1978 in sport

Chronology of the sport

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Automobile

Mario Andretti gains the Championnat of the world of Formula 1 at the wheel of a Lotus - Ford.

Baseball

the New York Yankees gain the World Series vis-a-vis the Los Angeles Dodgers
Finale of the championship of France: victorious Nice CPU

Basketball

NBA : The Washington Bullets champions NBA vis-a-vis the Seattle SuperSonics 4 handles with 3.
Mans champion of France.
the Caen Basket Club loses in semi-final of cut of Europe.

Football

April 19th : FC Barcelona finally gains the Cut of Spain by drawing aside UD Las Palmas (3-1).
May 2nd : The ACE Monaco is champion of France.
May 3rd : With the Park of the Princes of Paris, the Belgians of RSC Anderlecht gain the Coupe of Europe of the winners of cuts vis-a-vis the Austrians of the Austria Vienna.
May 6th : With Wembley, Ipswich Town FC gains the F Challenge Cup finally by being essential 1-0 vis-a-vis Arsenal FC.
May 9th : The Netherlanders of PSV Eindhoven gain the UEFA Cup by taking the best over the French of SC Bastia. The result cumulated at the end from both matches is of 3 goals with 0.
May 10th : With Wembley, the English of Liverpool FC gain the Coupe of the clubs European champions vis-a-vis the Belgians of FC Bruges.
May 13rd : With the Park of the Princes of Paris, the ACE Nancy-Lorraine gains the Coupe de France by being essential 1-0 vis-a-vis OGC Nice.
May 23rd : The departure day before of the Blue for the world Argentinian one, Michel Hidalgo is victim of an attempt at removal!
June 25th , with Buenos Aires, the Argentine gains its first World cup finally by being essential 3-1 vis-a-vis the Netherlands.

detailed Article : Football world cup 1978

December 19th : the Belgians of RSC Anderlecht allocate the Supercoupe of the UEFA vis-a-vis the English of the Liverpool FC. The result at the end from both matches is of 4 goals with 3.

detailed Article: 1978 in football.

American football

January 15th: Super Bowl XII: Dallas Cowboys 27, Denver Broncos 10. detailed Article: Season NFL 1977

Hockey

the Canadians of Montreal gain the Coupe Stanley.
Cut Magnus: Gap champion of France.
EHC Swiss Biel champion of .
the Soviet Union gains the championship of the world.

Rugby with XIII

Lézignan champion of France.

Rugby with XV

the Wales gains the Tournoi by signing a Large Slam.

detailed Article: Five Nations tournament 1978

May 28th: The ACE Béziers is champion of France while being essential finally vis-a-vis the ACE Montferrand, 31-9.

Alpine skiing

Championships of the world to Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany).

the Austria gains 7 medals, including 4 of gold.

World cup

the Swede Ingemar Stenmark gains the general classification of the World cup.
Hanni Wenzel (Liechtenstein) gains the general classification of the female World cup.

Tennis

Open US of tennis: As in 1977, American the Chris Evert gains the tournament.

Veil

November 28th: The Canadian Mike Birch gains the first Route of Rum.

Births

January 4th :

Karine Ruby, Snowboard euse French.
Dominik Hrbatý, Slovak tennis player .

January 7th: Daniel Bennett, racing cyclist Australia N. († January 5th 2007).
January 14th: Shawn Crawford, American athlete, Olympic champion on the 200 meters with the Plays of Athens in 2004.
January 17th: Petra Mandula, Hungarian tennis player .
January 18th: Stev Theloke, German swimmer, specialist in the Backstroke.
January 29th: Martin Schmitt, German skijumper .
February 11th: Nadia Styger, alpine skier Swiss.
March 9th: Lucas Neill, Football or Australia N, evolving/moving in England.
March 11th: Didier Drogba, Football or of the Ivory Coast.
March 26th: Cédric Mouret, Football French or.
April 11th: Josh Hancock, American player of Baseball. († April 29th 2007).
April 17th: Hannu Manninen, specialist Finnish in the Scandinavian Combined, Olympic champion by team (2002), world champion by team (2001) and in sprint (2007).
April 18th: Luciano Pagliarini, racing cyclist Brazil IEN.
April 26th: Elson Becerra, Football Colombian or. († January 8th 2006).
May 12th: Hossein Reza Zadeh, haltérophile Iranian.
May 15th: Sebastien Chabbert, Football or French.
May 20th: the Nile Schumann, German athlete , Olympic champion of the 800 meters with the Plays of Sydney in 2000.
May 25th: Adrian Garcia, Chilean tennis player
May 27th: Jacques Abardonado, Football or French.
May 29th: Sebastien Grosjean, French tennis player
June 6th: Kemal Kolenovic, boxes ur Montenegrin. († 1 {{er}} January 2007).
June 11th: Julien Rodriguez, Football French or.
June 19th: Dirk Nowitzki, player of German Basketball , evolving/moving in the team NBA of the Dallas Mavericks.
June 20th :

Frank Lampard, British footballer (team of England).
Leonardo Rodrigues, player of volley ball Brazil IEN.

June 21st: Ignacio Corleto, player of Rugby to XV Argentinian.
June 29th: Steve Savidan, Football French or.
July 31st: Justin Wilson, British pilot of Formula 1, champion of Formula 3000 in 2001, which disputed the 16 Grands Prix of the season 2003 for the stables Minardi (11) and Jaguar (5), marking 1 point (8th with GP of the United States).
August 5th: Kim Gevaert, Belgian athlete
August 19th: Sebastien Tortelli, pilot French motor bike
August 23rd: Kobe Bryant, American player of basketball
September 3rd: Michal Rozsíval player Czech of Hockey, evolving/moving in LNH.
September 16th: Michael Uhrmann, German skijumper .
September 19th: Mariano Puerta, Argentinian tennis player
September 23rd: Ingrid Jacquemod, alpine skier French.
October 11th: Reinfried Herbst, alpine skier Austrian.
October 22nd: Chaswe Nsofwa, Football international or Zambia N. († August 29th 2007).
October 26th: Phillip Brooks, All-in wrestler
November 27th: Radek Štěpánek, Czech tennis player .
November 29th: Alessandro Fei, player of Volley ball Italy N.
November 30th: Pierrick Fédrigo, racing cyclist French, champion of France on road in 2005.
December 5th: Marcelo Zalayeta, Football or Uruguay in.
December 7th: Jere Hård, swimmer Finnish, specialist in the stroke butterfly.
December 8th: Frederic Piquionne, Football French or.
December 9th: Gaston Gaudio, Argentinian tennis player .
December 13rd :

Fabio Di Bella, Italian player of Basket-ball.
Patrick Allotey, Football Ghanaian or . († June 27th 2007).

Principal deaths

January 14th: Harold Abrahams, 78 years, British athlete , Olympic champion of the 100 meters with the Plays of Paris in 1924. (° December 15th 1899).
March 20th: Jacques Nectarine, 82 years, tennis player French. (° May 11th 1895).
May 28th: Ernest Cadine, 84 years, haltérophile French, Olympic champion in the category of cruiser-weight, with the Plays of Antwerp in 1920. (° July 12th 1893).
August 21st: Paul Barrère, 72 years, French player of Rugby to XV. (° October 9th 1905).
August 26th: Jose Manuel Moreno called El Charro , 62 years, Argentinian footballer. (° August 3rd 1916).
September 11th: Ronnie Peterson, 34 years, racing driver Swedish of Formula 1. (° February 14th 1944).
September 18th: Henri Roessler, 68 years, Football or, then French trainer. (° September 16th 1910).
November 17th: Alain Colas, 35 years, skipper (veil) French. (° September 16th 1943).

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