1984 in sports

Table of contents

1 Auto Racing 2 Baseball 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Cycling 6 Field Hockey 7 Figure Skating 8 Football (Soccer) 9 Football (American) 10 Canadian Football League 11 Golf 12 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 13 Harness Racing 14 Ice Hockey 15 Skiing 16 Tennis 17 General sporting events 18 Births 19 Deaths

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • NASCAR Championship - Terry Labonte
  • Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500
  • Richard Petty won the 200th (and final) race of his career on July 4.
• CART Racing - Mario Andretti won the season championship
  • Indianapolis 500 - Rick Mears
• Formula One Championship - Niki Lauda of Austria
• 24 hours of Le Mans:
  • the team of Klaus Ludwig / Henri Pescarolo won, driving a Porsche 956
• Rally racing - Stig Blomqvist in an Audi won the World Rally Championship
  • the team of Walter Rohrl / Christian Geistdorfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving an Audi Quattro
• Drag racing - Joe Amato won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.

• World Series: - Detroit Tigers win 4 games to 1 over the San Diego Padres

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Georgetown wins 84-75 over Houston

• NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics won 4 games to 3 over the Los Angeles Lakers

• Central Missouri State University won the NCAA Division II men's and women's basketball titles, becoming the first school ever in any division to accomplish the feat. The University of Connecticut would do the same in Division I in 2004.

• March 31 - Wilfredo Gomez defeats Juan Laporte by a decision in 12 rounds to conquer the WBC's world Featherweight crown.
• June 15 - In the most anticipated bout of the year, Thomas Hearns, WBC world Jr. Middleweight champion, knocks out WBA world champion Roberto Duran in two rounds. The WBA elects not to sanction the bout, declaring their version of the title vacant instead.

• Giro d'Italia won by Francesco Moser of Italy
• Tour de France - Laurent Fignon of France
• World Cycling Championship: Claude Criquielion of Belgium

• December 1 - 8: Sixth Men's Champions Trophy held for the 5th time in 6 editions in Pakistan in Karachi won again by Australia. Hosts Pakistan finish 2nd again.

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Scott Hamilton, (United States)
  • Women's champion: Katarina Witt, (Germany)
  • Pairs champions: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini, (Canada)

• European Championship: Final: France 2-0 Spain; Hosts: France
• Champions' Cup: Liverpool F.C 1-1 A.S. Roma; Liverpool won 4-2 on penalties after extra time.
• UEFA Cup: Two legs; 1st leg R.S.C. Anderlecht 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur F.C; 2nd leg Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 1-1 RSC Anderlecht; 2-2 on aggregate, Tottenham won 4-2 on penalties
• Cup Winners' Cup: Juventus 2-1 FC Porto
• Super Cup: Juventus 2-0 Liverpool F.C
• Copa Libertadores de América: Two legs; 1st leg Grêmio 0-1 Independiente; 2nd leg Independiente 0-0 Grêmio; Independiente won 1-0 on aggregate
• League champions
  • Argentina: Ferro Carril Oeste (Nacional), Argentinos Juniors (Metropolitano)
  • Brazil: Fluminense Football Club (Campeonato Brasileiro)
  • England: Liverpool F.C
  • France: Girondins de Bordeaux
  • Italy: Juventus
  • Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
  • Portugal: SL Benfica
  • Scotland: Aberdeen F.C
  • Spain: Athletic Club de Bilbao
  • West Germany: VfB Stuttgart
• England - FA Cup: Everton win 2-0 against Watford

• Super Bowl XVIII: Los Angeles Raiders won 38-9 over the Washington Redskins

• Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers won 47-17 over the Hamilton Tiger Cats
• Vanier Cup: Guelph Gryphons won 22-13 over the Mount Allison Mounties

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Ben Crenshaw
  2. June - US Open - Fuzzy Zoeller
  3. July - British Open - Seve Ballesteros
  4. August - PGA Championship - Lee Trevino

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Tom Watson - $476,260
• PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Don January - $328,597

• US Women's Open - Hollis Stacy
• LPGA Championship - Patty Sheehan
• Betsy King: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $266,771

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Black Knight
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Key to the Moon
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sagace
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - El Gran Senor

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - El Gran Senor
  2. Epsom Derby - Secreto
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Commanche Run

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Swale
  2. Preakness Stakes - Gate Dancer
  3. Belmont Stakes - Swale

• North America Cup - the inaugural event won by Legal Notice

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - On The Road Again
  2. Little Brown Jug - Colt Fortysix
  3. Messenger Stakes - Troublemaker

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Historic Freight
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Fancy Crown

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Gammalite
  • Trotters: Sir Castleton

• 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 won 4 games to 1 over the New York Islanders

• World Hockey Championship:
  • Men's champion: (vacant) - the USSR won the Olympic Gold Medal
  • Junior Men's champion: USSR defeated Finland

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland
  • The women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland
• At the Winter Olympics, Bill Johnson becomes the 1st American to win the gold medal in downhill skiing.

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

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

• Davis Cup: Sweden wins 4-1 over the United States in world tennis.

• February 8 - 1984 Winter Olympics open in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Dean Osmar won with lead dogs: Red & Bullet

• July 28 - 1984 Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles, California

• Embassy World Snooker Championship:
  • Steve Davis won 18-16 over Jimmy White

• December 30 - LeBron James, NBA star

• January 19 - Max Bentley, ice hockey star, Chicago Blackhawks (1940-1954)
• April 27 - Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player
• June 17 - Swale, race horse and the Kentucky Derby winner, collapses & dies
• August 25 - Waite Hoyt, Major League Baseball pitcher, (1918-1938)
• October 1 - Walter Alston, manager of baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers
• September 7 - Joe Cronin, Major League Baseball player/executive, (1926-1945)