1984 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

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Contents 1 Alpine Skiing 2 American football 3 Association football 4 Australian rules football 5 Baseball 6 Basketball 7 Boxing 8 Canadian football 9 Cricket 10 Cycling 11 Dog sledding 12 Field hockey 13 Figure skating 14 Gaelic Athletic Association 15 Golf 16 Harness racing 17 Horse racing 18 Ice hockey 19 Motor racing 20 Olympic Games 21 Radiosport 22 Rugby union 23 Snooker 24 Swimming 25 Tennis 26 Water polo 27 Awards 28 References

[edit] Alpine Skiing

• Alpine Skiing World Cup:
  • Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland
  • Women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland
• At the Winter Olympics, Bill Johnson becomes the first American to win the gold medal in downhill skiing.

[edit] American football

• Super Bowl XVIII – Los Angeles Raiders won 38-9 over the Washington Redskins
• Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's rushing record on October 7th.
• Brigham Young University (BYU) wins NCAA National Championship
• Philadelphia Stars win United States Football League Championship, 23-3 over Arizona Wranglers

[edit] Association football

• European Championship – Final: France 2-0 Spain; Hosts: France
• Asian Cup – Final: Saudi Arabia 2 - 0 P.R. China; Hosts: Singapore
• Champions' Cup – - May 30 - Liverpool 1-1 A.S. Roma; Liverpool won 4-2 on penalties after extra time.
• UEFA Cup – Two legs; 1st leg Anderlecht 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur; 2nd leg Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Anderlecht; 2-2 on aggregate, Spurs won 4-2 on penalties
• Cup Winners' Cup – Juventus 2-1 Porto
• Super Cup – Juventus 2-0 Liverpool
• Copa Libertadores de América – Two legs; 1st leg Grêmio 0-1 Independiente; 2nd leg Independiente 0-0 Grêmio; Independiente won 1-0 on aggregate
• England - FA Cup – - May 12 - Everton win 2-0 against Watford
• FIFA gives the right to host the Football World Cup 1990 to Italy
• The North American Soccer League folds due to financial problems

[edit] Australian rules football

• Victorian Football League
  • Essendon wins the 88th VFL Premiership (Essendon 14.21 (105) d Hawthorn 12.9 (81))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Peter Moore (Melbourne)

[edit] Baseball

• January 10 – Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and Don Drysdale are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
• World Series – Detroit Tigers win 4 games to 1 over the San Diego Padres

[edit] Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship –
  • Georgetown wins 84-75 over Houston
• NBA Finals –
  • Boston Celtics won 4 games to 3 over the Los Angeles Lakers
• National Basketball League (Australia) Finals:
  • Canberra Cannons defeated the Brisbane Bullets 84-82 in the final.
• Central Missouri State University won the NCAA Division II men's and women's basketball titles, becoming the first school ever in any division to accomplish the feat. The University of Connecticut would do the same in Division I in 2004.
• NBA Draft –
  • A new era in the NBA is born on June 23 with the drafting of Houston's Hakeem Olajuwon, North Carolina's Michael Jordan and Auburn's Charles Barkley.

[edit] Boxing

• March 31 – Wilfredo Gómez defeats Juan Laporte by a decision in 12 rounds to conquer the WBC's world Featherweight crown.
• June 15 – in the most anticipated bout of the year, Thomas Hearns, WBC world Jr. Middleweight champion, knocks out WBA world champion Roberto Duran in two rounds. The WBA elects not to sanction the bout, declaring their version of the title vacant instead.

[edit] Canadian football

• Grey Cup – Winnipeg Blue Bombers won 47-17 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• Vanier Cup – Guelph Gryphons won 22-13 over the Mount Allison Mounties

[edit] Cricket

• Inaugural edition of the Asia Cup is held in Sharjah, UAE: India defeats Pakistan in the final.

[edit] Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Francesco Moser of Italy
• Tour de France – Laurent Fignon of France
• World Cycling Championship – Claude Criquielion of Belgium

[edit] Dog sledding

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion –
  • Dean Osmar wins with lead dogs: Red & Bullet

[edit] Field hockey

• Olympic Games (Men's Competition) won by Pakistan
• Olympic Games (Women's Competition) won by the Netherlands
• Men's Champions Trophy held in Karachi won by Australia
• Women's European Nations Cup held in Lille won by the Netherlands

[edit] Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships –
  • Men's champion: Scott Hamilton, United States
  • Ladies' champion: Katarina Witt, East Germany
  • Pair skating champions: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini, Canada
  • Ice dancing champions: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean, Great Britain

[edit] Gaelic Athletic Association

• Camogie
  • All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Dublin
  • National Camogie League: Cork
• Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Kerry 1-11 d. Dublin 1-6
  • National Football League – Kerry 1-11 d. Galway 0-11
• Ladies' Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
  • National Football League: Kerry
• Hurling
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship – Cork 3-16 d. Offaly 1-12
  • National Hurling League –

[edit] Golf

Men's professional

• Masters Tournament - Ben Crenshaw
• U.S. Open - Fuzzy Zoeller
• British Open - Seve Ballesteros
• PGA Championship - Lee Trevino
• PGA Tour money leader - Tom Watson - $476,260
• Senior PGA Tour money leader - Don January - $328,597

Men's amateur

• British Amateur - José María Olazábal
• U.S. Amateur - Scott Verplank

Women's professional

• Nabisco Dinah Shore - Juli Inkster
• LPGA Championship - Patty Sheehan
• U.S. Women's Open - Hollis Stacy
• Classique du Maurier Classic - Juli Inkster
• LPGA Tour money leader - Betsy King - $266,771

[edit] Harness racing

• North America Cup - the inaugural event won by Legal Notice
• United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
  1. Cane Pace - On the Road Again
  2. Little Brown Jug - Colt Fortysix
  3. Messenger Stakes - Troublemaker
• United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
  1. Hambletonian - Historic Freight
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Fancy Crown
• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
  • Pacers: Gammalite
  • Trotters: Sir Castleton

[edit] Horse racing

Steeplechases

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Burrough Hill Lad
• Grand National – Hallo Dandy

Flat races

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Black Knight
• Canada – Queen's Plate won by Key to the Moon
• France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Sagace
• Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by El Gran Senor
• Japan – Japan Cup won by Katsuragi Ace
• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – El Gran Senor
  2. Epsom Derby – Secreto
  3. St. Leger Stakes – Commanche Run
• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby – Swale
  2. Preakness Stakes – Gate Dancer
  3. Belmont Stakes – Swale
• Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:
  1. Breeders' Cup Classic – Wild Again
  2. Breeders' Cup Distaff – Princess Rooney
  3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Chief's Crown
  4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Outstandingly
  5. Breeders' Cup Mile – Royal Heroine
  6. Breeders' Cup Sprint – Eillo
  7. Breeders' Cup Turf – Lashkari

[edit] Ice hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers
• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers
• Stanley Cup – Edmonton Oilers won 4 games to 1 over the New York Islanders
• World Hockey Championship –
  • Men's champion: (vacant) - the USSR won the Olympic Gold Medal
  • Junior Men's champion: USSR defeated Finland

[edit] Motor racing

• Stock car racing –
  • NASCAR Championship - Terry Labonte
  • Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500
  • Richard Petty won the 200th (and final) race of his career on July 4.
• CART Racing - Mario Andretti won the season championship
  • Indianapolis 500 - Rick Mears
• Formula One Championship - Niki Lauda of Austria
• 24 hours of Le Mans –
  • the team of Klaus Ludwig / Henri Pescarolo won, driving a Porsche 956
• Rally racing - Stig Blomqvist in an Audi won the World Rally Championship
  • the team of Walter Röhrl / Christian Geistdörfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving an Audi Quattro
• Drag racing - Joe Amato won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.

[edit] Olympic Games

• 1984 Summer Olympics takes place at Los Angeles
  • USA wins the most medals (174) and the most gold medals (83)
• 1984 Winter Olympics takes place at Sarajevo
  • USSR wins the most medals (25) and the GDR wins the most gold medals (9)

[edit] Radiosport

• Second Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Oslo, Norway.

[edit] Rugby union

• 90th Five Nations Championship series is won by Scotland who complete the Grand Slam

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship – Steve Davis beats Jimmy White 18-16
• World rankings – Steve Davis remains world number one for 1984/85

[edit] Swimming

• XXIII Olympic Games, held in Los Angeles, California (July 29 – August 4)

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. 1984 Australian Open – Mats Wilander
  2. 1984 French Open – Ivan Lendl
  3. Wimbledon - John McEnroe
  4. 1984 US Open – John McEnroe
• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open – Chris Evert
  2. French Open – Martina Navratilova
  3. Wimbledon – Martina Navratilova
  4. US Open – Martina Navratilova
• 1984 Summer Olympics
  • Men's Singles Competition
  1. Gold – Stefan Edberg
  2. Silver – Francisco Maciel
  3. Bronze – Jimmy Arias and Paolo Canè
  • Women's Singles Competition
  1. Gold – Steffi Graf
  2. Silver – Sabrina Goles
  3. Bronze – Raffaella Reggi and Catherine Tanvier
• 1984 Davis Cup
  • Sweden wins 4-1 over the United States in Men's world tennis.
• 1984 Federation Cup
  • Czechoslovakia wins over Australia in Women's world tennis.

[edit] Water polo

• Olympic Games (Men's Competition) won by Yugoslavia

[edit] Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Carl Lewis, Track and field
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Mary Lou Retton, Gymnastics

[edit] References

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