1997 in sports

1997 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

  • Alpine Skiing World Cup

American football

Artistic gymnastics

Association football

Athletics

Australian football

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

  • January 18 – Oscar De La Hoya maintained his World Boxing Council super lightweight title in with a 12–round unanimous decision over Miguel Ángel González in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • May 13 – death of Eduard Zakharov (22), Russian boxer
  • June 28 – Mike Tyson bites off a piece of the ear of Evander Holyfield in the third round of their WBA Heavyweight title fight, getting disqualified by referee Mills Lane.
  • July 9 – Mike Tyson's boxing license is suspended for at least a year and he is fined $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield's ear in a televised match.
  • October 18 to October 26 – World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Budapest, Hungary

Canadian football

Cricket

  • The Ashes – Australia win the six test series 3–2
  • ICC TrophyBangladesh
  • Women's Cricket World Cup – Australia beat New Zealand by five wickets
  • County Championship (England and Wales) won by Glamorgan

Cycling

Dogsled racing

Field hockey

Figure skating

Floorball

  • Women's World Floorball Championships
    • Champion: Sweden
  • European Cup
    • Men's champion: Fornudden IB
    • Women's champion: Högdalens AIS

Gaelic Athletic Association

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Handball

Harness racing

  • North America Cup – Gothic Dream
  • Western Dreamer won the United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
    1. Cane Pace – Western Dreamer
    2. Little Brown Jug – Western Dreamer
    3. Messenger Stakes – Western Dreamer
  • United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
    1. Hambletonian – Malabar Man
    2. Yonkers Trot – Lord Stormont
    3. Kentucky Futurity – Take Chances
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Our Sir Vancelot
    • Trotters: Pride Of Petite

Horse racing

  • The Grand National Saturday meeting was abandoned after two coded bomb threats were received, causing evacuation of the course. The race was eventually run on the following Monday.

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey

Lacrosse

Mixed martial arts

The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 1997 in chronological order.

Radiosport

Rowing

  • McGill University Rowing Club wins the inaugural McGill-Queen's Challenge Boat Race.

Rugby league

Rugby union

Snooker

Swimming

  • March 28 – Japan's Ayari Aoyama breaks Misty Hyman's world record in the Women's 100m Butterfly (short course): 58:24
  • Third World Short Course Championships, held in Gothenburg, Sweden (April 17 – 20)
    • April 19 – U.S.–swimmer Jenny Thompson breaks Ayari Aoyama's world record in the Women's 100m Butterfly (short course): 57:79
    • April 20 – Australia wins the most medals (17), and the most gold medals (9)
  • 23rd European LC Championships, held in Seville, Spain (August 19 – 24)
    • Germany wins the most medals (19), and the most gold medals (8)
  • XIX Summer Universiade, held on Sicily, Italy (August 24 – 30)

Taekwondo

  • World Championships held in Hong Kong

Tennis

Volleyball

  • Men's World League: Italy
  • Women's World Grand Prix: Russia
  • Men's European Championship: Netherlands
  • Women's European Championship: Russia

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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