1998 in sports

none January 2022 1998 sports The following events happened in world sport in the year 1998. Alpine skiing Alpine Skiing World Cup Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria Women's overall season champion: Katja Seizinger, Germany American football Super Bowl XXXII – the Denver Broncos (AFC) won 31–24 over the Green Bay Packers (NFC) Location: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 68,912 MVP: Terrell Davis, RB (Denver) Rose Bowl (1997 season): The Michigan Wolverines won 21–16 over the Washington State Cougars to win the AP Poll national championship The Orange Bowl was the original venue for the championship game, but the Big Ten Conference was not a part of the Bowl Alliance, so the game instead featured the #2 Nebraska Cornhuskers and the #3 Tennessee Volunteers January 13 – ABC and ESPN negotiate a $1.15 billion per season contract to keep Monday Night Football. December 13 – The Baltimore Ravens and Minnesota Vikings return an NFL record 3 kickoff returns for touchdowns. Artistic gymnastics 1998 Summer Goodwill Games - held in New York City, United States Mixed pairs champions: China (Ling Jie, Huang Xu) Women's all-around champion: Dominique Moceanu, United States Women's vault champion: Vanessa Atler, United States Women's uneven bars champion: Svetlana Khorkina, Russian Federation Women's balance beam champion: Kristen Maloney, United States Women's floor exercise champion: Vanessa Atler, United States Men's all-around champion: Ivan Ivankov, Belarus Men's vault champion: Sergei Fedorchenko, Kazakhstan Men's floor exercise champion: Alexei Nemov, Russian Federation Men's parallel bars champion: Huang Xu, China Men's pommel horse champion: Nikolai Kryukov, Russian Federation Men's still rings champion: Chris Lamorte, United States Men's horizontal bar champion: Ivan Ivankov, Belarus 1998 European Gymnastics Championships - held in Saint Petersburg, Russia Women's team champions: Romania Women's all-around champion: Svetlana Khorkina, Russian Federation Women's vault champion: Adrienn Varga, Hungary Women's uneven bars champion:Svetlana Khorkina, Russian Federation Women's balance beam champion: Evgenia Kuznetsova, Russian Federation Women's floor exercise champion: (tied) Corina Ungureanu, Romania / Svetlana Khorkina, Russian Federation Men's team champions: France Men's all-around champion: Alexei Bondarenko, Russian Federation Men's vault champion: Ioannis Melissanidis, Greece Men's floor exercise champion: Alexei Nemov, Russian Federation Men's still rings champion: Szilveszter Csollány, Hungary Men's parallel bars champion: Alexei Bondarenko, Russian Federation Men's horizontal bar champion: Jesús Carballo, Spain Men's pommel horse champion: Éric Poujade, France Association football 1998 in association football FIFA World Cup - France beat Brazil 3–0 to win the World Cup for the first time Champions League – Real Madrid C.F. beat Juventus FC 1–0 UEFA Cup – F.C. Internazionale Milano beat S.S. Lazio 3–0 Copa Libertadores – CR Vasco da Gama beat Barcelona Sporting Club 4–1 (Agg.) Ecuador - Ecuadorian Serie A Champions: Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito Athletics August – 1998 European Championships in Athletics held at Budapest September – 1998 Commonwealth Games held at Kuala Lumpur December – 1998 Asian Games held at Bangkok Australian rules football Australian Football League The Adelaide Crows win the 102nd AFL premiership and second premiership in a row by 35 points (Adelaide Crows 15.15 (105) d North Melbourne 8.22 (70)) Brownlow Medal awarded to Robert Harvey (St Kilda) Baseball 1998 in baseball The National League expands adding the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the American League expands adding the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Milwaukee Brewers move from the American League to the National League. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa each chase the home run record set previously by Roger Maris in 1961. Both men end up breaking the record; McGwire with 70 and Sosa with 66. Rookie 20-year-old Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league single game strikeout record Cal Ripken Jr. ends his consecutive game streak at 2,632 in Baltimore against the New York Yankees. It was the first time he wasn't in the lineup since 1982. World Series – New York Yankees win 4 games to 0 over the San Diego Padres. The Series MVP is Scott Brosius, New York Basketball July 1 – The NBA locked out its players and the season was put on hold for the next 6½ months and the season began under a 50–game schedule. NCAA Men's Basketball Championship – Kentucky wins 78–69 over Utah NBA Finals – Chicago Bulls win 4 games to 2 over the Utah Jazz, to complete their second three–peat of the decade. WNBA Finals – Houston Comets win two games to one over the Phoenix Mercury to repeat as champions. FIBA World Championship Yugoslavia World Champion National Basketball League (Australia) Finals: Adelaide 36ers defeated the South East Melbourne Magic 2–0 in the best–of–three final series. Boxing May 17 to May 24 – 32nd European Amateur Boxing Championships held at Minsk, Belarus June 27 – Shane Mosley stopped Wilfrido Ruiz in the 5th round to retain the IBF Lightweight Championship Canadian football Grey Cup – Calgary Stampeders win 26–24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Vanier Cup – Saskatchewan Huskies win 24–17 over the Concordia Stingers Curling Curling makes its Winter Olympics debut: Men's Gold: Switzerland wins 9–3 over Canada Women's Gold: Canada wins 7–5 over Denmark Cycling Giro d'Italia won by Marco Pantani of Italy Tour de France – Marco Pantani of Italy UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Oskar Camenzind of Switzerland Dogsled racing Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion Jeff King wins with lead dogs: Red & Rocket Field hockey Men's World Cup: Netherlands Men's Commonwealth Games: Australia Men's Champions Trophy: Netherlands Women's World Cup: Australia Women's Commonwealth Games: Australia Figure skating World Figure Skating Championships – Men's champion: Alexei Yagudin, Russia Ladies' champion: Michelle Kwan, United States Pairs' champions: Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze, Russia Ice dancing champions: Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov, Russia Floorball Men's World Floorball Championships Champion: Sweden European Cup Men's champion: Warberg IC Women's champion: Högdalens AIS Gaelic Athletic Association Camogie All–Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork National Camogie League: Cork Gaelic football All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Galway 1–14 died Kiladre 1–10 National Football League – Offaly 0–9 died Derry 0–7 Ladies' Gaelic football All–Ireland Senior Football Champion: Waterford National Football League: Waterford Hurling All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship – Offaly 2–16 died Kilkenny 1–13 National Hurling League – Cork 2–14 beat Waterford 0–13 Golf Men's professional Masters Tournament – Mark O'Meara U.S. Open – Lee Janzen British Open – Mark O'Meara PGA Championship – Vijay Singh PGA Tour money leader – David Duval – $2,591,031 PGA Tour Player of the Year – Mark O'Meara PGA Tour Rookie of the Year – Steve Flesch Senior PGA Tour money leader – Hale Irwin – $2,861,945 Men's amateur British Amateur – Sergio García U.S. Amateur – Hank Kuehne European Amateur – Paddy Gribben Women's professional Nabisco Dinah Shore – Pat Hurst LPGA Championship – Se Ri Pak U.S. Women's Open – Se Ri Pak Classique du Maurier – Brandie Burton LPGA Tour money leader – Annika Sörenstam – $1,092,748 The Solheim Cup is retained by the United States team who beat the European team 16 to 12. Handball Men's European Championship: Sweden Women's European Championship: Norway Harness racing North America Cup – Straight Path United States Pacing Triple Crown races – Cane Pace – Shady Character Little Brown Jug – Shady Character Messenger Stakes – Fit For Life United States Trotting Triple Crown races – Hambletonian – Muscles Yankee Yonkers Trot – Muscles Yankee Kentucky Futurity – Trade Balance Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship – Pacers: Our Sir Vancelot Trotters: Buster Hanover Horse racing Steeplechases Cheltenham Gold Cup – Cool Dawn Grand National – Earth Summit Flat races Australia – Melbourne Cup – Jezabeel Canada – Queen's Plate – Archers Bay Dubai – Dubai World Cup won by Silver Charm France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Sagamix Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes – Dream Well Japan – Japan Cup won by El Condor Pasa English Triple Crown races: 2,000 Guineas Stakes – King of Kings The Derby – High-RiseEpsom Derby History, Winners, & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/sports/Derby-horse-race www.britannica.com 4 January 2022 en St. Leger Stakes – Nedawi United States Triple Crown races: Kentucky Derby – Real Quiet Preakness Stakes – Real Quiet Belmont Stakes – Victory Gallop Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships: Breeders' Cup Classic – Awesome Again Breeders' Cup Distaff – Escena Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Answer Lively Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Silverbulletday Breeders' Cup Mile – Da Hoss Breeders' Cup Sprint – Reraise Breeders' Cup Turf – Buck's Boy Ice hockey For the first time, professional players from the National Hockey League participate in the Winter Olympics. And also for the first time in Olympic history, women took part in ice hockey. Women's Gold – United States won 3–1 over Canada Men's Gold – Czech Republic won 1–0 over Russia Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Jaromír Jágr, Pittsburgh Penguins Hart Memorial Trophy – for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Dominik Hašek – Buffalo Sabres Stanley Cup – Detroit Red Wings defeated the Washington Capitals 4 games to 0. World Hockey Championship Men's champion: Sweden defeated Finland Junior Men's champion: Russia defeated Canada Lacrosse The 8th World Lacrosse Championship is held in Baltimore, Maryland. The United States win, and Canada is the runner–up. The Philadelphia Wings sweep the Baltimore Thunder in the best of three series held to determine the winner of the Champion's Cup. The Brampton Excelsiors win the Mann Cup. The Clarington Green Gaels win the Founders Cup. The Burnaby Lakers win the Minto Cup. Mixed martial arts The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 1998 in chronological order. |- |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Event |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Alternate Name/s |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Attendance |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|PPV Buyrate |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center |March 13 |UFC 16: Battle in the Bayou | |USA New Orleans, Louisiana, US |4,600 | |This event featured the first ever UFC lightweight tournament. As well as a middleweight championship bout. And a heavyweight and middleweight superfights. |-align=center |March 15 |Pride 2 | |JPN Yokohama, Japan | | |Event featured six MMA bouts and two kickboxing bouts. |-align=center |May 15 |UFC 17: Redemption | |USA Mobile, Alabama, US | | |This event was the last UFC event aside from UFC 23, to feature the "tournament" style format. This event featured a four-man middleweight tournament. As well as three heavyweight superfights. |-align=center |June 24 |Pride 3 | |JPN Tokyo, Japan | | | |-align=center |October 11 |Pride 4 | |JPN Tokyo, Japan | | | |-align=center |October 16 |UFC Brazil: Ultimate Brazil |UFC 17.5 |BRA São Paulo, Brazil | | |This event caused controversy due to the fact that the Brazilian flag was wrongly represented on the promotional material. |-align=center 1998 in Pancrase Motorsport 1998 in motorsport List of 1998 motorsport champions Rugby league 1998 in rugby league 1998 NRL season 1998 NRL grand final Super League III 1998 Super League Grand Final 1998 State of Origin series 1998 New Zealand season 1998 New Zealand tour of Great Britain Rugby union 104th Five Nations Championship series is won by France who complete the Grand Slam Tri Nations series is won by South Africa for the first time, with a clean sweep of victories. South Africa goes on to equal New Zealand's all-time record of 17 consecutive test victories. Snooker World Snooker Championship – John Higgins beats Ken Doherty 18–12 to win his first world title World rankings – John Higgins becomes world number one for 1998/99 Swimming Eighth FINA World Championships, held in Perth, Australia (January 8 – 17) Second European SC Championships, held in Sheffield, United Kingdom (December 11 – December 13) December 1 – American swimmer Jenny Thompson breaks her own world record in the women's 100m butterfly (short course): 56:90 December 13 – Mark Foster twice breaks the world record in the men's 50m freestyle (short course) during the European SC Championships in Sheffield, clocking 21.31 eventually. Tennis Grand Slam in tennis men's results: Australian Open – Petr Korda French Open – Carlos Moyá Wimbledon championships – Pete Sampras U.S. Open – Patrick Rafter Grand Slam in tennis women's results: Australian Open – Martina Hingis French Open – Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Wimbledon championships – Jana Novotná U.S. Open – Lindsay Davenport Davis Cup – Sweden wins 4–1 over Italy in world tennis. Volleyball Men's World Championship: Italy Women's World Championship: Cuba Water polo Men's World Championship: Spain Women's World Championship: Italy Weightlifting The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. Multi-sport events 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan Germany wins the most medals (29), and the most gold medals (12) Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOur Games Commonwealth Games Federation https://thecgf.com/games thecgf.com 4 January 2022 en 4 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220104004327/https://thecgf.com/games dead Central American and Caribbean Games held in Maracaibo, Venezuela Summer Goodwill Games held in New York City, United States Awards Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Mark McGwire, Major League Baseball Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Se Ri Pak, LPGA golf References Category:Sports by year