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1981 in sports
See also:
1980 in sports
,
other events of 1981
,
1982 in sports
and the
list of 'years in sports'
.
Table of contents
1 Auto Racing
2 Baseball
3 Basketball
4 Boxing
5 Cycling
6 Figure Skating
7 Football (Soccer)
8 Football (American)
9 Canadian Football League
10 Golf
11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing
12 Harness Racing
13 Ice Hockey
14 Skiing
15 Tennis
16 General sporting events
17 Births
18 Deaths
Auto Racing
Stock car racing
:
Richard Petty
wins the
Daytona 500
NASCAR Championship
-
Darrell Waltrip[?]
Indianapolis 500
-
Bobby Unser[?]
CART Racing
-
Rick Mears[?]
won the season championship
Formula One Championship
-
Nelson Piquet
of
Brazil
24 hours of Le Mans
:
teammates
Jacky Ickx
/
Derek Bell[?]
won, driving a
Porsche 936
Rally racing
- the team of
Jean Ragnotti[?]
/
Jean-Marc Andrie[?]
won the
Monte Carlo Rally
driving a
Renault 5 Turbo
Drag racing
:
Gary Beck[?]
won "
Top Fuel
" at the
NHRA
World Finals
Baseball
World Series
:
Los Angeles Dodgers
win 4 games to 2 over the
New York Yankees
. The Series MVP is a tie between
Ron Cey[?]
,
Pedro Guerrero[?]
and
Steve Yeager[?]
, Los Angeles
Basketball
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
Indiana wins 63-50 over North Carolina
NBA Finals
:
Boston Celtics
won 4 games to 2 over the
Houston Rockets
Boxing
August 21
:
Salvador Sanchez
defeats
Wilfredo Gomez
by knockout in round eight to retain
boxing
's
WBC
world Featherweight title.
September 16
:
Sugar Ray Leonard
defeats
Thomas Hearns
by knockout in round 14 to unify boxing's world Welterweight title.
Cycling
Giro d'Italia
won by
Giovanni Battaglin[?]
of
Italy
Tour de France
-
Bernard Hinault[?]
of
France
1981
-
Freddy Maertens[?]
, (
Belgium
)
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
Scott Hamilton[?]
,
United States
Women's champion:
Denise Biellmann[?]
,
Switzerland
Pairs champions:
Irina Worobjewa[?]
&
Igor Lisowski[?]
,
Soviet Union
Football (
Soccer
)
England - FA Cup
:
Tottenham Hotspur
won 3-2 over
Manchester City
Football (American)
Super Bowl XV
:
Oakland Raiders
won 27-10 over the
Philadelphia Eagles
Canadian Football League
Grey Cup
:
Edmonton Eskimos
won 26-23 over the
Ottawa Rough Riders
Vanier Cup
:
Acadia Axmen[?]
won 18-12 over the
Alberta Golden Bears[?]
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters
-
Tom Watson[?]
June
-
US Open
-
David Graham[?]
July
-
British Open
-
Bill Rogers[?]
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Larry Nelson[?]
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Tom Kite[?]
- $375,699
PGA Champions Tour
leading money winner:
Miller Barber[?]
- $83,136
Ryder Cup
:
United States
won 18 1/2 to 9 1/2 over
Europe
in world team golf.
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
Pat Bradley[?]
LPGA Championship
-
Donna Caponi[?]
Beth Daniel[?]
:leading money winner on the
LPGA
tour, earning $206,977.
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
August 30
-
John Henry
becomes the first horse to win a million dollar race, the Inaugural Arlington Million, at Arlington Park, in
Chicago, Illinois
.
Australia
-
Melbourne Cup
-
Just a Dash[?]
Canada
-
Queen's Plate
-
Fiddle Dancer Boy[?]
France
-
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
-
Gold River[?]
Ireland
-
Irish Derby Stakes
-
Shergar
English Triple Crown Races
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
To-Agori-Mou[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Shergar
St. Leger Stakes
-
Cut Above[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Pleasant Colony[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Pleasant Colony[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
Summing[?]
Harness Racing
United States Pacing Triple Crown races
:
Cane Pace
-
Wildwood Jeb[?]
Little Brown Jug
-
Fan Hanover[?]
(Filly)
Messenger Stakes
-
Seahawk Hanover[?]
United States Trotting Triple Crown races
:
Hambletonian
-
Shiaway St. Pat[?]
Yonkers Trot
Kentucky Futurity
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
San Simeon[?]
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
-
New York Islanders
win 4 games to 1 over the
Minnesota North Stars
World Hockey Championship
Men's champion:
Soviet Union
defeated
Sweden
Junior Men's champion:
Sweden
defeated
Finland
Skiing
Alpine Skiing
The men's overall season champion:
Phil Mahre[?]
,
USA
The women's overall season champion:
Marie-Therese Nadig[?]
,
Switzerland
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
men's results:
Australian Open
-
Johan Kriek[?]
French Open
-
Bjorn Borg
Wimbledon championships
-
John McEnroe[?]
US Open
-
John McEnroe[?]
Grand Slam in tennis
women's results:
Australian Open
-
Martina Navratilova
French Open
-
Hana Mandlikova
Wimbledon championships
-
Chris Evert
US Open
-
Tracy Austin[?]
Davis Cup
:
United States
wins 3-1 over
Argentina
in world tennis.
General sporting events
Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]
:
Steve Davis[?]
won 18-12 over
Doug Mounjoy[?]
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion
:
Rick Swenson[?]
won with lead dogs:
Andy
&
Slick
Births
Deaths
August 17
- 33-year-old
Russian
ice hockey
superstar,
Valery Kharlamov[?]
dies in an automobile accident.
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