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Contents

[edit] Athletics

For an extensive coverage see 1998 in athletics (track and field)

[edit] Decathlon

  • Best Year Performance

[edit] Marathon

[edit] Auto racing

[edit] Baseball

  • Cal Ripken Jr. ends his consecutive game streak at 2,632 in Baltimore against the New York Yankees. It was the first time he wasn't in the lineup since 1982.

[edit] Basketball

  • July 1 - The NBA locked out its players and the season was put on hold for the next 6 1/2 months and the season began under a 50-game schedule.

[edit] Boxing


[edit] Cycling

[edit] Dogsled racing

[edit] Field hockey

[edit] World competitions


[edit] Regional competitions

[edit] Figure skating

[edit] Football (American)

  • December 13 - The Baltimore Ravens and Minnesota Vikings return an NFL record 3 kickoff returns for touchdowns.

[edit] Football (Australian)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

[edit] Football (rugby league)

The North Queensland Cowboys home stadium sponsor Stockland finished up their sponsorship contract seeing out their three year deal.

A new sponsorship deal was drawn up by the Cowboys, with local milking organisation Dairy Farmers who owned the local North Queensland milking dairy in the Tablelands. It was rebadged into the newly named 'Dairy Farmers Stadium' for year 1998.

It was also the start of the National Rugby League competition. Super League (Australia) ended its 1 year competition and the Australian Rugby League also ended theirs to merge together to become one. But for some clubs it came at a cost.

For the Hunter Mariners and Western Reds from Super League (Australia) and the South Queensland Crushers from the Australian Rugby League these franchises were over. But it was the birth of a new franchise and a first in rugby league history. A team in the state of Victoria going by the name Melbourne Storm.

The 20 teams competing in season 98 were:

Adelaide Rams,

Auckland Warriors,

Balmain Tigers,

Brisbane Broncos,

Canberra Raiders,

Canterbury Bulldogs,

Cronulla Sharks,

Gold Coast Chargers,

Illawarra Steelers,

Manly Sea Eagles,

Melbourne Storm,

Newcastle Knights,

North Queensland Cowboys,

North Sydney Bears,

Parramatta Eels,

Penrith Panthers,

St. George Dragons,

South Sydney Rabbitohs,

Sydney City Roosters,

Western Suburbs Magpies.

Team Played Wins Draws Losses For Against Points
Brisbane Broncos 24 18 1 5 688 310 37
Newcastle Knights 24 18 1 5 562 381 37
Melbourne Storm 24 17 1 6 546 372 35
Parramatta Eels 24 17 1 6 468 349 34
North Sydney Bears 24 17 0 7 663 367 32
Sydney City Roosters 24 16 0 8 680 383 32
Canberra Raiders 24 15 0 9 564 429 30
St. George Dragons 24 13 1 10 486 490 27
Canterbury Bulldogs 24 13 0 11 489 411 26
Manly Sea Eagles 24 13 0 11 503 473 26
Cronulla Sharks 24 12 1 11 438 387 25
Illawarra Steelers 24 11 1 12 476 539 23
Balmain Tigers 24 9 1 14 381 463 19
Penrith Panthers 24 8 2 14 525 580 18
Auckland Warriors 24 9 0 15 417 518 18
North Queensland Cowboys 24 9 0 15 417 518 18
Adelaide Rams 24 7 0 17 393 615 14
South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 5 0 19 339 560 10
Gold Coast Chargers 24 4 0 20 289 654 8
Western Suburbs Magpies 24 4 0 20 371 802 8

[edit] Football (Soccer)

For an extensive coverage see 1998 in football (soccer)

[edit] Gaelic Athletic Association

[edit] Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

[edit] Handball

[edit] Men's Competition

[edit] Women's Competition

[edit] Harness racing

[edit] Ice hockey

  • For the first time, professional players from the National Hockey League (NHL, USA) participated in the Winter Olympics. And also for the first time in Olympic history, women took part in ice hockey.
  • Women's Gold - United States won 3-1 over Canada
  • Men's Gold - Czech Republic won 1-0 over Russia

[edit] Lacrosse

[edit] BASEketball NBL

  • BASEketball - NBL 1998

Milwaukee Beers win Denslow Cup V

[edit] Rugby league

A new sponsorship deal was drawn up by the Cowboys, with local milking organisation Dairy Farmers who owned the local North Queensland milking dairy in the Tablelands. It was rebadged into the newly named 'Dairy Farmers Stadium' for year 1998.

[edit] Skiing

[edit] Snooker

[edit] Swimming

[edit] International tournaments

[edit] Records

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Thoroughbred horse racing

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Competition





[edit] Women's Competition



[edit] Water polo

[edit] Men's Competition

[edit] Women's Competition

[edit] Multi-sport events

[edit] Awards

[edit] Deaths