1985 in sports

1985 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing [ edit ]

Alpine Skiing World Cup :
- Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli , Luxembourg
- Women's overall season champion: Michela Figini , Switzerland

American football [ edit ]

Super Bowl XIX ? the San Francisco 49ers (NFC) won 38?16 over the Miami Dolphins (AFC)
- Location: Stanford Stadium
- Attendance: 84,059
- MVP: Joe Montana , QB (San Francisco)
Baltimore Stars win USFL Championship 28-24 over Oakland Invaders

Artistic gymnastics [ edit ]

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

Association football [ edit ]

NASL announces suspension of operations and hopes to return in 1986. It never did.
England ? FA Cup ? Manchester United won 1-0 (aet) over Everton . Kevin Moran of MU receives first-ever red card in an FA Cup final.
Everton are crowned English champions for the eighth time, setting a then record points total for a 42-game programme under three points for a win.

Australian rules football [ edit ]

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 )

Baseball [ edit ]

Cincinnati Reds ' player/manager Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb 's All-Time Hit Record of 4,191 hits. Rose's record-breaking single was off of San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Show ( September 11 )
Tom Seaver of the Chicago White Sox and Phil Niekro of the New York Yankees become the 17th and 18th pitchers to join the 300 win club on August 4 and October 6 respectively.
Rollie Fingers breaks Sparky Lyle 's American League career record of 232 saves.
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 .

Basketball [ edit ]

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship ?
- Villanova wins 66-64 over Georgetown
NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship
- Old Dominion wins 70?65 over Georgia
National Basketball Association
- 1985 NBA All-Star Game
- 1985 NBA draft
- NBA Finals
  - Los Angeles Lakers win 4 games to 2 over the Boston Celtics
- Team moves
  - Kansas City Kings franchise moves, 1985?86 NBA season first Sacramento Kings season.
National Basketball League (Australia) Finals :
- Brisbane Bullets defeated the Adelaide 36ers 121-95 in the final.
United States Basketball League ( USBL ) was founded
Michael Jordan competes in his first dunk contest, wearing the first edition of his now famous line of "Air" Jordan basketball shoes.
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Boxing [ edit ]

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.

Canadian football [ edit ]

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

Cricket [ edit ]

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

Cycling [ edit ]

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

Dogsled racing [ edit ]

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

Field hockey [ edit ]

Men's Champions Trophy held in Perth , Western Australia, won by Australia

Figure skating [ edit ]

World Figure Skating Championships ?
- Men's champion: Alexander Fadeev , Soviet Union
- Ladies' champion: Katarina Witt , East Germany
- Pair skating champions: Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev , Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin , Soviet Union

Gaelic Athletic Association [ edit ]

Camogie
- All-Ireland Camogie Champion : Kilkenny
- National Camogie League : Kilkenny
Gaelic football
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship ? Kerry 2-12 died Dublin 2-8
- National Football League ? Monaghan 1-11 died 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 died Galway 1-12
- National Hurling League ? Limerick 3?12 beat Clare 1?7

Golf [ edit ]

Men's professional

Masters Tournament ? Bernhard Langer
U.S. Open ? Andy North
British Open ? Sandy Lyle
PGA Championship ? Hubert Green
PGA Tour money leader ? Curtis Strange ? $542,321
Senior PGA Tour money leader ? Peter Thomson ? $386,724
Ryder Cup ? Europe won 16½ to 11½ over the United States in team golf.

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Nabisco Dinah Shore ? Alice Miller
LPGA Championship ? Nancy Lopez
U.S. Women's Open ? Kathy Baker
Classique du Maurier Classic ? Pat Bradley
LPGA Tour money leader ? Nancy Lopez ? $416,472

Harness racing [ edit ]

North America Cup ? Staff Director
United States Pacing Triple Crown races ?
United States Trotting Triple Crown races ?
1. Hambletonian ? Prakas
2. Yonkers Trot - Master Willie
3. Kentucky Futurity ? Flak Bait
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship ?
- Pacers: Preux Chevalier
- Trotters: Scotch Notch

Horse racing [ edit ]

Steeplechases

Flat races

Australia ? Melbourne Cup won by What A Nuisance
Canada ? Queen's Plate won by La Lorgnette
France ? Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Rainbow Quest
Ireland ? Irish Derby Stakes won by Law Society
Japan ? Japan Cup won by Symboli Rudolf
English Triple Crown Races :
1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes ? Shadeed
2. The Derby ? Slip Anchor ^[1]
3. St. Leger Stakes ? Oh So Sharp
United States Triple Crown Races :
Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:

Ice hockey [ edit ]

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 ? 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

Motorsport [ edit ]

Rugby league [ edit ]

Rugby union [ edit ]

91st Five Nations Championship series is won by Ireland

Snooker [ edit ]

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

Swimming [ edit ]

First Pan Pacific Championships held in Tokyo (August 15 ? August 18)
July 21 ? Switzerland's Dano Halsall swims a world record in the 50m freestyle (long course) at a swimming meet in Bellinzona , shaving off 0.02 of the previous record (22.54) set by USA's Robin Leamy four years ago: 22.52 .
December 6 ? USA's Tom Jager takes the world record from Dano Halsall (22.52) in the 50m freestyle (long course) at a swimming meet in Austin, Texas , clocking 22.40 .