1985 IN SPORTS

==Artistic Gymnastics==

★ World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:

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★ Men's all-around champion: Yuri Korolev, USSR

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★ Women's all-around champions: Oksana Omelianchik, USSR, Yelena Shushunova, USSR

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★ Men's team competition champion: USSR

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★ Women's team competition champion: USSR
==Athletics==
:''For an extensive coverage see 1985 in athletics (track and field)''
==Auto Racing==

★ Stock car racing:

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★ Bill Elliott won the Daytona 500

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★ NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip

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★ Ken Schrader enters NASCAR

★ CART Racing - Al Unser Sr won the season championship

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★ Indianapolis 500 - Danny Sullivan

★ Formula One Championship - Alain Prost of France

★ 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Klaus Ludwig / Paolo Barilla / "John Winter" (Louis Krages) won, driving a Porsche 956

★ Rally racing - Timo Salonen in a Peugeot won the World Rally Championship

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★ the team of Ari Vatanen / Terry Harryman won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Peugeot 205T16

★ Drag racing:

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★ Don Garlits won the NHRA Top Fuel championship

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★ Gary Beck won Top Fuel at the NHRA World Finals
==Baseball==

★ Cincinnati Reds' player/manager Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's All-Time Hit Record of 4,191 hits. Rose's record-breaking single was off of San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Show (September 11)

★ Rollie Fingers breaks Sparky Lyle's American League career record of 232 saves.

★ World Series: The Kansas City Royals defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3, becoming the first team to win the World Series after losing the first two games at home.

★ Books published:

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★ Bill James, ''The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract'': A seminal volume of baseball history by the leading sabermetrician of the day. He revised the book into a new edition in 2001.
==Basketball==

★ April 1NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:

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★ Villanova wins 66-64 over Georgetown

★ NBA Finals Draft]]

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★ Patrick Ewing was drafted, adding the final piece of the puzzle to the NBA, increasing its already immense popularity.

★ NBA Finals|NBA Finals:

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★ Los Angeles Lakers win 4 games to 2 over the Boston Celtics

★ National Basketball League (Australia) Finals:

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★ Brisbane Bullets defeated the Adelaide 36ers 121-95 in the final.

★ the United States Basketball League ( 'USBL' ) was founded
==Boxing==

★ April 15 - ''The War'': Marvin Hagler knocks out Thomas Hearns in three rounds to retain the world's Middleweight title.

★ August 10 - Hector Camacho defeats Jose Luis Ramirez to lift the WBC's world Lightweight title.

★ September 21 - Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes by a decision in 15 rounds to become the first world Light Heavyweight champion to win a world Heavyweight title.
==Cricket==

★ Kim Hughes leads a "rebel" team of players on tour of South Africa, banned from official cricket since 1970 because of apartheid.
==Cycling==

★ Giro d'Italia won by Bernard Hinault of France

★ Tour de France - Bernard Hinault of France

★ World Cycling Championship: Joop Zoetemelk of the Netherlands
==Dogsled racing==

★ Libby Riddles with her lead dogs, ''Axle'' & ''Dugan'', becomes the first woman to ever win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
==Field Hockey

Contents

Regional Competitions

Records

Awards

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

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World Competitions

★ Men's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Barcelona, Spain

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★ Gold Medal: Spain

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★ Silver Medal: New Zealand

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★ Bronze Medal: Poland

★ Men's Champions Trophy in Perth, Australia

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★ Gold Medal: Australia

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★ Silver Medal: Great Britain

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★ Bronze Medal: West Germany

★ Women's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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★ Gold Medal: Soviet Union

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★ Silver Medal: Argentina

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★ Bronze Medal: South Korea

Regional Competitions

★ Men's Asia Cup in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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★ Gold Medal: Pakistan

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★ Silver Medal: India

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★ Bronze Medal: South Korea


March 9 – In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium in England, England beat Scotland 3-0.
==Figure skating==

★ World Figure Skating Championships:

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★ Men's champion: Alexander Fadeev, Soviet Union

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★ Ladies' champion: Katarina Witt, East Germany

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★ Pair skating champions: Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev, Soviet Union

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★ Ice dancing champions: Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin, Soviet Union
==Football (American)==

★ January 20 Super Bowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers won 38-16 over the Miami Dolphins

★ Oklahoma Sooners - college football championship.
==Football (Australian rules football)==

★ Victorian Football League

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★ Essendon wins the 89th VFL Premiership (Essendon 26.14 (170) d Hawthorn 14.8 (92))

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★ Brownlow Medal awarded to Brad Hardie (Footscray)
==Football (Canadian)==

★ Grey Cup: B.C. Lions win 37-24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

★ Vanier Cup: Calgary Dinos win 25-6 over the Western Ontario Mustangs
==Football (Soccer)==
::''For an extensive coverage see 1985 in football (soccer)''

★ The NASL announced that it was suspending operations and hoped to return in 1986; it never did.

★ England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 1-0 (aet) over Everton - Kevin Moran, first red card in FA Cup history
==Gaelic Athletic Association==

★ 'Camogie'

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★ All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Kilkenny

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★ National Camogie League: Kilkenny

★ 'Gaelic football'

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★ All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Kerry 2-12 d. Dublin 2-8

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★ National Football League: Monaghan 1-11 d. Armagh 0-9

★ 'Ladies' Gaelic football'

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★ All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry

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★ National Football League: Kerry

★ 'Hurling'

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★ All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Offaly 2-11 d. Galway 1-12

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★ National Hurling League:
==Golf==
Men's Golf

★ Major championship results:

★ #April - The Masters - Bernhard Langer

★ #June - US Open - Andy North

★ #July - British Open - Sandy Lyle

★ #August - PGA Championship - Hubert Green

★ PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Curtis Strange - $542,321

★ Champions Tour leading money winner: Peter Thomson - $386,724

★ Ryder Cup: Europe won 16 1/2 to 11 1/2 over the USA in world team golf
Women's Golf

★ US Women's Open - Kathy Baker

★ LPGA Championship - Nancy Lopez

★ Nancy Lopez: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $416,472
==Thoroughbred Horse Racing==

★ Australia - Melbourne Cup - What A Nuisance

★ Canada - Queen's Plate - La Lorgnette

★ France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Rainbow Quest

★ Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Law Society

★ English Triple Crown Races:

★ #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Shadeed

★ #Epsom Derby - Slip Anchor

★ #St. Leger Stakes - Oh So Sharp

★ United States Triple Crown Races:

★ #Kentucky Derby - Spend a Buck

★ #Preakness Stakes - Tank's Prospect

★ #Belmont Stakes - Creme Fraiche

★ Breeders' Cup:

★ #Breeders' Cup Classic - Proud Truth

★ #Breeders' Cup Distaff - Life's Magic

★ #Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Tasso

★ #Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Twilight Ridge

★ #Breeders' Cup Mile - Cozzene

★ #Breeders' Cup Sprint - Precisionist

★ #Breeders' Cup Turf - Pebbles
==Harness Racing==

★ North America Cup - Staff Director

★ United States Pacing Triple Crown races:

★ #Cane Pace - Chairmanoftheboard

★ #Little Brown Jug - Nihilator

★ #Messenger Stakes - Pershing Square

★ United States Trotting Triple Crown races:

★ #Hambletonian - Prakas

★ #Yonkers Trot -

★ #Kentucky Futurity - Flak Bait

★ Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:

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★ Pacers: Preux Chevalier

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★ Trotters: Scotch Notch
==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 win 4 games to 1 over the Philadelphia Flyers

★ World Hockey Championship:

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★ Men's champion: Czechoslovakia defeated Canada

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★ Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated Czechoslovakia
==Skiing==

★ Alpine Skiing

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★ The men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg

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★ The women's overall season champion: Michela Figini, Switzerland
==Snooker==

★ World Snooker Championship: Dennis Taylor beats Steve Davis 18-17 in one of the greatest snooker matches of all time

★ World rankings: Steve Davis remains world number one for 1985/86
==Swimming==

Events

★ First Pan Pacific Championships held in Tokyo (August 15 – August 18)

Records

★ July 21 — Switzerland's Dano Halsall swims a world record in the 50m freestyle (long course) at a swimming meet in Bellinzona, shaving off 0.02 of the previous record (22.54) set by USA's Robin Leamy four years ago: '22.52'.

★ December 6 — USA's Tom Jager takes the world record from Dano Halsall (22.52) in the 50m freestyle (long course) at a swimming meet in Austin, Texas, clocking '22.40'.
==Tennis==

★ Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

★ #Australian Open - Stefan Edberg

★ #French Open - Mats Wilander

★ #Wimbledon championships - Boris Becker

★ #US Open - Ivan Lendl

★ Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

★ #Australian Open - Martina Navratilova

★ #French Open - Chris Evert

★ #Wimbledon championships - Martina Navratilova

★ #US Open - Hana Mandlikova

★ Davis Cup: Sweden wins 3-2 over Germany F.R. in world team tennis.
==General sporting events==

★ Sixth Pan Arab Games held in Rabat, Morocco

★ Second World Games held in London, United Kingdom

★ Thirteenth Summer Universiade held in Kobe, Japan

★ Twelfth Winter Universiade held in Belluno, Italy

Awards

★ Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Dwight Gooden, Major League Baseball

★ Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Nancy Lopez, LPGA golf

Births

January

★ January 1 — Alex Danson, English field hockey player

★ January 2 — Teng Haibin, Chinese gymnast

★ January 15 — Bahodirjon Sooltonov, Uzbek boxer

★ January 18 — Joel Julio, Colombian boxer

★ January 28 — Libby Lenton, Australian swimmer

★ January 28 — Basharmal Sultani, Afghan boxer

February

★ February 1 — Morgan Hentzen, American freestyle swimmer

★ February 5 — Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese football (soccer) player

★ February 6 — Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater

★ February 11 — Šárka Záhrobská, Czech alpine skier

★ February 13 — Hedwiges Maduro, Dutch football (soccer) player

★ February 28 — Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player

March

★ March 2 — Celina Lemmen, Dutch swimmer

★ March 3 — David Davies, Welsh long-distance swimmer

★ March 11 — Anita Galić, Croatian freestyle swimmer

★ March 11 — Kai Reus, Dutch cyclist

★ March 15 — Mario Delač, Croatian freestyle swimmer

★ March 16 — Teneal Attard, Australian field hockey player

★ March 17 — Tuğba Karademir, Turkish figure skater

April

★ April 4 — Dudi Sela, Israeli tennis player

★ April 22 — Christian Glans, Norwegian swimmer

May

★ May 2 — Sarah Hughes, American figure skater

★ May 14 — Nicholas Sprenger, Australian freestyle swimmer

★ May 15 — Antti Autti, Finnish snowboarder

★ May 16 — Stefanie Luiken, Dutch swimmer

★ May 21 — Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer

★ May 21 — Susannah Harris, Australian field hockey player

★ May 22 — Effiong Okon, Nigerian boxer

June

★ June 4 — Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player

★ June 6 — Sota Hirayama, Japanese football (soccer) player

★ June 8 — Alexandre Despatie, French Canadian diver

★ June 10 — Kaia Kanepi, Estonian tennis player

★ June 17 — Ozge Gurler, Turkish track running athlete

★ June 24 — Cregan Joseph, UAE-born Canadian field hockey player

★ June 28 — Phil Bardsley, English football (soccer) player

★ June 30 — Michael Phelps, American swimmer

July

★ July 9 — Pawel Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer

August

★ August 20 — Kobie McGurk, Australian field hockey player

★ August 21 — Nicolás Almagro, Spanish tennis player

★ August 5 — Salomon Kalou, Ivorian football player

★ August 10 — Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer

★ August 18 — Inge Dekker, Dutch swimmer

★ August 23 — Marcus Piehl, Swedish freestyle swimmer

September

★ September 1 — Larsen Jensen, American swimmer

★ September 8 — Likar Ramos Concha, Colombian boxer

★ September 11 — Pedro Ibarra, Argentine field hockey striker

★ September 15 — Denis Calincov, Moldovan football (soccer) striker

★ September 16 — Troyden Prinsloo, South African swimmer

★ September 23 — Yevgeniy Natsvin, Russian swimmer

October

★ October 2 — Casper Bouman, Dutch sailor

★ October 12 — Boniface Kiprop, Ugandan track and field athlete

★ October 17 — Collins John, Dutch football (soccer) player

★ October 23 — Sadat Tebazaalwa, Ugandan boxer

★ October 24 — Wayne Rooney, English football (soccer) player

★ October 30 — Kayla Sharland, New Zealand field hockey striker

November

★ November 10 — Elizabeth Ryan, New Zealand field hockey striker

★ November 11 — Robin Uthappa, Indian cricketer

★ November 20 — Caitlin McClatchey, Scottish swimmer

★ November 30 — Madonna Blyth, Australian field hockey player

December

★ December 3 — László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer

★ December 14 — Evgeny Lagunov, Russian swimmer

★ December 15 — Jolly Katongole, Ugandan boxer

★ December 23 — Emily Naylor, New Zealand field hockey midfielder

★ December 30 — Lars Boom, Dutch cyclo-crosser

Deaths

★ January 2 — Flash Elorde (49), Filipino boxer (b. 1935)

★ June 15 — Andy Stanfield (67), American track and field athlete (b. 1927)

★ July 5 — Paulino Uzcudun (86), Spanish heavyweight boxer (b. 1899)

★ August 12 — Manfred Winkelhock, auto racing driver

★ August 20 — Ken Kennedy (72), Australian ice speed skater (b. 1913)

★ September 30 — Paul Berlenbach (84), American light heavyweight boxer (b. 1901)

★ November 13 — Pelle Lindbergh, NHL goaltender Philadelphia Flyers

★ December 14 — Roger Maris, US Major League Baseball player

★ December 22 — Eleoncio Mercedes (28), Dominican boxer (b. 1957)