1980 in sports

1980 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

American football

Association football

Athletics

  • March 31 – death of Jesse Owens, American sprinter who won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936
  • June 12 – Soviet Union's Nadiya Olizarenko sets the world record in the women's 800 metres, clocking 1:54.85 at Moscow
  • July 27 – Nadiya Olizarenko betters her own world record in the women's 800 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, clocking 1:53.43.

Australian rules football

Baseball

Basketball

NBA Finals

National Basketball League (Australia) Finals

  • St. Kilda Saints defeated the West Adelaide Bearcats 113–88 in the final.

Boxing

  • March 14–22 members of the United States Olympic boxing team died in a plane crash near Warsaw, Poland
  • June 20- Roberto Durán defeats Sugar Ray Leonard by a 15-round decision to win boxing's WBC world Welterweight title.
  • August 2- Thomas Hearns defeats José "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 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 New Orleans, Louisiana, Sugar Ray Leonard recovers the WBC's world Welterweight championship with an eight-round technical knockout of Roberto Durán.

Canadian football

Cycling

Disc sports

  • Disc ultimate league play begins in Toronto with the formation of the Toronto Ultimate League

Dog sledding

Field hockey

  • Men's Champions Trophy held in Karachi and won by Pakistan
  • Olympic Games (Men's Competition) won by India
  • Olympic Games (Women's Competition) won by Zimbabwe

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 Regőczy & András Sallay, Hungary

Gaelic Athletic Association

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

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 – Nevele Impulse
    3. Kentucky Futurity – Final Score
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Koala King
    • Trotters: Hano Direct

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey

Olympic Games

Radiosport

Rugby league

Rugby union

Snooker

Speed skating

  • February 19 - Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 1000 meter in 1 15.18

Swimming

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

Tennis

Water polo

Yacht racing

Awards

References

  1. "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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