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

Olympic games

American Football

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

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 )
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