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Artistic Gymnastics
- World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:
- Men's all-around champion: Yuri Korolev, USSR
- Women's all-around champions: Oksana Omelianchik, USSR, Yelena Shushunova, USSR
- Men's team competition champion: USSR
- Women's team competition champion: USSR
Auto Racing
- Stock car racing:
- Bill Elliott won the Daytona 500
- NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip
- Ken Schrader enters NASCAR
- CART Racing - Al Unser Sr won the season championship
- Formula One Championship - Alain Prost of France
- 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Klaus Ludwig / Paolo Barilla / "John Winter" (Louis Krages) won, driving a Porsche 956
- Rally racing - Timo Salonen in a Peugeot won the World Rally Championship
- the team of Ari Vatanen / Terry Harryman won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Peugeot 205T16
- Drag racing:
- Don Garlits won the NHRA Top Fuel championship
- Gary Beck won Top Fuel at the NHRA World Finals
Baseball
- Rollie Fingers breaks Sparky Lyle's American League career record of 232 saves.
- World Series: The Kansas City Royals defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3, becoming the first team to win the World Series after losing the first two games at home.
- Books published:
- Bill James, The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract: A seminal volume of baseball history by the leading sabermetrician of the day. He revised the book into a new edition in 2001.
Basketball
- April 1NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
- Villanova wins 66-64 over Georgetown
- NBA Draft
- Patrick Ewing was drafted, adding the final piece of the puzzle to the NBA, increasing it's already immense popularity.
- NBA Finals:
- Los Angeles Lakers win 4 games to 2 over the Boston Celtics
Boxing
- April 15 - The War: Marvin Hagler knocks out Thomas Hearns in three rounds to retain the world's Middleweight title.
- August 10 - Hector Camacho defeats Jose Luis Ramirez to lift the WBC's world Lightweight title.
- September 21 - Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes by a decision in 15 rounds to become the first world Light Heavyweight champion to win a world Heavyweight title.
Cricket
- Kim Hughes leads a "rebel" team of players on tour of South Africa, banned from official cricket since 1970 because of apartheid.
Cycling
- Giro d'Italia won by Bernard Hinault of France
- Tour de France - Bernard Hinault of France
- World Cycling Championship: Joop Zoetemelk of the Netherlands
Dogsled racing
- Libby Riddles with her lead dogs, Axle & Dugan, becomes the first woman to ever win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Field Hockey
- Men's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Barcelona, Spain
- Gold Medal: Spain
- Silver Medal: New Zealand
- Bronze Medal: Poland
- Men's Champions Trophy in Perth, Australia
- Gold Medal: Australia
- Silver Medal: Great Britain
- Bronze Medal: West Germany
- Women's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Gold Medal: Soviet Union
- Silver Medal: Argentina
- Bronze Medal: South Korea
Figure Skating
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Alexander Fadeev, (Soviet Union)
- Women's champion: Katarina Witt, (East Germany)
- Pairs champions: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev, (Soviet Union)
Football (American)
- January 20 Super Bowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers won 38-16 over the Miami Dolphins
- Oklahoma Sooners - college football championship.
Football (Australian Rules)
- Victorian Football League
- Essendon wins the 89th VFL Premiership (Essendon 26.14 (170) d Hawthorn 14.8 (92))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Brad Hardie (Footscray)
Football (Canadian)
- Grey Cup: B.C. Lions win 37-24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- Vanier Cup: Calgary Dinos win 25-6 over the Western Ontario Mustangs
Football (Soccer)
- The NASL announced that it was suspending operations and hoped to return in 1986; it never did.
- England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 1-0 (aet) over Everton
Gaelic Athletic Association
- Gaelic football
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Kerry 2-12 d. Dublin 2-8
- National Football League: Monaghan 1-11 d. Armagh 0-9
Golf
Men's Golf
- Major championship results:
- April - The Masters - Bernhard Langer
- June - US Open - Andy North
- July - British Open - Sandy Lyle
- August - PGA Championship - Hubert Green
- PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Curtis Strange - $542,321
- Champions Tour leading money winner: Peter Thomson - $386,724
- Ryder Cup: Europe won 16 1/2 to 11 1/2 over the USA in world team golf
- US Women's Open - Kathy Baker
- LPGA Championship - Nancy Lopez
- Nancy Lopez: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $416,472
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - What A Nuisance
- Canada - Queen's Plate - La Lorgnette
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Rainbow Quest
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Law Society
Harness Racing
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- Pacers: Preux Chevalier
- Trotters: Scotch Notch
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 win 4 games to 1 over the Philadelphia Flyers
- World Hockey Championship:
- Men's champion: Czechoslovakia defeated Canada
- Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated Czechoslovakia
Skiing
- Alpine Skiing
- The men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg
- The women's overall season champion: Michela Figini, Switzerland
Snooker
- World Snooker Championship: Dennis Taylor beats Steve Davis 18-17 in one of the greatest snooker matches of all time
- World rankings: Steve Davis remains world number one for 1985/86
Swimming
- First Pan Pacific Championships held in Tokyo (August 15 – August 18)
Tennis
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- Davis Cup: Sweden wins 3-2 over Germany F.R. in world team tennis.
General sporting events
- Sixth Pan Arab Games held in Rabat, Morocco
- Second World Games held in London, United Kingdom
- Thirteenth Summer Universiade held in Kobe, Japan
- Twelfth Winter Universiade held in Belluno, Italy
Births
January
- January 1 — Alex Danson, English field hockey player
- January 2 — Teng Haibin, Chinese gymnast
- January 15 — Bahodirjon Sooltonov, Uzbek boxer
- January 18 — Joel Julio, Colombian boxer
- January 28 — Libby Lenton, Australian swimmer
- January 28 — Basharmal Sultani, Afghan boxer
February
- February 3 — Celina Lemmen, Dutch swimmer
- February 5 — Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese football (soccer) player
- February 6 — Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater
- February 13 — Hedwiges Maduro, Dutch football (soccer) player
- February 28 — Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player
March
- March 3 — David Davies, Welsh long-distance swimmer
- March 11 — Anita Galić, Croatian freestyle swimmer
- March 11 — Kai Reus, Dutch cyclist
- March 15 — Mario Delač, Croatian freestyle swimmer
- March 16 — Teneal Attard, Australian field hockey player
- March 17 — Tugba Karademir, Turkish figure skater
April
May
- May 2 — Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
- May 14 — Nicholas Sprenger, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 15 — Antti Autti, Finnish snowboarder
- May 16 — Stefanie Luiken, Dutch swimmer
- May 21 — Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer
- May 21 — Susannah Harris, Australian field hockey player
- May 22 — Effiong Okon, Nigerian boxer
June
- June 4 — Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player
- June 6 — Sota Hirayama, Japanese football (soccer) player
- June 8 — Alexandre Despatie, French Canadian diver
- June 10 — Kaia Kanepi, Estonian tennis player
- June 17 — Ozge Gurler, Turkish track running athlete
- June 24 — Cregan Joseph, UAE-born Canadian field hockey player
- June 28 — Phillip Bardsley, English football (soccer) player
- June 30 — Michael Phelps, American swimmer
July
- July 9 — Pawel Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
August
- August 20 — Kobie McGurk, Australian field hockey player
- August 21 — Nicolás Almagro, Spanish tennis player
- August 5 — Salomon Kalou, Ivorian football player
- August 10 — Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer
- August 18 — Inge Dekker, Dutch swimmer
September
- September 1 — Larsen Jensen, US swimmer
- September 8 — Likar Ramos Concha, Colombian boxer
- September 15 — Denis Calincov, Moldovan football (soccer) striker
October
- October 12 — Boniface Kiprop, Ugandan track and field athlete
- October 17 — Collins John, Dutch football (soccer) player
- October 23 — Sadat Tebazaalwa, Ugandan boxer
- October 24 — Wayne Rooney, English football (soccer) player
November
- November 11 — Robin Uthappa, Indian cricketer
- November 20 — Caitlin McClatchey, Scottish swimmer
- November 30 — Madonna Blyth, Australian field hockey player
December
- December 3 — László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer
- December 15 — Jolly Katongole, Ugandan boxer
Deaths
- August 12 — Manfred Winkelhock, auto racing driver
- September 30 — Paul Berlenbach (84), American light heavyweight boxer (b. 1901)
- November 13 — Pelle Lindbergh, NHL goaltender Philadelphia Flyers
- December 14 — Roger Maris, MLB player
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