1984 in sports

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

Contents [hide] 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 league 23 Rugby union 24 Shooting Sports 25 Snooker 26 Swimming 27 Tennis 28 Water polo 29 Awards 30 References 31 Films

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.

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 7. Philadelphia Stars win United States Football League Championship, 23-3 over Arizona Wranglers Orange Bowl (1983 season): The Miami Hurricanes win their first national championship over the Nebraska Cornhuskers 31-30

Doug Flutie wins the Heisman Trophy November 23 – The Hail Flutie Game

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

Australian rules football
Victorian Football League March 31: Carlton 31.13 (199) beat North Melbourne 9.8 (62) at VFL Park. This remains the largest opening round win in League history. July 28: On a waterlogged Western Oval, Footscray and Essendon play a goalless first half. It is the first time this has occurred since 1968 and only the second since 1899. Essendon wins the 88th VFL Premiership, defeating Hawthorn 14.21 (105) to 12.9 (81) in the Grand Final Brownlow Medal awarded to Peter Moore (Melbourne)

West Australian Football League May 5: West Perth 15.15 (105) draw with South Fremantle 16.9 (105) at Leederville Oval for the first senior WAFL draw in 888 matches since East Fremantle and Swan Districts each scored 11.14 (80) at East Fremantle Oval on April 21 of 1974.[1] This constitutes the second-longest non-occurrence of draws in a major Australian Rules competition; ironically the only longer one ended with a draw between the same two clubs at the same ground.[2]

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

Basketball
Donald Sterling relocates the San Diego Clippers to Los Angeles. NCAA Men's Basketball Championship – Georgetown wins 84-75 over Houston

NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship University of Southern California(USC) wins 72–61 over Tennessee

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.

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 Durán in two rounds. The WBA elects not to sanction the bout, declaring their version of the title vacant instead.

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

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

Cycling
Giro d'Italia won by Francesco Moser of Italy Tour de France – Laurent Fignon of France UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Claude Criquielion of Belgium

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

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

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

Gaelic Athletic Association
Camogie All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Dublin National Camogie League: Cork

Gaelic football All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Kerry 1-11 defeated Dublin 1-6 National Football League – Kerry 1-11 defeated 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 defeated Offaly 1-12 National Hurling League –

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

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

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

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

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.

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)

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

Rugby league
1984 National Panasonic Cup 1984 New Zealand rugby league season 1984 NSWRL season 1983–84 Rugby Football League season / 1984–85 Rugby Football League season 1984 State of Origin series

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

Shooting Sports
The National Rifle Association takes control of the Bianchi Cup and designates it the National Action Pistol Championship

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

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

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 Goleš 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.

Water polo
Olympic Games (Men's Competition) won by Yugoslavia

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

Films

 * 1) The Natural