1979 in sports

1979 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

  • Alpine Skiing World Cup
    • Men's overall season champion: Peter Lüscher, Switzerland
    • Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Austria

American football

Artistic gymnastics

Association football

Australian rules football

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

Canadian football

Cricket

Cycling

Dogsled racing

Field hockey

  • 1979 Pan American Games men's competition held in San Juan, Puerto Rico and won by Argentina
  • August – The 2nd Women's World Field Hockey Championships are held at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with the Netherlands as the champions.

Figure skating

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Harness racing

  • The Hambletonian is awarded to Meadowlands Racetrack, starting in 1981.
  • United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
    1. Cane Pace – Happy Motoring
    2. Little Brown Jug – Hot Hitter
    3. Messenger Stakes – Hot Hitter
  • United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
    1. Hambletonian – Legend Hanover
    2. Yonkers Trot – Mo Bandy
    3. Kentucky Futurity – Filet of Sole
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Rondel
    • Trotters: No Response

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey

Rugby league

  • 1979 Amco Cup
  • 1979 European Rugby League Championship
  • 1979 New Zealand rugby league season
  • 1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season
  • 1979 NSWRFL season

Rugby union

Snooker

Swimming

  • Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • July 23 – West Germany's Klaus Steinbach sets a world record in the 50m freestyle at a swimming meet in Freiburg, shaving off 0.02 of the previous record (23.72) set by Ron Manganiello nearly a year ago: 23.70.

Tennis

Volleyball

  • Asian Men's Volleyball Championship: won by China
  • Asian Women's Volleyball Championship: won by China
  • Men and Women's European Volleyball Championship held in France: both won by USSR
  • Volleyball at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico: men's and women's tournaments both won by Cuba

Water polo

Multi-sport events

Awards

References

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