1985

Recap of the year 1985 in sports.

Contents 1 Artistic Gymnastics 2 Auto Racing 3 Baseball 4 Basketball 5 Boxing 6 Cricket 7 Cycling 8 Dogsled racing 9 Field Hockey 10 Figure Skating 11 Football (American) 12 Football (Australian Rules) 13 Football (Canadian) 14 Football (Soccer) 15 Gaelic Athletic Association 16 Golf 17 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 18 Harness Racing 19 Ice Hockey 20 Skiing 21 Snooker 22 Swimming 23 Tennis 24 General sporting events 25 Births 25.1 January 25.2 February 25.3 March 25.4 April 25.5 May 25.6 June 25.7 July 25.8 August 25.9 September 25.10 October 25.11 November 25.12 December 26 Deaths

[edit] Artistic Gymnastics

• World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:
  • Men's all-around champion: Yuri Korolev, USSR
  • Women's all-around champions: Oksana Omelianchik, USSR, Yelena Shushunova, USSR
  • Men's team competition champion: USSR
  • Women's team competition champion: USSR

[edit] Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Bill Elliott won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip
  • Ken Schrader enters NASCAR
• CART Racing - Al Unser Sr won the season championship
  • • Indianapolis 500 - Danny Sullivan
• Formula One Championship - Alain Prost of France
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Klaus Ludwig / Paolo Barilla / "John Winter" (Louis Krages) won, driving a Porsche 956
• Rally racing - Timo Salonen in a Peugeot won the World Rally Championship
  • the team of Ari Vatanen / Terry Harryman won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Peugeot 205T16
• Drag racing:
  • Don Garlits won the NHRA Top Fuel championship
  • Gary Beck won Top Fuel at the NHRA World Finals

[edit] Baseball

• On September 11, Pete Rose collects his 4,193rd hit to pass Ty Cobb as MLB's all-time hit leader.
• Rollie Fingers breaks Sparky Lyle's American League career record of 232 saves.
• 1985 World Series: The Kansas City Royals defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3, becoming the first team to win the World Series after losing the first two games at home.
• Books published:
  • Bill James, The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract: A seminal volume of baseball history by the leading sabermetrician of the day. He revised the book into a new edition in 2001.
• See also 1985 in baseball.

[edit] Basketball

• April 11985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament:
  • Villanova wins 66-64 over Georgetown

• NBA Draft
  • Patrick Ewing was drafted, adding the final piece of the puzzle to the NBA, increasing it's already immense popularity.

• NBA Finals:
  • Los Angeles Lakers win 4 games to 2 over the Boston Celtics

[edit] Boxing

• April 15 - The War: Marvin Hagler knocks out Thomas Hearns in three rounds to retain the world's Middleweight title.
• August 10 - Hector Camacho defeats Jose Luis Ramirez to lift the WBC's world Lightweight title.
• September 21 - Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes by a decision in 15 rounds to become the first world Light Heavyweight champion to win a world Heavyweight title.

[edit] Cricket

• Kim Hughes leads a "rebel" team of players on tour of South Africa, banned from official cricket since 1970 because of apartheid.

[edit] Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Bernard Hinault of France
• Tour de France - Bernard Hinault of France
• World Cycling Championship: Joop Zoetemelk of the Netherlands

[edit] Dogsled racing

• Libby Riddles with her lead dogs, Axle & Dugan, becomes the first woman to ever win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

[edit] Field Hockey

• Men's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Barcelona, Spain
  • Gold Medal: Spain
  • Silver Medal: New Zealand
  • Bronze Medal: Poland

• Men's Champions Trophy in Perth, Australia
  • Gold Medal: Australia
  • Silver Medal: Great Britain
  • Bronze Medal: West Germany

• Women's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Gold Medal: Soviet Union
  • Silver Medal: Argentina
  • Bronze Medal: South Korea

[edit] Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Alexander Fadeev, (Soviet Union)
  • Women's champion: Katarina Witt, (East Germany)
  • Pairs champions: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev, (Soviet Union)

[edit] Football (American)

• January 20Super Bowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers won 38-16 over the Miami Dolphins

[edit] Football (Australian Rules)

• Victorian Football League
  • Essendon wins the 89th VFL Premiership (Essendon 26.14 (170) d Hawthorn 14.8 (92))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Brad Hardie (Footscray)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: B.C. Lions win 37-24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• Vanier Cup: Calgary Dinos win 25-6 over the Western Ontario Mustangs

[edit] Football (Soccer)

• The NASL announced that it was suspending operations and hoped to return in 1986; it never did.

• England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 1-0 (aet) over Everton

[edit] Gaelic Athletic Association

• Camogie
  • All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Kilkenny
  • National Camogie League: Kilkenny

• Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Kerry 2-12 d. Dublin 2-8
  • National Football League: Monaghan 1-11 d. Armagh 0-9

• Ladies' Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
  • National Football League: Kerry

• Hurling
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Offaly 2-11 d. Galway 1-12
  • National Hurling League:

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

• Major championship results:
  1. April - The Masters - Bernhard Langer
  2. June - US Open - Andy North
  3. July - British Open - Sandy Lyle
  4. August - PGA Championship - Hubert Green

• PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Curtis Strange - $542,321
• Champions Tour leading money winner: Peter Thomson - $386,724
• Ryder Cup: Europe won 16 1/2 to 11 1/2 over the USA in world team golf

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Kathy Baker
• LPGA Championship - Nancy Lopez
• Nancy Lopez: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $416,472

[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - What A Nuisance
• Canada - Queen's Plate - La Lorgnette
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Rainbow Quest
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Law Society

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Shadeed
  2. Epsom Derby - Slip Anchor
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Oh So Sharp

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Spend a Buck
  2. Preakness Stakes - Tank's Prospect
  3. Belmont Stakes - Creme Fraiche

• Breeders' Cup:
  1. Breeders' Cup Classic - Proud Truth
  2. Breeders' Cup Distaff - Life's Magic
  3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Tasso
  4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Twilight Ridge
  5. Breeders' Cup Mile - Cozzene
  6. Breeders' Cup Sprint - Precisionist
  7. Breeders' Cup Turf - Pebbles

[edit] Harness Racing

• North America Cup - Staff Director

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Chairmanoftheboard
  2. Little Brown Jug - Nihilator
  3. Messenger Stakes - Pershing Square

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Prakas
  2. Yonkers Trot -
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Flak Bait

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Preux Chevalier
  • Trotters: Scotch Notch

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial 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: Edmonton Oilers win 4 games to 1 over the Philadelphia Flyers

• World Hockey Championship:
  • Men's champion: Czechoslovakia defeated Canada
  • Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated Czechoslovakia

[edit] Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg
  • The women's overall season champion: Michela Figini, Switzerland

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Dennis Taylor beats Steve Davis 18-17 in one of the greatest snooker matches of all time
• World rankings: Steve Davis remains world number one for 1985/86

[edit] Swimming

• First Pan Pacific Championships held in Tokyo (August 15 – August 18)

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Stefan Edberg
  2. French Open - Mats Wilander
  3. Wimbledon championships - Boris Becker
  4. US Open - Ivan Lendl

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Martina Navratilova
  2. French Open - Chris Evert
  3. Wimbledon championships - Martina Navratilova
  4. US Open - Hana Mandlikova

• Davis Cup: Sweden wins 3-2 over Germany F.R. in world team tennis.

[edit] General sporting events

• Sixth Pan Arab Games held in Rabat, Morocco

• Second World Games held in London, United Kingdom

• Thirteenth Summer Universiade held in Kobe, Japan

• Twelfth Winter Universiade held in Belluno, Italy

[edit] Births

[edit] January

• January 1 — Alex Danson, English field hockey player
• January 2 — Teng Haibin, Chinese gymnast
• January 15 — Bahodirjon Sooltonov, Uzbek boxer
• January 18 — Joel Julio, Colombian boxer
• January 28 — Libby Lenton, Australian swimmer
• January 28 — Basharmal Sultani, Afghan boxer

[edit] February

• February 3 — Celina Lemmen, Dutch swimmer
• February 5 — Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese football (soccer) player
• February 6 — Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater
• February 13 — Hedwiges Maduro, Dutch football (soccer) player
• February 28 — Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player

[edit] March

• March 11 — Anita Galić, Croatian freestyle swimmer
• March 11 — Kai Reus, Dutch cyclist
• March 15 — Mario Delač, Croatian freestyle swimmer
• March 16 — Teneal Attard, Australian field hockey player
• March 17 — Tugba Karademir, Turkish figure skater

[edit] April

• April 4 — Dudi Sela, Israeli tennis player

[edit] May

• May 2 — Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
• May 14 — Nicholas Sprenger, Australian freestyle swimmer
• May 15 — Antti Autti, Finnish snowboarder
• May 16 — Stefanie Luiken, Dutch swimmer
• May 21 — Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer
• May 21 — Susannah Harris, Australian field hockey player
• May 22 — Effiong Okon, Nigerian boxer
• May 24 — Juan Toja, Colombian Soccer Player

[edit] June

• June 4 — Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player
• June 6 — Sota Hirayama, Japanese football (soccer) player
• June 8 — Alexandre Despatie, French Canadian diver
• June 10 — Kaia Kanepi, Estonian tennis player
• June 17 — Ozge Gurler, Turkish track running athlete
• June 28 — Phillip Bardsley, English football (soccer) player
• June 30 — Michael Phelps, American swimmer

[edit] July

• July 9 — Pawel Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer

[edit] August

• August 20 — Kobie McGurk, Australian field hockey player
• August 21 — Nicolás Almagro, Spanish tennis player
• August 5 — Salomon Kalou, Ivorian football player
• August 10 — Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer
• August 18 — Inge Dekker, Dutch swimmer

[edit] September

• September 1 — Larsen Jensen, US swimmer
• September 8 — Likar Ramos Concha, Colombian boxer
• September 15 — Denis Calincov, Moldovan football (soccer) striker

[edit] October

• October 12 — Boniface Kiprop, Ugandan track and field athlete
• October 17 — Collins John, Dutch football (soccer) player
• October 23 — Sadat Tebazaalwa, Ugandan boxer
• October 24 — Wayne Rooney, English football (soccer) player

[edit] November

• November 11 — Robin Uthappa, Indian cricketer
• November 20 — Caitlin McClatchey, Scottish swimmer
• November 30 — Madonna Blyth, Australian field hockey player

[edit] December

• December 3 — László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer
• December 15 — Jolly Katongole, Ugandan boxer

[edit] Deaths

• August 12 — Manfred Winkelhock, auto racing driver
• November 13 — Pelle Lindbergh, NHL goaltender Philadelphia Flyers
• December 14 — Roger Maris, MLB player

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