1980 in sports

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Years: 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

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[]

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[]

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

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 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[]

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[]

Gaelic Athletic Association[]

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

Women's professional

Harness racing[]

Horse racing[]

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey[]

Motorsport[]

Main articles: 1980 in motorsport and List of 1980 motorsport champions

Olympic Games[]

  • 1980 Summer Olympics takes place in Moscow, USSR (July 19 - August 8)
    • 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[]

Rugby union[]

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 , 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 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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