1998 in sports

1998 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

American football

Artistic gymnastics

Association football

Athletics

Australian rules football

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

  • May 17 to May 24 – 32nd European Amateur Boxing Championships held at Minsk, Belarus
  • June 27 – Shane Mosley stopped Wilfrido Ruiz in the 5th round to retain the IBF Lightweight Championship

Canadian football

Curling

  • Curling makes its Winter Olympics debut:
    • Men's Gold: Switzerland wins 9–3 over Canada
    • Women's Gold: Canada wins 7–5 over Denmark

Cycling

Dogsled racing

Field hockey

  • Men's World Cup: Netherlands
  • Men's Commonwealth Games: Australia
  • Men's Champions Trophy: Netherlands
  • Women's World Cup: Australia
  • Women's Commonwealth Games: Australia

Figure skating

Floorball

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

Gaelic Athletic Association

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Handball

  • Men's European Championship: Sweden
  • Women's European Championship: Norway

Harness racing

  • North America Cup – Straight Path
  • United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
    1. Cane Pace – Shady Character
    2. Little Brown Jug – Shady Character
    3. Messenger Stakes – Fit For Life
  • United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
    1. Hambletonian – Muscles Yankee
    2. Yonkers Trot – Muscles Yankee
    3. Kentucky Futurity – Trade Balance
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Our Sir Vancelot
    • Trotters: Buster Hanover

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey

Lacrosse

Mixed martial arts

The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 1998 in chronological order.

Rugby league

  • 1998 NRL season
    • 1998 NRL grand final
  • Super League III
    • 1998 Super League Grand Final
  • 1998 State of Origin series
  • 1998 New Zealand season
    • 1998 New Zealand tour of Great Britain
  • 1997–98 French Championship season
  • 1998–99 French Championship season

Rugby union

Snooker

Swimming

  • Eighth FINA World Championships, held in Perth, Australia (January 8 – 17)
  • Second European SC Championships, held in Sheffield, United Kingdom (December 11 – December 13)
  • December 1 – American swimmer Jenny Thompson breaks her own world record in the women's 100m butterfly (short course): 56:90
  • December 13 – Mark Foster twice breaks the world record in the men's 50m freestyle (short course) during the European SC Championships in Sheffield, clocking 21.31 eventually.

Tennis

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

Volleyball

  • Men's World Championship: Italy
  • Women's World Championship: Cuba

Water polo

Weightlifting

  • The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15.

Multi-sport events

Awards

References

  1. "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. "Our Games | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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