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Contents 1 Artistic gymnastics 2 Auto racing 3 Baseball 4 Basketball 5 Boxing 6 Cricket 7 Cycling 8 Dogsled racing 9 Field hockey 10 Figure skating 11 Football (American) 12 Football (Australian) 13 Football (Canadian) 14 Football (Soccer) 15 Gaelic Athletic Association 16 Golf 17 Thoroughbred horse racing 18 Harness racing 19 Ice hockey 20 Lacrosse 21 Radiosport 22 Rowing 23 Skiing 24 Snooker 25 Swimming 26 Tennis 27 General sporting events 28 Deaths

[edit] Artistic gymnastics

• World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:
  • Men's all-around champion: Ivan Ivankov, Belarus
  • Women's all-around champion: Svetlana Khorkina, Russia
  • Men's team competition champion: China
  • Women's team competition champion: Romania

[edit] Auto racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Jeff Gordon is the youngest driver ever to win the Daytona 500 on February 16
  • NASCAR Championship - Jeff Gordon
• Indy Racing League -
• Indianapolis 500 - Arie Luyendyk of The Netherlands
• CART Racing - Alex Zanardi won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Jacques Villeneuve of Canada
• V8 Supercars Australia
  • Championship Series won by Glenn Seton in a Ford Falcon EL.
  • Bathurst 1000 for V8 Supercars won by Russel Ingall and Larry Perkins in a Holden Commodore VS.
  • Bathurst 1000 for Super Touring won by Jim Richards and Rickard Rydell. Rydell setting a shootout lap of 2:14.x, fastest super touring lap ever around the mountain at that time.
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Michele Alboreto / Stefan Johansson / Tom Kristensen won, driving a TWR-Porsche
• Rally racing - Tommi Mäkinen won the World Rally Championship
  • 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.

[edit] Baseball

• June 12 - Interleague play begins in baseball, ending a 126-year tradition of separating the major leagues until the World Series.
• World Series: Florida Marlins won 4 games to 3 over the Cleveland Indians. The Series MVP was Liván Hernández, Florida
• More information: 1997 in baseball

[edit] 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).

• WNBA Finals, inaugural WNBA season:
  • Houston Comets defeat the New York Liberty in one game playoff series.

• National Basketball League (Australia) Finals:
  • Melbourne Tigers defeated the South East Melbourne Magic 2-1 in the best-of-three final series.

• More information: 1997 in basketball

[edit] Boxing

• January 18 – Oscar de la Hoya maintained his World Boxing Council super lightweight title in with a 12-round unanimous decision over Miguel Angel Gonzalez in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• 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.
• July 9 – Mike Tyson's boxing license is suspended for at least a year and he is fined $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield's ear in a televised match.

• October 18 to 26 – World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Budapest, Hungary
  • Light Flyweight (– 48 kg): Maikro Romero (Cuba)
  • Flyweight (– 51 kg): Manuel Mantilla (Cuba)
  • Bantamweight (– 54 kg): Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia)
  • Featherweight (– 57 kg): István Kovács (Hungary)
  • Lightweight (– 60 kg): Aleksander Maletin (Russia)
  • Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg): Dorel Simion (Romania)
  • Welterweight (– 67 kg): Oleg Saitov (Russia)
  • Light Middleweight (– 71 kg): Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba)
  • Middleweight (– 75 kg): Zsolt Erdei (Hungary)
  • Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg): Aleksandr Lebziak (Russia)
  • Heavyweight (– 91 kg): Félix Savón (Cuba)
  • Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg): Georgi Kandalaki (Georgia)

[edit] Cricket

• The Ashes - Australia win the six test series 3-2
• ICC Trophy - Bangladesh
• Women's Cricket World Cup - Australia beat New Zealand by five wickets
• County Cricket Championship (England and Wales) - Glamorgan

[edit] Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Ivan Gotti of Italy
• Tour de France - Jan Ullrich of Germany
• World Cycling Championship: Laurent Brochard of France

[edit] Dogsled racing

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Martin Buser won with lead dogs: Blondie & Fearless

[edit] Field hockey

• Men's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Gold Medal: Spain
  • Silver Medal: South Korea
  • Bronze Medal: New Zealand

• Men's Champions Trophy in Adelaide, Australia
  • Gold Medal: Germany
  • Silver Medal: Australia
  • Bronze Medal: Spain

• Women's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Gold Medal: South Africa
  • Silver Medal: New Zealand
  • Bronze Medal: Scotland

• Women's Champions Trophy in Berlin, Germany
  • Gold Medal: Australia
  • Silver Medal: Germany
  • Bronze Medal: The Netherlands

[edit] Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Elvis Stojko, Canada
  • Ladies' champion: Tara Lipinski, United States
  • Pairs' champions: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer, Germany
  • Ice dancing champions: Oksana Grishuk / Evgeny Platov, Russia

[edit] Football (American)

• Super Bowl XXXI: Green Bay Packers won 35-21 over the New England Patriots

[edit] Football (Australian)

• Australian Football League
  • Port Adelaide join the league
  • The Adelaide Crows, who joined the league seven years earlier, win the 101st VFL/AFL premiership (Adelaide Crows 19.11 (125) d St Kilda 13.16 (94))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Robert Harvey (St Kilda)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts won 47-23 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders
• Vanier Cup: UBC Thunderbirds win 39-23 over the Ottawa Gee Gees

[edit] Football (Soccer)

For fuller coverage, see: 1997 in football (soccer)

[edit] Gaelic Athletic Association

• Camogie
  • All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork
  • National Camogie League: Cork

• Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Kerry 0-13 d. Mayo 1-7
  • National Football League: Kerry 3-7 d. Cork 1-8

• Ladies' Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Monaghan
  • National Football League: Waterford

• Hurling
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Clare 0-20 d. Tipperary 2-13
  • National Hurling League:

[edit] Golf

Men's golf

• Major championship results:
  1. April 13 - The Masters - Tiger Woods
  2. June - US Open - Ernie Els
  3. July - British Open - Justin Leonard
  4. 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 - Christa Johnson
• Annika Sörenstam: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $1,236,789.

[edit] 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:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Entrepreneur
  2. Epsom Derby - Benny the Dip
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Silver Patriarch

• United States Triple Crown races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Silver Charm
  2. Preakness Stakes - Silver Charm
  3. Belmont Stakes - Touch Gold

• Breeders' Cup:
  1. Breeders' Cup Classic - Skip Away
  2. Breeders' Cup Distaff - Ajina
  3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Favorite Trick
  4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Countess Diana
  5. Breeders' Cup Mile - Spinning World
  6. Breeders' Cup Sprint - Elmhurst
  7. Breeders' Cup Turf - Chief Bearhart

[edit] Harness racing

• North America Cup - Gothic Dream

• Western Dreamer won the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Western Dreamer
  2. Little Brown Jug - Western Dreamer
  3. Messenger Stakes - Western Dreamer

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Malabar Man
  2. Yonkers Trot - Lord Stormont
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Take Chances

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Our Sir Vancelot
  • Trotters: Pride Of Petite

[edit] 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

[edit] Lacrosse

• The Rochester Knighthawks defeat the Buffalo Bandits 15-12 to win the Major Indoor Lacrosse League championship
  • The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is formed from the Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL), with the decision to move from league ownership of all teams to individual team ownership.
• Mann Cup for the Canadian box lacrosse championship: Victoria Shamrocks of the [[Western Lacrosse Association
• European Lacrosse Championships:
  • Men's champion: England defeats the Czech Republic
  • Women's champion: England defeats Wales

[edit] Radiosport

• Eighth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Sankt Englmar, Germany.
• Second High Speed Telegraphy World Championship held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

[edit] Rowing

• McGill University wins the inaugural McGill-Queen's Challenge Boat race.

[edit] Skiing

• Alpine skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Luc Alphand, France
  • The women's overall season champion: Pernilla Wiberg, Sweden

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Ken Doherty beats Stephen Hendry 18-12
• World rankings: Stephen Hendry remains world number one for 1997/98

[edit] Swimming

• March 28 – Japan's Ayari Aoyama breaks Misty Hyman's world record in the Women's 100m Butterfly (short course): 58:24

• Third World Short Course Championships, held in Gothenburg, Sweden (April 17 – 20)
  • April 19 – US-swimmer Jenny Thompson breaks Ayari Aoyama's world record in the Women's 100m Butterfly (short course): 57:79
  • April 20 – Australia wins the most medals (17), and the most gold medals (9)

• 23th European LC Championships, held in Seville, Spain (August 19 – 24)
  • Germany wins the most medals (19), and the most gold medals (8)

• XIX Summer Universiade, held on Sicily, Italy (August 24 – 30)

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Pete Sampras
  2. French Open - Gustavo Kuerten
  3. Wimbledon championships - Pete Sampras
  4. US Open - Patrick Rafter

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Martina Hingis
  2. French Open - Iva Majoli
  3. Wimbledon championships - Martina Hingis
  4. US Open - Martina Hingis

• Davis Cup: Sweden won 5-0 over the United States in world tennis.

[edit] General sporting events

• Second East Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea
• 8th Pan Arab Games held in Beirut, Lebanon
• Fifth World Games held in Lahti, Finland
• 13th Mediterranean Games held in Bari, Italy
• 19th Summer Universiade held on Sicily, Italy
• 18th Winter Universiade held in Muju County, South Korea

[edit] Deaths

• Exceller — thoroughbred racehorse
• March 21 — John Nemechek 27, NASCAR race driver
• March 25 — Oswaldo "Baltazar" da Silva (71), Brazilian football (soccer) player (b. 1926)
• June 20 — John Akii-Bua, Ugandan hurdler (b. 1949)
• September 9 — Richie Ashburn, Major League Baseball player
• November 14 — Eddie Arcaro, only jockey to win two Triple Crowns
• December 23 — Felix Bwalya (27), Zambian boxer (b. 1970)cs:1997 ve sportu

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