1981 in sports

1981 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

American football

Artistic gymnastics

Association football

Australian rules football

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

Canadian football

Cycling

Dogsled racing

Field hockey

  • Men's Champions Trophy held in Karachi won by the Netherlands
  • Women's World Cup held in Buenos Aires won by West Germany

Figure skating

Gaelic Athletic Association

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Harness racing

  • United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
    1. Cane Pace - Wildwood Jeb
    2. Little Brown Jug - Fan Hanover (Filly)
    3. Messenger Stakes - Seahawk Hanover
  • United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
    1. Hambletonian - Shiaway St. Pat
    2. Yonkers Trot - Mo Bandy
    3. Kentucky Futurity - Filet of Sole
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: San Simeon

Horse racing

  • August 30 – John Henry becomes the first horse to win a million dollar race, the inaugural Arlington Million, at Arlington Park in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois.
  • November – inaugural running of the Japan Cup, the most prestigious horse race in Japan, at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo. Its distance is about 1½ miles on turf and it is the world's richest turf race.

Steeplechases

Flat races

Quarter Horse Racing

  • Triple Crown of Quarter Horse Racing
  • Special Effort

Ice hockey

Rugby league

Rugby union

Snooker

Swimming

  • August 15 – USA's Robin Leamy of UCLA sets a world record time of 22.54 in the 50m freestyle (long course) at Brown Deer, Wisconsin, shaving 0.17 off the previous record (22.71) set by Joseph Bottom exactly one year ago in Honolulu, Hawaii

Tennis

Volleyball

  • Men and Women's European Volleyball Championships held in Bulgaria and won by USSR (men) and Bulgaria (women)

Water polo

Multi-sport events

Awards

References

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