1978 in sports

1978 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

American football

Artistic gymnastics

Association football

Athletics

Australian rules football

Victorian Football League

South Australian National Football League

  • 30 September: Norwood 16.15 (111) pip Sturt 14.26 (110) to win their twenty-fourth league premiership after the Double Blues had lost only one match all season.
  • Magarey Medal awarded to Kym Hodgeman (Glenelg)

Western Australian National Football League

  • 23 September: East Perth 11.15 (81) defeat Perth 12.7 (79) to win their fourteenth WA(N)FL premiership
  • Sandover Medal won by Phil Kelly (East Perth)

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

  • February 15 – Leon Spinks defeats Muhammad Ali by decision in 15 rounds to win the world heavyweight title.
  • Second World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
  • September 15 – Muhammad Ali recovers the world’s heavyweight title, beating Leon Spinks by decision in their rematch. It is the first time a boxer wins the world heavyweight title for a third time.

Canadian football

Cycling

Dogsled racing

Field hockey

  • Men's World Cup held in Buenos Aires and won by Pakistan
  • Men’s European Nations Cup held in Hannover and won by West Germany
  • Men’s Champions Trophy held in Lahore and won by Pakistan
  • Women’s World Cup held in Madrid and won by the Netherlands

Figure skating

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Harness racing

  • United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
    1. Cane Pace - Armbro Tiger
    2. Little Brown Jug - Happy Escort
    3. Messenger Stakes - Abercrombie
  • United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
    1. Hambletonian - Speedy Somolli
    2. Yonkers Trot - Speedy Somolli
    3. Kentucky Futurity - Doublemint
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Markovina
    • Trotters: Derby Royale

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Hurdle races

  • Champion Hurdle – Monksfield

Flat races

Ice hockey

  • Art Ross Trophy as the NHL’s leading scorer during the regular season: Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens
  • Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL’s Most Valuable Player: Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens
  • Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 2 over the Boston Bruins
  • World Hockey Championship
    • Men’s champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
    • Junior Men’s champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden
    • Note: In the early years of the Junior tournament, Canada did not send a true National Junior team to the event. Instead, the Memorial Cup champions usually went to represent Canada. The exception was 1978 in Montreal, when an “all-star” team was put together.
  • Avco World Trophy - Winnipeg Jets won 4 games to 0 over the New England Whalers

Orienteering

  • 1978 World Orienteering Championships.[2]

Rowing

Rugby league

  • 1978 Amco Cup
  • 1978 European Rugby League Championship
  • 1978 Kangaroo tour
  • 1978 New Zealand rugby league season
  • 1977–78 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season
  • 1978 NSWRFL season
    • 28 May – In a horrific accident at Penrith Park, Panther prop John Farragher is left a quadriplegic after breaking his neck in a scrum – the worst accident in rugby league history.[3]

Rugby union

Snooker

Speed skating

Swimming

  • The third FINA World Championships held in West-Berlin, West Germany
  • July 29 – USA's Ron Manganiello sets a world record in the 50m freestyle at a swimming meet in Miami, Florida (United States), shaving off 0.02 of the previous record (23.74) set by Joe Bottom a year ago: 23.72.

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

  • 1978 FIVB Men's World Championship held in Rome and won by USSR

Water polo

  • 1978 World Aquatics Championships held in West Berlin and won by Italy.

General sporting events

Awards

References

  1. "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. "World Orienteering Championships 1978". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. Lester, Gary and Pritchard, Greg; Bound for Glory: The Story of the Penrith Panthers; pp. 101-103 ISBN 9780949853486
  4. "Our Games | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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