1980 in sports

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See also: 1979 in sports, other events of 1980, 1981 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents 1 Athletics 1.1 Marathon 2 Auto Racing 3 Baseball 4 Basketball 5 Boxing 6 Cycling 7 Field Hockey 8 Figure skating 9 Football (American) 10 Football (Australian rules football) 11 Football (Canadian) 12 Football (Soccer) 13 Gaelic Athletic Association 14 Golf 15 Horse racing 15.1 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 15.2 Harness Racing 16 Ice Hockey 17 Radiosport 18 Skiing 19 Snooker 20 Swimming 20.1 Events 20.2 Records 21 Tennis 22 Yacht racing 23 General sporting events 24 Births 24.1 January 24.2 February 24.3 March 24.4 April 24.5 May 24.6 June 24.7 July 24.8 August 24.9 September 24.10 October 24.11 November 24.12 December 25 Deaths 25.1 January 25.2 February 25.3 March 25.4 April 25.5 May 25.6 June 25.7 July 25.8 August 25.9 September 25.10 October 25.11 December

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Marathon

• April 26 — Amsterdam Marathon, Netherlands
  • Men's Winner: Gerard Nijboer (NED) 2:09:01
  • Women's Winner: Marja Wokke (NED) 2:40:15

• December 7 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
  • Men's Winner: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 2:09:45

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 227 career 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 Montreal, Quebec, Sugar Ray Leonard recovers the WBC's world Welterweight championship with an eight round technical knockout of Roberto Duran.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Football (American)

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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:

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

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

• Major championship results:
  1. May - The Masters - Seve Ballesteros
  2. June - US Open - Jack Nicklaus
  3. July - British Open - Tom Watson
  4. 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.

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] 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:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Known Fact
  2. Epsom Derby - Henbit
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Light Cavalry

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Genuine Risk
  2. Preakness Stakes - Codex
  3. Belmont Stakes - Temperence Hill

[edit] Harness Racing

• Superhorse, Niatross wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Niatross
  2. Little Brown Jug - Niatross
  3. Messenger Stakes - Niatross

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Burgomeister
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Koala King
  • Trotters: Hano Direct

[edit] Ice Hockey

See 1980 in ice hockey

[edit] Radiosport

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Events

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

[edit] Records

• February 2 — USA'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 10 — Chris 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 15 — USA's Joseph 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.

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Brian Teacher
  2. French Open - Björn Borg
  3. Wimbledon championships - Björn Borg
  4. US Open - John McEnroe

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Hana Mandlikova
  2. French Open - Chris Evert
  3. Wimbledon championships - Evonne Goolagong Cawley
  4. US Open - Chris Evert

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Births

[edit] January

• January 3 — Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey defenseman
• January 11 — Mieke de Boer, Dutch darts player
• January 12 — Andriy Fedchuk, Ukrainian boxer
• January 12 — Akiko Morigami, Japanese female tennis player
• January 14 — Taeke Taekema, Dutch field hockey player
• January 17 — Natalia Soutiagina, Russian butterfly swimmer
• January 19 — Jenson Button, British Formula 1-driver
• January 19 — Matic Osovnikar, Slovenian track and field athlete
• January 24 — Yordanis Arencibia, Cuban judoka
• January 25 — Xavi Hernández, Spanish football (soccer) player
• January 25 — Christian Olsson, Swedish athlete
• January 27 — Sherzod Husanov, Uzbek boxer
• January 27 — Marat Safin, Russian tennis player
• January 27 — Jiří Welsch, Czech basketball player

[edit] February

• February 2 — Kyle Pontifex, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
• February 3 — Craig Victory, Australian field hockey player
• February 6 — James Gibson, British breaststroke swimmer
• February 9 — Angelos Charisteas, Greek football (soccer) player
• February 10 — Gordon D'Arcy, Irish rugby player
• February 11 — Karin Ruckstuhl, Dutch athlete
• February 12 — Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
• February 16 — Miguel Espino, American professional boxer
• February 20 — Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby player
• February 20 — Bram Som, Dutch track and field athlete
• February 21 — Yannick Lupien, Canadian freestyle swimmer
• February 22 — Erzsebet Viski, Hungarian canoer
• February 23 — Diego Avila, Argentine field hockey midfielder
• February 24 — Laurence Docherty, Dutch-Scottish field hockey player
• February 24 — Roman Sloudnov, Russian swimmer
• February 26 — Alex Fong, Hong Kong swimmer and actor
• February 28 — Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch football (soccer) player

[edit] March

• March 1 — Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
• March 6 — Emma Igelström, Swedish swimmer
• March 9 — Sofia Konoukh, Russian water polo player
• March 12 — California Molefe, Botswanan athlete
• March 13 — Erin Gammel, Canadian backstroke swimmer
• March 15 — Deidra Graham, American gymnast
• March 15 — Josefin Lillhage, Swedish swimmer
• March 18 — Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
• March 21 — Ronaldinho, Brazilian football (soccer) player
• March 25 — Eduardo Fischer, Brazilian breaststroke swimmer
• March 26 — Sérgio Paulinho, Portuguese road bicycle racer
• March 27 — Toni Cronk, Australian field hockey goalkeeper
• March 29 — Alexei Manziola, Russian-born swimmer from Israel
• March 30 — Liriel Higa, American rhythmic gymnast
• March 31 — Jenny Smith, Australian gymnast

[edit] April

• April 1 — Maartje Scheepstra, Dutch field hockey player
• April 2 — Suriya Prasathinphimai, Thai boxer
• April 4 — Bekzat Sattarkhanov, Kazakhstani boxer
• April 4 — Mark Tuitert, Dutch speed skater
• April 5 — Odlanier Solis, Cuban boxer
• April 6 — Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish alpine skier
• April 9 — Kristin Lee, American rhythmic gymnast
• April 10 — Andy Ram, Israeli tennis player
• April 12 — Terence Parkin, South African swimmer
• April 15 — Fanny Rinne, German field hockey midfielder
• April 18 — Michael Lee, Canadian field hockey player
• April 22 — Monica Flammer, American gymnast
• April 25 — Phillip Burrows, New Zealand field hockey player
• April 25 — Dana Laframboise, Canadian lightweight boxer

[edit] May

• May 6 — Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
• May 6 — Kasumi Takahashi, Australian rhythmic gymnast
• May 7 — Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
• May 8 — Steven Ferguson, New Zealand swimmer and canoer
• May 9 — Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
• May 9 — Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater
• May 10 — Kate Walsh, English field hockey player
• May 14 — Joe van Niekerk, South African rugby player
• May 14 — Eugene Martineau, Dutch athlete
• May 15 — Yvonne Hijgenaar, Dutch cyclist
• May 16 — Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spanish female tennis player
• May 18 — Michael Llodra, French tennis player
• May 18 — Sam Rukundo, Ugandan boxer
• May 23 — Sarah Catherwood, New Zealand swimmer
• May 27 — Jessica Deglau, Canadian swimmer
• May 28 — Mickael Bourgain, French track cyclist
• May 28 — Adam Whitehead, English breaststroke swimmer
• May 31 — Edith Bosch, Dutch judoka

[edit] June

• June 1 — Aghasi Mammadov, Azerbaijani boxer
• June 2 — Shingo Suetsugu, Japanese track and field athlete
• June 4 — Thor Kristensen, Danish rower
• June 7 — Ed Moses, American swimmer
• June 9 — Anthony Geslin, French cyclist
• June 9 — Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
• June 13 — Carlos Jayme, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
• June 13 — Maja Matevzic, Slovenian tennis player
• June 15 — Benjamin Varonian, French gymnast
• June 16 — Thijs Al, Dutch mountainbiker
• June 17 — Brittney McConn, American figure skater
• June 17 — Andee Pickens, American gymnast
• June 17 — Venus Williams, American tennis player
• June 19 — Sanjay Ayre, Jamaican athlete
• June 23 — Manus Boonjumnong, Thai boxer
• June 23 — Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer
• June 29 — Monique Ferreira, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
• June 30 — Nourdin Boukhari, Moroccan-born football (soccer) player from Holland
• June 30 — Fabian Wegmann, German cyclist

[edit] July

• July 1 — Matthijs Brouwer, Dutch field hockey player
• July 2 — Baffour Gyan, Ghanaian football (soccer) player
• July 3 — Roland Schoeman, South African swimmer
• July 6 — Pau Gasol, Catalan NBA player
• July 7 — Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
• July 8 — Robbie Keane, Irish football player
• July 10 — Adam Petty, fourth-generation NASCAR driver (d. 2000)
• July 16 — Travis Brooks, Australian field hockey player
• July 16 — Matthew Peck, Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
• July 17 — Rashid Ramzi, Moroccan-born athlete
• July 19 — Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennisplayer
• July 20 — Ivan Mladina, Croatian freestyle swimmer
• July 21 — Tom Soetaers, Belgian football player
• July 22 — Dirk Kuijt, Dutch football player
• July 23 — Javier Noriega, Spanish swimmer
• July 24 — Wilfred Bungei, Kenyan middle distance runner
• July 27 — Allan Davis, Australian road cyclist
• July 29 — Fernando González, Chilean tennis player

[edit] August

• August 1 — Grant Schubert, Australian field hockey player
• August 8 — Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player
• August 12 — Blair Hopping, New Zealand field hockey player
• August 13 — Justus Scharowsky, German field hockey player
• August 14 — Prabjoth Singh, Indian field hockey forward
• August 16 — Julien Absalon, French mountain biker
• August 29 — Perdita Felicien, world champion track and field star
• August 29 — Corina Ungureanu, Romanian gymnast
• August 30 — Michael Boyce, Australian field hockey player
• August 31 — Hayden Shaw, New Zealand field hockey player

[edit] September

• September 1 — Ryan Archibald, New Zealand field hockey player
• September 1 — Toshiaki Fukuda, Japanese field hockey player
• September 1 — Dawn Holden, English cricketer
• September 6 — Samuel Peter, Nigerian heavyweight boxer
• September 8 — Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African middle distance runner
• September 10 — Timothy Goebel, American figure skater
• September 10 — Tahar Tamsamani, Moroccan boxer
• September 12 — Yao Ming, Chinese NBA player
• September 13 — Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player
• September 13 — Viren Rasquinha, Indian field hockey player
• September 14 — Luis Horna, Peruvian tennis player
• September 18 — Wendy Alcorn, Australian field hockey player
• September 19 — Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby union player
• September 20 — Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist
• September 29 — Răzvan Florea, Romanian swimmer
• September 30 — Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
• September 30 — Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz, Cuban boxer

[edit] October

• October 2 — Amy Tran, American field hockey goalkeeper
• October 3 — Sarah Collyer, English cricketer
• October 7 — Andrey Kapralov, Russian swimmer
• October 8 — Kasper Bøgelund, Danish football (soccer) player
• October 10 — Camilo Becerra, Colombian freestyle swimmer
• October 10 — Megan Rivers, Australian field hockey player
• October 13 — Scott Parker, English football player
• October 15 — Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
• October 16 — Dragoş Coman, Romanian freestyle swimmer
• October 19 — Anna-Karin Kammerling, Swedish swimmer
• October 20 — Denise Durajski, Australian field hockey player
• October 21 — Mike Danton, Canadian ice hockey player
• October 21 — Mari Piuva, Finnish archer
• October 25 — Alex Fábregas, Spanish field hockey player
• October 26 — Christian Chivu, Romanian football (soccer) player
• October 28 — Alfonso Gomez, Mexican boxer
• October 31 — Geert-Jan Derikx, Dutch field hockey player

[edit] November

• November 7 — Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast
• November 8 — Yoav Gath, Israeli backstroke swimmer
• November 12 — Devesh Chauhan, Indian field hockey goalkeeper
• November 14 — Randall Bal, American backstroke swimmer
• November 21 — Danielle Hartsell, American pairs skater
• November 25 — Cameron Delaney, Australian backstroke swimmer
• November 26 — Peter Manfredo, American boxer

[edit] December

• December 2 — Nathan Eglington, Australian field hockey player
• December 4 — Hicham Mesbahi, Moroccan boxer
• December 4 — Sergio Mora, American boxer
• December 6 — Carlos Takam, Cameroonian heavyweight boxer
• December 9 — Gagan Ajit Singh, Indian field hockey striker
• December 17 — Arjun Halappa, Indian field hockey striker
• December 18 — Marian Drăgulescu, Romanian gymnast
• December 20 — Sebastian Halgasch, German backstroke swimmer
• December 28 — Lomana LuaLua, Congolese football (soccer) player
• December 28 — Deepak Thakur, Indian field hockey forward
• December 29 — Andrea Lenders, Dutch gymnast
• December 29 — Patapol Ngernsrisuk, Thai badminton player
• December 31 — Richie McCaw, New Zealand rugby player

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January

• January 1 — Frank Wykoff (70), American track and field athlete sprinter
• January 12 — Hans Ebeling, Australian cricketer
• January 25 — Peter Haughton, harness racing driver - auto accident

[edit] February

• February 1 — Gastone Nencini (49), Italian cyclist (b. 1930)
• February 28 — Ian Peebles, English cricketer

[edit] March

• March 18 — Herman Griffith, West Indian cricketer
• March 21 — Marcel Boussac, French horse racing tycoon
• March 31 — Jesse Owens, American athlete

[edit] April

• April 2 — Dick Howorth, English cricketer

[edit] May

• May 2 — Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer

[edit] June

• June 1 — Richard Marquard (90), US baseball pitcher
• June 10 — Denys Morkel, South African cricketer

[edit] July

• July 18 — Naoomal Jeoomal, Indian cricketer

[edit] August

• August 2 — Verdun Scott, New Zealand cricketer
• August 6 — Charles Urbanus (66), Dutch baseball player
• August 21 — Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer

[edit] September

• September 8 — Bruce Dooland, English cricketer
• September 24 — Jack Murphy, sportswriter

[edit] October

• October 10 — Walter Keeton, English cricketer
• October 25 — Victor Galindez, light heavyweight world champion boxing, in car race accident

[edit] December

• December 4 — Stanisława Walasiewicz or Stella Walsh (69), Polish-American athlete (b. 1911)
• December 5 — Don Taylor, New Zealand cricketer
• December 28 — Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer
• December 31 — Arthur Wellard, English cricketer