1991

Recap of the year 1991 in sports.

Contents 1 Artistic Gymnastics 2 Auto Racing 3 Baseball 4 Basketball 5 Boxing 6 Cricket 7 Cycling 8 Dogsled racing 9 Field Hockey 9.1 World Competitions 9.2 Regional Competitions 10 Figure Skating 11 Football (American) 12 Football (Australian Rules) 13 Football (Canadian) 14 Football (Soccer) 15 Golf 16 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 17 Harness Racing 18 Ice Hockey 19 Radiosport 20 Skiing 21 Snooker 22 Swimming 23 Tennis 24 Water Polo 25 General sporting events 26 Births 27 Deaths

[edit] Artistic Gymnastics

• World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:
  • Men's all-around champion: Grigory Misutin, USSR
  • Women's all-around champion: Kim Zmeskal, USA
  • Men's team competition champion: USSR
  • Women's team competition champion: USSR

[edit] Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Ernie Irvan won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt
• CART Racing - Michael Andretti won the season championship
  • Indianapolis 500 - Rick Mears
• Formula One Championship - Ayrton Senna of Brazil
• 24 hours of Le Mans: won by Volker Weidler / Johnny Herbert / Bertrand Gachot driving a Mazda 787
• Rally racing - Juha Kankkunen in a Lancia won the World Rally Championship
  • the team of Carlos Sainz / Luis Moya won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Toyota Celica GT4
• Drag racing - Joe Amato won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

[edit] Baseball

• Dave Righetti breaks Sparky Lyle's major league record for left-handers of 238 career saves.
• July 28 - Dennis Martinez of the Montreal Expos pitches the 13th perfect game in major league history, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0.
• World Series: The Minnesota Twins win 4 games to 3 over the Atlanta Braves. The series MVP is Jack Morris of Minnesota.
• See also 1991 in baseball

[edit] Basketball

• 1991 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: Duke wins 72-65 over Kansas
• NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls win 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Lakers to earn the franchise's first championship.
• June 12 - The Chicago Bulls win their first National Basketball Association championship. The Bulls beat the Los Angeles Lakers four games to one.
• November 7 - Basketball player Magic Johnson announces he tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, thus ending his career in the NBA.

[edit] Boxing

• June 1 at Palm Springs, California: Terry Norris knocked out Donald Curry in the 8th Round to win the WBC Super Welterweight Championship.

[edit] Cricket

• South Africa readmitted to the International Cricket Council following the abolition of apartheid, and play their first international game since 1970.

[edit] Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Franco Chiocciolo of Italy
• Tour de France - Miguel Induraín of Spain
• World Cycling Championship: Gianni Bugno of Italy

[edit] Dogsled racing

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Rick Swenson won with lead dog: Goose

[edit] Field Hockey

[edit] World Competitions

• Men's Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Gold Medal: Soviet Union
  • Silver Medal: India
  • Bronze Medal: New Zealand

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

• Women's Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Gold Medal: Germany
  • Silver Medal: New Zealand
  • Bronze Medal: Canada

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

[edit] Regional Competitions

• Men's European Nations Cup in Paris, France
  • Gold Medal: Germany
  • Silver Medal: The Netherlands
  • Bronze Medal: England

• Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Havana, Cuba
  • Gold Medal: Argentina
  • Silver Medal: Canada
  • Bronze Medal: United States

• Women's European Nations Cup in Bruxelles, Belgium
  • Gold Medal: England
  • Silver Medal: Germany
  • Bronze Medal: Soviet Union

• Pan American Games (Women's Competition) in Havana, Cuba
  • Gold Medal: Argentina
  • Silver Medal: Canada
  • Bronze Medal: United States

• March 16 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. France beat England 2-1. It was the last hockey match to have taken place there ending it a great era.
• September 13 - 22 - Thirteenth Men's Champions Trophy held at Berlin, Germany won by hosts. Pakistan end 2nd

[edit] Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Kurt Browning, Canada
  • Women's champion: Kristi Yamaguchi, United States
  • Pairs champions: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dimitriev, Soviet Union
  • Ice Dance champions: Isabelle Duchesnay & Paul Duchesnay (France)

[edit] Football (American)

• Super Bowl XXV: New York Giants won 20-19 over the Buffalo Bills
• World Bowl '91: London Monarchs won 21-0 over the Barcelona Dragons in the inaugural World Bowl.

[edit] Football (Australian Rules)

• Australian Football League
  • The Adelaide Crows join the league
  • Hawthorn wins the 95th AFL premiership (Hawthorn 20.19 (139) d West Coast Eagles 13.8 (86))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Jim Stynes (Melbourne)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts win 36-21 over the Calgary Stampeders
• Vanier Cup: Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks win 25-18 over the Mount Allison Mounties

[edit] Football (Soccer)

• FIFA Women's World Cup - United States won 2-1 over Norway
• European Cup - FK Red Star beat Olympique de Marseille 5-3 on penalties (0-0aet)

For fuller coverage, see: 1991 in football (soccer)

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

• Major championship results:
  1. May - The Masters golf tournament - Ian Woosnam
  2. June - US Open - Payne Stewart
  3. July - British Open - Ian Baker-Finch
  4. August - PGA Championship - John Daly

• PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Corey Pavin - $979,430
• Champions Tour leading money winner: Mike Hill - $1,065,657
• Ryder Cup: United States team won 14 1/2 - 13 ½ over the European team in world golf.

• Tiger Woods, at age 15, won his first USGA title, the U.S. Junior Amateur.

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Meg Mallon
• LPGA Championship - Meg Mallon
• Pat Bradley: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $763,118.

[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Let's Elope
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Dance Smartly
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Suave Dancer
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Generous

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Mystiko
  2. Epsom Derby - Generous
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Toulon

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Strike the Gold
  2. Preakness Stakes - Hansel
  3. Belmont Stakes - Hansel

• Breeders' Cup:
  1. Breeders' Cup Classic - Black Tie Affair
  2. Breeders' Cup Distaff - Dance Smartly
  3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Arazi
  4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Pleasant Stage
  5. Breeders' Cup Mile - Opening Verse
  6. Breeders' Cup Sprint - Sheikh Albadou
  7. Breeders' Cup Turf - Miss Alleged

[edit] Harness Racing

• North America Cup - Precious Bunny

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Silky Stallone
  2. Little Brown Jug - Precious Bunny
  3. Messenger Stakes - Die Laughing

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Giant Victory
  2. Yonkers Trot -
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Whiteland Janice

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Mark Ranover
  • Trotters: Fraggle Rock

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Brett Hull, St. Louis Blues

• Stanley Cup:
  • Pittsburgh Penguins win 4 games to 2 over the Minnesota North Stars

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Sweden defeated Canada
  • Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated the USSR

[edit] Radiosport

• The Friendship Radiosport Games held in Portland, Oregon, USA was the first international Amateur Radio Direction Finding competition held in the Americas.
• Third European High Speed Telegraphy Championship held in Neerpelt, Belgium.

[edit] Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg
  • The women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger, Austria

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: John Parrott beats Jimmy White 18-11
• World rankings: Stephen Hendry remains world number one for 1991/92

[edit] Swimming

• First European Sprint Championships, held in Gelsenkirchen (December 6 – December 8)

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Boris Becker
  2. French Open - Jim Courier
  3. Wimbledon championships - Michael Stich
  4. US Open - Stefan Edberg

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Monica Seles
  2. French Open - Monica Seles
  3. Wimbledon championships - Steffi Graf
  4. US Open - Monica Seles

• Davis Cup: France won 3-1 over the United States in world tennis.

[edit] Water Polo

• Men's World Championship in Perth, Australia
  • Gold Medal: Yugoslavia
  • Silver Medal: Spain
  • Bronze Medal: Hungary

• Women's World Championship in Perth, Australia
  • Gold Medal: The Netherlands
  • Silver Medal: Canada
  • Bronze Medal: United States

[edit] General sporting events

• Eleventh Pan American Games held in Havana, Cuba

• Fifth All-Africa Games held in Cairo, Egypt

• Eleventh Mediterranean Games held in Athens, Greece

• Sixteenth Summer Universiade held in Sheffield, United Kingdom

• Fifteenth Winter Universiade held in Sapporo, Japan

[edit] Births

• January 15 - Rubab Raza, Pakistani swimmer
• June 23 - Tim Ritcey, American Alpine skier
• December 5 - Ethan Cohen, tennis player

[edit] Deaths

• January 3 — Luke Appling, Major League Baseball player (1930-1950)
• January 21 — Red Grange, National Football League player
• March 2 — James "Cool Papa" Bell, Negro League baseball player
• April 4 — Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player
• April 20 — Bucky Walters, Major League Baseball pitcher (1934-1950)
• April 25 — Theo Laseroms, Dutch soccer player
• May 6 — Chucky Mullins, US football player
• May 14 — Aladár Gerevich (81), Hungarian fencer (b. 1910)
• May 20 — Pete Runnels, Major League Baseball player (1951-1964)
• June 8 — Mary Bacon, jockey
• September 15 — Smoky Burgess, Major League Baseball]] player (1949-1967)
• October 7 — Leo Durocher, Major League Baseball player (1925-1945), and manager
• November 26 — Bob Johnson, American ice hockey coach, Pittsburgh Penguins
• December 16 — Horatio Luro, race horse trainer including Northern Dancer
• December 25 — Mahmood Hussain, Pakistani cricketer

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