See also: 1979 in sports, other events of 1980, 1981 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

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Figure Skating

Football (Soccer)

Football (American)

Canadian Football League

Golf

Men's Golf

  • PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Tom Watson - $530,808
  • PGA Champions Tour - In its first year, Don January is the leading money winner with earnings of $44,100.

Women's Golf

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

Harness Racing

Ice Hockey

Skiing

January 12 - Canada’s Ken Read, the leader of the "Crazy Cannucks" ski team, wins the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel Austria, becoming the first North American to ever win the classic race.

Tennis

General sporting events

Births

Deaths