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1999 in sports
See also:
1998 in sports
,
other events of 1999
,
2000 in sports
and the
list of 'years 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
:
Jeff Gordon[?]
won the
Daytona 500
NASCAR Championship
-
Dale Jarrett[?]
Indy Racing League
-
Indianapolis 500
-
Kenny Brack[?]
CART Racing
-
Juan Montoya
won the season championship
Formula One Championship
-
Mika Häkkinen
of
Finland
24 hours of Le Mans
: won by the team of
Pierluigi Martini[?]
/
Yannick Dalmas[?]
/
Joachim Winkelhock[?]
driving a
BMW V-12 LMR
Rally racing
- the team of
Tommi Makinen[?]
/
Risto Mannisenmaki[?]
win the
Monte Carlo Rally
driving a
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Drag racing
-
Tony Schumacher[?]
won the
NHRA
"
Top Fuel
" championship.
Baseball
World Series
:
New York Yankees
won 4 games to 0 over the
Atlanta Braves
. The series MVP:
Mariano Rivera[?]
, New York
Basketball
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
Connecticut wins 77-74 over Duke
NBA Finals
: - The
San Antonio Spurs
defeat the
New York Knicks
, 4 games to 1, to win the franchises' first championship.
Boxing
September 18
-
The Fight of the Millennium
:
Felix Trinidad
defeats
Oscar De La Hoya
by split 12 round decision to unify the
IBF
and
WBC
's world Welterweight championships.
Cycling
Giro d'Italia
won by
Ivan Gotti[?]
of
Italy
Tour de France
-
Lance Armstrong
of the
United States
World Cycling Championship
:
Óscar Freire[?]
of
Spain
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
Alexej Jagudin[?]
,
Russia
Women's champion:
Maria Butirskaja[?]
,
Russia
Pairs champions:
Jelena Bereschnaja[?]
&
Anton Sicharulidse[?]
,
Russia
Football (
Soccer
)
England - FA Cup
:
Manchester United
won 2-0 over
Newcastle United
FIFA Women's World Cup
-
United States
won 5-4 on penalty kicks over
China
Football (American)
Super Bowl XXXIII
:
Denver Broncos
won 34-19 over the
Atlanta Falcons
Canadian Football League
Grey Cup
:
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
win 32-21 over the
Calgary Stampeders
Vanier Cup
:
Laval Rouge et Or[?]
win 14-10 over the
Saint Mary's Huskies[?]
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters
-
Jose Maria Olazabal[?]
June
-
US Open
-
Payne Stewart[?]
July
-
British Open
-
Paul Lawrie[?]
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Tiger Woods
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Tiger Woods
- $6,616,585
PGA Champions Tour
leading money winner:
Bruce Fleisher[?]
- $2,515,705
Ryder Cup
:
United States
won 14 1/2 to 13 1/2 over
Europe
in world team golf.
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
Juli Inkster[?]
LPGA Championship
-
Julie Inkster[?]
Karrie Webb[?]
:leading money winner on the
LPGA
tour, earning $1,591,959
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Australia
-
Melbourne Cup
-
Rogan Josh[?]
Canada
-
Queen's Plate
-
Woodcarver[?]
France
-
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
-
Montjeu[?]
Ireland
-
Irish Derby Stakes
-
Montjeu[?]
English Triple Crown Races
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Island Sands[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Oath[?]
St. Leger Stakes
-
Mutafaweq[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Charismatic[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Charismatic[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
Lemon Drop Kid[?]
Harness Racing
North America Cup
-
The Panderosa[?]
United States Pacing Triple Crown races
:
Cane Pace
-
Blissful Hall[?]
Little Brown Jug
-
Blissful Hall[?]
Messenger Stakes
-
Blissful Hall[?]
United States Trotting Triple Crown races
:
Hambletonian
-
Self Possessed[?]
Yonkers Trot
-
Kentucky Futurity
-
Self Possessed[?]
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Sir Vancelot[?]
Trotters:
Special Force[?]
Ice Hockey
Art Ross Memorial Trophy
as the
NHL
's leading scorer during the regular season:
Jaromir Jagr
,
Pittsburgh Penguins
Hart Memorial Trophy
for the
NHL
's Most Valuable Player:
Jaromir Jagr
-
Pittsburgh Penguins
Stanley Cup
:
Dallas Stars
defeat the
Buffalo Sabres
4 games to 2
World Hockey Championship
Men's champion:
Czech Republic
defeated
Finland
Junior Men's champion:
Russia
defeated
Canada
Women's champion:
Canada
defeated the
United States
Skiing
Alpine Skiing
The men's overall season champion:
Lasse Kjus[?]
,
Norway
The women's overall season champion:
Alexandra Meissnitzer[?]
,
Austria
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
men's results:
Australian Open
-
Yevgeny Kafelnikov[?]
French Open
-
Andre Agassi
Wimbledon championships
-
Pete Sampras
US Open
-
Andre Agassi
Grand Slam in tennis
women's results:
Australian Open
-
Martina Hingis
French Open
-
Steffi Graf
Wimbledon championships
-
Lindsay Davenport
US Open
-
Serena Williams
Davis Cup
:
Australia
won 3-2 over
France
in world tennis.
General sporting events
World Curling Championships[?]
:
Men:
Scotland
won 6-5 over
Canada
Women:
Sweden
won 8-5 over the
United States
Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]
:
Stephen Hendry[?]
won 18-11 over
Mark Williams[?]
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion
:
Doug Swingley[?]
with lead dogs:
Stormy
,
Cola
&
Elmer
Births
Deaths
March 8
-
Joe DiMaggio
,
Major League Baseball
great
October 25
-
Payne Stewart[?]
, U.S. golfing champion died in a plane crash
October 31
-
Greg Moore[?]
24,
CART
racing driver
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