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1997 in sports
See also:
1996 in sports
,
other events of 1997
,
1998 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
:
Jeff Gordon[?]
is the youngest driver ever to win the
Daytona 500
NASCAR Championship
-
Jeff Gordon[?]
Indy Racing League
-
Indianapolis 500
-
Arie Luyendyk
CART Racing
-
Alex Zanardi[?]
won the season championship
Formula One Championship
-
Jacques Villeneuve
of
Canada
24 hours of Le Mans
: the team of
Michele Alboreto[?]
/
Stefan Johansson[?]
/
Tom Kristensen[?]
won, driving a
TWR-Porsche[?]
Rally racing
- the team of
Piero Liatti[?]
/
Fabrizia Pons[?]
won the
Monte Carlo Rally
driving a
Subaru Impreza WRC97
Drag racing
-
Gary Scelzi[?]
won the
NHRA
"
Top Fuel
" championship.
Baseball
World Series
:
Florida Marlins
won 4 games to 3 over the
Cleveland Indians
. The Series MVP was
Livan Hernandez[?]
, Florida
Basketball
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
Arizona wins 84-79 over Kentucky
NBA Finals
:
Chicago Bulls
earn their second repeat of the decade as they beat the
Utah Jazz
4 games to 2 (see
Steve Kerr
).
Boxing
January 18
-
Las Vegas, Nevada
-
Oscar De La Hoya
maintained his World Boxing Council super lightweight title in with a 12-round unanimous decision over
Miguel Angel Gonzalez[?]
.
June 28
-
Mike Tyson
bites off a piece of the ear of
Evander Holyfield
in the third round of their
WBA
Heavyweight title fight, getting disqualified by referee
Mills Lane
.
Cycling
Giro d'Italia
won by
Ivan Gotti[?]
of
Italy
Tour de France
-
Jan Ullrich[?]
of
Germany
World Cycling Championship
:
Laurent Brochard[?]
of
France
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
Elvis Stojko
,
Canada
Women's champion:
Tara Lipinski
,
United States
Pairs champions:
Mandy Wötzel[?]
&
Ingo Steuer[?]
,
Germany
Football (
Soccer
)
England - FA Cup
:
Chelsea
won 2-0 over
Middlesbrough[?]
Football (American)
Super Bowl XXXI
:
Green Bay Packers
won 35-21 over the
New England Patriots
Canadian Football League
Grey Cup
:
Toronto Argonauts
won 47-23 over the
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Vanier Cup
:
UBC Thunderbirds[?]
win 39-23 over the
Ottawa Gee Gees[?]
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters
-
Tiger Woods
June
-
US Open
-
Ernie Els
July
-
British Open
-
Justin Leonard[?]
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Davis Love III[?]
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Tiger Woods
- $2,066,833
PGA Champions Tour
leading money winner:
Hale Irwin[?]
- $2,343,364
Ryder Cup
:
Europe
won 14 1/2-13 1/2 over the
United States
in world team golf.
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
Alison Nicholas[?]
LPGA Championship
-
Chris Johnson[?]
Annika Sörenstam
: leading money winner on the
LPGA
tour, earning $1,236,789.
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Australia
-
Melbourne Cup
-
Might And Power[?]
Canada
-
Queen's Plate
-
Awesome Again[?]
France
-
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
-
Peintre Célèbre[?]
Ireland
-
Irish Derby Stakes
-
Desert King[?]
English Triple Crown Races
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Entrepreneur[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Benny the Dip[?]
St. Leger Stakes
-
Silver Patriarch[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Silver Charm[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Silver Charm[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
Touch Gold[?]
Harness Racing
North America Cup
-
Gothic Dream[?]
Western Dreamer[?]
won the
United States Pacing Triple Crown races
:
Cane Pace
-
Western Dreamer[?]
Little Brown Jug
-
Western Dreamer[?]
Messenger Stakes
-
Western Dreamer[?]
United States Trotting Triple Crown races
:
Hambletonian
-
Malabar Man[?]
Yonkers Trot
-
Lord Stormont[?]
Kentucky Futurity
-
Take Chances[?]
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Our Sir Vancelot[?]
Trotters:
Pride Of Petite[?]
Ice Hockey
Art Ross Memorial Trophy
as the
NHL
's leading scorer during the regular season:
Mario Lemieux
,
Pittsburgh Penguins
Hart Memorial Trophy
for the
NHL
's Most Valuable Player:
Dominik Hasek[?]
of the
Buffalo Sabres
Stanley Cup
-
Detroit Red Wings
win 4 games to 0 over the
Philadelphia Flyers
World Hockey Championship
Men's champion:
Canada
defeated
Sweden
Junior Men's champion:
Finland
defeated
Russia
Women's champion:
Canada
defeated the
United States
Skiing
Alpine Skiing
The men's overall season champion:
Luc Alphand[?]
,
France
The women's overall season champion:
Pernilla Wiberg
,
Sweden
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
men's results:
Australian Open
-
Pete Sampras
French Open
-
Gustavo Kuerten[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Pete Sampras
US Open
-
Patrick Rafter
Grand Slam in tennis
women's results:
Australian Open
-
Martina Hingis
French Open
-
Iva Majoli[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Martina Hingis
US Open
-
Martina Hingis
Davis Cup
:
Sweden
won 5-0 over the
United States
in world tennis.
General sporting events
Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]
:
Ken Doherty[?]
won 18-12 over
Stephen Hendry[?]
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion
:
Martin Buser[?]
won with lead dogs:
Blondie
&
Fearless
Births
Deaths
March 21
-
John Nemechek[?]
27,
NASCAR
race driver
September 9
-
Richie Ashburn
,
Major League Baseball
player
November 14
-
Eddie Arcaro
, only jockey to win two
Triple Crowns
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