1984 in sports

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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 Geistdorfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving an Audi Quattro
Drag racing - Joe Amato won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.

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

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

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.

March 31 - Wilfredo Gomez 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.

Courtney Walsh makes his test and one day international debut.
Inaugural edition of the Asia Cup is held in Sharjah, UAE. India defeat Pakistan in the final.

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

Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Los Angeles, United States
* Gold Medal: Pakistan
* Silver Medal: West Germany
* Bronze Medal: Great Britain

Men's Champions Trophy in Karachi, Pakistan
* Gold Medal: Australia
* Silver Medal: Pakistan
* Bronze Medal: Great Britain

Women's European Nations Cup in Lille, France
* Gold Medal: The Netherlands
* Silver Medal: Soviet Union
* Bronze Medal: West Germany
March 10 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. Ireland beat England 1-0.
August 11 - In the Olympics Women's Field Hockey Tournament in Los Angeles, The Netherlands win the gold medal.

World Figure Skating Championships:
Men's champion: Scott Hamilton (United States)
Women's champion: Katarina Witt (East Germany)
Pairs champions: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini (Canada)
Ice Dance champions: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)

Super Bowl XVIII: Los Angeles Raiders won 38-9 over the Washington Redskins
Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's rushing record on October 7th.

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)

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

The North American Soccer League folds due to financial problems.
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
League champions
Argentina: Ferro Carril Oeste (Nacional), Argentinos Juniors (Metropolitano)
Brazil: Fluminense (Campeonato Brasileiro)
England: Liverpool
France: Girondins de Bordeaux
Italy: Juventus
Netherlands: Ajax
Portugal: Benfica
Scotland: Aberdeen
Spain: Athletic Bilbao
West Germany: VfB Stuttgart
England - FA Cup: - May 12 - Everton win 2-0 against Watford
FIFA gives the right to host the Football World Cup 1990 to Italy

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:

Men's Golf
Major championship results:
#May 1 - The Masters - Ben Crenshaw
#June 1 - US Open - Fuzzy Zoeller
#July - British Open - Seve Ballesteros
#August 1 - PGA Championship - Lee Trevino

PGA Tourleading money winner for the year: Tom Watson - $476,260
Champions Tour leading money winner: Don January - $328,597
Women's Golf
US Women's Open - Hollis Stacy
LPGA Championship - Patty Sheehan
Betsy King: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $266,771

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Black Knight
Canada - Queen's Plate - Key to the Moon
France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sagace
Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - El Gran Senor

English Triple Crown Races:
#Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - El Gran Senor
#Epsom Derby - Secreto
#St. Leger Stakes - Commanche Run

United States Triple Crown Races:
#Kentucky Derby - Swale
#Preakness Stakes - Gate Dancer
#Belmont Stakes - Swale

Breeders' Cup:
#Breeders' Cup Classic - Wild Again
#Breeders' Cup Distaff - Princess Rooney
#Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Chief's Crown
#Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Outstandingly
#Breeders' Cup Mile - Royal Heroine
#Breeders' Cup Sprint - Eillo
#Breeders' Cup Turf - Lashkari

North America Cup - the inaugural event won by Legal Notice

United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
#Cane Pace - On The Road Again
#Little Brown Jug - Colt Fortysix
#Messenger Stakes - Troublemaker

United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
#Hambletonian - Historic Freight
#Yonkers Trot
#Kentucky Futurity - Fancy Crown

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
Pacers: Gammalite
Trotters: Sir Castleton

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

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

Alpine Skiing
The men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland
The women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland
At the Winter Olympics, Bill Johnson becomes the 1st American to win the gold medal in downhill skiing.

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

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
#Australian Open - Mats Wilander
#French Open - Ivan Lendl
#Wimbledon - John McEnroe
#US Open - John McEnroe

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
#Australian Open - Chris Evert
#French Open - Martina Navratilova
#Wimbledon - July 7 - Martina Navratilova
#US Open - Martina Navratilova

Davis Cup: Sweden wins 4-1 over the United States in world tennis.

1984 Summer Olympics takes place in Los Angeles, United States
United States wins the most medals (174), and the most gold medals (83).

1984 Winter Olympics takes place in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
USSR wins the most medals (25), and the GDR wins the most gold medals (9).

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

Births

January

January 1 — José Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian football (soccer) player
January 5 — Javier García, Spanish water polo player
January 13 — Eleni Ioannou, Greek judoka
January 12 — Barry Middleton, English field hockey player
January 15 — Reena Kumari, Indian archer
January 15 — Megan Quann, American swimmer
January 19 — Aljona Sawtschenko, Ukraine-born German figure skater
January 23 — Arjen Robben, Dutch football player
January 24 — Benoit Huot, Canadian Paralympic swimmer
January 26 — Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer
January 29 — Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer

February

February 5 — Carlos Tévez, Argentinian football player
February 12 — Peter Vanderkaay, American freestyle swimmer
February 13 — Hinkelien Schreuder, Dutch swimmer
February 14 — Solakjit Ponsana, badminton player
February 21 — Andreas Seppi, Italian tennis player
February 25 — Xing Huina, Chinese athlete
February 29 — Adam Sinclair, Indian field hockey player

March

March 10 — Mark Knowles, Australian field hockey defender
March 13 — Pieter Custers, Dutch archer
March 20 — Fernando Torres, Spanish football player
March 24 — Lucy Kabuu, Kenyan long distance runner
March 29 — Nick Meijer, Dutch field hockey player
March 29 — Jukka Vastaranta, Finnish cyclist
March 30 — Mario Ancic, Croatian tennis player
March 30 — Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player

April

April 2 — Beorn Nijenhuis, Canada-born Dutch speed skater
April 4 — Arkady Vyatchanin, Russian backstroke swimmer
April 6 — Stacey Carr, New Zealand field hockey midfielder
April 11 — Song Guk Kim, North Korean boxer
April 12 — Fiona Johnson, Australian field hockey international
April 13 — Kris Britt, Australian cricketer
April 16 — Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater
April 20 — Maydenia Sarduy, Cuban archer

May

May 17 — Christine Robinson, water polo player
May 21 — Ivo Minář, Czech tennis player
May 29 — Carmelo Anthony, NBA player
May 31 — Milorad Cavic, Serbian swimmer

June

June 3 — Todd Reid, Australian tennis player
June 11 — Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer
June 13 — Berangere Schuh, French archer
June 25 — Sebahattin Oglago, Turkish skier
June 27 — Kate Richardson, gymnast

July

July 7 — Ahmed Sadiq, Nigerian boxer
July 10 — Oscar Escandon, Colombian boxer
July 11 — Tanith Belbin, US skater
July 11 — Emma Meyer, Australian field hockey player
July 14 — Mounir El Hamdaoui, Dutch-Moroccan football (soccer) player
July 19 — Diana Mocanu, Romanian swimmer
July 19 — Adam Morrison, US basketball player
July 30 — Robin van Aggele, Dutch swimmer

August

August 28 — Darian Townsend, South African swimmer

September

September 5 — Rachel Riddell, waterpolo goalie
September 7 — Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
September 6 — Thomas Dekker, Dutch cyclist
September 19 — Nestor Bolum, Nigerian boxer
September 26 — Anastasia Dobromyslova, Russian female darts player
September 27 — Angela Haynes, American tennis player
September 28 — Cheryl Maas, Dutch snowboarder

October

October 2 — Marion Bartoli, French tennis player
October 7 — Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
October 17 — Robert van der Horst, Dutch field hockey player
October 17 — Jelle Klaasen, Dutch darts player
October 19 — Kaio de Almeida, Brazilian swimmer
October 27 — Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer
October 28 — Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian football player
October 28 — Mansour May, Egyptian archer

November

November 1 — David Jameson, Canadian field hockey player
November 10 — Seo Yoon-hee, badminton player
November 11 — Bahnasawy Lamia, Egyptian archer
November 28 — Andrew Bogut, Australian NBA player
November 30 — Nigel de Jong, Dutch football player

December

December 12 — Angelique Widjaja, Indonesian tennis player
December 13 — Hanna-Maria Seppälä, Finnish swimmer
December 15 — Véronique Mang, Cameroon-born French track and field athlete
December 30 — LeBron James, American NBA player

Deaths

January 19 — Max Bentley, ice hockey player, Chicago Blackhawks (1940-1954)
February 8 — Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)
March 15 – Ken Carpenter (70), American discus thrower (b. 1913)
April 27 — Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player
June 15 — Tom Heeney, New Zealand heavyweight boxer (b. 1898)
June 17 — Swale, race horse and the Kentucky Derby winner, collapses & dies
August 25 — Viktor Chukarin (62), Soviet gymnast (b. 1921)
August 25 — Waite Hoyt, Major League Baseball pitcher, (1918-1938)
September 7 — Joe Cronin, Major League Baseball player/executive, (1926-1945)
October 1 — Walter Alston, manager of baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers
October 1 — Hellé Nice, Grand Prix race car driver

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