1988 in sports
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- 7.1 Records 7.1.1 Sprint
- 7.1.2 middle distance running
- 7.1.3 Long -distance running
- 7.1.4 Hurdles
- 7.1.5 Go
- 7.1.6 throwing events
- 7.1.7 jumping events
- 7.1.8 Mehrkampf
- 8.1 Formula 1
- 8.2 Superbike World Championship
- 8.3 Formula TT
Olympic games
American Football
- January 31: In Super Bowl XXII, the Washington Redskins beat the Denver Broncos at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego with 42:10.
- August 7: The Helsinki Roosters beat in Euro Bowl II, the Amsterdam Crusaders with 35:14.
- October 15: In German Bowl X, the Red Barons Cologne propose 11,000 spectators in Berlin Dusseldorf Panther 25:20.
Badminton
Highlights of Badminton 1988 were the Olympic badminton tournament of Thomas Cup and Uber Cup.
World Badminton Grand Prix
Billiards
- Three Band World Championships 1988
Fencing
- World Fencing Championships 1988
Football
Athletics
Records
Sprint
Middle distance running
Long-distance running
Hurdles
- JUNE 21: Daniela Petrescu, Romania, the 3000 meter steeplechase of the ladies running in 09:55,3 minutes.
- August 20: Jordanka Donkowa, Bulgaria, the 100 -meter hurdles of the ladies running in 12.21 seconds.
Walking
- AUGUST 27: Kerry Saxby - Junna, Australia completed the 10,000 meters walking to the ladies in 41:30 minutes.
- August 30: Mikhail Schtschennikow, Soviet Union, the 20,000 meters walking the men goes in 1:19:08 hours.
Throwing events
Jumping events
- June 4: Shao Jingwen, People's Republic of China, in the pole vault of 3.73 meters Ladies achieved.
- June 9: Serhiy Bubka, Soviet Union, jump in the pole vault of 6.05 meters gentlemen.
- June 10: Zhang Chunzen, People's Republic of China, jump in the pole vault of 3.75 meters ladies.
- JUNE 11: Galina Tschistjakowa, Soviet Union, in the long jump of 7.52 meters Ladies achieved.
- July 10: Serhiy Bubka, Soviet Union, in the pole vault the men reached 6.06 meters.
- November 8: Javier Sotomayor, Cuba, in the high jump of the men reached 2.43 meters.
More fight
Motorsport
Formula 1
- Formula 1 World Championship 1988
Superbike World Championship
- The 26- year-old American Fred Merkel wins on Honda before the Italians Fabrizio Pirovano (Yamaha) and Davide Tardozzi ( Bimota ) and the Drivers' Championship, the inaugural World Superbike Championship. In the Constructors' Championship, Honda continues through before Bimota and Yamaha.
Details: Superbike World Championship 1988
Formula TT
- The Formula TT 1988 consists of eight races.
- In the TT -F1 class of 23- year-old Briton Carl Fogarty wins at Honda the title. Second, the Northern Irishman Joey Dunlop, Third his compatriot Roger Burnett (both also Honda).
Details: Formula TT 1988
Winter sports
- Alpine Ski World Youth Championship 1988
- Biathlon World Championships 1988
- Curling World Cup 1988
- Ice Hockey World Junior Championship 1988
- World Figure Skating Championships 1988
- Speed Skating Sprint World Championships 1988
- Freestyle Skiing World Cup 1988
Born
January
- JANUARY 3: JR Hildebrand, American race car driver
- January 4: Sergei Evljuskin, German - Kyrgyz football player
- JANUARY 5: Arna Sif Pálsdóttir, Icelandic handball player
- January 11: Daniela Lowenberg, German football player
- January 12: Douglas Franco Teixeira, Dutch footballer
- JANUARY 13: Leigh Broxham, Australian football player
- January 16: Nicklas Bendtner, Danish football player
- January 16: Mehmet Boztepe, a Turkish football player
- January 16: Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican football player
- JANUARY 17: Louise Lyksborg, Danish handball player
- JANUARY 17: Mike Di Meglio, French motorcycle racer
- January 20: Uwa Echiejile, Nigerian footballer
- January 20: Callum MacLeod, British racing driver
- January 20: Pasquale di Sabatino, Italian race car driver
- January 22: Isabel Kerschowski, German football player
- January 22: Monique Kerschowski, German football player
- JANUARY 22: Łukasz Rutkowski, Polish ski jumper
- JANUARY 22: Marcel Schmelzer, German football player
- JANUARY 23: Marc Sand, Austrian football player
- January 27: Romina wood, German football player
- January 27: Raphaela Piehler, German swimmer
- JANUARY 30: Florian Bissinger, German cyclist
February
- On February 2nd, Susanne Hartel, German football player
- FEBRUARY 4: Carly Patterson, American gymnast
- February 5: Geisenberger, German luger
- February 6: Farid Ahmadi, Afghan football players
- February 8: Arik Braun, German chess player
- February 8: Maxi Hayn, German handball player
- February 13: Maximilian Brandl, German ice hockey player
- February 13: Yevgeny Alexandrovich Garanitschew, Russian biathlete
- February 13: Takuto Iguchi, Japanese racing driver
- February 13: Dmitri Jurjewitsch Sajustow, Russian ice hockey player
- February 13: Daniel Wisgott, German lightweight rowers
- FEBRUARY 14: Ángel Di María, Argentine footballer
- FEBRUARY 14: Flávio Reblin, Brazilian cyclists
- FEBRUARY 15: Stephanie Goddard, German football player
- FEBRUARY 18: Andreas Wank, German ski jumper
- FEBRUARY 22: Sebastian Tyrala, German footballer
- February 23: Inga Stoeckel, German field hockey player
- FEBRUARY 25: Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player
- FEBRUARY 26: David Williams, Australian football player
- FEBRUARY 29: Tom Buschke, German football player
- FEBRUARY 29: Benedikt Höwedes, German football player
March
April
May
- MAY 3: Fanuel Kenosi, botswanischer Sprinter
- May 7: Nathan Joel Burns, Australian football player
- May 10: Joel Miller, American race car driver
- MAY 11: Oscar Carlen Swedish handball player
- MAY 11: Severin Freund, German ski jumper
- MAY 12: Babette Peter, German football player
- MAY 13: Said Husejinović, Bosnian - Herzegovinian footballer
- MAY 14: Niccolò Canepa, Italian motorcycle racer
- May 20: Karoline Teska, German actress
- MAY 21: Kevin Schindler, German football player
- MAY 23: Angelo Ogbonna, Italian footballer
- May 27: Tobias Reichmann, German handball player
- MAY 28: Carmen Jordá, Spanish automobile racing driver
June
July
- July 3: Anssi Koivuranta, Finnish Nordic combined
- July 3: James Troisi, Australian football player
- July 11: Naoki Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver
- July 14: Olli Muotka, Finnish ski jumper
- July 14: James Vaughan, English footballer
- July 14: Rhys Anthony Williams, Australian- Welsh footballer
- July 15: Riki Christodoulou, British racing driver
- July 15: Shkelzen Gashi, Albanian -Swiss footballer
- July 15: Luis Ezequiel Ibáñez, Argentine footballer
- JULY 19: Kevin Grosskreutz, German football player
- JULY 23: Daniel Mancinelli, Italian race car driver
- JULY 26: Diego Perotti, Argentine footballer
- July 27: Adam Biddle, Australian football player
- July 27: Panagiotis " Panny " Nikas, Australian football player
- JULY 28: Emanuel Biancucchi, Argentine footballer
- JULY 29: Levent Tuncat, Turkish-born taekwondo athletes
- JULY 30: Andreas Stjernen, Norwegian ski jumper
August
September
October
- October 5: Adrián Campos Jr., Spanish racing driver
- October 10: Ideye Brown, Nigerian footballer
- October 10: Jason Moore, British racing driver
- October 11: Séamus Coleman, Irish football player
- OCTOBER 12: Jules Cluzel, French motorcycle racer
- OCTOBER 13: Scott Jamieson, Australian football player
- OCT 13: Susan Thorsgaard, Danish handball player
- OCT 15: Pia Marxkord, German football player
- OCTOBER 15: Mesut Ozil, German football player
- October 16: Zoltán Stieber, Hungarian football player
- OCTOBER 17: Belal Mansoor Ali, Bahraini middle-distance runner
- October 20: Agustin Torassa, Argentine footballer
- OCTOBER 21: Nathalie Bock, German football player
- October 22: Alisa Vetterlein, German football player
- OCTOBER 23: Dani Clos, Spanish racing driver
- October 23: Carolin Schiewe, German football player
- October 24: Daniel McKenzie, British racing driver
- OCTOBER 24: Hideki Yamauchi, Japanese racing driver
- OCTOBER 28: Kévin Estre, French race car driver
- OCTOBER 31: Sebastien Buemi, Swiss racing driver
November
- November 3: Stefan Kutschke, German football player
- November 4: Robert Cregan, Irish race car driver
- NOVEMBER 17: Eric Lichaj, American football player
- November 18: Andreas Niederquell, German football player
- NOVEMBER 20: Roberto Rosales, a Venezuelan football player
- November 20: Dušan Tadić, Serbian football player
- November 22: René Lange, German football player
- NOVEMBER 25: Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger († 2010)
- November 28: Ritchie De Laet, a Belgian Football Player
- November 28: Florian Leitner, Austrian football player
- November 29: Hermann Gassner junior, German rally driver
- November 30: Julie Zangenberg, Danish actress
December
- December 8: Islambek Said- Zilimowitsch Albijew, Russian wrestler
- December 8: Philip Major, Canadian race car driver
- December 10: Jon Lancaster, British racing driver
- December 10: Neven Subotic, Serbian - American football players
- December 10: Imke Wübbenhorst, German football player
- DECEMBER 16: Mats Hummels, German football player
- December 17: David Lekuta Rudisha, the Kenyan middle distance runner
- DECEMBER 18: Markus Pazurek, German football player
- December 22: Kaja Schmäschke, German handball player
- December 25: Michael Blum, German football player
- December 31: Francisc Joel Martinez, Andorran football player
Died
First half year
- January 3: Joie Chitwood, American racing driver (* 1912)
- JANUARY 5: Pete Maravich, American basketball player ( b. 1947 )
- JANUARY 12: Piero Taruffi, Italian car and motorcycle racer (* 1906)
- February 8: Pietro Arcari, Italian footballer (* 1909)
- FEBRUARY 14: Cal Niday, American race car driver (* 1914)
- March 14: Rudolf Gramlich, German football player ( b. 1908 )
- MARCH 24: Roger Loyer, a French motorcycle and car racer (* 1907)
- April 3: Dieter Mauritz, German table tennis player ( born 1918 )
- April 4: Herbert Heinicke, German chess player ( b. 1905 )
- APRIL 16: Jose Dolhem, French race car driver ( b. 1944 )
- May 2: Berthold Koch, German chess player (* 1899)
- May 7: Conny Freundorfer, German table tennis player ( b. 1936 )
- May 10: Joey Sternaman, U.S. American football player and coach ( born 1900 )
- MAY 24: Freddie Frith, British motorcycle racer (* 1909)
- JUNE 13: Bill Rooney, U.S. American football player (* 1896)
- 24 June: Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver ( b. 1962 )
Second half- year
- July 3: Fritz Wiessner, German - American climber (* 1900)
- July 7: Paula Mollenhauer, German track and field athlete ( b. 1908 )
- July 8: Ray Barbuti, American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist ( b. 1905 )
- JULY 24: Helmut Schubert, German national football team (* 1916)
- August 8: Alan Ameche, U.S. American football player ( b. 1933 )
- August 11: Alfred Kelbassa, German football player ( b. 1925 )
- August 14: Hans- Werner von Massow, German chess functionary (* 1912)
- August 14: Enzo Ferrari, Italian racing driver and founder of the racing car manufacturer Ferrari ( * 1898)
- September 13: Gerd Hornberger, German athlete (* 1910)
- September 26: Branko Zebec, Yugoslav football player ( born 1929 )
- September 30: Al Holbert, American racing driver ( b. 1944 )
- October 14: René Vietto, French cyclist (* 1914)
- NOV 9: Clarke Hinkle, U.S. American football player (* 1909)
- NOVEMBER 27: Johannes Hendrikus Donner, Dutch chess Grandmaster (* 1927)
- December 4: Alberto Urias Uruguayan racing driver (* 1924)
- December 5: August Lenz, German footballer (* 1910)
- December 8: Milt Gantenbein, U.S. American football player (* 1909)
- DECEMBER 29: Mike Beuttler, British racing driver ( b. 1942 )