidents almost never use the powers granted to them by the constitution, instead just exercising moral authority. Ólafur Ragnar, however, has expressed a wish to have a public discussion on the role of the head of state. Unprecedentedly in the history of the Icelandic Republic, on 2 June 2004 Ólafur Ragnar vetoed a media ownership law passed by the Althing.


2004 Icelandic presidential election
Davíð Oddsson, who was Prime Minister at the time, claimed that the veto was tainted because the president's daughter worked for Baugur Group, which had recently acquired roughly half of the country's media. There was little doubt that Ólafur Ragnar would be re-elected, but the veto controversy had an effect on the voting – the unprecedentedly high number of empty ballots (20.6% of the total) was thought to be largely a protest of the veto.


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2004 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2004 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses were held on February 24 in the U.S. state of Idaho as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.


2004 Idaho Vandals football team
The 2004 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Idaho competed as a member of the Sun Belt Conference, and played their home games in the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus. The Vandals were led by first-year head coach Nick Holt.


2004 Idea Prokom Open
The 2004 Idea Prokom Open was the seventh edition of the professional tennis tournament later known as the Warsaw Open. The tournament was part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour and a Tier III event on the 2004 WTA Tour. It took place on outdoor clay courts in the seaside resort of Sopot, Poland from 9 August through 15 August 2004.


2004 Idea Prokom Open
In the men's singles event, eighteen-year-old future world number one Rafael Nadal won his first ATP title. Future Grand Slam champion Flavia Pennetta also won her first WTA title in the women's singles event.


2004 Idea Prokom Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
František Čermák /  Leoš Friedl defeated  Martín García /  Sebastián Prieto, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3


2004 Idea Prokom Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Nuria Llagostera Vives /  Marta Marrero defeated  Klaudia Jans /  Alicja Rosolska, 6–4, 6–3


2004 Idea Prokom Open – Men's Doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski were the defending champions, but declined to participate to focus for the 2004 Summer Olympics.


2004 Idea Prokom Open – Men's Doubles
František Čermák and Leoš Friedl won the title by defeating Martín García and Sebastián Prieto 2–6, 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2004 Idea Prokom Open – Men's Singles
Guillermo Coria was the defending champion, but did not participate.


2004 Idea Prokom Open – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal won the title, defeating José Acasuso 6–3, 6–4 in the final. It was his first career title.


2004 Idea Prokom Open – Women's Doubles
Tatiana Perebiynis and Silvija Talaja were the defending champions, but Perebiynis did not compete this year. Talaja teamed up with Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro and lost in semifinals to tournament winners Nuria Llagostera Vives and Marta Marrero.


2004 Idea Prokom Open – Women's Doubles
Llagostera Vives and Marrero defeated Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2004 Idea Prokom Open – Women's Singles
Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi was the defending champion, but lost in second round to Marta Domachowska.


2004 Idea Prokom Open – Women's Singles
Flavia Pennetta won the title by defeating Klára Koukalová 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 in the final.


2004 Idea Prokom Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The first two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2004 If Stockholm Open
The 2004 If Stockholm Open was an ATP men's tennis tournament played on hard courts and held at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the 36th edition of the event and part of the ATP International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour. The tournament was held from 25 October through 31 October 2004. Unseeded Thomas Johansson won the singles title.


2004 If Stockholm Open, Finals, Doubles
Feliciano López /  Fernando Verdasco defeated  Wayne Arthurs /  Paul Hanley, 6–4, 6–4


2004 If Stockholm Open – Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


2004 If Stockholm Open – Doubles
Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco won the title, defeating Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2004 If Stockholm Open – Singles
Mardy Fish was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


2004 If Stockholm Open – Singles
Thomas Johansson won the singles event at the 2004 If Stockholm Open tennis tournament, beating Andre Agassi in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4).


2004 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
The 2004 Illinois Democratic -presidential primary was held on March 16 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.


2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner, who was in his eighth season with the Illini and was fired at the conclusion of the season. Illinois had a record of 3–8.


2004 Illinois elections
The Illinois general election was held on November 2, 2004.


2004 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, Primary election
For the primary election, turnout was 28.97%, with 2,067,824 votes cast.


2004 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout, General election
For the general election, turnout was 71.34%, with 5,350,493 votes cast.


2004 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States President
Illinois voted for the Democratic ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards.


2004 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States President
This was the fourth consecutive presidential election in which Illinois had voted for the Democratic ticket.


2004 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States Senate
Incumbent first-term Republican Senator Peter Fitzgerald did not seek reelection. Democrat Barack Obama was elected to succeed him.


2004 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
All 19 of Illinois’ seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2004.


2004 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
The Democratic Party flipped one Republican-held seat, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 10 Democrats and 9 Republicans.


2004 Illinois elections, State elections, State Senate
23 seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 2004. Democrats retained their control of the chamber.


2004 Illinois elections, State elections, State House of Representatives
All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 2004. Democrats retained their control of the chamber.


2004 Illinois elections, Local elections
Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.


2004 Incomparable Concert
2004 Incomparable Concert (simplified Chinese: 2004无与伦比演唱会; traditional Chinese: 2004無與倫比演唱會) is the second live album by Taiwanese singer Jay Chou, released as of 21 January 2005 by Sony Music Taiwan and JVR Music, included a date filmed at Taipei Municipal Stadium on 2 October 2004 from the 2004 Incomparable Concert.


2004 Independence Bowl
The 2004 Independence Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Iowa State Cyclones and the Miami RedHawks on December 28, 2004, at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was the twenty-ninth time the Independence Bowl had been played and the final game of the 2004 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. Iowa State defeated Miami 17-13.


2004 Independence Bowl, Background
Typically the Independence Bowl featured teams from the Southeastern Conference and Big 12 Conference, but the entire post-season bowl picture was thrown into chaos after a brawl between Clemson (Atlantic Coast Conference)  and South Carolina (SEC) caused both teams, which had been bowl eligible, to remove themselves from consideration. With the SEC no longer able to supply enough bowl-eligible teams, Independence Bowl organizers looked elsewhere, and settled on Miami, coming off a second consecutive East Division championship in the Mid-American Conference.


2004 Independence Bowl, Background
Iowa State came back from a 2-10 2003 season to finish 6-5. A Big 12 team, Iowa State normally would have gone to the Houston Bowl, but with fellow conference members Texas and Oklahoma headed for BCS bowls the remaining Big 12 teams received bids to better games. Iowa State accepted the bid on December 6, 2004. Iowa State previously played in the 2001 Independence Bowl, losing in the last seconds to Alabama 14-13.


2004 Independence Bowl, Game summary
Bret Meyer threw 10-of-28 for 144 yards, but he also rushed for 122 yards on 23 carries in an MVP effort.


2004 Indesit ATP Milan Indoor – Doubles
Petr Luxa and Radek Štěpánek were the defending champions but only Štěpánek competed that year with Martin Damm.


2004 Indesit ATP Milan Indoor – Doubles
Damm and Štěpánek lost in the semifinals to Jared Palmer and Pavel Vízner.


2004 Indesit ATP Milan Indoor – Doubles
Palmer and Vízner won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Daniele Bracciali and Giorgio Galimberti.


2004 Indesit ATP Milan Indoor – Singles
Martin Verkerk was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Grégory Carraz.


2004 Indesit ATP Milan Indoor – Singles
Antony Dupuis won in the final 6–4, 6–7(12–14), 7–6(7–5) against Mario Ančić.


2004 Indesit ATP Milan Indoor – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series
The 2004 Indo-Pak series was the 7th series of bilateral field hockey matches between Pakistan and India. The series was played over eight matches on home and away basis.


2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series
Each side hosted four matches from 24 September 20004 to 10 October 2004. Pakistan won the series 4–2. This was the first time both sides were coached by foreign coaches in a bilateral series with Gerhard Roch of Germany coaching India and Roelant Oltmans of Netherlands coach for Pakistan. During the match in Amritsar of the series Pakistan's Sohail Abbas broke the record of most goals in international men's hockey scoring his 268th goal surpassing Paul Litjens of Netherlands who held the record for 22 years.


2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series, Background
Prior to the start of the series Pakistan and India had faced each other 6 times since January 2004. They first met at the 2004 Azlan Shah Cup in Kuala Lumpur with Pakistan winning 3–2. They met twice in the 2004 Olympic Qualifiers in Madrid with Pakistan winning both matches. In June Pakistan again defeated India twice this time by a huge margin of 6–1 at the Hockey RaboTrophy in Amsterdam. Both teams had a disappointing campaign at the Olympics in Athens Pakistan defeated India in the crossover rounds to finish 5th while India finished 7th.


2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series, Background
Sohail Abbas scored 12 goals against India in these matches including two hat-tricks. This series was also in lead up to the 2004 Champions Trophy to be held in Lahore from December.


2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series, Squads
India announced an 18-member squad on 20 September 2004. The Indian selection ignored veterans like Dhanraj Pillay, Baljit Singh Dhillon, Deepak Thakur and Gagan Ajit Singh, who all were part of the team at the Athens Olympics after the players made themselves unavailable for selection for different reasons. Pakistan announced its squad on 20 September as well. Waseem Ahmed was made captain after former captain Muhammad Nadeem announced his retirement from international hockey after the last months Olympics.


2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 32 goals scored in 8 matches for an average of 4 goals per match


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami (also known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake) occurred at 07:58:53 in local time (UTC+7) on 26 December, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. It was an undersea megathrust earthquake that registered a magnitude of 9.1–9.3 Mw, reaching a Mercalli intensity up to IX in certain areas. The earthquake was caused by a rupture along the fault between the Burma Plate and the Indian Plate.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
A series of massive tsunami waves grew up to 30 m (100 ft) high once heading inland, after being created by the underwater seismic activity offshore. Communities along the surrounding coasts of the Indian Ocean were devastated, and the tsunamis killed an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. The direct results caused major disruptions to living conditions and commerce in coastal provinces of surrounded countries, including Aceh (Indonesia), Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu (India) and Khao Lak (Thailand). Banda Aceh reported the largest number of deaths.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
The earthquake was the third-largest ever recorded, the largest in the 21st century and had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between eight and ten minutes. It caused the planet to vibrate as much as 10 mm (0.4 in), and also remotely triggered earthquakes as far away as Alaska. Its epicentre was between Simeulue and mainland Sumatra. The plight of the affected people and countries prompted a worldwide humanitarian response, with donations totalling more than US$14 billion.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was initially documented as having a moment magnitude of 8.8. In February 2005, scientists revised the estimate of the magnitude to 9.0. Although the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has accepted these new numbers, the United States Geological Survey has so far not changed its estimate of 9.1. A 2006 study estimated a magnitude of Mw 9.1–9.3; Hiroo Kanamori of the California Institute of Technology estimates that Mw  9.2 is representative of the earthquake's size.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake
The hypocentre of the main earthquake was approximately 160 km (100 mi) off the western coast of northern Sumatra, in the Indian Ocean just north of Simeulue island at a depth of 30 km (19 mi) below mean sea level (initially reported as 10 km or 6.2 mi). The northern section of the Sunda megathrust ruptured over a length of 1,300 km (810 mi). The earthquake (followed by the tsunami) was felt in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Splay faults, or secondary "pop up faults", caused long, narrow parts of the seafloor to pop up in seconds. This quickly elevated the height and increased the speed of waves, destroying the nearby Indonesian town of Lhoknga.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake
Indonesia lies between the Pacific Ring of Fire along the north-eastern islands adjacent to New Guinea, and the Alpide belt that runs along the south and west from Sumatra, Java, Bali, Flores to Timor. The 2002 Sumatra earthquake is believed to have been a foreshock, preceding the main event by over two years.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake
Great earthquakes, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, are associated with megathrust events in subduction zones. Their seismic moments can account for a significant fraction of the global seismic moment across century-scale periods. Of all the moment released by earthquakes in the 100 years from 1906 through 2005, roughly one eighth was due to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. This quake, together with the Great Alaskan earthquake (1964) and the Great Chilean earthquake (1960), account for almost half of the total moment.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake
Since 1900, the only earthquakes recorded with a greater magnitude were the 1960 Valdivia earthquake (magnitude 9.5) and the 1964 Alaska earthquake in Prince William Sound (magnitude 9.2). The only other recorded earthquakes of magnitude 9.0 or greater were off Kamchatka, Russia, on 4 November 1952 (magnitude 9.0) and Tōhoku, Japan (magnitude 9.1) in March 2011. Each of these megathrust earthquakes also spawned tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake
In comparison to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, the death toll from these earthquakes was significantly lower, primarily because of the lower population density along the coasts near affected areas, the much greater distances to more populated coasts, and the superior infrastructure and warning systems in MEDCs (More Economically Developed Countries) such as Japan.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake
Other huge megathrust earthquakes occurred in 1868 (Peru, Nazca Plate and South American Plate); 1827 (Colombia, Nazca Plate and South American Plate); 1812 (Venezuela, Caribbean Plate and South American Plate) and 1700 (western North America, Juan de Fuca Plate and North American Plate). All of them are believed to be greater than magnitude 9, but no accurate measurements were available at the time.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Tectonic plates
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was unusually large in geographical and geological extent. An estimated 1,600 km (1,000 mi) of fault surface slipped (or ruptured) about 15 m (50 ft) along the subduction zone where the Indian Plate slides (or subducts) under the overriding Burma Plate.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Tectonic plates
The slip did not happen instantaneously but took place in two phases over several minutes:Seismographic and acoustic data indicate that the first phase involved a rupture about 400 km (250 mi) long and 100 km (60 mi) wide, 30 km (19 mi) beneath the sea bed—the largest rupture ever known to have been caused by an earthquake. The rupture proceeded at about 2.8 km/s (1.7 mi/s; 10,000 km/h; 6,300 mph), beginning off the coast of Aceh and proceeding north-westerly over about 100 seconds.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Tectonic plates
After a pause of about another 100 seconds, the rupture continued northwards towards the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The northern rupture occurred more slowly than in the south, at about 2.1 km/s (1.3 mi/s; 7,600 km/h; 4,700 mph), continuing north for another five minutes to a plate boundary where the fault type changes from subduction to strike-slip (the two plates slide past one another in opposite directions).


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Tectonic plates
The Indian Plate is part of the great Indo-Australian Plate, which underlies the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal, and is moving north-east at an average of 60 mm/a (0.075 in/Ms). The India Plate meets the Burma Plate (which is considered a portion of the great Eurasian Plate) at the Sunda Trench. At this point, the India Plate subducts beneath the Burma Plate, which carries the Nicobar Islands, the Andaman Islands, and northern Sumatra. The India Plate sinks deeper and deeper beneath the Burma Plate until the increasing temperature and pressure drive volatiles out of the subducting plate.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Tectonic plates
These volatiles rise into the overlying plate, causing partial melting and the formation of magma. The rising magma intrudes into the crust above and exits the Earth's crust through volcanoes in the form of a volcanic arc. The volcanic activity that results as the Indo-Australian Plate subducts the Eurasian Plate has created the Sunda Arc.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Tectonic plates
As well as the sideways movement between the plates, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake resulted in a rise of the seafloor by several metres, displacing an estimated 30 km3 (7.2 cu mi) of water and triggering devastating tsunami waves. The waves radiated outwards along the entire 1,600 km (1,000 mi) length of the rupture (acting as a line source). This greatly increased the geographical area over which the waves were observed, reaching as far as Mexico, Chile, and the Arctic. The raising of the seafloor significantly reduced the capacity of the Indian Ocean, producing a permanent rise in the global sea level by an estimated 0.1 mm (0.004 in).


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Aftershocks and other earthquakes
Numerous aftershocks were reported off the Andaman Islands, the Nicobar Islands and the region of the original epicentre in the hours and days that followed. The magnitude 8.7 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake, which originated off the coast of the Sumatran island of Nias, is not considered an aftershock, despite its proximity to the epicentre, and was most likely triggered by stress changes associated with the 2004 event. The earthquake produced its own aftershocks (some registering a magnitude of as high as 6.1) and presently ranks as the third-largest earthquake ever recorded on the moment magnitude or Richter magnitude scale.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Aftershocks and other earthquakes
Other aftershocks of up to magnitude 6.6 continued to shake the region daily for three or four months. As well as continuing aftershocks, the energy released by the original earthquake continued to make its presence felt well after the event. A week after the earthquake, its reverberations could still be measured, providing valuable scientific data about the Earth's interior.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Aftershocks and other earthquakes
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake came just three days after a magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the sub-antarctic Auckland Islands, an uninhabited region west of New Zealand, and Macquarie Island to Australia's north. This is unusual since earthquakes of magnitude eight or more occur only about once per year on average. The U.S. Geological Survey sees no evidence of a causal relationship between these events.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Aftershocks and other earthquakes
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake is thought to have triggered activity in both Leuser Mountain and Mount Talang, volcanoes in Aceh along the same range of peaks, while the 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake had sparked activity in Lake Toba, an ancient crater in Sumatra.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Energy released
The energy released on the Earth's surface (ME, which is the seismic potential for damage) by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was estimated at 1.1×1017 joules (110 PJ; 26 Mt). This energy is equivalent to over 1,500 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, but less than that of Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Energy released
The total physical work done MW (and thus energy) by the quake was 4.0×1022 joules (40 ZJ), the vast majority underground, which is over 360,000 times more than its ME, equivalent to 9,600 gigatons of TNT equivalent (550 million times that of Hiroshima) or about 370 years of energy use in the United States at 2005 levels of 1.08×1020 joules (108 EJ). The only recorded earthquakes with a larger MW were the 1960 Chilean and 1964 Alaskan quakes, with 2.5×1023 joules (250 ZJ) and 7.5×1022 joules (75 ZJ), respectively.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Energy released
The earthquake generated a seismic oscillation of the Earth's surface of up to 200–300 mm (8–12 in), equivalent to the effect of the tidal forces caused by the Sun and Moon. The seismic waves of the earthquake were felt across the planet; as far away as the U.S. state of Oklahoma, where vertical movements of 3 mm (0.12 in) were recorded. By February 2005, the earthquake's effects were still detectable as a 20 μm (0.02 mm; 0.0008 in) complex harmonic oscillation of the Earth's surface, which gradually diminished and merged with the incessant free oscillation of the Earth more than four months after the earthquake.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Energy released
Because of its enormous energy release and shallow rupture depth, the earthquake generated remarkable seismic ground motions around the globe, particularly due to huge Rayleigh (surface) elastic waves that exceeded 10 mm (0.4 in) in vertical amplitude everywhere on Earth. The record section plot displays vertical displacements of the Earth's surface recorded by seismometers from the IRIS/USGS Global Seismographic Network plotted with respect to time (since the earthquake initiation) on the horizontal axis, and vertical displacements of the Earth on the vertical axis (note the 1 cm scale bar at the bottom for scale).


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Energy released
The seismograms are arranged vertically by distance from the epicentre in degrees. The earliest, lower amplitude signal is that of the compressional (P) wave, which takes about 22 minutes to reach the other side of the planet (the antipode; in this case near Ecuador). The largest amplitude signals are seismic surface waves that reach the antipode after about 100 minutes. The surface waves can be clearly seen to reinforce near the antipode (with the closest seismic stations in Ecuador), and to subsequently encircle the planet to return to the epicentral region after about 200 minutes. A major aftershock (magnitude 7.1) can be seen at the closest stations starting just after the 200-minute mark. The aftershock would be considered a major earthquake under ordinary circumstances but is dwarfed by the mainshock.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Energy released
The shift of mass and the massive release of energy slightly altered the Earth's rotation. The exact amount is not yet known, but theoretical models suggest the earthquake shortened the length of a day by 2.68 microseconds, due to a decrease in the oblateness of the Earth. It also caused the Earth to minutely "wobble" on its axis by up to 25 mm (1 in) in the direction of 145° east longitude, or perhaps by up to 50 or 60 mm (2.0 or 2.4 in).


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Energy released
Because of tidal effects of the Moon, the length of a day increases at an average of 15 microseconds per year, so any rotational change due to the earthquake will be lost quickly. Similarly, the natural Chandler wobble of the Earth, which in some cases can be up to 15 m (50 ft), will eventually offset the minor wobble produced by the earthquake.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Energy released
There was 10 m (33 ft) movement laterally and 4–5 m (13–16 ft) vertically along the fault line. Early speculation was that some of the smaller islands south-west of Sumatra, which is on the Burma Plate (the southern regions are on the Sunda Plate), might have moved south-west by up to 36 m (120 ft), but more accurate data released more than a month after the earthquake found the movement to be about 0.2 m (8 in). Since movement was vertical as well as lateral, some coastal areas may have been moved to below sea level. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands appear to have shifted south-west by around 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in) and to have sunk by 1 m (3 ft 3 in).


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Energy released
In February 2005, the Royal Navy vessel HMS Scott surveyed the seabed around the earthquake zone, which varies in depth between 1,000 and 5,000 m (550 and 2,730 fathoms; 3,300 and 16,400 ft). The survey, conducted using a high-resolution, multi-beam sonar system, revealed that the earthquake had made a considerable impact on the topography of the seabed. 1,500-metre-high (5,000 ft) thrust ridges created by previous geologic activity along the fault had collapsed, generating landslides several kilometres wide. One such landslide consisted of a single block of rock some 100 m (330 ft) high and 2 km (1.2 mi) long. The momentum of the water displaced by tectonic uplift had also dragged massive slabs of rock, each weighing millions of tonnes, as far as 10 km (6 mi) across the seabed. An oceanic trench several kilometres wide was exposed in the earthquake zone.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake, Energy released
The TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 satellites happened to pass over the tsunami as it was crossing the ocean. These satellites carry radars that measure precisely the height of the water surface; anomalies in the order of 500 mm (20 in) were measured. Measurements from these satellites may prove invaluable for the understanding of the earthquake and tsunami. Unlike data from tide gauges installed on shores, measurements obtained in the middle of the ocean can be used for computing the parameters of the source earthquake without having to compensate for the complex ways in which proximity to the coast changes the size and shape of a wave.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami
The sudden vertical rise of the seabed by several metres during the earthquake displaced massive volumes of water, resulting in a tsunami that struck the coasts of the Indian Ocean. A tsunami that causes damage far away from its source is sometimes called a teletsunami and is much more likely to be produced by the vertical motion of the seabed than by horizontal motion.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami
The tsunami, like all others, behaved differently in deep water than in shallow water. In deep ocean water, tsunami waves form only a low, broad hump, barely noticeable and harmless, which generally travels at high speed of 500 to 1,000 km/h (310 to 620 mph); in shallow water near coastlines, a tsunami slows down to only tens of kilometres per hour but, in doing so, forms large destructive waves.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami
Scientists investigating the damage in Aceh found evidence that the wave reached a height of 24 m (80 ft) when coming ashore along large stretches of the coastline, rising to 30 m (100 ft) in some areas when travelling inland. Radar satellites recorded the heights of tsunami waves in deep water: maximum height was at 600 mm (2 ft) two hours after the earthquake, the first such observations ever made.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami
According to Tad Murty, vice-president of the Tsunami Society, the total energy of the tsunami waves was equivalent to about 5 megatons of TNT (21 PJ), which is more than twice the total explosive energy used during all of World War II (including the two atomic bombs) but still a couple of orders of magnitude less than the energy released in the earthquake itself. In many places, the waves reached as far as 2 km (1.2 mi) inland.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami
Because the 1,600 km (1,000 mi) fault affected by the earthquake was in a nearly north–south orientation, the greatest strength of the tsunami waves was in an east–west direction. Bangladesh, which lies at the northern end of the Bay of Bengal, had few casualties despite being a low-lying country relatively near the epicentre. It also benefited from the fact that the earthquake proceeded more slowly in the northern rupture zone, greatly reducing the energy of the water displacements in that region.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami
Coasts that have a landmass between them and the tsunami's location of origin are usually safe; however, tsunami waves can sometimes diffract around such landmasses. Thus, the state of Kerala was hit by the tsunami despite being on the western coast of India, and the western coast of Sri Lanka suffered substantial impacts. Distance alone was no guarantee of safety, as Somalia was hit harder than Bangladesh despite being much farther away.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami
Because of the distances involved, the tsunami took anywhere from fifteen minutes to seven hours to reach the coastlines. The northern regions of the Indonesian island of Sumatra were hit quickly, while Sri Lanka and the east coast of India were hit roughly 90 minutes to two hours later. Thailand was struck about two hours later despite being closer to the epicentre because the tsunami travelled more slowly in the shallow Andaman Sea off its western coast.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami
The tsunami was noticed as far as Struisbaai in South Africa, about 8,500 km (5,300 mi) away, where a 1.5-metre-high (5 ft) tide surged on shore about 16 hours after the earthquake. It took a relatively long time to reach Struisbaai at the southernmost point of Africa, probably because of the broad continental shelf off South Africa and because the tsunami would have followed the South African coast from east to west. The tsunami also reached Antarctica, where tidal gauges at Japan's Showa Base recorded oscillations of up to a metre (3 ft 3 in), with disturbances lasting a couple of days.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami
Some of the tsunami's energy escaped into the Pacific Ocean, where it produced small but measurable tsunamis along the western coasts of North and South America, typically around 200 to 400 mm (7.9 to 15.7 in). At Manzanillo, Mexico, a 2.6 m (8.5 ft) crest-to-trough tsunami was measured. As well, the tsunami was large enough to be detected in Vancouver, which puzzled many scientists, as the tsunamis measured in some parts of South America were larger than those measured in some parts of the Indian Ocean. It has been theorized that the tsunamis were focused and directed at long ranges by the mid-ocean ridges which run along the margins of the continental plates.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami, Early signs and warnings
Despite a delay of up to several hours between the earthquake and the impact of the tsunami, nearly all of the victims were taken by surprise. There were no tsunami warning systems in the Indian Ocean to detect tsunamis or to warn the general population living around the ocean. Tsunami detection is not easy because while a tsunami is in deep water, it has little height and a network of sensors is needed to detect it.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami, Early signs and warnings
Tsunamis are more frequent in the Pacific Ocean than in other oceans because of earthquakes in the "Ring of Fire". Although the extreme western edge of the Ring of Fire extends into the Indian Ocean (the point where the earthquake struck), no warning system exists in that ocean. Tsunamis there are relatively rare despite earthquakes being relatively frequent in Indonesia. The last major tsunami was caused by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Not every earthquake produces large tsunamis: on 28 March 2005, a magnitude 8.7 earthquake hit roughly the same area of the Indian Ocean but did not result in a major tsunami.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami, Early signs and warnings
The first warning sign of a possible tsunami is the earthquake itself. However, tsunamis can strike thousands of kilometres away where the earthquake is felt only weakly or not at all. Also, in the minutes preceding a tsunami strike, the sea sometimes recedes temporarily from the coast, which was observed on the eastern earthquake rupture zone such as the coastlines of Aceh, Phuket island, and Khao Lak area in Thailand, Penang island of Malaysia, and the Andaman and Nicobar islands.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami, Early signs and warnings
This rare sight reportedly induced people, especially children, to visit the coast to investigate and collect stranded fish on as much as 2.5 km (1.6 mi) of exposed beach, with fatal results. However, not all tsunamis cause this "disappearing sea" effect. In some cases, there are no warning signs at all: the sea will suddenly swell without retreating, surprising many people and giving them little time to flee.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami, Early signs and warnings
One of the few coastal areas to evacuate ahead of the tsunami was on the Indonesian island of Simeulue, close to the epicentre. Island folklore recounted an earthquake and tsunami in 1907, and the islanders fled to inland hills after the initial shaking and before the tsunami struck. These tales and oral folklore from previous generations may have helped the survival of the inhabitants. On Maikhao Beach in north Phuket City, Thailand, a 10-year-old British tourist named Tilly Smith had studied tsunamis in geography at school and recognised the warning signs of the receding ocean and frothing bubbles. She and her parents warned others on the beach, which was evacuated safely. John Chroston, a biology teacher from Scotland, also recognised the signs at Kamala Bay north of Phuket, taking a busload of vacationers and locals to safety on higher ground.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami, Early signs and warnings
Anthropologists had initially expected the aboriginal population of the Andaman Islands to be badly affected by the tsunami and even feared the already depopulated Onge tribe could have been wiped out. Many of the aboriginal tribes evacuated and suffered fewer casualties, however. Oral traditions developed from previous earthquakes helped the aboriginal tribes escape the tsunami. For example, the folklore of the Onges talks of "huge shaking of ground followed by high wall of water". Almost all of the Onge people seemed to have survived the tsunami.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami, Indonesia, Aceh
The tsunami devastated the coastline of Aceh province, about 20 minutes after the earthquake. Banda Aceh, the closest major city, suffered severe casualties. The sea receded and exposed the seabed, prompting locals to collect stranded fish and explore the area. Local eyewitnesses described three large waves, with the first wave rising gently to the foundation of the buildings, followed minutes later by a sudden withdrawal of the sea near the port of Ulee Lheue. This was succeeded by the appearance of two large black-coloured steep waves which then travelled inland into the capital city as a large turbulent bore.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami, Indonesia, Aceh
Eyewitnesses described the tsunami as a "black giant", "mountain" and a "wall of water". Video footage revealed torrents of black water, surging by windows of a two-story residential area situated about 3.2 km (2.0 mi) inland. Additionally, amateur footage recorded in the middle of the city captured an approaching black surge flowing down the city streets, full of debris, inundating them.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami, Indonesia, Aceh
The level of destruction was extreme on the northwestern areas of the city, immediately inland of the aquaculture ponds, and directly facing the Indian Ocean. The tsunami height was reduced from 12 m (39 ft) at Ulee Lheue to 6 m (20 ft) a further 8 km (5.0 mi) to the north-east. The inundation was observed to extend 3–4 km (1.9–2.5 mi) inland throughout the city.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami, Indonesia, Aceh
Within 2–3 km (1.2–1.9 mi) of the shoreline, houses, except for strongly-built reinforced concrete ones with brick walls, which seemed to have been partially damaged by the earthquake before the tsunami attack, were swept away or destroyed by the tsunami. The area toward the sea was wiped clean of nearly every structure, while closer to the river, dense construction in a commercial district showed the effects of severe flooding. The flow depth at the city was just at the level of the second floor, and there were large amounts of debris piled along the streets and in the ground-floor storefronts. In the seaside section of Ulee Lheue, the flow depths were over 9 m (30 ft). Footage showed evidence of back-flowing of the Aceh River, carrying debris and people from destroyed villages at the coast and transporting them up to 40 km (25 mi) inland.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami, Indonesia, Aceh
A group of small islands: Weh, Breueh, Nasi, Teunom, Bunta, Lumpat and Batee island lie just north of the capital city. The tsunami reached a run-up of  10–20 m (33–66 ft) on the western shoreline of Breueh Island and Nasi Island. Coastal villages were destroyed by the tsunami waves. On Pulau Weh, the island experienced strong surges in the port of Sabang, yet there was little damage with a reported runup values of 3–5 m (9.8–16.4 ft), most likely due to the island being sheltered from the direct tsunami attack by the islands to the south-west.


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tsunami, Indonesia, Aceh
Lhoknga is a small coastal community about 13 km (8.1 mi) south-west of Banda Aceh, located on a flat coastal plain in between two rainforest-covered hills, overlooking a large bay and famous for its large swathe of white sandy beach and surfing activities. The locals reported 10 to 12 tsunamis, with the second and third waves being the highest and most destructive. Interview with the locals revealed that the sea temporarily receded and exposed coral reefs. In the distant horizon, gigantic black waves about 30 m (98 ft) high made explosion-like sounds as it broke and approached the shore.