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1985 in sports
See also:
1984 in sports
,
other events of 1985
,
1986 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
:
Bill Elliott[?]
won the
Daytona 500
NASCAR Championship
-
Darrell Waltrip[?]
Indianapolis 500
-
Danny Sullivan[?]
CART Racing
-
Al Unser[?]
won the season championship
Formula One Championship
-
Alain Prost
of
France
24 hours of Le Mans
: the team of
Klaus Ludwig[?]
/
Paolo Barilla[?]
/
John Winter[?]
won, driving a
Porsche 956
Rally racing
- 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
Baseball
World Series
: The
Kansas City Royals
defeat the
St. Louis Cardinals
4 games to 3, becoming the first team to come back from a 3 to 0 deficit to win a series in baseball.
Basketball
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
Villanova wins 66-64 over Georgetown
NBA Finals
:
Los Angeles Lakers
win 4 games to 2 over the
Boston Celtics
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.
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
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
Alexander Fadejew[?]
, (
Soviet Union
)
Women's champion:
Katarina Witt
, (
Germany
)
Pairs champions:
Jelena Walowa[?]
&
Oleg Wassiljew[?]
, (
Soviet Union
)
Football (
Soccer
)
England - FA Cup
:
Manchester United
won 1-0 (aet) over
Everton
Football (American)
Super Bowl XIX
:
San Francisco 49ers
won 38-16 over the
Miami Dolphins
Canadian Football League
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[?]
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters
-
Bernhard Langer[?]
June
-
US Open
-
Andy North[?]
July
-
British Open
-
Sandy Lyle[?]
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Hubert Green[?]
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Curtis Strange[?]
- $542,321
PGA 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
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
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Shadeed[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Slip Anchor[?]
St. Leger Stakes
-
Oh So Sharp[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Spend a Buck[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Tank's Prospect[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
Creme Fraiche[?]
Harness Racing
North America Cup
-
Staff Director[?]
United States Pacing Triple Crown races
:
Cane Pace
-
Chairmanoftheboard[?]
Little Brown Jug
-
Nihilator[?]
Messenger Stakes
-
Pershing Square[?]
United States Trotting Triple Crown races
:
Hambletonian
-
Prakas[?]
Yonkers Trot
-
Kentucky Futurity
-
Flak Bait[?]
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Preux Chevalier[?]
Trotters:
Scotch Notch[?]
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
Skiing
Alpine Skiing
The men's overall season champion:
Marc Girardelli[?]
,
Luxembourg
The women's overall season champion:
Michela Figini[?]
,
Switzerland
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
men's results:
Australian Open
-
Stefan Edberg[?]
French Open
-
Mats Wilander
Wimbledon championships
-
Boris Becker
US Open
-
Ivan Lendl[?]
Grand Slam in tennis
women's results:
Australian Open
-
Martina Navratilova
French Open
-
Chris Evert
Wimbledon championships
-
Martina Navratilova
US Open
-
Hana Mandlikova
Davis Cup
:
Sweden
wins 3-2 over
Germany F.R.
in world team tennis.
General sporting events
Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]
:
Dennis Taylor[?]
won 18-17 over
Steve Davis[?]
Libby Riddles[?]
with her lead dogs,
Axle
&
Dugan
, becomes the first woman to ever win the
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Births
Deaths
August 12
-
Manfred Winkelhock
, auto racing driver
November 13
-
Pelle Lindbergh[?]
,
NHL
goaltender
Philadelphia Flyers
December 14
-
Roger Maris[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player
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