1994 in sports

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Sterling Marlin won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt
• Indy Racing League -
• Indianapolis 500 - Al Unser, Jr.
• CART Racing - Al Unser, Jr.
• Formula One Championship - Michael Schumacher of Germany
• 24 hours of Le Mans: Yannick Dalmas / Hurley Haywood / Mauro Baldi won, driving a Porsche 962LM
• Rally racing - the team of Francois Delecour / Daniel Grataloup won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Ford Escort RS Cosworth
• Drag racing - Scott Kalitta won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

Baseball

• A strike by baseball players results in the premature termination of the season and the cancellation of the Baseball/World Series, for the first time since 1904.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Arkansas wins 76-72 over Duke

• NBA Finals:
  • Houston Rockets win 4 games to 3 over the New York Knicks to win the franchise's first championship.

Boxing

• January 29 - Frankie Randall causes Julio Cesar Chavez his first defeat in 91 professional bouts, winning the WBC world Jr. Welterweight title in the process, by a split decision in 12 rounds.
• November 5 - Forty-five year old George Foreman becomes boxing's oldest heavyweight champion when he knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of a Las Vegas, Nevada fight.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Eugeni Berzin of Russia
• Tour de France - Miguel Induraín of Spain
• World Cycling Championship: Luc Leblanc of France

Field Hockey

• March 17 - 25 - Champions Trophy held in Lahore, Pakistan won by hosts. Germany finish second.

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Elvis Stojko, Canada
  • Women's champion: Yuka Sato, Japan
  • Pairs champions: Jewgenja Schischkowa & Wadim Naumow, Russia

Football (Soccer)

• World Cup: - Brazil wins its record fourth world cup, defeating Italy in the final at Pasadena, California. Superstar, Diego Maradona was suspended from Cup competition after being caught with drugs.

• England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 4-0 over Chelsea.

Football (American)

• Super Bowl XXVIII: Dallas Cowboys won 30-13 over the Buffalo Bills

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: B.C. Lions win 26-23 over the Baltimore Stallions
• Vanier Cup: Western Ontario Mustangs win 50-40 over the Saskatchewan Huskies

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Jose Maria Olazabal
  2. June - US Open - Ernie Els
  3. July - British Open - Nick Price
  4. August - PGA Championship - Nick Price

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Nick Price - $1,499,927
• PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Dave Stockton - $1,402,519

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Patty Sheehan
• LPGA Championship - Laura Davies
• Laura Davies: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $687,201.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Jeune
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Basqueian
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Carnegie
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Balanchine

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Mister Baileys
  2. Epsom Derby - Erhaab
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Moonax

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Go for Gin
  2. Preakness Stakes - Tabasco Cat
  3. Belmont Stakes - Tabasco Cat

Harness Racing

• North America Cup - Cam's Card Shark

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Falcons Future
  2. Little Brown Jug - Magical Mike
  3. Messenger Stakes - Cam's Card Shark

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Victory Dream
  2. Yonkers Trot -
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Bullville Victory

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Weona Warrior
  • Trotters: Diamond Field

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: Sergei Fedorov - Detroit Red Wings

• Stanley Cup: New York Rangers won 4 games to 3 over the Vancouver Canucks

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Canada defeated Finland
  • Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated Sweden
  • Women's champion: Canada defeated the United States

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Kjetil Andre Aamodt, Norway
  • The women's overall season champion: Vreni Schneider, Switzerland

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Pete Sampras
  2. French Open - Sergi Bruguera
  3. Wimbledon championships - Pete Sampras
  4. US Open - Andre Agassi

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Steffi Graf
  2. French Open - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
  3. Wimbledon championships - Conchita Martinez
  4. US Open - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

• Davis Cup: Sweden won 4-1 over Russia in world tennis.

General sporting events

• February 12 - Winter Olympic Games open in Lillehammer, Norway

• A strike by baseball players results in the premature termination of the season and the cancellation of the Baseball/World Series, for the first time since 1904.

• Embassy World Snooker Championship:
  • Stephen Hendry won 18-17 over Jimmy White

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Martin Buser won with lead dogs: D2 & Dave

• February 20: At Boston, Massachusetts, in a remarkable athletic achievement, Ireland's 41-year-old Eamonn Coghlan became the first man over the age of 40 to run a sub-four minute mile when he clocked 3min.58.15sec.

Births

Deaths

• January 5 - Brian Johnston, English cricketer, BBC radio commentator
• January 8 - Harvey Haddix, MLB baseball great, pitched 12 perfect innings for Pittsburgh Pirates
• January 9 - Johnny Temple, Major League Baseball player (1952-1964)
• January 29 - Ulrike Maier 26, n World Cup skier, skiing accident
• July 14 - Cesar Tovar, Major League Baseball player (1965-1976)
• November 12 - Wilma Rudolph, American track and field star
• February 5 - Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist
• February 19 - Renske Vellinga, Dutch 19, speed-skater, auto-accident
• February 25 - Jersey Joe Walcott, World Heaveyweight Boxing Champion
• April 15 - John Curry, English Olympic figure skating champion
• April 30 - Roland Ratzenberger 31, Austrian race car driver
• May 1 - Ayrton Senna, F1 race car driver
• May 19 - Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist, Tour de France winner, suicide
• May 28 - Julius Boros, American golfer, US Open champion
• July 2 - Andrés Escobar, Colombian World Cup soccer star, murdered by unhappy fan(s)
• July 3 - Lew Hoad, Australian tennis star, Wimbledon champion
• July 10 - Otto Bonsema, Dutch soccer star/trainer
• July 17 - Jean Borotra, French tennis star
• August 5 - Terry Hibbitt, English soccer star
• August 10 - Kay Petre, Canadian-born pioneer driver in British auto racing
• August 24 - Jason McRoy 23, downhill mountain bike racer
• September 2 - Detlef Macha, champion German cyclist
• September 3 - Billy Wright, English soccer player
• September 18 - Vitas Gerulaitis, tennis player

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