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1986 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

• Alpine Skiing World Cup –
  • Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg
  • Women's overall season champion: Maria Walliser, Switzerland

American football

• Super Bowl XX – Chicago Bears won 46-10 over the New England Patriots

Association football

• 1986 World Cup – In the final, played for second time in Mexico City, Azteca Stadium, Argentina defeated West Germany 3-2 and won their second World Cup title.
• UEFA Champions League – Steaua Bucuresti 0-0 F.C. Barcelona; Steaua Bucuresti won 2-0 on penalties
• UEFA Cup –Two legs; 1st leg Real Madrid C.F. 5-1 1. FC Köln; 2nd leg 1.FC Köln 2-0 Real Madrid CF. Real Madrid CF won 5-3 on aggregate
• Cup Winners' Cup – Dinamo Kiev 3-0 Atlético Madrid
• Super Cup – Steaua Bucuresti 1-0 Dinamo Kiev
• Copa Libertadores de América – Two legs; 1st leg América de Cali 1-2 River Plate; 2nd leg River Plate 1-0 América. River Plate won 3-1 on aggregate
• November 6 - Alex Ferguson is appointed manager of Manchester United F.C.
• Milk Cup Final held at Wembley Stadium – Oxford United 3-0 QPR

Australian rules football

• Victorian Football League
  • Hawthorn wins the 90th VFL Premiership (Hawthorn 16.14 (110) d Carlton 9.14 (68))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Greg Williams (Sydney Swans) and Robert DiPierdomenico (Hawthorn)
  • The national draft is held for the first time.

Baseball

• All-Star Game: American League Manager Dick Howser is diagnosed with brain cancer after mixing up signals during the game.
• Dave Righetti saves 46 games for the New York Yankees, breaking a record shared by Dan Quisenberry and Bruce Sutter.
• October 27 - World Series – The New York Mets win 4 games to 3 over the Boston Red Sox. Note: The series is forever remembered in Game 6 when the Red Sox blew a 2-run lead with 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th as the game and eventually the series went through the legs of Bill Buckner.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship –
  • Louisville wins 72-69 over Duke
• NBA Finals Finals:
  • June - Boston Celtics win 4 games to 2 over the Houston Rockets
• National Basketball League (Australia) Finals:
  • Adelaide 36ers defeated the Brisbane Bullets 2-1 in the best-of-three final series.
• FIBA World Championship
  • USA World Champion

Boxing

• March 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada – Marvin Hagler retained the World Middleweight Championship with an 11th round knockout of John Mugabi.
• May 8 to 18 – Fourth World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Reno, United States
• November 22 – Mike Tyson knocks-out Trevor Berbick in round 2 to become the youngest world heavyweight-boxing champion at 20 years and 4 months old

Canadian football

• Grey Cup – Hamilton Tiger-Cats won 39-15 over the Edmonton Eskimos
• Vanier Cup – UBC Thunderbirds won 25-23 over the Western Ontario Mustangs

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Roberto Visentini of Italy
• Tour de France - Greg LeMond is the first winner from the United States
• World Cycling Championship – Moreno Argentin of Italy

Dogsled racing

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion –
  • Susan Butcher won with lead dogs: Granite & Mattie

Field hockey

• Men's World Cup held in London won by Australia
• Women's World Cup held in Amstelveen won by the Netherlands
• Men's Champions Trophy held in Karachi won by West Germany

Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships –
  • Men's champion: Brian Boitano, United States
  • Ladies' champion: Debi Thomas, United States
  • Pair skating champions: Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov, Soviet Union
  • Ice dancing champions: Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin, Soviet Union

Gaelic Athletic Association

• Camogie
  • All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Kilkenny
  • National Camogie League: Cork
• Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Kerry 2-15 d. Tyrone 1-10
  • National Football League – Laois 2-6 d. Monaghan 2-5
• Ladies' Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
  • National Football League: Wexford
• Hurling
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship – Cork 4-13 d. Galway 2-15
  • National Hurling League –

Golf

Men's professional

• Masters Tournament - Jack Nicklaus becomes the oldest Masters winner (age 46), and wins his last major golf championship (excluding the Senior PGA Tour).
• U.S. Open - Raymond Floyd
• British Open - Greg Norman
• PGA Championship - Bob Tway
• PGA Tour money leader - Greg Norman - $653,296
• Senior PGA Tour money leader - Bruce Crampton - $454,299

Men's amateur

• British Amateur - David Curry
• U.S. Amateur - Buddy Alexander

Women's professional

• Nabisco Dinah Shore - Pat Bradley
• LPGA Championship - Pat Bradley
• U.S. Women's Open - Jane Geddes
• Classique du Maurier Classic - Pat Bradley
• LPGA Tour money leader - Pat Bradley - $492,021

Harness racing

• North America Cup - Goalie Jeff
• United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
  1. Cane Pace - Barberry Spur
  2. Little Brown Jug - Barberry Spur
  3. Messenger Stakes - Amity Chef
• United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
  1. Hambletonian - Nuclear Kosmos
  2. Yonkers Trot - Gunslinger Spur
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Sugarcane Hanover
• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
  • Pacers: Village Kid

Horse racing

Steeplechases

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Dawn Run
• Grand National – West Tip

Flat races

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by At Talaq
• Canada – Queen's Plate won by Golden Choice
• France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Dancing Brave
• Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Shahrastani
• Japan – Japan Cup won by Jupiter Island
• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Dancing Brave
  2. Epsom Derby – Shahrastani
  3. St. Leger Stakes – Moon Madness
• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby – Ferdinand
  2. Preakness Stakes – Snow Chief
  3. Belmont Stakes – Danzig Connection
• Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:
  1. Breeders' Cup Classic – Skywalker
  2. Breeders' Cup Distaff – Lady's Secret
  3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Capote
  4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Brave Raj
  5. Breeders' Cup Mile – Last Tycoon
  6. Breeders' Cup Sprint – Smile
  7. Breeders' Cup Turf – Manila

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 – Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 1 over the Calgary Flames
• World Hockey Championship –
  • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden
  • Junior Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Canada

Lacrosse

• The 5th World Lacrosse Championship is held in Toronto, Ontario. The United States win, and Canada is the runner-up.
• The first Japanese lacrosse team is formed at Keio University.
• The Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL) is formed as the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League.
• The New Westminster Salmonbellies win the Mann Cup.
• Mississauga wins the Founders Cup.
• The Peterborough Maulers win the Minto Cup.

Motor racing

• Stock car racing –
  • February- Geoff Bodine won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt
• CART Racing - Bobby Rahal
  • June - Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Rahal Note: this race was run on a Saturday 6 days after the race was rained out.
• Formula One Championship - Alain Prost of France
• 24 hours of Le Mans – the team of Derek Bell / Hans-Joachim Stuck / Al Holbert won, driving a Porsche 962C
• Rally racing - Juha Kankkunen in a Peugeot won the World Rally Championship
  • the team of Henri Toivonen / Sergio Cresto won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Delta S4
• Drag racing –
  • Don Garlits won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship
  • Darrell Gwynn won Top Fuel at the NHRA Winston Finals

Radiosport

• Third Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Rugby union

• 92nd Five Nations Championship series is shared by France and Scotland

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship – Joe Johnson beats Steve Davis 18-12
• World rankings – Steve Davis remains world number one for 1986/87

Swimming

• The fifth FINA World Championships held in Madrid, Spain
• June 26 – Matt Biondi clocks 22.33 to take the world record from fellow American Tom Jager (22.40) in the 50m freestyle (long course)

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - no tournament held
  2. French Open - Ivan Lendl
  3. Wimbledon championships - Boris Becker
  4. US Open - Boris Becker
• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - no tournament held
  2. French Open - Chris Evert
  3. Wimbledon championships - Martina Navratilova
  4. US Open - Martina Navratilova
• Davis Cup – Australia won 3-2 over Sweden in world tennis.

Volleyball

• Men's World Championship held in Paris won by USA
• Women's World Championship held in Prague won by China

Water Polo

• Men's World Championship held in Madrid won by Yugoslavia
• Women's World Championship held in won by Australia

Multi-sport events

• Asian Games held in Seoul, South Korea
• Winter Asian Games held in Sapporo, Japan
• Central American and Caribbean Games held in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
• British Commonwealth Games held in Edinburgh, Scotland
• Summer Goodwill Games held in Moscow, Soviet Union

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Larry Bird, NBA Finals NBA basketball
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Martina Navratilova, Tennis

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