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




Alpine skiing


Alpine Skiing World Cup:
Men's overall season champion: Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein
Women's overall season champion: Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein
January 12 – Canada's Ken Read, the leader of the "Crazy Canucks" ski team, wins the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel, Austria, becoming the second North American to ever win the classic race.




American football


January 20 − Super Bowl XIV: the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) won 31–19 over the Los Angeles Rams (NFC)
Location: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 103,985
MVP: Terry Bradshaw, QB (Pittsburgh)
Sugar Bowl (1979 season):
The Alabama Crimson Tide won 24–9 over the Arkansas Razorbacks to claim the college football national championship
December 21: The New Orleans Saints became the NFL's first ever 1-15 team




Association football


European Championship – West Germany 2–1 Belgium
European Cup – Nottingham Forest 1–0 Hamburg
UEFA Cup – 2 legs, Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt; Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach, 3–3 on aggregate, Frankfurt win on away goals
Cup Winners' Cup – Valencia 0–0 Arsenal (AET), Valencia won 5–4 on penalties
England – FA Cup – West Ham United won 1–0 over Arsenal
Newport County AFC win Welsh Cup for first time.




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


Victorian Football League
Richmond wins the 84th VFL Premiership (Richmond 23.21 (159) d Collingwood 9.24 (78))
Brownlow Medal awarded to Kelvin Templeton (Footscray)




Baseball



September 18 – Outfielder Gary Ward become the sixth Minnesota Twins player to hit for the cycle. The Twins lose 9–8 to the Milwaukee Brewers, wasting Ward's effort. On May 26, 2004 his son, Daryle Ward, will repeat the feat guiding the Pirates' 11–8 victory over the Cardinals. Ward joined his father to become the first father-son combination in major league history to hit for the cycle.
Rollie Fingers breaks Hoyt Wilhelm's major league record of 250 saves
1980 World Series – The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League end 97 years of frustration by defeating the American League champion Kansas City Royals four games to two, for the Phillies' first-ever World Championship.
Japan's Sadaharu Oh retires from the Yomiuri Giants as the all time professional baseball home run king.




Basketball


NBA Finals

Los Angeles Lakers win four games to two over the Philadelphia 76ers
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


Grey Cup – Edmonton Eskimos win 48–10 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Vanier Cup – Alberta Golden Bears win 40–21 over the Ottawa Gee-Gees




Cycling


Giro d'Italia won by Bernard Hinault of France
Tour de France – Joop Zoetemelk of the Netherlands
UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Bernard Hinault of France




Disc sports


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




Dog sledding


Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion –
Joe May won with lead dogs: Wilbur & Cora Gray




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


Camogie
All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork
National Camogie League: Kilkenny
Gaelic football
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Kerry 1–9 died Roscommon 1–6
National Football League – Cork 0–11 died Kerry 0–10
Ladies' Gaelic football
All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Tipperary
National Football League: Kerry
Hurling
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship – Galway 2–15 died Limerick 3–9
National Hurling League – Cork 2–10 4–15 beat Limerick 2–10 4–6




Golf


Men's professional

The Senior PGA Tour (now called Champions Tour) is founded.
Masters Tournament – Seve Ballesteros
U.S. Open – Jack Nicklaus
British Open – Tom Watson
PGA Championship – Jack Nicklaus
PGA Tour money leader – Tom Watson – $530,808
Senior PGA Tour – money leader – Don January – $44,100
Men's amateur

British Amateur – Duncan Evans
U.S. Amateur – Hal Sutton
Women's professional

LPGA Championship – Sally Little
U.S. Women's Open – Amy Alcott
Classique Peter Jackson Classic – Pat Bradley
LPGA Tour money leader – Beth Daniel – $231,000




Harness racing


Superhorse, Niatross wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
Cane Pace – Niatross
Little Brown Jug – Niatross
Messenger Stakes – Niatross
United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
Hambletonian – Burgomeister
Yonkers Trot – Nevele Impulse
Kentucky Futurity – Final Score
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
Pacers: Koala King
Trotters: Hano Direct




Horse racing


Steeplechases

Cheltenham Gold Cup – Master Smudge
Grand National – Ben Nevis
Flat races

Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Beldale Ball
Canada – Queen's Plate won by Driving Home
France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Detroit
Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Tyrnavos
English Triple Crown Races:
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Known Fact
The Derby – Henbit
St. Leger Stakes – Light Cavalry
United States Triple Crown Races:
Kentucky Derby – Genuine Risk
Preakness Stakes – Codex
Belmont Stakes – Temperance Hill




Ice hockey


New York Islanders win Stanley Cup on Bobby Nystrom's overtime goal in Game 6 of the Finals over the Philadelphia Flyers.
The United States men's ice hockey team defeats the Soviet Union en route to the gold medal in what is known as the Miracle on Ice.




Motorsport






Olympic Games


1980 Summer Olympics takes place in Moscow, USSR (July 19 - August 3)
USSR wins the most medals (195), and the most gold medals (80).
1980 Winter Olympics takes place in Lake Placid, United States (February 13 - February 24)
GDR wins the most medals (23), and the USSR wins the most gold medals (10).




Radiosport


First Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championships held in Cetniewo, Poland.




Rugby league


8 July – The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park
1980 European Rugby League Championship
1980 New Zealand rugby league season
1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season
1980 NSWRFL season
1980–81 Rugby Football League season
1980 Tooth Cup




Rugby union


86th Five Nations Championship series is won by England who complete the Grand Slam




Snooker


World Snooker Championship – Cliff Thorburn beats Alex Higgins 18–16, becoming the first non-UK player to win the title
World rankings – Ray Reardon remains world number one for 1980/81




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


April 16 - Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
Australian Open – Brian Teacher
French Open – Björn Borg
Wimbledon championships – Björn Borg
U.S. Open – John McEnroe
Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
Australian Open – Hana Mandlíková
French Open – Chris Evert
Wimbledon championships – Evonne Goolagong Cawley
U.S. Open – Chris Evert
Davis Cup World tennis – Czechoslovakia defeated Italy 4–1.




Water polo


Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics won by USSR




Yacht racing


The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Freedom defeats challenger Australia, of the Royal Perth Yacht Club, 4 races to 1




Awards


ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – U.S. Olympic hockey team, Amateur Ice Hockey
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Chris Evert, Tennis




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