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1985 год в спорте описывает события года в мировом спорте.

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]

  • April 1NCAA 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 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.
  • A first game of Liga Nacional de Basket, a professional basketball league of Argentina on April 26.[citation needed]

Boxing[edit]

  • April 15 – The War: Marvin Hagler knocks out Thomas Hearns in three rounds to retain the world's Middleweight title.
  • August 10 – Héctor Camacho defeats José Luis Ramírez 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

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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 –

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

  • British Amateur – Garth McGimpsey
  • U.S. Amateur – Sam Randolph

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 –
    1. Cane Pace – Chairmanoftheboard
    2. Little Brown Jug – Nihilator
    3. Messenger Stakes – Pershing Square
  • United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
    1. Hambletonian – Prakas
    2. Yonkers Trot -
    3. Kentucky Futurity – Flak Bait
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Preux Chevalier
    • Trotters: Scotch Notch

Horse racing[edit]

Steeplechases

  • Cheltenham Gold Cup – Forgive 'n Forget
  • Grand National – Last Suspect

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
    3. St. Leger Stakes – Oh So Sharp
  • United States Triple Crown Races:
    1. Kentucky Derby – Spend a Buck
    2. Preakness Stakes – Tank's Prospect
    3. Belmont Stakes – Creme Fraiche
  • Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:
    1. Breeders' Cup Classic – Proud Truth
    2. Breeders' Cup Distaff – Life's Magic
    3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Tasso
    4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Twilight Ridge
    5. Breeders' Cup Mile – Cozzene
    6. Breeders' Cup Sprint – Precisionist
    7. Breeders' Cup Turf – Pebbles

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]

  • 1985 National Panasonic Cup
  • 1985 New Zealand rugby league season
  • 1985 NSWRL season
  • 1984–85 Rugby Football League season / 1985–86 Rugby Football League season
  • 1985 State of Origin series
  • 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup

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.

Tennis[edit]

  • Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
    1. Australian Open – Stefan Edberg
    2. French Open – Mats Wilander
    3. Wimbledon championships – Boris Becker
    4. US Open – Ivan Lendl
  • Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
    1. Australian Open – Martina Navratilova
    2. French Open – Chris Evert
    3. Wimbledon championships – Martina Navratilova
    4. US Open – Hana Mandlíková
  • Davis Cup – Sweden wins 3-2 over Germany F.R. in world team tennis.

Volleyball[edit]

  • Men and Women's European Volleyball Championships held in the Netherlands: both men's and women's tournaments won by USSR

Water polo[edit]

  • 1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup held in Duisburg won by West Germany
  • 1985 Men's European Water Polo Championship held in Sofia, Bulgaria won by USSR
  • 1985 Women's European Water Polo Championship held in Oslo, Norway won by the Netherlands

Multi-sport events[edit]

  • Sixth Pan Arab Games held in Rabat, Morocco
  • Second World Games held in London, United Kingdom
  • Thirteenth Summer Universiade held in Kobe, Japan
  • Twelfth Winter Universiade held in Belluno, Italy

Awards[edit]

  • Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Dwight Gooden, Major League Baseball
  • Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Nancy Lopez, LPGA golf
  • ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the year: Pete Rose Major League Baseball

References[edit]