1980 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Alpine skiing
Alpine Skiing World Cup: Men's overall season champion: Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein Women's overall season champion: Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein January 12 – Canada's Ken Read, the leader of the "Crazy Canucks" ski team, wins the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel, Austria, becoming the second North American to ever win the classic race.
American football
January 20 − Super Bowl XIV: the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) won 31–19 over the Los Angeles Rams (NFC) Location: Rose Bowl Attendance: 103,985 MVP: Terry Bradshaw, QB (Pittsburgh) Sugar Bowl (1979 season): The Alabama Crimson Tide won 24–9 over the Arkansas Razorbacks to claim the college football national championship December 21: The New Orleans Saints became the NFL's first ever 1-15 team
Association football
European Championship – West Germany 2–1 Belgium
European Cup – Nottingham Forest 1–0 Hamburg
UEFA Cup – 2 legs, Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt; Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach, 3–3 on aggregate, Frankfurt win on away goals Cup Winners' Cup – Valencia 0–0 Arsenal (AET), Valencia won 5–4 on penalties England – FA Cup – West Ham United won 1–0 over Arsenal Newport County AFC win Welsh Cup for first time.
Athletics
March 31 – death of Jesse Owens, American sprinter who won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936 June 12 – Soviet Union's Nadiya Olizarenko sets the world record in the women's 800 metres, clocking 1:54.85 at Moscow July 27 – Nadiya Olizarenko betters her own world record in the women's 800 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, clocking 1:53.43.
Australian rules football
Victorian Football League
Richmond wins the 84th VFL Premiership (Richmond 23.21 (159) d Collingwood 9.24 (78)) Brownlow Medal awarded to Kelvin Templeton (Footscray)
Baseball
September 18 – Outfielder Gary Ward become the sixth Minnesota Twins player to hit for the cycle. The Twins lose 9–8 to the Milwaukee Brewers, wasting Ward's effort. On May 26, 2004 his son, Daryle Ward, will repeat the feat guiding the Pirates' 11–8 victory over the Cardinals. Ward joined his father to become the first father-son combination in major league history to hit for the cycle. Rollie Fingers breaks Hoyt Wilhelm's major league record of 250 saves 1980 World Series – The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League end 97 years of frustration by defeating the American League champion Kansas City Royals four games to two, for the Phillies' first-ever World Championship. Japan's Sadaharu Oh retires from the Yomiuri Giants as the all time professional baseball home run king.
Basketball
NBA Finals
Los Angeles Lakers win four games to two over the Philadelphia 76ers
National Basketball League (Australia) Finals
St. Kilda Saints defeated the West Adelaide Bearcats 113–88 in the final.
Boxing
March 14–22 members of the United States Olympic boxing team died in a plane crash near Warsaw, Poland June 20- Roberto Durán defeats Sugar Ray Leonard by a 15-round decision to win boxing's WBC world Welterweight title. August 2- Thomas Hearns defeats José "Pipino" Cuevas by a knockout in round 2 to win boxing's WBA world Welterweight title and Yasutsune Uehara knocks out Samuel Serrano in round six to win the WBA's world Jr. Lightweight title in Detroit In Cincinnati, Aaron Pryor defeats Antonio Cervantes by a knockout in round four to win the WBA's world Jr. Welterweight title. October 2- Larry Holmes defeats Muhammad Ali by a knockout in round eleven to retain boxing's WBC world Heavyweight title, in what would be Ali's last world title bout. November 25- In The No Más Fight, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Sugar Ray Leonard recovers the WBC's world Welterweight championship with an eight-round technical knockout of Roberto Durán.
Canadian football
Grey Cup – Edmonton Eskimos win 48–10 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Vanier Cup – Alberta Golden Bears win 40–21 over the Ottawa Gee-Gees
Cycling
Giro d'Italia won by Bernard Hinault of France
Tour de France – Joop Zoetemelk of the Netherlands
UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Bernard Hinault of France
Disc sports
Disc ultimate league play begins in Toronto with the formation of the Toronto Ultimate League