1985 in sports

Table of contents

1 Auto Racing
2 Baseball
3 Basketball
4 Boxing
5 Cycling
6 Figure Skating
7 Football (Soccer)
8 Football (American)
9 Canadian Football League
10 Golf
11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing
12 Harness Racing
13 Ice Hockey
14 Skiing
15 Tennis
16 General sporting events
17 Births
18 Deaths

Auto Racing

Stock car racing:
- Bill Elliott won the Daytona 500
- NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip
Indianapolis 500 - Danny Sullivan
CART Racing - Al Unser 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 won, driving a Porsche 956
Rally racing - 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

World Series: The Kansas City Royals defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3, becoming the first team to come back from a 3 to 0 deficit to win a series in baseball.
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.

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.

World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Alexander Fadejew, (Soviet Union)
- Women's champion: Katarina Witt, (Germany)
- Pairs champions: Jelena Walowa & Oleg Wassiljew, (Soviet Union)

Grand Slam of golf results:
1. May - The Masters - Bernhard Langer
2. June - US Open - Andy North
3. July - British Open - Sandy Lyle
4. August - PGA Championship - Hubert Green
PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Curtis Strange - $542,321
PGA 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

Women's Golf

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
English Triple Crown Races:
1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Shadeed
2. Epsom Derby - Slip Anchor
3. St. Leger Stakes - Oh So Sharp
United States Triple Crown Races:
1. Kentucky Derby - Spend a Buck
2. Preakness Stakes - Tank's Prospect
3. Belmont Stakes - Creme Fraiche

Alpine Skiing
- The men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg
- The women's overall season champion: Michela Figini, Switzerland

Embassy World Snooker Championship:
- Dennis Taylor won 18-17 over Steve Davis
Libby Riddles with her lead dogs, Axle & Dugan, becomes the first woman to ever win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race