1984

Auto Racing

 * Stock car racing:
 * NASCAR Championship - Terry Labonte
 * Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500
 * Richard Petty won the 200th (and final) race of his career on July 4.
 * CART Racing - Mario Andretti won the season championship
 * Indianapolis 500 - Rick Mears
 * Formula One Championship - Niki Lauda of Austria
 * 24 hours of Le Mans:
 * the team of Klaus Ludwig / Henri Pescarolo won, driving a Porsche 956
 * Rally racing - Stig Blomqvist in an Audi won the World Rally Championship
 * the team of Walter Röhrl / Christian Geistdorfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving an Audi Quattro
 * Drag racing - Joe Amato won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.

Baseball

 * January 10 - Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and Don Drysdale are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame


 * 1984 World Series: - Detroit Tigers win 4 games to 1 over the San Diego Padres


 * 1984 in baseball

Basketball

 * NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament:
 * Georgetown wins 84-75 over Houston


 * NBA Finals:
 * Boston Celtics won 4 games to 3 over the Los Angeles Lakers


 * Central Missouri State University won the NCAA Division II men's and women's basketball titles, becoming the first school ever in any division to accomplish the feat. The University of Connecticut would do the same in Division I in 2004.


 * NBA Draft:
 * A new era in the NBA is born on June 23 with the drafting of Houston's Hakeem Olajuwon, North Carolina's Michael Jordan and Auburn's Charles Barkley.

Boxing

 * March 31 - Wilfredo Gomez defeats Juan Laporte by a decision in 12 rounds to conquer the WBC's world Featherweight crown.
 * June 15 - In the most anticipated bout of the year, Thomas Hearns, WBC world Jr. Middleweight champion, knocks out WBA world champion Roberto Duran in two rounds. The WBA elects not to sanction the bout, declaring their version of the title vacant instead.

Cricket

 * Courtney Walsh makes his test and one day international debut.
 * Inaugural edition of the Asia Cup is held in Sharjah, UAE. India defeat Pakistan in the final.

Cycling

 * Giro d'Italia won by Francesco Moser of Italy
 * Tour de France - Laurent Fignon of France
 * World Cycling Championship: Claude Criquielion of Belgium

Field Hockey

 * Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Los Angeles, United States
 * Gold Medal: Pakistan
 * Silver Medal: West Germany
 * Bronze Medal: Great Britain


 * Men's Champions Trophy in Karachi, Pakistan
 * Gold Medal: Australia
 * Silver Medal: Pakistan
 * Bronze Medal: Great Britain


 * Women's European Nations Cup in Lille, France
 * Gold Medal: The Netherlands
 * Silver Medal: Soviet Union
 * Bronze Medal: West Germany
 * March 10 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. Ireland beat England 1-0.
 * August 11 - In the Olympics Women's Field Hockey Tournament in Los Angeles, The Netherlands win the gold medal.

Figure Skating

 * World Figure Skating Championships:
 * Men's champion: Scott Hamilton (United States)
 * Women's champion: Katarina Witt (East Germany)
 * Pairs champions: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini (Canada)
 * Ice Dance champions: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)

Football (American)

 * Super Bowl XVIII: Los Angeles Raiders won 38-9 over the Washington Redskins
 * Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's rushing record on October 7th.

Football (Australian Rules)

 * Victorian Football League
 * Essendon wins the 88th VFL Premiership (Essendon 14.21 (105) d Hawthorn 12.9 (81))
 * Brownlow Medal awarded to Peter Moore (Melbourne)

Football (Canadian)

 * Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers won 47-17 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
 * Vanier Cup: Guelph Gryphons won 22-13 over the Mount Allison Mounties

Football (Soccer)

 * The North American Soccer League folds due to financial promblems.
 * European Championship: Final: France 2-0 Spain; Hosts: France
 * Asian Cup: Final: Saudi Arabia 2 - 0 P.R. China; Hosts: Singapore
 * Champions' Cup: - May 30 - Liverpool 1-1 A.S. Roma; Liverpool won 4-2 on penalties after extra time.
 * UEFA Cup: Two legs; 1st leg Anderlecht 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur; 2nd leg Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Anderlecht; 2-2 on aggregate, Spurs won 4-2 on penalties
 * Cup Winners' Cup: Juventus 2-1 Porto
 * Super Cup: Juventus 2-0 Liverpool
 * Copa Libertadores de América: Two legs; 1st leg Grêmio 0-1 Independiente; 2nd leg Independiente 0-0 Grêmio; Independiente won 1-0 on aggregate
 * League champions
 * Argentina: Ferro Carril Oeste (Nacional), Argentinos Juniors (Metropolitano)
 * Brazil: Fluminense (Campeonato Brasileiro)
 * England: Liverpool
 * France: Girondins de Bordeaux
 * Italy: Juventus
 * Netherlands: Ajax
 * Portugal: Benfica
 * Scotland: Aberdeen
 * Spain: Athletic Bilbao
 * West Germany: VfB Stuttgart
 * England - FA Cup: - May 12 - Everton win 2-0 against Watford
 * FIFA gives the right to host the Football World Cup 1990 to Italy

Gaelic Athletic Association

 * Camogie
 * All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Dublin
 * National Camogie League: Cork


 * Gaelic football
 * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Kerry 1-11 d. Dublin 1-6
 * National Football League: Kerry 1-11 d. Galway 0-11


 * Ladies' Gaelic football
 * All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
 * National Football League: Kerry


 * Hurling
 * All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Cork 3-16 d. Offaly 1-12
 * National Hurling League:

Golf
Men's Golf
 * Major championship results:
 * May 1 - The Masters - Ben Crenshaw
 * June 1 - US Open - Fuzzy Zoeller
 * July - British Open - Seve Ballesteros
 * August 1 - PGA Championship - Lee Trevino


 * PGA Tourleading money winner for the year: Tom Watson - $476,260
 * Champions Tour leading money winner: Don January - $328,597

Women's Golf
 * US Women's Open - Hollis Stacy
 * LPGA Championship - Patty Sheehan
 * Betsy King: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $266,771

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

 * Australia - Melbourne Cup - Black Knight
 * Canada - Queen's Plate - Key to the Moon
 * France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sagace
 * Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - El Gran Senor


 * English Triple Crown Races:
 * Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - El Gran Senor
 * Epsom Derby - Secreto
 * St. Leger Stakes - Commanche Run


 * United States Triple Crown Races:
 * Kentucky Derby - Swale
 * Preakness Stakes - Gate Dancer
 * Belmont Stakes - Swale


 * Breeders' Cup:
 * Breeders' Cup Classic - Wild Again
 * Breeders' Cup Distaff - Princess Rooney
 * Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Chief's Crown
 * Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Outstandingly
 * Breeders' Cup Mile - Royal Heroine
 * Breeders' Cup Sprint - Eillo
 * Breeders' Cup Turf - Lashkari

Harness Racing

 * North America Cup - the inaugural event won by Legal Notice


 * United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
 * Cane Pace - On The Road Again
 * Little Brown Jug - Colt Fortysix
 * Messenger Stakes - Troublemaker


 * United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
 * Hambletonian - Historic Freight
 * Yonkers Trot
 * Kentucky Futurity - Fancy Crown


 * Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
 * Pacers: Gammalite
 * Trotters: Sir Castleton

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 won 4 games to 1 over the New York Islanders


 * World Hockey Championship:
 * Men's champion: (vacant) - the USSR won the Olympic Gold Medal
 * Junior Men's champion: USSR defeated Finland

Radiosport

 * Second Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Oslo, Norway.

Skiing

 * Alpine Skiing
 * The men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland
 * The women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland
 * At the Winter Olympics, Bill Johnson becomes the 1st American to win the gold medal in downhill skiing.

Snooker

 * World Snooker Championship: Steve Davis beats Jimmy White 18-16
 * World rankings: Steve Davis remains world number one for 1984/85

Tennis

 * Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
 * Australian Open - Mats Wilander
 * French Open - Ivan Lendl
 * Wimbledon - John McEnroe
 * US Open - John McEnroe


 * Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
 * Australian Open - Chris Evert
 * French Open - Martina Navratilova
 * Wimbledon - July 7 - Martina Navratilova
 * US Open - Martina Navratilova


 * Davis Cup: Sweden wins 4-1 over the United States in world tennis.

General sporting events

 * 1984 Summer Olympics takes place in Los Angeles, United States
 * United States wins the most medals (174), and the most gold medals (83).


 * 1984 Winter Olympics takes place in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
 * USSR wins the most medals (25), and the GDR wins the most gold medals (9).


 * Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
 * Dean Osmar wins with lead dogs: Red & Bullet

January-April

 * January 1 &mdash; José Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian football (soccer) player
 * January 5 &mdash; Javier García, Spanish water polo player
 * January 13 &mdash; Eleni Ioannou, Greek judoka
 * January 12 &mdash; Barry Middleton, English field hockey player
 * January 15 &mdash; Reena Kumari, Indian archer
 * January 15 &mdash; Megan Quann, American swimmer
 * January 23 &mdash; Arjen Robben, Dutch football player
 * January 24 &mdash; Benoit Huot, Canadian Paralympic swimmer
 * January 26 &mdash; Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer
 * January 29 &mdash; Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
 * February 5 &mdash; Carlos Tévez, Argentinian football player
 * February 13 &mdash; Hinkelien Schreuder, Dutch swimmer
 * February 14 &mdash; Solakjit Ponsana, badminton player
 * February 21 &mdash; Andreas Seppi, Italian tennis player
 * February 25 &mdash; Xing Huina, Chinese athlete
 * February 29 &mdash; Adam Sinclair, Indian field hockey player
 * March 10 &mdash; Mark Knowles, Australian field hockey defender
 * March 13 &mdash; Pieter Custers, Dutch archer
 * March 20 &mdash; Fernando Torres, Spanish football player
 * March 29 &mdash; Nick Meijer, Dutch field hockey player
 * March 29 &mdash; Jukka Vastaranta, Finnish cyclist
 * March 30 &mdash; Mario Ancic, Croatian tennis player
 * March 30 &mdash; Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player
 * April 2 &mdash; Beorn Nijenhuis, Canada-born Dutch speed skater
 * April 11 &mdash; Song Guk Kim, North Korean boxer
 * April 12 &mdash; Fiona Johnson, Australian field hockey international
 * April 13 &mdash; Kris Britt, Australian cricketer
 * April 16 &mdash; Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater
 * April 20 &mdash; Maydenia Sarduy, Cuban archer

May-June

 * May 17 &mdash; Christine Robinson, water polo player
 * May 21 &mdash; Ivo Minář, Czech tennis player
 * May 29 &mdash; Carmelo Anthony, NBA player
 * May 31 &mdash; Milorad Cavic, Serbian swimmer
 * June 3 &mdash; Todd Reid, Australian tennis player
 * June 11 &mdash; Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer
 * June 13 &mdash; Berangere Schuh, French archer
 * June 25 &mdash; Sebahattin Oglago, Turkish skier
 * June 27 &mdash; Kate Richardson, gymnast

July-September

 * July 7 &mdash; Ahmed Sadiq, Nigerian boxer
 * July 10 &mdash; Oscar Escandon, Colombian boxer
 * July 11 &mdash; Tanith Belbin, US skater
 * July 11  &mdash; Emma Meyer, Australian field hockey player
 * July 14 &mdash; Mounir El Hamdaoui, Dutch-Moroccan football (soccer) player
 * July 19 &mdash; Diana Mocanu, Romanian swimmer
 * July 19  &mdash; Adam Morrison, US basketball player
 * July 30 &mdash; Robin van Aggele, Dutch swimmer
 * August 28 &mdash; Darian Townsend, South African swimmer
 * September 5 &mdash; Rachel Riddell, waterpolo goalie
 * September 7 &mdash; Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
 * September 6 &mdash; Thomas Dekker, Dutch cyclist
 * September 19 &mdash; Nestor Bolum, Nigerian boxer
 * September 26 &mdash; Anastasia Dobromyslova, Russian female darts player
 * September 27 &mdash; Angela Haynes, American tennis player
 * September 28 &mdash; Cheryl Maas, Dutch snowboarder

October-December

 * October 2 &mdash; Marion Bartoli, French tennis player
 * October 7 &mdash; Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
 * October 17 &mdash; Robert van der Horst, Dutch field hockey player
 * October 17 &mdash; Jelle Klaasen, Dutch darts player
 * October 19 &mdash; Kaio de Almeida, Brazilian swimmer
 * October 27 &mdash; Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer
 * October 28 &mdash; Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian football player
 * October 28 &mdash; Mansour May, Egyptian archer
 * November 1 &mdash; David Jameson, Canadian field hockey player
 * November 10 &mdash; Seo Yoon-hee, badminton player
 * November 11 &mdash; Bahnasawy Lamia, Egyptian archer
 * November 28 &mdash; Andrew Bogut, Australian NBA player
 * November 30 &mdash; Nigel de Jong, Dutch football player
 * December 12 &mdash; Angelique Widjaja, Indonesian tennis player
 * December 13 &mdash; Hanna-Maria Seppälä, Finnish swimmer
 * December 30 &mdash; LeBron James, American NBA player

Deaths

 * January 19 &mdash; Max Bentley, ice hockey player, Chicago Blackhawks (1940-1954)
 * February 8 &mdash; Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)
 * April 27 &mdash; Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player
 * June 15 &mdash; Tom Heeney, New Zealand heavyweight boxer (b. 1898)
 * June 17 &mdash; Swale, race horse and the Kentucky Derby winner, collapses & dies
 * August 25 &mdash; Waite Hoyt, Major League Baseball pitcher, (1918-1938)
 * September 7 &mdash; Joe Cronin, Major League Baseball player/executive, (1926-1945)
 * October 1 &mdash; Walter Alston, manager of baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers
 * October 1 &mdash; Hellé Nice, Grand Prix race car driver