1989 in sports

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See also: 1988 in sports, other events of 1989, 1990 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents 1 Artistic Gymnastics 2 Athletics 2.1 Marathon 2.1.1 International Races 2.1.2 National Champions 3 Auto Racing 4 Baseball 5 Basketball 6 Boxing 7 Cycling 8 Dogsled racing 9 Field Hockey 9.1 World Competitions 9.2 Regional Competitions 10 Figure skating 11 Football (American) 12 Football (Australian rules football) 13 Football (Canadian) 14 Football (Soccer) 15 Gaelic Athletic Association 16 Golf 17 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 18 Harness Racing 19 Ice Hockey 20 Lacrosse 21 Radiosport 22 Skiing 23 Snooker 24 Swimming 24.1 Events 24.2 Records 25 Tennis 26 General sporting events 27 Births 28 Deaths

[edit] Artistic Gymnastics

• World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:
  • Men's all-around champion: Igor Korobchinsky, USSR
  • Women's all-around champion: Svetlana Boginskaya, USSR
  • Men's team competition champion: USSR
  • Women's team competition champion: USSR

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Marathon

[edit] International Races

• January 29 — Osaka Marathon, Japan
  • Women's Winner: Lorraine Moller (NZL) 2:30:21

• March 5 — Los Angeles Marathon, United States
  • Men's Winner: Art Boileau (CAN) 2:13:01
  • Women's Winner: Zoya Ivanova (URS) 2:34:42

• March 19 — Tokyo Marathon, Japan
  • Men's Winner: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 2:09:34

• April 16 — Rotterdam Marathon, Netherlands
  • Men's Winner: Belayneh Densamo (ETH) 2:08:39
  • Women's Winner: Elena Murgoci (ROM) 2:32:03

• April 17 — Boston Marathon, United States
  • Men's Winner: Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) 2:09:06
  • Women's Winner: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:24:33

• April 23 — London Marathon, United Kingdom
  • Men's Winner: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 2:09:03
  • Women's Winner: Veronique Marot (GBR) 2:25:56

• April 30 — Paris Marathon, France
  • Men's Winner: Stephen Brace (GBR) 2:13:03
  • Women's Winner: Kazue Kojima (JPN) 2:29:23

• May 1 — Rome Marathon, Italy
  • Men's Winner: Guido Genicco (ITA) 2:20:43
  • Women's Winner: Pascaline Wangui (KEN) 2:46:28

• May 8 — Amsterdam Marathon, Netherlands
  • Men's Winner: Gerard Nijboer (NED) 2:13:52
  • Women's Winner: Gabriela Gorzynska (POL) 2:47:16

• May 21 — Hamburg Marathon, Germany
  • Men's Winner: Nivaldo Filho (BRA) 2:13:21
  • Women's Winner: Jolanda Homminga (NED) 2:40:28

• August 26 — Enschede Marathon, Netherlands
  • Men's Winner: Marti ten Kate (NED) 2:10:57
  • Women's Winner: Alena Peterkova (CZE) 2:40:28

• October 1 — Berlin Marathon, West Germany
  • Men's Winner: Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) 2:10:11
  • Women's Winner: Paivi Tikkanen (FIN) 2:28:45

• October 15 — Beijing Marathon, China PR
  • Men's Winner: Peter Dall (DEN) 2:12:47

• October 29 — Chicago Marathon, United States
  • Men's Winner: Paul Davies-Hale (GBR) 2:11:25
  • Women's Winner: Lisa Weidenbach (USA) 2:28:15

• November 5 — New York City Marathon, United States
  • Men's Winner: Juma Ikangaa (KEN) 2:08:01
  • Women's Winner: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:25:30

• November 6 — Lisbon Marathon, Portugal
  • Men's Winner: Joaquim Silva (POR) 2:16:56
  • Women's Winner: Evany Souza (BRA) 2:47:27

• November 19 — Tokyo Marathon, Japan
  • Women's Winner: Lyubov Klochko (URS) 2:31:33

• December 3 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
  • Men's Winner: Manuel Matias (POR) 2:12:54

• December 10 — Honolulu Marathon, United States
  • Men's Winner: Simon Robert Naali (TAN) 2:11:47
  • Women's Winner: Carla Beurskens (NED) 2:31:50

[edit] National Champions

• September 24 — Montreal, Canada
  • Men's Winner: Peter Maher — 2:20:07
  • Women's Winner: Ellen Rochefort — 2:39:46

[edit] Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Darrell Waltrip won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Rusty Wallace
• CART Racing - season championship won by Emerson Fittipaldi
  • Indianapolis 500 - Emerson Fittipaldi
• Formula One Championship - Alain Prost of France
• 24 hours of Le Mans:
  • won by the team of Jochen Mass / Manuel Reuter / Stanley Dickens driving a Sauber-Mercedes
• Rally racing - Miki Biasion in a Lancia won the World Rally Championship
  • the team of Miki Biasion / Tiziano Siviero won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Delta HF Integrale
• Drag racing - Gary Ormsby won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

[edit] Baseball

• April 8 - One-handed pitcher Jim Abbott makes his major-league debut with the California Angels, without spending a single day in the minor leagues. He went on to a 12-12 record for the season.

• August 10 - Ten months after undergoing surgery for cancer in his pitching arm, San Francisco Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky returns to the major leagues, winning his comeback 4-3.

• August 15 - Dave Dravecky's comeback bid ends tragically when his pitching arm breaks in the sixth inning of his second start. Two years later, the cancer-stricken arm would be amputated.

• August 24 - Following an investigation that he gambled on baseball, superstar player Pete Rose is banned from baseball for life.

• World Series: Oakland Athletics won 4 games to 0 over the San Francisco Giants. The Series MVP was Dave Stewart, Oakland.

[edit] Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Michigan wins 80-79 over Seton Hall in overtime

• NBA Finals:
  • Detroit Pistons win 4 games to 0 over the Los Angeles Lakers to win the franchise's first championship.

• National Basketball League (Australia) Finals:
  • North Melbourne Giants defeated the Canberra Cannons 2-1 in the best-of-three final series.

[edit] Boxing

• February 11 – In Grenoble, France, René Jacquot won a 12 round decision over Donald Curry to win the World Welterweight Championship

• May 29 to June 3 – 28th European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Athens, Greece
  • Light Flyweight (– 48 kg): Ivailo Marinov (Bulgaria)
  • Flyweight (– 51 kg): Yuri Arbaczakov (Soviet Union)
  • Bantamweight (– 54 kg): Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria)
  • Featherweight (– 57 kg): Kirkor Kirkorov (Bulgaria)
  • Lightweight (– 60 kg): Konstantin Tszyu (Soviet Union)
  • Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg): Igor Ruznikov (Soviet Union)
  • Welterweight (– 67 kg): Siegfried Mehnert (East Germany)
  • Light Middleweight (– 71 kg): Israel Akopkochyan (Soviet Union)
  • Middleweight (– 75 kg): Henry Maske (East Germany)
  • Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg): Sven Lange (East Germany)
  • Heavyweight (– 91 kg): Arnold Vanderlyde (Netherlands)
  • Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg): Ulli Kaden (East Germany)

[edit] Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Laurent Fignon of France
• Tour de France - Greg LeMond of the United States
• World Cycling Championship: Greg LeMond of the United States

[edit] Dogsled racing

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Joe Runyan won with lead dogs: Rambo & Ferlin the Husky

[edit] Field Hockey

[edit] World Competitions

• Men's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Madison, Wisconsin, United States
  • Gold Medal: The Netherlands
  • Silver Medal: Canada
  • Bronze Medal: India

• Men's Champions Trophy in Berlin, West Germany
  • Gold Medal: Australia
  • Silver Medal: West Germany
  • Bronze Medal: The Netherlands

• Women's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in New Delhi, India
  • Gold Medal: South Korea
  • Silver Medal: China
  • Bronze Medal: Spain

• Women's Champions Trophy in Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Gold Medal: South Korea
  • Silver Medal: Australia
  • Bronze Medal: West Germany

[edit] Regional Competitions

• Men's Asia Cup in New Delhi, India
  • Gold Medal: Pakistan
  • Silver Medal: India
  • Bronze Medal: South Korea

[edit] Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Kurt Browning, Canada
  • Ladies' champion: Midori Ito, Japan
  • Pair skating champions: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov, Soviet Union
  • Ice dancing champions: Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko, Soviet Union

[edit] Football (American)

• Super Bowl XXIII: San Francisco 49ers won 20-16 over the Cincinnati Bengals

[edit] Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League
  • Hawthorn wins the 93rd VFL Premiership (Hawthorn 21.18 (144) d Geelong 21.12 (138))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Paul Couch (Geelong)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Saskatchewan Roughriders won 43-40 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• Vanier Cup: Western Ontario Mustangs won 35-10 over the Saskatchewan Huskies

[edit] Football (Soccer)

For fuller coverage, see: 1989 in football (soccer)

[edit] Gaelic Athletic Association

• Camogie
  • All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Kilkenny
  • National Camogie League: Kilkenny

• Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Cork 0-17 d. Mayo 1-11
  • National Football League: Cork 0-15 d. Dublin 0-12

• Ladies' Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
  • National Football League: Kerry

• Hurling
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Tipperary 4-24 d. Antrim 3-9
  • National Hurling League:

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

• Major championship results:
  1. April - The Masters - Nick Faldo
  2. June - US Open - Curtis Strange
  3. July - British Open - Mark Calcavecchia
  4. August - PGA Championship - Payne Stewart

• PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Tom Kite - $1,395,278
• Champions Tour leading money winner: Bob Charles - $725,887
• Ryder Cup: Europe and the United States teams tied 14-14 in world golf.

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Betsy King
• LPGA Championship - Nancy Lopez
• Betsy King: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $654,132.

[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Tawrrific
• Canada - Queen's Plate - With Approval
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Carroll House
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Old Vic

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Nashwan
  2. Epsom Derby - Nashwan
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Michelozzo

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Sunday Silence
  2. Preakness Stakes - Sunday Silence
  3. Belmont Stakes - Easy Goer

• Breeders' Cup:
  1. Breeders' Cup Classic - Sunday Silence
  2. Breeders' Cup Distaff - Bayakoa
  3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Rhythm
  4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Go for Wand
  5. Breeders' Cup Mile - Steinlen
  6. Breeders' Cup Sprint - Dancing Spree
  7. Breeders' Cup Turf - Prized

[edit] Harness Racing

• North America Cup - Quite A Sensation

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Dancing Master
  2. Little Brown Jug - Goalie Jeff
  3. Messenger Stakes - Sandman Hanover

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Park Ave Joe & Probe (dead heat)
  2. Yonkers Trot - Valley Victory
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Peace Corps

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Jodie's Babe
  • Trotters: Yankee Loch

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings

• Stanley Cup: Calgary Flames won 4 games to 2 over the Montreal Canadiens. The first time ever that the visiting team won their game at the Montreal Forum against the Montreal Canadiens.

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Canada
  • Junior Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden

[edit] Lacrosse

• The Philadelphia Wings defeat the New York Saints to win the Major Indoor Lacrosse League championship

[edit] Radiosport

• Second European High Speed Telegraphy Championship held in Hannover, Germany.

[edit] Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg
  • The women's overall season champion: Vreni Schneider, Switzerland

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Steve Davis beats John Parrott 18-3
• World rankings: Steve Davis remains world number one for 1989/90

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Events

• Thirth Pan Pacific Championships, held in Tokyo, Japan (August 17 – 20)

[edit] Records

• August 20 — Tom Jager once again regains the world record (22.14) in the 50m freestyle (long course) during 1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, with a time of 22.12.

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Ivan Lendl
  2. French Open - Michael Chang
  3. Wimbledon championships - Boris Becker
  4. US Open - Boris Becker

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Steffi Graf
  2. French Open - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
  3. Wimbledon championships - Steffi Graf
  4. US Open - Steffi Graf

• Davis Cup: Germany F.R. won 3-2 over Sweden in world tennis.

[edit] General sporting events

• Third World Games held in Karlsruhe, West Germany

• 15th Summer Universiade held in Duisburg, West Germany

• Fourteenth Winter Universiade held in Sofia, Bulgaria

[edit] Births

• January 9 — Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
• January 26 — Imogen Cairns, British gymnast
• February 4 — Febian Brandy, English football (soccer) player
• February 19 — Sone Aluko, English football (soccer) player
• March 16 — Theo Walcott, English football (soccer) player
• May 3 — Shavahn Church, British gymnast
• June 2 — Freddy Adu, Ghana-born football (soccer) player from America
• June 3 — Katie Hoff, American swimmer
• July 23 — Donald Young, American tennis player
• July 31 — Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player
• September 7 — Holly Colvin, English cricketer
• October 11 — Michelle Wie, American golf player
• November 16 — Josmer Altidore, American football (soccer) player
• November 12 — Jana Bieger, German gymnast
• November 24 — Johnny Exantus, Haïtian football (soccer) player

[edit] Deaths

• February 10 — Dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster
• March 18 — Piet Kruiver, Dutch football (soccer) player
• April 12 — Sugar Ray Robinson, boxing champion
• June 17 — John Matuszak (38), NFL player with Oakland Raiders
• June 22 — Lee Calhoun, Olympic Gold Medal hurdler
• July 18 — Donnie Moore (35), Major League Baseball pitcher, suicide
• August 13 — Tim Richmond, NASCAR driver
• August 18 — Bert Oosterbosch (32), Dutch cyclist, world professional pursuit champion
• September 1 — A. Bartlett Giamatti, 7th Major League Baseball commissioner
• September 1 — Kazimierz Deyna (41), Polish football (soccer) player (b. 1947)
• September 10 — Jeff Stollmeyer, President, West Indies Cricket Board, murdered
• September 15 — Harry Cave, New Zealand cricketer
• October 4 — Secretariat, thoroughbred race horse, 1973 Triple Crown winner, two-time Horse of the Year
• October 4 — Norman Yardley, English cricketer
• November 13 — Victor Davis, 1984 Olympic and World swimming champion
• December 3 — Fernando Martín Espina (27), Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)
• December 25 — Billy Martin, New York Yankees manager
• December 26 — Doug Harvey, National Hockey League superstar defenseman (1947-1969)