1980 IN SPORTS



Contents
Athletics
Marathon
Auto Racing
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Cycling
Field Hockey
Figure skating
Football (American)
Football (Australian rules football)
Football (Canadian)
Football (Soccer)
Gaelic Athletic Association
Golf
Horse racing
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Harness Racing
Ice Hockey
Radiosport
Skiing
Snooker
Swimming
Events
Records
Tennis
Yacht racing
General sporting events
Awards
Births
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Athletics


Marathon


April 26Amsterdam Marathon, Netherlands


★ Men's Winner: Gerard Nijboer (NED) 2:09:01


★ Women's Winner: Marja Wokke (NED) 2:40:15

December 7Fukuoka Marathon, Japan


★ Men's Winner: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 2:09:45

Auto Racing



Stock car racing:


NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt


Buddy Baker won the Daytona 500

CART Racing - Johnny Rutherford won the season championship


Indianapolis 500 - Johnny Rutherford

Formula One Champion - Alan Jones of Australia

24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Jean Rondeau / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud won, driving a Rondeau M379B

Rally racing - Walter Röhrl in a Fiat won the World Rally Championship


★ The team of Walter Röhrl / Christian Geistdorfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Fiat 131 Abarth

Drag racing - Shirley Muldowney won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.

Touring car racing - Peter Brock and Jim Richards won their third consecutive Bathurst 1000, driving a Holden Torana

Baseball



September 18: Outfielder Gary Ward become the sixth Minnesota Twins player to hit for the cycle. The Twins lose 9-8 to the Milwaukee Brewers, wasting Ward's effort. On May 26, 2004 his son, Daryle Ward, will repeat the feat guiding the Pirates' 11-8 victory over the Cardinals. Ward joined his father to become the first father-son combination in major league history to hit for the cycle.

Rollie Fingers breaks Hoyt Wilhelm's major league record of 250 saves

World Series: The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League end 97 years of frustration by defeating the American League champion Kansas City Royals.

Japan's Sadaharu Oh retires from the Yomiuri Giants as the all time professional baseball home run king.

Basketball



NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:


★ Louisville wins 59-54 over UCLA

NBA Finals:


Los Angeles Lakers won 4 games to 2 over the Philadelphia 76ers

National Basketball League (Australia) Finals:


St. Kilda Saints defeated the West Adelaide Bearcats 113-88 in the final.

Boxing



March 14 - 22 members of the United States Olympic boxing team died in a plane crash near Warsaw, Poland

June 20- Roberto Duran defeats Sugar Ray Leonard by a 15 round decision to win boxing's WBC world Welterweight title.

August 2- Thomas Hearns defeats Jose Pipino Cuevas by a knockout in round 2 to win boxing's WBA world Welterweight title and Yasutsune Uehara knocks out Samuel Serrano in round six to win the WBA's world Jr. Lightweight title in Detroit

★ In Cincinnati, Aaron Pryor defeats Antonio Kid Pambele Cervantes by a knockout in round four to win the WBA's world Jr. Welterweight title.

October 2- Larry Holmes defeats Muhammad Ali by a knockout in round eleven to retain boxing's WBC world Heavyweight title, in what would be Ali's last world title bout.

November 25- In ''The No Más Fight'', in New Orleans, Louisiana, Sugar Ray Leonard recovers the WBC's world Welterweight championship with an eight round technical knockout of Roberto Duran.

Cycling



Giro d'Italia won by Bernard Hinault of France

Tour de France - Joop Zoetemelk of the Netherlands

World Cycling Championship: Bernard Hinault of France

Field Hockey



Men's Champions Trophy in Karachi, Pakistan


★ Gold Medal: Pakistan


★ Silver Medal: West Germany


★ Bronze Medal: Australia

Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Moscow, Soviet Union


★ Gold Medal: India


★ Silver Medal: Spain


★ Bronze Medal: Soviet Union

March 8 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. England beat Scotland 2-0.

★ August - In the first ever Olympic women's Field Hockey Final, Zimbabwe are the Olympic champions.

Figure skating



World Figure Skating Championships:


★ Men's champion: Jan Hoffmann, Germany


★ Ladies' champion: Anett Pötzsch, Germany


★ Pair skating champions: Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai, Soviet Union


★ Ice dancing champions: Krisztina Regöczy & Andras Sallay, Hungary

Football (American)



Super Bowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers won 31-19 over the Los Angeles Rams

Football (Australian rules football)



Victorian Football League


Richmond wins the 84th VFL Premiership (Richmond 23.21 (159) d Collingwood 9.24 (78))


Brownlow Medal awarded to Kelvin Templeton (Footscray)

Football (Canadian)



Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos win 48-10 over the Hamilton Tigercats

Vanier Cup: Alberta Golden Bears win 40-21 over the Ottawa Gee Gees

Football (Soccer)


::''For an extensive coverage see 1980 in football (soccer)''

European Championship: West Germany 2-1 Belgium

European Cup: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Hamburg

UEFA Cup: 2 legs, Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt; Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach, 3-3 on aggregate, Frankfurt win on away goals

Cup Winners' Cup: Valencia 0-0 Arsenal (AET), Valencia won 5-4 on penalties

England - FA Cup: West Ham United won 1-0 over Arsenal

Gaelic Athletic Association



★ 'Camogie'


★ All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork


★ National Camogie League: Kilkenny

★ 'Gaelic football'


All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Kerry 1-9 d. Roscommon 1-6


National Football League: Cork 0-11 d. Kerry 0-10

★ 'Ladies' Gaelic football'


★ All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Tipperary


★ National Football League: Kerry

★ 'Hurling'


All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Galway 2-15 d. Limerick 3-9


National Hurling League:

Golf


Men's Golf

★ January - the Senior PGA Tour (''Champions Tour'') is founded.

Major championship results:

★ #April - The Masters - Seve Ballesteros

★ #June - US Open - Jack Nicklaus

★ #July - British Open - Tom Watson

★ #August - PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus

PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Tom Watson - $530,808

Champions Tour - In its first year, Don January is the leading money winner with earnings of $44,100.
Women's Golf

US Women's Open - Amy Alcott

LPGA Championship - Sally Little

Beth Daniel: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $231,000.

Horse racing


Thoroughbred Horse Racing


Australia - Melbourne Cup - Beldale Ball

Canada - Queen's Plate - Driving Home

France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Detroit

Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Tyrnavos

English Triple Crown Races:

★ #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Known Fact

★ #Epsom Derby - Henbit

★ #St. Leger Stakes - Light Cavalry

United States Triple Crown Races:

★ #Kentucky Derby - Genuine Risk

★ #Preakness Stakes - Codex

★ #Belmont Stakes - Temperance Hill
Harness Racing


★ Superhorse, Niatross wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:

★ #Cane Pace - Niatross

★ #Little Brown Jug - Niatross

★ #Messenger Stakes - Niatross

United States Trotting Triple Crown races:

★ #Hambletonian - Burgomeister

★ #Yonkers Trot

★ #Kentucky Futurity

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:


★ Pacers: Koala King


★ Trotters: Hano Direct

Ice Hockey


See 1980 in ice hockey

Radiosport



★ First Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championships held in Cetniewo, Poland.

Skiing



Alpine Skiing


★ The men's overall season champion: Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein


★ The women's overall season champion: Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein
January 12 - Canada’s Ken Read, the leader of the "Crazy Canucks" ski team, wins the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel, Austria, becoming the first North American to ever win the classic race.

Snooker



World Snooker Championship: Cliff Thorburn beats Alex Higgins 18-16, becoming the first non-UK player to win the title

World rankings: Ray Reardon remains world number one for 1980/81

Swimming


Events


XXII Olympic Games, held in Moscow, Soviet Union (July 20July 27)
Records


February 2USA's Chris Cavanaugh sets a world record in the 50m freestyle (long course) at a swimming meet in Amersfoort, Netherlands, shaving off 0.04 of the previous record (23.70) set by Germany's Klaus Steinbach nearly a year ago: '23.66'.

April 10Chris Cavanaugh betters his own world record in the 50m freestyle (long course) at a swimming meet in Austin, Texas (USA): 23.12. At the same event (and on the same day), two other swimmers from the United States, Rowdy Gaines and Bruce Stahl, go under his time, clocking 22.96 and '22.83' respectively.

August 15USA's Joe Bottom betters the world record in the 50m freestyle (long course) at a meet in Honolulu, Hawaii, shaving off 0.12 of the previous record (22.83) set by Bruce Stahl four months earlier: '22.71'.

Tennis



Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

★ #Australian Open - Brian Teacher

★ #French Open - Björn Borg

★ #Wimbledon championships - Björn Borg

★ #US Open - John McEnroe

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

★ #Australian Open - Hana Mandlikova

★ #French Open - Chris Evert

★ #Wimbledon championships - Evonne Goolagong Cawley

★ #US Open - Chris Evert

Davis Cup World tennis - Czechoslovakia defeated Italy 4-1.

Yacht racing



★ The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as ''Freedom'' defeats challenger ''Australia'', of the Royal Perth Yacht Club, 4 races to 1

General sporting events



1980 Summer Olympics takes place in Moscow, USSR


USSR wins the most medals (195), and the most gold medals (80).

1980 Winter Olympics takes place in Lake Placid, United States


GDR wins the most medals (23), and the USSR wins the most gold medals (10).

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:


Joe May won with lead dogs: ''Wilbur'' & ''Cora Gray''

Awards



ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: U.S. Olympic hockey team, Amateur Ice Hockey

Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Chris Evert, Tennis

Births


January


January 3Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey defenseman

★ January 11 — Mieke de Boer, Dutch darts player

January 12Andriy Fedchuk, Ukrainian boxer

★ January 12 — Akiko Morigami, Japanese female tennis player

January 14Taeke Taekema, Dutch field hockey player

January 17Natalia Soutiagina, Russian butterfly swimmer

January 19Jenson Button, British Formula 1-driver

★ January 19 — Matic Osovnikar, Slovenian track and field athlete

January 24Yordanis Arencibia, Cuban judoka

January 25Xavi Hernández, Spanish football (soccer) player

★ January 25 — Christian Olsson, Swedish athlete

January 27Sherzod Husanov, Uzbek boxer

★ January 27 — Marat Safin, Russian tennis player

★ January 27 — Jiří Welsch, Czech basketball player
February


February 2Kyle Pontifex, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper

February 3Craig Victory, Australian field hockey player

February 6James Gibson, British breaststroke swimmer

February 8Miguel Angel Pichardo, Dominican Republic basketball player

February 9Angelos Charisteas, Greek football (soccer) player

February 10Gordon D'Arcy, Irish rugby player

February 11Karin Ruckstuhl, Dutch athlete

February 12Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player

February 13Tetyana Holovchenko, Ukrainian middle/long-distance runner

February 16Miguel Espino, American professional boxer

February 20Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby player

★ February 20 — Bram Som, Dutch track and field athlete

February 21Yannick Lupien, Canadian freestyle swimmer

February 22Erzsebet Viski, Hungarian canoer

February 23Diego Avila, Argentine field hockey midfielder

February 24Laurence Docherty, Dutch-Scottish field hockey player

★ February 24 — Roman Sloudnov, Russian swimmer

February 26Alex Fong, Hong Kong swimmer and actor

February 28Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch football (soccer) player
March


March 1Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer

March 6Emma Igelström, Swedish swimmer

March 9Sofia Konoukh, Russian water polo player

March 12California Molefe, Botswanan athlete

March 13Erin Gammel, Canadian backstroke swimmer

March 15Deidra Graham, American gymnast

★ March 15 — Josefin Lillhage, Swedish swimmer

March 18Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater

March 21Ronaldinho, Brazilian football (soccer) player

March 25Eduardo Fischer, Brazilian breaststroke swimmer

March 26Sérgio Paulinho, Portuguese road bicycle racer

March 27Toni Cronk, Australian field hockey goalkeeper

March 29Alexei Manziola, Russian-born swimmer from Israel

March 30Liriel Higa, American rhythmic gymnast

March 31Jenny Smith, Australian gymnast
April


April 1Maartje Scheepstra, Dutch field hockey player

April 2Suriya Prasathinphimai, Thai boxer

April 4Bekzat Sattarkhanov, Kazakhstani boxer

★ April 4 — Mark Tuitert, Dutch speed skater

April 5Odlanier Solis, Cuban boxer

April 6Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish alpine skier

April 9Kristin Lee, American rhythmic gymnast

April 10Andy Ram, Israeli tennis player

April 12Terence Parkin, South African swimmer

April 15Fanny Rinne, German field hockey midfielder

April 18Michael Lee, Canadian field hockey player

April 22Monica Flammer, American gymnast

April 25Phillip Burrows, New Zealand field hockey player

★ April 25 — Dana Laframboise, Canadian lightweight boxer
May


May 6Brooke Bennett, American swimmer

★ May 6 — Kasumi Takahashi, Australian rhythmic gymnast

★ May 6 — Mario Stojic, Croatian basketball player

May 7Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer

May 8Steven Ferguson, New Zealand swimmer and canoer

May 9Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer

★ May 9 — Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater

May 10Kate Walsh, English field hockey player

May 10Anatoly Polyakov, Russian butterfly swimmer

May 12Christian Minotti, Italian freestyle swimmer

May 14Joe van Niekerk, South African rugby player

★ May 14 — Eugène Martineau, Dutch athlete

May 15Yvonne Hijgenaar, Dutch cyclist

May 16Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spanish female tennis player

May 18Michael Llodra, French tennis player

★ May 18 — Sam Rukundo, Ugandan boxer

May 23Sarah Catherwood, New Zealand swimmer

May 27Jessica Deglau, Canadian swimmer

May 28Mickael Bourgain, French track cyclist

★ May 28 — Adam Whitehead, English breaststroke swimmer

May 31Edith Bosch, Dutch judoka
June


June 1Aghasi Mammadov, Azerbaijani boxer

June 2Sylvain Cros, French freestyle swimmer

June 2Shingo Suetsugu, Japanese track and field athlete

June 4Thor Kristensen, Danish rower

June 7Ed Moses, American swimmer

June 9Anthony Geslin, French cyclist

★ June 9 — Udonis Haslem, American basketball player

June 13Carlos Jayme, Brazilian freestyle swimmer

★ June 13 — Maja Matevžič, Slovenian tennis player

June 15Benjamin Varonian, French gymnast

June 16Thijs Al, Dutch mountain biker

June 17Brittney McConn, American figure skater

★ June 17 — Andee Pickens, American gymnast

★ June 17 — Venus Williams, American tennis player

June 19Sanjay Ayre, Jamaican athlete

June 23Manus Boonjumnong, Thai boxer

★ June 23 — Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer

June 29Monique Ferreira, Brazilian freestyle swimmer

June 30Nourdin Boukhari, Moroccan-born football (soccer) player from Holland

★ June 30 — Fabian Wegmann, German cyclist
July


July 1Matthijs Brouwer, Dutch field hockey player

July 2Baffour Gyan, Ghanaian football (soccer) player

July 3Roland Schoeman, South African swimmer

July 6Pau Gasol, Catalan NBA player

July 7Michelle Kwan, American figure skater

July 8Robbie Keane, Irish football player

July 10Adam Petty, fourth-generation NASCAR driver (d. 2000)

July 16Travis Brooks, Australian field hockey player

★ July 16 — Matthew Peck, Canadian field hockey goalkeeper

July 17Rashid Ramzi, Moroccan-born athlete

July 19Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennis player

July 20Ivan Mladina, Croatian freestyle swimmer

July 21Tom Soetaers, Belgian football player

July 22Dirk Kuijt, Dutch football player

July 23Javier Noriega, Spanish swimmer

July 24Wilfred Bungei, Kenyan middle distance runner

July 27Allan Davis, Australian road cyclist

July 29Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
August


August 1Grant Schubert, Australian field hockey player

★ August 1 — Jeroen Trommel, Dutch volleyball player

August 8Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player

August 12Blair Hopping, New Zealand field hockey player

August 13Justus Scharowsky, German field hockey player

August 14Prabjoth Singh, Indian field hockey forward

August 16Julien Absalon, French mountain biker

August 29Perdita Felicien, world champion track and field star

★ August 29 — Corina Ungureanu, Romanian gymnast

August 30Michael Boyce, Australian field hockey player

August 31Hayden Shaw, New Zealand field hockey player
September


September 1Ryan Archibald, New Zealand field hockey player

★ September 1 — Toshiaki Fukuda, Japanese field hockey player

★ September 1 — Dawn Holden, English cricketer

September 6Samuel Peter, Nigerian heavyweight boxer

September 8Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African middle distance runner

September 10Timothy Goebel, American figure skater

★ September 10 — Tahar Tamsamani, Moroccan boxer

September 12Yao Ming, Chinese NBA player

September 13Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player

★ September 13 — Viren Rasquinha, Indian field hockey player

September 14Luis Horna, Peruvian tennis player

September 18Wendy Alcorn, Australian field hockey player

September 19Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby union player

September 20Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist

September 27Carlos Luis Campos, Venezuelan boxer

September 29Răzvan Florea, Romanian swimmer

September 30Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player

★ September 30 — Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz, Cuban boxer
October


October 2Amy Tran, American field hockey goalkeeper

October 3Sarah Collyer, English cricketer

October 7Andrey Kapralov, Russian swimmer

October 8Kasper Bøgelund, Danish football (soccer) player

October 10Camilo Becerra, Colombian freestyle swimmer

★ October 10 — Megan Rivers, Australian field hockey player

October 13Scott Parker, English football player

October 15Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist

October 16Dragoş Coman, Romanian freestyle swimmer

October 19Anna-Karin Kammerling, Swedish swimmer

October 20Denise Durajski, Australian field hockey player

October 21Mike Danton, Canadian ice hockey player

★ October 21 — Mari Piuva, Finnish archer

October 25Alex Fábregas, Spanish field hockey player

October 26Christian Chivu, Romanian football (soccer) player

October 28Alfonso Gomez, Mexican boxer

October 31Geert-Jan Derikx, Dutch field hockey player
November


November 7Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast

November 8Yoav Gath, Israeli backstroke swimmer

November 12Devesh Chauhan, Indian field hockey goalkeeper

November 14Randall Bal, American backstroke swimmer

November 21Danielle Hartsell, American pairs skater

November 25Cameron Delaney, Australian backstroke swimmer

November 26Peter Manfredo, American boxer

November 27Hugo Garay, Argentine boxer
December


December 2Nathan Eglington, Australian field hockey player

December 4Hicham Mesbahi, Moroccan boxer

★ December 4 — Sergio Mora, American boxer

December 6Carlos Takam, Cameroonian heavyweight boxer

December 9Gagan Ajit Singh, Indian field hockey striker

December 17Arjun Halappa, Indian field hockey striker

December 18Marian Drăgulescu, Romanian gymnast

December 20Sebastian Halgasch, German backstroke swimmer

December 28Lomana LuaLua, Congolese football (soccer) player

★ December 28 — Deepak Thakur, Indian field hockey forward

December 29Andrea Lenders, Dutch gymnast

★ December 29 — Patapol Ngernsrisuk, Thai badminton player

December 31Richie McCaw, New Zealand rugby player

Deaths


January


January 1Frank Wykoff (70), American track and field athlete sprinter

January 7Eddie Scarf (71), Australian boxer and wrestler (b. 1908)

January 12Hans Ebeling, Australian cricketer

January 25Peter Haughton, harness racing driver
February


February 1Gastone Nencini (49), Italian cyclist (b. 1930)

February 11Paavo Yrjölä (77), Finnish athlete (b. 1902)

February 28Ian Peebles, English cricketer
March


March 18Herman Griffith, West Indian cricketer

March 21Marcel Boussac, French horse racing tycoon

March 31Jesse Owens, American athlete
April


April 2Dick Howorth, English cricketer
May


May 2Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer
June


June 1Richard Marquard (90), US baseball pitcher

June 10Denys Morkel, South African cricketer
July


July 18Naoomal Jeoomal, Indian cricketer
August


August 2Verdun Scott, New Zealand cricketer

August 6Charles Urbanus (66), Dutch baseball player

August 21Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer
September


September 8Bruce Dooland, English cricketer

September 24Jack Murphy, sportswriter
October


October 10Walter Keeton, English cricketer

October 25Victor Galindez, light heavyweight world champion boxing
November


November 11Harry Larva (74), Finnish athlete (b. 1906)
December


December 4Stanisława Walasiewicz or Stella Walsh (69), Polish-American athlete (b. 1911)

December 5Don Taylor, New Zealand cricketer

December 28Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer

December 31Arthur Wellard, English cricketer

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