1986 in sports

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1986 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Years in sports: 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years: 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Alpine skiing[]

  • Alpine Skiing World Cup –
    • Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg
    • Women's overall season champion: Maria Walliser, Switzerland

American football[]

  • Super Bowl XX – the Chicago Bears (NFC) won 46–10 over the New England Patriots (AFC)
    • Location: Superdome
    • Attendance: 73,818
    • MVP: Richard Dent, DE (Chicago)
  • Linebacker Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants is named NFL Most Valuable Player Award
  • January 1 – Orange Bowl (1985 season):
  • Quarterback Vinny Testaverde of the Miami Hurricanes is awarded the Heisman Trophy

Association football[]

  • 1986 FIFA World Cup – In the final, Argentina defeated West Germany 3–2 and won their second World Cup title. It was played for the second time in Mexico City, Azteca Stadium.
  • UEFA Champions League – Steaua București 0-0 F.C. Barcelona; Steaua București won 2-0 on penalties
  • UEFA Cup –Two legs; 1st leg Real Madrid C.F. 5-1 1. FC Köln; 2nd leg 1.FC Köln 2-0 Real Madrid CF. Real Madrid CF won 5-3 on aggregate
  • Cup Winners' Cup – Dinamo Kiev 3-0 Atlético Madrid
  • Super Cup – Steaua București 1-0 Dinamo Kiev
  • Copa Libertadores de América – Two legs; 1st leg América de Cali 1-2 River Plate; 2nd leg River Plate 1-0 América. River Plate won 3-1 on aggregate
  • November 6 – Alex Ferguson is appointed manager of Manchester United F.C.
  • Milk Cup Final held at Wembley Stadium – Oxford United 3-0 QPR
  • Intercontinental Cup – River Plate 1-0 Steaua București

Australian rules football[]

Baseball[]

  • Major League Baseball
    • American League defeats the National League 3-2 in the 1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game played in Houston, Texas. Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox is named the game's Most Valuable Player.
    • All-Star Game: American League Manager Dick Howser is diagnosed with brain cancer after mixing up signals during the game.
    • Dave Righetti saves 46 games for the New York Yankees, breaking a record shared by Dan Quisenberry and Bruce Sutter.
    • October 27 – World Series – The New York Mets win 4 games to 3 over the Boston Red Sox. The series is best remembered for Game 6, when the Red Sox were one out away from the Series victory but blew a 2-run lead with the bases empty and 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th inning; the game's final play was a groundball that rolled through the legs of first baseman Bill Buckner.
  • Jeff King of the University of Arkansas is the #1 overall pick in the 1986 MLB draft selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Arizona Wildcats defeat Florida State Seminoles 10-2 in College World Series

Basketball[]

Boxing[]

  • March 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada – Marvin Hagler retains the World Middleweight Championship with an 11th-round knockout of John Mugabi.
  • May 8 to 18 – Fourth World Amateur Boxing Championships are held in Reno, United States
  • November 22 – Mike Tyson knocks out Trevor Berbick in round 2 to become the youngest world heavyweight-boxing champion at 20 years and 4 months old

Canadian football[]

  • Grey Cup – Hamilton Tiger-Cats won 39–15 over the Edmonton Eskimos
  • Vanier Cup – UBC Thunderbirds won 25–23 over the Western Ontario Mustangs

Cycling[]

Dogsled racing[]

  • Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion –
    • Susan Butcher won with lead dogs: Granite & Mattie

Field hockey[]

  • Men's World Cup held in London won by Australia
  • Women's World Cup held in Amstelveen won by the Netherlands
  • Men's Champions Trophy held in Karachi won by West Germany

Figure skating[]

  • World Figure Skating Championships –
    • Men's champion: Brian Boitano, United States
    • Ladies' champion: Debi Thomas, United States
    • Pair skating champions: Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov, Soviet Union
    • Ice dancing champions: Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin, Soviet Union

Gaelic Athletic Association[]

General[]

  • 17 October – The IOC votes that the 1992 Olympic Summer Games will be held in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Golf[]

Men's professional

  • Masters Tournament – Jack Nicklaus becomes the oldest Masters winner (age 46), and wins his last major golf championship (excluding the Senior PGA Tour).
  • U.S. Open – Raymond Floyd
  • British Open – Greg Norman
  • PGA Championship – Bob Tway
  • PGA Tour money leader – Greg Norman – $653,296
  • Senior PGA Tour money leader – Bruce Crampton – $454,299

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Harness racing[]

Horse racing[]

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey[]

  • Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers
  • Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers
  • Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 1 over the Calgary Flames
  • World Hockey Championship –
    • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden
    • Junior Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Canada

Lacrosse[]

Motorsport[]

Main articles: 1986 in motorsport and List of 1986 motorsport champions

Radiosport[]

  • Third Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Rugby league[]

Rugby union[]

Snooker[]

  • World Snooker Championship – Joe Johnson beats Steve Davis 18-12
  • World rankings – Steve Davis remains world number one for 1986/87

Swimming[]

  • The fifth FINA World Championships held in Madrid, Spain
  • June 26 – Matt Biondi clocks 22.33 to take the world record from fellow American Tom Jager (22.40) in the 50m freestyle (long course)

Tennis[]

  • Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
    1. Australian Open – no tournament held
    2. French Open – Ivan Lendl
    3. Wimbledon championships – Boris Becker
    4. US Open – Ivan Lendl
  • Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
    1. Australian Open – no tournament held
    2. French Open – Chris Evert
    3. Wimbledon championships – Martina Navratilova
    4. US Open – Martina Navratilova
  • Davis Cup – Australia won 3-2 over Sweden in world tennis.

Volleyball[]

  • Men's World Championship held in Paris won by USA
  • Women's World Championship held in Prague won by China

Water polo[]

  • Men's World Championship held in Madrid won by Yugoslavia
  • Women's World Championship held in won by Australia

Multi-sport events[]

Awards[]

  • Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Larry Bird, NBA Finals NBA basketball
  • Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Martina Navratilova, Tennis
  • Joe Paterno is named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year

References[]

  1. ^ Judith Miller (18 October 1992). "Barcelona Gets 1992 Summer Olympics". New York Times. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Our Games | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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