1984 Formula One World Championship, Season summary
Senna actually passed the slowing Prost as they crossed the line when Ickx held out the red flag (Prost had slowed down having already been told on the team radio that the race had been stopped), but the regulations ruled that the results were taken from the previous lap, where Prost still held a 7.4 second lead. Almost going unnoticed in Senna's late race charge for the lead, was that the Cosworth V8 powered Tyrrell of Bellof (a teammate of Ickx's in the Rothmans Porsche sportscar team) was catching Senna as fast as the Brazilian was catching Prost. Toleman mechanics later confirmed that had the race not been stopped, Senna would not have finished as the TG184 had suffered serious suspension damage due to his constant running over the high curbs at the Nouvelle Chicane.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Season summary
During the season, the Tyrrell team had its results stripped after a technical infringement. Soon after the podium ceremony for the Detroit Grand Prix in which Martin Brundle had finished in second place (only 2 seconds behind the Brabham of Nelson Piquet), word arrived that the officials had found impurities in the water injection system on his Tyrrell 012 and lead balls in the rubber bag containing the water. Samples of the water were shipped to France and Texas for analysis and found to contain significant levels of hydrocarbons.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Season summary
Team boss Ken Tyrrell was called to a meeting of the FISA Executive Committee on July 18 and, based on the impurities in the water, which had been topped up during a pit stop, was accused of refueling the car during the race. Refueling had been banned prior to the 1984 season and remained illegal until 1994. FISA found the team guilty and Tyrrell was disqualified from the remainder of the World Championship and lost the 13 points they had already gained as of Detroit.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Season summary
They were allowed to and did continue to race, though they did not appear for the final three races of the season. However, they were unable to score any championship points. Many in the paddock felt for Tyrrell as they believed the penalty far outweighed the crime and that FISA boss Jean-Marie Balestre had used the system to make an example of the British-based team to vindicate what happened the previous season, when Brabham escaped punishment after admitting to run a lighter car by using a different blend of fuel.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Season summary
McLaren dominated the season, with Prost winning 7 races to equal the season wins record set by Jim Clark in 1963, and Lauda winning 5, making the McLaren MP4/2 the most dominant single season car in the sports history to that point. The team also scored four 1–2 results during the season to easily win the Constructors' Championship with a then-record 143.5 points, some 86 points in front of second-placed Ferrari. McLaren won 12 of the season's 16 races, with Brabham's reigning World Champion Nelson Piquet scoring two wins. Michele Alboreto (Ferrari) and Keke Rosberg (Williams-Honda) were the only other winners in the season with each winning a single race.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Season summary
For Japanese giant Honda, Rosberg's win in the Dallas Grand Prix in the United States would be the first of 40 wins for their turbocharged V6 engines until the turbos were banned following the 1988 season. It was also Honda's first win in Formula One since John Surtees had won the 1967 Italian Grand Prix at Monza driving the V12 powered Honda RA300 in its debut race.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Season summary
The Dallas Grand Prix was a one-off race, as the race was inexplicably run during the 100F heat of a Texas July summer; the weather and track temperatures were so high that the track broke up very badly. Aside from those problems, the circuit and the organization were well-received, and race was a classic- but only 7 cars finished. This was similar to the previous race in Detroit, where only 6 cars finished. Renowned British motorsports journalist Denis Jenkinson referred to these 2 American races as "demolition derbies".


1984 Formula One World Championship, Season summary
Zolder held its last Formula One Grand Prix when it hosted the third round Belgian Grand Prix. Fittingly at the track where Ferrari's Gilles Villeneuve had been killed in 1982, Michele Alboreto took pole and won the race carrying Villeneuve's #27 on his car. The Dijon-Prenois circuit also hosted its final Grand Prix when it hosted the French Grand Prix (Rd.5) won by Niki Lauda.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 1: Brazil
Most of the Formula One seasons in the 1980s started at the sweltering tropical heat and humidity of the Jacarepagua Riocentro Autodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A 10-day test followed by the Grand Prix often was the case.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 1: Brazil
In addition to a frantic start, drivers had to deal with people running across the track with the cars bearing down on those people; Briton Derek Warwick in the French factory Renault led until an incident with Niki Lauda led to suspension failure; Frenchman Alain Prost won his first Grand Prix with McLaren at the flat and rough but fast Rio circuit. This was also Ayrton Senna's first Formula One race, he was driving for the Toleman team. Senna would prove to be the first retirement of the season when the turbo on his 4 cyl Hart engine failed on lap 8.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 2: South Africa
The South African Grand Prix was held traditionally at the fast and flowing Kyalami circuit near the high-altitude city of Johannesburg. During the race morning warm up session, Piercarlo Ghinzani had a massive accident at the fastest corner on the track, the Jukskei sweeping uphill left hander. As a result of the full fuel load in his Osella, a huge fire started which completely consumed the car, though Ghinzani escaped with only minor burns to his hands. However, it was enough for him to be withdrawn from the race.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 2: South Africa
Brazilian Nelson Piquet qualified on pole position, with Prost 2nd. The latter, however, had to start from the pit lane due to problems with his car (Prost was able to race the spare car after ignition problem with Lauda's McLaren was solved, as the Ghinzani crash allowed McLaren extra time to fix it. If not for the crash Lauda would have had the spare and Prost would not have driven).


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 2: South Africa
Although the Brabhams with their highly powerful BMW turbo engines proved to be very quick on this circuit, they were very unreliable cars, mostly due to the single turbocharger of the 4 cylinder engine. In addition to Piquet retiring, his teammate Teo Fabi also retired, and Austrian Niki Lauda moved up through the field to win in his McLaren. Prost was able to carve his way from the back to 2nd place, keeping his lead in the championship. The new Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna finished 6th in the race in his Toleman under considerable back pain, scoring his first ever world championship point.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 3: Belgium
The Belgian Grand Prix was previously held at the revised Spa-Francorchamps circuit; for this year, however, it returned to the forested Zolder circuit further north. This race saw a fighting drive from Keke Rosberg, who was driving an ill-handling Williams with a Honda engine that was unbalancing the car. Ferrari's new Italian recruit Michele Alboreto won this race from Warwick and Frenchman Rene Arnoux, driving the second Ferrari. Both McLarens failed to finish. This would be the last time the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix was held at Zolder; from the following year onwards it would return and stay at Spa.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 4: San Marino (Imola, Italy)
The San Marino Grand Prix at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari in Italy was held one week after the Belgian race. Defending champion Piquet, proving yet again his Brabham's superiority on light fuel loads took pole position again. Amazingly, Senna did not qualify for the race after many problems with his uncompetitive Toleman, the only time in his F1 career in which he would fail to qualify. Piquet however retired in the race with another turbo failure, and Fabi retired on the same lap with the same problem. The race was won by Prost from his countryman Arnoux and Italian Elio de Angelis in a Renault-powered Lotus.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 5: France
The French Grand Prix, usually run in late June/early July was run in May at the very fast Dijon-Prenois circuit. Patrick Tambay took pole in his Renault; he finished 2nd to Niki Lauda in a McLaren that was superior to all other cars at this short circuit that was made up of long, fast corners. This would be the last time the French Grand Prix was held at the Dijon circuit; the cars were lapping in the 1 minute 2 second range during qualifying. The FIA stipulated that any lap during a Formula One event that was under a minute did not count as a completed lap.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 6: Monaco
The Monaco Grand Prix was the only Grand Prix in 1984 to be run in wet conditions. Qualifying saw Briton Martin Brundle crashing his Tyrrell at the Tabac corner, as his car overturned and landed on its left side. Brundle was uninjured, and took the spare car to qualify. In the race day, the circuit was flooded by rain, as never before in Monaco since the 1930s and the 1972 event.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 6: Monaco
The organizers decided to cover the tunnel section with water, because of the dramatic difference between the very wet circuit and the almost completely dry "tunnel", which was in fact the road that went under the Hotel de Paris. Prost took pole position, in front of Mansell.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 6: Monaco
As the drivers went away, there was an accident at the Saint-Devote corner during the start between both the Renaults of Tambay and Warwick; Tambay injured his legs (due to the design of the cars back then where the driver's feet were not required to be behind the front axle, as is the rule today) and had to be carried off the circuit on a stretcher. As the rain came down, Mansell spun his Lotus on the climb up to the Massenet corner after touching a slippery white line.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 6: Monaco
Prost took the lead, although he was pacing himself in comparison to rookie drivers Ayrton Senna in a Toleman and Stefan Bellof in a naturally-aspirated Tyrrell. Senna and Bellof pushed hard in an attempt to catch Prost, who was still pacing himself in conditions that were getting worse. By lap 26 of the scheduled 80 laps, the conditions became so bad that Prost signalled to Jacky Ickx, the clerk of the course to stop the race. By lap 26, Senna was up to second place, 11 seconds behind Prost, and Bellof 4th, but on lap 29, the race was stopped.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 6: Monaco
Prost parked his car on the main straight, and Senna passed him. However, the rules said that when a race was stopped, the order would be determined by what the order was on the previous lap- and Prost was leading on that lap. The race was never restarted, so Prost won with Senna second. Drivers scored half-points, as the race had not completed 75% of the scheduled distance.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 7: Canada
The Canadian race at the public road Gilles Villeneuve circuit on a man-made island in the St. Lawrence River's passageway through the center of Montreal was won by Nelson Piquet, who was finally able to actually finish a race this season after chronic unreliability with his Brabham. Piquet won ahead of Lauda and Prost; the latter had to deal a misfire in his TAG-Porsche turbocharged engine.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 8: Detroit (USA)
The first of two rounds in the United States was held on an angular street circuit in the Ford and General Motors home city of Detroit, Michigan. The race was moved 2 weeks forward to late June, suffering a considerable temperature difference. It was very hot come race-day, and the track — which was already unpopular with drivers and as it was to do in subsequent Grand Prix in Detroit — was largely broken up. Nelson Piquet took pole position again; every driver who obtained pole position that year was given a free Vespa motor scooter.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 8: Detroit (USA)
Piquet set the record that year for most motor scooters collected among F1 drivers. The start of the Detroit Grand Prix saw an accident between Piquet and Mansell which blocked much of the start-finish straight; this race had to be abandoned and restarted. Typical of Detroit, the race proved to be a race of severe attrition: only 6 of the 26 cars finished.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 8: Detroit (USA)
Nelson Piquet won again on a circuit where engine power was not as important as other things, and Martin Brundle compounded this with his naturally aspirated engined Tyrrell: Detroit was one of the few circuits where his underpowered car could actually finish in the points and be competitive.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 8: Detroit (USA)
Thanks to the immediate power response of the naturally aspirated Ford-Cosworth V8 DFY in the Tyrrell, compared to the delayed power response of the turbocharged engines (all of which had more than 200 more horsepower than the DFY in 1984), Brundle passed de Angelis in a Lotus for second, and was closing on Piquet on the last lap. The British driver finished 8 tenths of a second behind the Brazilian.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 9: Dallas (USA)
The Formula One circus moved some 1,500 kilometers south to a whole new location in the United States (to which it would never return), for the Dallas Grand Prix at the Fair Park circuit in Dallas, Texas. This race effectively replaced the United States Grand Prix West in Long Beach, California, which was held in April and was taken over by CART IndyCar racing. This race had already been controversial for being held in the intense 38 °C (100 °F) average heat and humidity of a Texas July summer, and there were week-long rumors of its cancellation.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 9: Dallas (USA)
Although the event organization itself (headed by racing legend Carroll Shelby) was praised and Dallas's reception was thought to be welcoming and friendly, the time of year this race was scheduled made conditions extremely difficult. The concrete-wall lined circuit, located in a city district containing the Cotton Bowl some 10 kilometers outside of the center of Dallas measured what is possibly the highest track temperature ever recorded during a Grand Prix: 66 °C (151 °F).


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 9: Dallas (USA)
As a result, such extreme temperatures combined with the tyre and aerodynamic adhesion meant that the track almost completely disintegrated- the break up was so bad that the only parts of the track that were not covered with gravel were tire tracks left on the racing line. As a result, it was not only very slippery, but extremely bumpy as well. It was then decided to start the Grand Prix at 11:00 a.m. instead of the traditional time of 2:00 p.m. in an attempt to avoid the heat, which was scheduled to be 40 °C (104 °F) that day.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 9: Dallas (USA)
Nigel Mansell put his Lotus on pole position, the first of his career, with his teammate de Angelis alongside him in second. Martin Brundle yet again crashed severely and injured his ankles; he did not take part in the race. On race day, there was an American Trans-Am support race that left the track with huge holes in the track scattered everywhere. Shelby and the organizers were able to briefly fix these holes barely 45 minutes after the race was due to start, with Prost and Lauda leading protests to cancel the race.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 9: Dallas (USA)
As expected, the track broke up at the point that the cars had to line up behind each other even when right near each other to avoid the strewn gravel- which if the cars got on top of, they would slip and slide (with nearly the same effect as driving on ice) and most likely crash at the tight and extremely demanding Fair Park circuit. Mansell held off several challenges from Warwick, who got onto the marbles (strewn gravel) and crashed into a tire barrier- and also challenges from de Angelis, Prost, Lauda and Rosberg.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 9: Dallas (USA)
Piquet was also catching this group and Arnoux, who had to start from the pit lane, passed several cars and was also closing on the leading group. Rosberg, who was running 2nd then forced Mansell into a mistake, and took the lead. Mansell had to go into the pits because of problems with his car; Prost took the lead from Rosberg, but eight laps later he clipped the wall and damaged his back right wheel. Rosberg, in his ill-handling Williams-Honda took advantage of Prost's mistake and re-passed the Frenchman.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 9: Dallas (USA)
Piquet hit the wall, and then retired due to a jammed accelerator pedal. There were consistent retirements throughout the entire race (all but 2 of the retirements were either accident or punctured-tire related; made worse by the close concrete walls), with the air and track temperatures rising and the track getting even worse. Prost then retired due to a puncture, as did Michele Alboreto and Lauda. Rosberg, equipped with a skull cap that kept him cool went on to win ahead of Arnoux and de Angelis.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 9: Dallas (USA)
Only 7 of the 26 cars entered finished the race, one more finisher than Detroit. Mansell, one lap down in 6th place, suffered gearbox failure right before the finish, deciding to push his broken black Lotus across the line in the Dallas heat in his black overalls. While doing this, he collapsed and fainted due to exhaustion. He was given 6th place because the 7th and 8th-place finishers were 2 laps behind Mansell.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Round 9: Dallas (USA)
Formula One would return to Texas years later, but to the state capital city of Austin south of Dallas at a permanent circuit in November 2012.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 10: Great Britain
Formula One returned to Europe after the attrition-filled North American tour. The Brands Hatch circuit, just outside London in southeastern England, played host to this year's British Grand Prix, alternating with Silverstone every two years.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 10: Great Britain
During this time, the Tyrrell team had undergone a difficult period due to the fuel irregularities involving the re-filling of water tanks and the insertion of lead shot balls in the fuel tanks, in order to meet the minimum weight rules. In an unprecedented move that has not been repeated since, the FIA decided to ban the Tyrrell team from every future Grand Prix that season and strip the small English team of all its championship points on the grounds of cheating; team owner/operator Ken Tyrrell lost most of his sponsors between the Dallas and British Grands Prix.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 10: Great Britain
Toleman driver and multiple motorcycle Grand Prix champion Johnny Cecotto crashed heavily at the fast Westfield corner hitting the barriers there head-on; the Venezuelan broke both his legs and never raced in Formula One again. Piquet again qualified on pole position, with Prost and Lauda 2nd and 3rd. This race was run as two parts: the first race saw a massive accident at the Bottom Bend left hand sweeping corner (otherwise known as Graham Hill corner); Riccardo Patrese (Alfa Romeo) tried to pass Jacques Laffite's Williams-Honda, but spun attempting to do so.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 10: Great Britain
This caused his teammate Eddie Cheever to lift off, and behind him Johansson did the same but Philippe Alliot in the RAM-Hart did not have time to react and went into the back of the Tyrrell and then flew over it, landing on the rear of Cheever's car. Also involved was Gartner who tried to avoid the crash and ended up in the tire barrier.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 10: Great Britain
The race went on, with Prost passing Piquet at the fearsome Paddock Hill bend; but this ended up not mattering because before the end of the lap, Jonathan Palmer had crashed the second RAM heavily at Clearways when the suspension failed. The car was parked beside the track and it was then decided that if it was left there, it could become a launch pad if another car went off the circuit. The race was stopped, and this meant that at the restart Piquet was on pole again as the order was based on the end of the 11th lap- much to the annoyance of Prost.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 10: Great Britain
After the race restarted, Prost retired with gearbox failure, Piquet pitted and lost a lap on the leaders. So victory went to Niki Lauda. Warwick finished 2nd and Ayrton Senna finished 3rd in the Toleman, which was better suited to faster tracks with long corners like Brands Hatch than it was to slow and tight circuits.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 11: Germany
The very fast Hockenheim circuit in West Germany- the longest circuit of the year once again played host to the historic German Grand Prix. Surprisingly at this power circuit, Prost qualified his McLaren on pole position showing the benefits of a good car set up, and took the race victory ahead of Lauda and Warwick. Piquet retired yet again- this time with gearbox problems. The first part of the race saw a stirring drive from Senna- he was as high as 6th in his uncompetitive Toleman- but then his car's rear wing failed and he spun off near the Ostkurve chicane.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 12: Austria
The Austrian Grand Prix, held at the Österreichring at Zeltweg near Graz since 1970, played host to the 15th Austrian Grand Prix and the 400th Formula One Grand Prix. The Österreichring was the fastest circuit of the year (this was the case when Silverstone was not on the calendar). Pole-sitter Piquet took the lead and led for most of the race distance.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 12: Austria
After the Renault engine in Elio de Angelis's Lotus failed and littered the racing line at the very fast Jochen Rindt Kurve with slippery oil, the leaders Piquet and Prost came through- Piquet slipped and slid slightly through the corner- but Prost, while trying to hold 4th gear in place spun his car and crashed into the track-side Armco barrier. Lauda, who had passed 3rd placed Patrick Tambay coming out of the Bosch Kurve moved up into 2nd, and then began chasing Piquet; Lauda passed him going into the fastest corner on the track, the Tiroch Kurve. Piquet dropped back with ruined tires, and Lauda slowed down a lot after losing 4th gear in the Texaco Panorama curves. Lauda was able to stay in front of Piquet and become the only Austrian to win his home Grand Prix. Italian Michele Alboreto in a Ferrari finished 3rd.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 13: Netherlands
The spectacular beach-side Zandvoort circuit half an hour west of Amsterdam was the traditionally long-time host of the Dutch Grand Prix. This race was a McLaren 1–2 with Prost winning in front of Lauda with the Lotus duo Mansell and de Angelis finishing 3rd and 4th, respectively. It was at this race where McLaren secured the Manufacturers' Championship. The result also saw that only de Angelis had a mathematical chance of beating either Lauda or Prost to the Drivers' Championship.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 14: Italy
The Italian Grand Prix took place in early September at the Monza Autodrome near Milan. This race saw Prost retire after an updated spec. TAG-Porsche engine in his car failed early. Lauda, who was suffering the effects of a sore back, won from Italians Michele Alboreto and Riccardo Patrese who inherited the third place when his teammate Eddie Cheever ran out of fuel in his Alfa Romeo. This would prove to be the last F1 podium achieved by Alfa Romeo.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 14: Italy
Nelson Piquet led early before retiring with engine failure, while teammate Teo Fabi then led until he retired, also with a failed BMW engine. Patrick Tambay then took over the lead until he was passed by Lauda with the Renault retiring shortly after. Swedish driver Stefan Johansson stepped in to drive the Toleman of Ayrton Senna for this race after Toleman has suspended the Brazilian when it became known that he had signed to drive for Lotus from 1985. Johansson drove a steady race and capitalising on the retirements of others finished fourth, scoring his first World Championship points. Austrian drivers Jo Gartner and Gerhard Berger finished 5th and 6th for Osella and ATS respectively; however, as their teams had only entered one car for the season and both were in second cars entered for the race neither received World Championship points.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 15: Europe (Germany)
Grands Prix in the Queens neighborhood of New York City and in the beachside resort town of Fuengirola, Spain had been cancelled; which left a month-long gap between the Italian and a replacement Grand Prix: the European Grand Prix, this year held at the all-new Nürburgring Grand Prix circuit,  with state of the art safety facilities and paddock terraces. This new circuit replaced the old 22.8 km  Nordschleife, which still exists today but in slightly shortened and bypassed form from the GP circuit.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 15: Europe (Germany)
As the race went on, there was an accident at the start involving Senna and Rosberg; both were out at the first corner; and Prost won this race unchallenged from Alboreto, pole-sitter Piquet and Lauda, who qualified 15th. This meant that Prost's victory meant that he still stood a chance to win his first Drivers' Championship; Lauda led the points tally with 3.5 points.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 16: Portugal
The first Portuguese Grand Prix since 1960 was held at the updated Estoril circuit near the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. McLaren had claimed the Constructors' Championship in Italy, after winning 11 of the 15 races in the season,  including the last 6 Grands Prix. Prost qualified 2nd alongside Piquet,  who collected his 9th pole of the season, while Lauda was 11th on the grid. Lauda climbed up to 3rd after passing Ayrton Senna, who  had qualified 3rd in a Toleman.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Race by race summary, Race 16: Portugal
Piquet had fallen away, so Prost was leading, with Nigel Mansell second in his last race for Lotus before moving to Williams. Mansell retired due to persistent brake problems, and Lauda moved up to second, ensuring his third World Championship. Prost won McLaren's 7th consecutive victory and 12th of 16 races, whilst Lauda finished second, a mere half point in front of Prost in the championship, a record margin that has not been matched since. Senna completed the podium. As of 1984, Prost (future winner of four World Championships) had lost his 3rd consecutive F1 championship: he had been beaten by 2 points in 1983, and 7 points in 1982.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, World Drivers' Championship standings
Points towards the 1984 Formula 1 World Championship for Drivers were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first six finishers in each race.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, World Drivers' Championship standings
† Half points were awarded at the Monaco Grand Prix as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed. * Neither Gartner nor Berger were eligible for points, as they were driving the respective "second entries" of Osella and ATS and both teams had officially entered only one car for the entire championship.


1984 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, World Constructors' Championship standings
Points towards the 1984 Formula 1 World Championship for Manufacturers were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first six finishers in each race.


1984 France rugby union tour of New Zealand
The 1984 France rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of eight matches played in June 1984 by the France national rugby union team in New Zealand. The team won all six of their matches against New Zealand provincial teams but lost both their internationals against the New Zealand All Blacks.


1984 France rugby union tour of New Zealand, Test matches, First Test
NEW ZEALAND: Allan Hewson, John Kirwan, Steven Pokere, Bruce Smith, Warwick Taylor, Wayne Smith, Andy Donald, John Ashworth, Andy Dalton (c), Gary Knight, Gary Whetton, Andy Haden, Mark Shaw, Murray Mexted, Jock Hobbs


1984 France rugby union tour of New Zealand, Test matches, First Test
FRANCE: Serge Blanco, Patrice Lagisquet, Didier Codorniou, Philippe Sella, Patrick Esteve, Jean-Patrick Lescarboura, Pierre Berbizier, Pierre Dospital, Philippe Dintrans (c), Jean-Pierre Garuet, François Haget, Jean Condom, Laurent Rodriguez, Jean-Charles Orso, Jean-Luc Joinel.


1984 France rugby union tour of New Zealand, Test matches, Second Test
NEW ZEALAND: Allan Hewson, John Kirwan, Steven Pokere, Bruce Smith, Warwick Taylor, Wayne Smith, Andy Donald, John Ashworth, Andy Dalton (c), Gary Knight, Gary Whetton, Andy Haden, Mark Shaw, Murray Mexted, Jock Hobbs


1984 France rugby union tour of New Zealand, Test matches, Second Test
FRANCE: Serge Blanco, Patrice Lagisquet, Didier Codorniou (rep Eric Bonneval), Philippe Sella, Patrick Esteve, Jean-Patrick Lescarboura, Pierre Berbizier, Pierre Dospital, Philippe Dintrans (c), Jean-Pierre Garuet, François Haget, Jean Condom, Laurent Rodriguez, Jacques Gratton, Jean-Luc Joinel.


1984 Freedom Bowl
The 1984 Freedom Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 26, 1984, at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, CA. The inaugural edition of the Freedom Bowl matched the #19 Texas Longhorns of the Southwest Conference and the Big Ten's Iowa Hawkeyes. After leading 24–17 at halftime, the Hawkeyes blew the game open with 31 unanswered points in the third quarter to win 55–17.


1984 Freedom Bowl, Background
The Longhorns started the season ranked #4 in the polls, and they beat #11 Auburn and #4 Penn State to rise to #1 in the polls. After a win over Rice, they tied #3 Oklahoma to fall to #3. Wins over Arkansas, #14 SMU, and Texas Tech soon followed. However, they lost to Houston at home, making them fall to #10.


1984 Freedom Bowl, Background
A win over #12 TCU was their last of the season, as they fell to Baylor and Texas A&M to close out the year, while finishing tied for second in the Southwest Conference with TCU and Arkansas, while SMU and Houston shared the crown. This was their 8th straight bowl appearance. Iowa began the year ranked #10 in the polls, and they won their opening game versus rival Iowa State to rise to #5. Losses to #12 Penn State and #5 Ohio State made them fall out of the polls.


1984 Freedom Bowl, Background
Five straight wins (including a win over #14 Purdue) made them rise back up to #17. They tied with Wisconsin 10-10, but a loss to Michigan State the following week made them fall out of the polls permanently. A loss to Minnesota was followed by a win over Hawaii to close out the regular season. They finished in third place in the Big Ten Conference, behind Ohio State, and tied 2nd placers Illinois & Purdue. This was Iowa's fourth straight bowl appearance.


1984 Freedom Bowl, Game summary
Iowa’s Chuck Long threw for 461 yards and a bowl-record six touchdowns.


1984 Freedom Bowl, Aftermath
The Longhorns made just two more bowl games in the decade, while Iowa made four more in the decade.


1984 French Grand Prix
The 1984 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Dijon on 20 May 1984. It was race 5 of 16 in the 1984 FIA Formula One World Championship.


1984 French Grand Prix
This was the final Formula One race to be held at the 3.801 km (2.362 mi) Dijon-Prenois circuit, as it was deemed too short by governing body FISA. Fittingly in France, Frenchman Patrick Tambay, in the all-French team (French car, French engine, French tyres and French fuel) scored the Equipe Renault team's last pole position until their return to the sport in 2002.


1984 French Grand Prix
Double World Champion Niki Lauda won the race in his McLaren-TAG, his first win in France since 1975. Tambay finished second in his Renault RE50, with the Lotus-Renault of Nigel Mansell third. Lauda's team-mate and World Championship leader, Alain Prost, could only manage seventh after he was forced to pit to change a loose wheel.


1984 French Grand Prix
Andrea de Cesaris failed to qualify his Ligier, but nonetheless started the race and finished tenth. De Cesaris' Friday qualifying time was disallowed when his car's onboard fire extinguisher was found to be empty, before rain in the Saturday session prevented him from setting a time fast enough to make the grid. Ligier took the bizarre step of withdrawing their second car, driven by François Hesnault (who had qualified 14th), in order to allow de Cesaris to start 26th and last.


1984 French Grand Prix, Classification, Qualifying
* François Hesnault qualified 14th with a time of 1:05.850 in the first qualifying session. However, Ligier withdrew his entry in order for their #1 driver Andrea de Cesaris to start, after the Italian's Friday time was disallowed due to an empty on-board fire extinguisher in his JS23 and he could not post a quick time in the wet final session.


1984 French Open
The 1984 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 28 May until 10 June. It was the 88th staging of the French Open, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1984.


1984 French Open
The event was part of the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix and 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series.


1984 French Open, Finals, Men's singles
Ivan Lendl defeated  John McEnroe, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5


1984 French Open, Finals, Men's doubles
Henri Leconte /  Yannick Noah defeated  Pavel Složil /  Tomáš Šmíd, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2


1984 French Open, Finals, Women's doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Claudia Kohde Kilsch /  Hana Mandlíková, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2


1984 French Open, Finals, Mixed doubles
Anne Smith /  Dick Stockton defeated  Anne Minter /  Laurie Warder, 6–2, 6–4


1984 French Open – Boys' Singles
The 1984 French Open – Boys' Singles tournament was an event during the 1984 French Open tennis tournament. Stefan Edberg was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors in this year.


1984 French Open – Boys' Singles
Kent Carlsson won in the final 6–3, 6–3, against Mark Kratzmann.


1984 French Open – Men's Doubles
The Men's Doubles tournament at the 1984 French Open was held from 26 May until 10 June 1984 on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Henri Leconte and Yannick Noah won the title, defeating Pavel Složil and Tomáš Šmíd in the final.


1984 French Open – Men's Singles
Ivan Lendl defeated John McEnroe 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1984 French Open. It was his first major title.


1984 French Open – Men's Singles
Yannick Noah was the defending champion, but lost to Mats Wilander in the quarterfinals.


1984 French Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Ivan Lendl is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1984 French Open – Mixed Doubles
The Mixed Doubles tournament at the 1984 French Open was held from 26 May until 10 June 1984 on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Dick Stockton and Anne Smith won the title, defeating Laurie Warder and Anne Minter in the final.


1984 French Open – Women's Doubles
Rosalyn Fairbank and Candy Reynolds were the defending champions, but lost in the 2nd round to Kim Sands and Corinne Vanier.


1984 French Open – Women's Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver won the title, defeating Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Hana Mandlíková in the final 5–7, 6–3, 6–2.


1984 French Open – Women's Singles
Martina Navratilova defeated defending champion Chris Evert in the final, 6–3, 6–1, to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1984 French Open. By winning the title, Navratilova became only the second woman in the Open Era to hold all four Grand Slam singles titles at once, completing the 'Martina Slam'.


1984 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.


1984 French motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1984 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 10–11 July 1984 at the Paul Ricard Circuit.


1984 French protests
The 1984 protests in France is mass protests and a wave of strikes that paralysed France between 22-25 June after new plans to privatise private schools and primary/elementary schools. Thousands participated in the rioting on 25 June, but for the first 3 days, 850,000-1 million civilians took to the streets in the largest street demonstrations and opposition movement since 1968 against new private-school reforms and privatisation plans. Demonstrations culminated into violence as troops clashed with students protesting the new plans. The Bastille was stormed on 25 June, after days of nationwide protests (mainly in Paris). Francois Mitterrand, who was president at the time, ordered police to quell dissent and withdrew the new bills, but demonstrations intensified. Anti -privatisation of private schools protests turned into chaos, with the movement being largely-suppressed.


1984 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 1984 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by head coach Jim Sweeney, in his seventh year, and played their home games at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California. On the field, they finished the 1984 season with a record of six wins and six losses (6–6, 3–4 PCAA).


1984 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
After the season was over, it was discovered that the UNLV Rebels had used multiple ineligible players during both the 1983 and 1984 season. As a result, Fresno State's loss to UNLV turns into a forfeit win and their record is adjusted to 7–5, 4–3 PCAA.


1984 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Team players in the NFL
No Fresno State Bulldogs were selected in the 1985 NFL Draft.


1984 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1984, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1984 GP Ouest–France
The 1984 GP Ouest-France was the 48th edition of the GP Ouest-France cycle race and was held on 21 August 1984. The race started and finished in Plouay. The race was won by Sean Kelly of the Skil team.


1984 GWA Mazda Tennis Classic
The 1984 GWA Mazda Tennis Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Brisbane, Queensland in Australia that was part of the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 1 October through 7 October 1984. First-seeded Eliot Teltscher won the singles title.


1984 GWA Mazda Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles
Francisco González /  Matt Mitchell defeated  Broderick Dyke /  Wally Masur 6–7, 6–2, 7–5


1984 Gator Bowl
The 1984 Gator Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the South Carolina Gamecocks. It was the 40th edition of the bowl game.


1984 Gator Bowl, Background
The Cowboys (in their first season under Coach Jones) started the season with a victory over #12 Arizona State that made them rise to #13 by the following week. After a 4-0 start, they lost to #8 Nebraska, but won five of their next five to set up a pivotal game versus #2 Oklahoma. However, they lost 24-14, while finishing in 2nd place in the Big Eight Conference. This was their third bowl game of the decade. As for the Gamecocks, they had recovered from a 5-6 season the previous year to make win 10 games (which had been the most in school history before three straight 11-win seasons from 2011-2013) and qualify for their second Gator Bowl in four years.


1984 Gator Bowl, Game summary
The Cowboys got on the board first with a Thurman Thomas touchdown plunge from a yard out to take a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Rusty Hilger would catch a pass from Thomas in the second quarter, with a Larry Roach kick falling short to make it just 13-0. In the second half, Chris Wade caught a 24 yard pass from Quinton Lewis to make it 13-7. Later the quarter, Ira Hillary caught a 57 yard pass from Mike Hold to make it 14-13.


1984 Gator Bowl, Game summary
In the last quarter, Barry Hanna caught a 25 yard pass from Hilger to give the Cowboys the go-ahead lead at 21-14 (with Jamie Harris catching a pass from Hilger for the conversion) and ultimately the win. On the Cowboy side, Thomas rushed 155 yards on 32 carries, while Hilger threw 21-of-41 for 205 yards and one interception and a touchdown. On the Gamecock side, Hold threw 7-of-21 for 170 yards while Quniton Lewis rushed for 26 yards on 6 carries. The Cowboys managed to outgain the Gamecocks in yards by 78, but had 3 turnovers to the Gamecocks' 1. The Cowboys had 21 first downs, 165 rushing yards, 211 passing, and 3 penalties for 21 yards, while the Gamecocks had 15 first down, 104 rushing yards, 194 passing yards, and 5 penalties for 38 yards.


1984 Gator Bowl, Aftermath
The Cowboys made the Gator Bowl the following year, though they lost 23-34 to Florida State. They haven't returned to the Gator Bowl since 1985. As for the Gamecocks, they returned to the Gator Bowl three years later, though they would lose again, to future SEC member LSU 30-13. They did not win a bowl game until 1994.


1984 Geneva Open
The 1984 Geneva Open was a men's tennis tournament played on clay courts that was part of the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix. It was played at Geneva in Switzerland from 17 September through 23 September 1984. Fifth-seeded Aaron Krickstein won the singles title.


1984 Geneva Open, Finals, Doubles
Michael Mortensen /  Mats Wilander defeated  Libor Pimek /  Tomáš Šmíd 6–1, 3–6, 7–5


1984 Geneva Open – Doubles
Stanislav Birner and Blaine Willenborg were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


1984 Geneva Open – Doubles
Michael Mortensen and Mats Wilander won the title, defeating Libor Pimek and Tomáš Šmíd 6–1, 3–6, 7–5 in the final.


1984 Geneva Open – Singles
Mats Wilander was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals this year.


1984 Geneva Open – Singles
Aaron Krickstein won the title, defeating Henrik Sundström 6–7, 6–1, 6–4 in the final.


1984 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1984 Gent–Wevelgem was the 46th edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 4 April 1984. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Guido Bontempi of the Carrera team.


1984 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1984 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1984 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
The 1984 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern College (now known as Georgia Southern University) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Erk Russell, in his third year as head coach for the Eagles.


1984 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 1984 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fifth-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. In their second year as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the team finished in fifth with a final record of 6–4–1 (2–2–1 ACC).


1984 German Formula Three Championship
The 1984 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1984 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 11 March at Zolder and ended at the same place on 21 October after twelve rounds.


1984 German Formula Three Championship
Malte Bongers Motorsport driver Kurt Thiim won the championship battle. He was victorious at Zolder, Kaufbeuren, Nürburgring and Salzburgring. Volker Weidler lost 13 points to Thiim and finished as runner-up with wins at Mainz Finthen, Wunstorf and Zolder. Harald Brutschin and Cor Euser were the only other drivers who were able to win a race in the season.


1984 German Grand Prix
The 1984 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hockenheim on 5 August 1984. It was the eleventh race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship.


1984 German Grand Prix
The 44-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG, who also took pole position and set the fastest lap. Teammate Niki Lauda finished second, completing McLaren's second 1-2 finish of the season, while Derek Warwick was third in a Renault, which would turn out to be the final podium finish of his career. Nigel Mansell (Lotus-Renault), Patrick Tambay (Renault) and René Arnoux (Ferrari) rounded out the top six.


1984 German motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1984 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–27 May 1984 at the Nürburgring.


1984 Gibraltar general election
General elections were held in Gibraltar on 26 January 1984. The AACR administration of Sir Joshua Hassan was elected for a further term.


1984 Gibraltar general election
The election was called the dockyard election, as the future of the Gibraltar Royal Naval Dockyard was the only significant campaign issue.


1984 Gibraltar general election, Background
Under the constitution of 1969, in the 1980s the Gibraltar House of Assembly had seventeen seats, two held by official members appointed by the Governor of Gibraltar (the attorney-general and the financial secretary), and fifteen others elected at-large by the whole electorate in a single Gibraltar-wide constituency. A party or coalition winning eight seats in the Assembly had an effective majority and formed the government.


1984 Gibraltar general election, Background
The Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (called in full the "Gibraltar Labour Party Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights") had been the dominant political force in Gibraltar since the Second World War, winning every election but one. Hassan had been Chief Minister since 1964, apart from the three years between 1969 and 1972, and the previous election, held on 6 February 1980, had produced a House of Assembly with eight AACR members, six from the opposition Democratic Party of British Gibraltar, and one other, Joe Bossano, leader of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party. Despite his party's five other candidates all losing, Bossano had had a personal triumph, polling only sixty-four fewer votes than Hassan.


1984 Gibraltar general election, Campaign
The election was called "the dockyard election", as almost the only campaign issue was the British Government's plans, agreed with Hassan's AACR government, to transfer the Gibraltar Royal Naval dockyard to Appledore International, with new investment from Britain of £ 28 million, but with a loss of some four hundred jobs. In the circumstances, the election amounted to a referendum on these proposals. Hassan and his AACR campaigned in favour of the deal, on the slogan "the only way ahead".


1984 Gibraltar general election, Campaign
Hassan stated firmly "I have obtained a very fair package and I feel a duty to see it implemented over the next four years. No one could have obtained a better deal." However, both of the leading opposition parties, the Democratic Party of British Gibraltar led by Peter Isola and the Socialist Labour Party of Joe Bossano, campaigned against. The Democrats' platform was that on winning the election they would renegotiate the deal and press Britain for a further £5 million to pay for economic diversification.


1984 Gibraltar general election, Campaign
The leader of the Socialist Labour Party, Bossano, was also a leading member of the Transport and General Workers Union, the biggest labour organization in Gibraltar, and his position was that Appledore should be sent packing and the British government's £28 million should be spent "to relaunch Gibraltar's economy on a sounder and more durable foundation".


1984 Gibraltar general election, Outcome
The turnout on 26 January 1984 was 74%, one of the highest ever known for a Gibraltar election. Despite the re-election of Hassan's AACR administration, all eight of its candidates being elected to the House of Assembly, there was a dramatic turn of events in the politics of Gibraltar, with Isola's Democratic Party, the main opposition to the AACR since 1980, losing all six of its seats, and Bossano's Socialist Labour Party winning seven and taking over as the official opposition. Bossano himself came third in the at-large election, beating six of the winning party's candidates. In a touch of irony, his party's only losing candidate was surnamed "Victory".


1984 Gibraltar general election, Outcome
The first fifteen candidates were elected to the House of Assembly.


1984 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season
The 1984 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season was the 6th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1984 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season, Occurrences
In early 1984, when the multi-titled popular ballclub Toyota Super Corollas started their disbandment procedures. Gilbey's Gin team owner and PBA president Carlos "Honeyboy" Palanca apparently had already expressed his desire to enlist the services of Robert "the Big J" Jaworski. Toyota team manager Jack Rodriguez, however, said that all player contracts of the Super Corollas were sold by management to Beer Hausen, including the Big J. In a shocking revelation, league officials, led by PBA commissioner Mariano Yenko and his legal counsel Atty.


1984 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season, Occurrences
Rodrigo Salud, bared that Jaworski's contract was not really acquired by Shareholdings Inc. the holding company of Beer Hausen and the one that bought the Toyota franchise, and that Big J was committed to play for Gilbey's Gin. Jaworski, along with three other Toyota players namely; Francis Arnaiz, Chito Loyzaga and Arnie Tuadles, refused to play for Beer Hausen. In an official statement, Gilbey's owner Carlos Palanca said they will be able to accommodate Francis Arnaiz, but have to drop Loyzaga and Tuadles, because the team already has a complete backcourt lineup.


1984 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season, Off-season transactions
Aside from acquiring the services of Toyota superstars Sonny Jaworski and Francis Arnaiz, the team also acquired Joey Marquez from Great Taste and Romulo Mamaril from Winston.


1984 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season, Finals stint
Gilbey's defeated newcomer Beer Hausen in a playoff game on July 5 to enter the finals against defending champion Crispa, their last year's finals opponent in the same conference. The Gin Tonics placed runner-up to Crispa Redmanizers in the first of the two All-Filipino conferences of the year, losing 1-4 in the best-of-seven finals series.


1984 Ginny of San Diego
The 1984 Ginny of San Diego was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Morley Field Sports Complex in San Diego, California in the United States that was part of the Ginny Circuit of the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from September 17 through September 23, 1984.


1984 Ginny of San Diego, Finals, Doubles
Betsy Nagelsen /  Paula Smith defeated  Terry Holladay /  Iwona Kuczyńska 6–2, 6–4


1984 Girabola
The 1984 Girabola was the sixth season of top-tier football competition in Angola. Estrela Clube Primeiro de Maio were the defending champions.


1984 Girabola
The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated.


1984 Girabola
Petro de Luanda were crowned champions, winning their 2nd title, while M.C.H. do Uíge, Nacional de Benguela and Progresso do Sambizanga were relegated.


1984 Girabola
Osvaldo Saturnino aka Jesus of Petro de Luanda finished as the top scorer with 22 goals.


1984 Girabola, Changes from the 1983 season
Relegated: Académica do Lobito, Andorinhas do Sumbe, Construtores de MalanjePromoted: Ferroviário da Huíla, M.C.H. do Uíge, Sagrada Esperança


1984 Giro d'Italia
The 1984 Giro d'Italia was the 67th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races. The Giro started in Lucca, on 17 May, with a 5 km (3.1 mi) prologue and concluded in Verona, on 10 June, with a 42 km (26.1 mi) individual time trial. A total of 171 riders from nineteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Francesco Moser of the Gis Gelati-Tuc Lu team. The second and third places were taken by Frenchman Laurent Fignon and Italian Moreno Argentin, respectively.


1984 Giro d'Italia
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Urs Freuler of Atala-Campagnolo won the points classification, Fignon of Renault-Elf won the mountains classification, and Renault-Elf's Charly Mottet completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing twenty-first overall. Renault-Elf finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The team points classification was won by Metauro Mobili-Pinarello.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Teams
A total of nineteen teams were invited to participate in the 1984 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 171 cyclists. Riders represented a total of 18 countries. The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster and manager are introduced in front the media and local dignitaries – took place at the Piazza San Marco in Lucca on 16 May. Robin Morton, the team manager of the Gianna-Motta-Linea MD team, was the first female team manager ever in the Giro d'Italia. From the riders that began this edition, 143 made it to the finish in Merano.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Pre-race favorites
Team managers when asked about the favorite entering the race felt there was no clear favorite to win. La Gazzetta dello Sport felt four riders – Francesco Moser (Gis Gelati-Tuc Lu), Laurent Fignon (Renault–Elf), Giuseppe Saronni (Del Tongo–Colnago), and Roberto Visentini (Carrera–Inoxpran) – had the best chances to win, but "there is no man who knows how to dominate."


1984 Giro d'Italia, Pre-race favorites
When asked about his biggest challenge, Moser stated: "First, Visentini, because last year he was second, he has a very homogeneous squad and is the Italian runner in better shape..." Ángel Ruocco of El País felt that the race would be between 1983 Tour de France champion Fignon and Saronni, the winner of the Giro the previous year. He added that Silvano Contini, Mario Beccia, and Fignon as other challengers. Marino Lejarreta (Alfa Lum–Olmo) who rode the 1984 Vuelta a España to prepare, as well as Alberto Fernández (Zor–Gemeaz Cusin) who displayed great results when the race reached the Apennines last year.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The route for the 1984 edition of the Giro d'Italia was revealed to the public by head organizer Vincenzo Torriani on 18 February 1984. Covering a total of 3,808 km (2,366 mi), it included four time trials (three individual and one for teams), and eleven stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points. Five of these eleven stages had summit finishes: stage 3, to Madonna di San Luca; stage 5, to Blockhaus; stage 16, to Bardonecchia; stage 19, to Selva di Val Gardena; and stage 20, to Arabba. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 114 km (71 mi) shorter and contained the same number of time trials and rest days. In addition, this race contained the same number of stages.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Classification Leadership
Four different jerseys were worn during the 1984 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro. Time bonuses of 20, 10, and 5 seconds were awarded to each stage's first three finishers.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Classification Leadership
For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15; additional points could also be won in intermediate sprints. The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Classification Leadership
The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the originally the Passo dello Stelvio, but it was changed to the Pordoi Pass. The first rider to cross the Pordoi Pass was French rider Laurent Fignon. The white jersey was worn by the leader of young rider classification, a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but considering only neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing).


1984 Giro d'Italia, Classification Leadership
Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time. There was another team classification that awarded points to each team based on their riding's finishing position in every stage. The team with the highest total of points was the leader of the classification.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Classification Leadership
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Aftermath
Since the race's conclusion, the race has been marred by accusations of race officials favoring Francesco Moser. On several occasions, Moser was seen drafting behind team cars and being pushed up mountains which is not allowed in the race rules. Moser was not penalized the times he committed the violations, but several other riders in the race were punished by officials when they committed the same infractions. Renault manager Cyrille Guimard especially upset with Moser's lack of punishment because his rider, Fignon, was awarded a twenty-second penalty for receiving food outside of the feed zone.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Aftermath
Another instance appeared when the race officials cancelled the crossing of the Stelvio Pass during the eighteenth stage. Snow had fallen on the Stelvio and was thought to be able to be cleared by the day of the stage as race director Vincenzo Torriani had photos showing that it could be done. The French magazine Vélo published photos of the pass being clear of snow and open to the public. However, the day before the stage, the snow had yet to be cleared.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Aftermath
There's speculation that a government official from Trent – Moser's hometown – would not allow the Giro to cross the Stelvio. The race was re-routed to go over the Tonale Pass and Palade Pass. The changes in the stage resulted in another collective finish of the general classification contenders, thus keeping the time gaps the same and playing into the hand of Moser. 1986 race winner Roberto Visentini quit the race because he felt the it was being fixed. In the final time trial, TV helicopters have been accused of flying low behind Moser in order to propel him forward, increasing his speed. Fignon told the media that the helicopters were flying in front of him in order to slow his pace.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Aftermath
Fignon later published an autobiography in 2010 entitled We Were Young and Carefree: The Autobiography of Laurent Fignon where he discussed this edition of the Giro. He wrote that the "breaches in the rules were obvious" and that Moser had received many pushes from spectators while climbing during the twentieth stage. Fignon elaborated on the final time trial, stating that the helicopter pilot "almost mowing the number off of my back with his rotorblades." He stated the helicopter's turbulence slowed him down and also nearly crashed him a few times during the stage.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Aftermath
Ultimately, Fignon felt that if the entire race was run according to the route and abiding by the rules, he would've won the race. In 2015, Moser was inducted to the Giro d’Italia Hall of Fame. At the ceremony, he received a replica of the modern-day trophy for his victory in the race. Moser spoke of how he and Fignon talked years after the race and he still blamed his victory on the helicopter, while Moser insisted that the cheering from the crowds is what motivated him to perform so well during the day. He further commented on Fignon: "Poor Fignon! He lost two Grand Tours on the last day and in time trials, too. If either of those races had ended with a climb, it would have been a very different story."


1984 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11
The 1984 Giro d'Italia was the 67th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Lucca, with a prologue individual time trial on 17 May, and Stage 11 occurred on 28 May with a stage to Rieti. The race finished in Verona on 10 June.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Prologue
17 May 1984 — Lucca, 5 km (3.1 mi) (ITT)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 1
18 May 1984 — Lucca to Marina di Pietrasanta, 55 km (34 mi)  (TTT)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 2
19 May 1984 — Marina di Pietrasanta to Firenze, 127 km (79 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 3
20 May 1984 — Bologna to Madonna di San Luca, 110 km (68 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 4
21 May 1984 — Bologna to Numana, 238 km (148 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 5
22 May 1984 — Numana to Blockhaus, 194 km (121 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 6
23 May 1984 — Chieti to Foggia, 193 km (120 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 7
24 May 1984 — Foggia to Marconia di Pisticci, 226 km (140 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8
25 May 1984 — Policoro to Agropoli, 228 km (142 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 9
26 May 1984 — Agropoli to Cava de' Tirreni, 104 km (65 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 10
28 May 1984 — Cava de' Tirreni to Isernia, 209 km (130 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11
29 May 1984 — Isernia to Rieti, 243 km (151 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22
The 1984 Giro d'Italia was the 67th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Lucca, with a prologue individual time trial on 17 May, and Stage 12 occurred on 30 May with a stage from Rieti. The race finished in Verona on 10 June.


1984 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 12
30 May 1984 — Rieti to Città di Castello, 175 km (109 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 13
31 May 1984 — Città di Castello to Lerici, 269 km (167 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 14
1 June 1984 — Lerici to Alessandria, 204 km (127 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 15
2 June 1984 — Certosa di Pavia to Milan, 38 km (24 mi) (ITT)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 16
4 June 1984 — Alessandria to Bardonecchia, 198 km (123 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 17
5 June 1984 — Bardonecchia to Lecco, 249 km (155 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 18
6 June 1984 — Lecco to Merano, 252 km (157 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 19
7 June 1984 — Merano to Selva di Val Gardena, 74 km (46 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 20
8 June 1984 — Selva di Val Gardena to Arabba, 169 km (105 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 21
9 June 1984 — Arabba to Treviso, 208 km (129 mi)


1984 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 22
10 June 1984 — Soave to Verona, 42 km (26 mi) (ITT)


1984 Giro del Trentino
The 1984 Giro del Trentino was the eighth edition of the Tour of the Alps cycle race and was held on 7 May to 10 May 1984. The race started in Folgaria and finished in Trento. The race was won by Franco Chioccioli.


1984 Giro di Lombardia
The 1984 Giro di Lombardia was the 78th edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 13 October 1984. The race started in Milan and finished in Como. The race was won by Bernard Hinault of the La Vie Claire team.


1984 Gloucester City Council election
The 1984 Gloucester City Council election took place on 1 May 1984 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England.


1984 Gold Eagle Beer season
The 1984 Gold Eagle Beer season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1984 Gold Eagle Beer season, Notable dates
March 25: Gold Eagle (formerly San Miguel Beer) defeated Tanduay Rhum Makers, 92–84, in the first game at the start of the league's 10th season.


1984 Gold Eagle Beer season, Notable dates
June 12: Gold Eagle opened their quarterfinal campaign by a stunning 103–97 overtime victory over highly favored Great Taste, which suffered their third straight loss after being denied of a semis berth twice by Crispa. Marte Saldaña topscored for the Beermen with 26 points, followed by rookie Joey Loyzaga with 20 points.


1984 Gold Eagle Beer season, Occurrences
In the third and last playing date of the quarterfinal round on June 17, the Beermen and the Gilbey's Gin Tonics battled for the last seat in the round of four semifinals, Gilbey's won, 106–104, but the match was put under protest by Gold Eagle, citing a malfunctioning 25-second shot clock and the PBA technical committee, acting on the protest have ordered a replay. Two nights later on June 19, Gilbey's Gin left no doubt as to their rightful claim to the semifinal round by winning the replayed game over the Beermen by nine points, 115–106.


1984 Gold Eagle Beer season, Occurrences
After Crispa release their import Herman Barnes, who played only one game for the Redmanizers, the Gold Eagle Beermen signed him up but sooner decided to replaced Barnes in favor of Floyd Hooper.


1984 Golden Bay Earthquakes season
The 1984 Golden Bay Earthquakes season was the club's eleventh as a franchise in the North American Soccer League, then the top tier of American soccer. The Earthquakes finished in fifth place in the Western Division. The League folded at the end of the season, and the team would then participate in the four-team 1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series, which led to the formal establishment of the Western Soccer Alliance in 1986.


1984 Golden Bay Earthquakes season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1984 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1984 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.


1984 Gran Premio dell'Adriatico
The 1984 Gran Premio dell'Adriatico (Grand Prix of the Adriatic Sea) took place on July 22, and was the eighth round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers. It was held at the Circuito Internazionale Santamonica, near the town of Misano Adriatico (Province of Rimini) in the frazione of Santamonica, Italy.


1984 Gran Premio dell'Adriatico, Report, Entry
The F2 brigade returned to Italy, however, the race only contained eighteen cars. Prior to qualification, the PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive team did not arrive with a car for Pascal Fabre.


1984 Gran Premio dell'Adriatico, Report, Qualifying
Roberto Moreno took the pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, with an average speed of 113.507 mph.


1984 Gran Premio dell'Adriatico, Report, Race
The race was held over 58 laps of the Misano Circuit. Mike Thackwell won the race for Ralt, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. The Kiwi won with a time of 1hr 08:15.71ins., and had an average speed of 110.872 mph. Second place went to Frenchman Philippe Streiff aboard the AGS-BMW JH19C, entered by AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre). Streiff was one lap adrift. The podium was completed by Pierre Petit in the Onyx Race Engineering's March-BMW 842.


1984 Grand National
BBC Commentator Peter O'Sullevan describes the climax of the 1984 National


1984 Grand National
The 1984 Grand National (officially known as the Seagram Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 138th official renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 31 March 1984.


1984 Grand National
For the first time, the field was limited to a maximum of 40 runners. A sell-out crowd at Aintree saw 23 contenders complete the course, breaking the record for most finishers and one which still stands today.


1984 Grand National
Hallo Dandy won the race, ridden by Welsh jockey Neale Doughty. The pairing had finished fourth in the previous year's National. By the 26th fence Hallo Dandy and last year's runner-up Greasepaint were contesting the lead, which Hallo Dandy took at the second-last and held on to, securing victory by a distance of four lengths. The 1983 winner Corbiere finished third.


1984 Grand National
There was one equine fatality in the race when Earthstopper collapsed and died after finishing in fifth place.


1984 Grand National
Racing colours of Mr Richard Shaw - black, black cap, emerald green spots


1984 Grand National, Race Card
Greasepaint was made market favourite on the day of the race, proving popular to a large section of the general public for whom the National was their only bet of the year due to his having been narrowly beaten into second place in the previous year's race. He was also being given 2 lbs less to carry but had yet to win a race since being transferred to the yard of Dermot Weld who was aiming to land a unique spring double, having saddled the winner of the Lincoln Handicap a week before the National.


1984 Grand National, Race Card
Broomy Bank was relatively lightly raced prior to his winning the Kim Muir Challenge Cup at the Cheltenham festival a few weeks before the National but with a 66% win rate he was backed to 12/1 for leading amateur rider, Jim Wilson.


1984 Grand National, Race Card
Lucky Vane came to Aintree on the back of three victories during the season, the most notable being the Eider Chase, regarded by the racing fraternity as a good Grand National trial. The 12/1 chance would also benefit from the most experienced rider in the field, John Burke, taking his tenth ride in the race, having previously won it in 1976


1984 Grand National, Race Card
Grittar returned to try and regain the title he claimed in 1982, having prepared this year with a creditable third place in the Whitbred trial at Ascot. Although given 2 lbs less than when finishing fifth lest year, it was still 5 lbs more than when victorious. Having been partnered by two different riders in his previous attempts he would again have a new jockey in John Francome who had missed the ride the previous year through injury and was also a 12/1 chance.


1984 Grand National, Race Card
Hallo Dandy had been a freely available 33/1 chance for the race at the start of 1984, having been pulled up in the Hennessey Cognac Gold Cup but was the subject of huge gambles when the handicapper seemed to have completely underestimated him by raising him just 1 lb in the weights to run carrying ten stones 2 lbs.


1984 Grand National, Race Card
A good prep race at Ayr and conditions at Aintree suggesting the horse would get the good ground he favoured, as opposed to the soft ground upon which he had tired to finish fourth last year only served to enhance his chances with his backers who sent him off at 13/1 in the hands of regular jockey Neale Doughty.


1984 Grand National, Race Card
The majority of the remainder of the betting public placed their faith with last year's winner and top weighted, Corbiere, Cheltenham Foxhunters winner, Eliogarty, 1981 runner up, Spartan Missile, who provided the amateur, John White with the best backed mount of the eleven riders making their debut in the race, and Ashley House, who had been a firm ante post favourite for last year's race before being a late withdrawal. At the other end of the market over a quarter of the field were allowed to go off at 100/1 while thirteen of the field carried the minimum allowed weight of ten stones, having been handicapped below that mark.


1984 Grand National, Finishing order
The Jockey club appointed a new handicapper and starter for this years race with Captain Christopher Mordaunt framing the weights for the race and Captain Michael Sayers starting the race.


1984 Grand National, Finishing order
All five leading contenders ran well throughout the first three quarters of the race and were all well placed to mount a challenge as they jumped the Canal Turn for the second time. Greasepaint kicked on to lead at that stage and was joined four fences from the finish by Hallo Dandy who both began to stretch the chasing field. Broomy Bank and Grittar were among those who began to lose touch while Lucky Vane continued to chase the leaders towards the penultimate fence but was fighting for the minor places by the last fence.


1984 Grand National, Finishing order
Hallo Dandy took a one length lead over Greasepaint at the final fence but was never able to stretch away, keeping the result in doubt right up until the final few strides of the race.


1984 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
The race was watched by an official attendance of 54,583.


1984 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
The BBC broadcast the race live on Television for the twenty-fifth consecutive year, as part of its regular Saturday afternoon Grandstand programme. This was to be the last year the Grand National coverage was presented by David Coleman. Coleman had presented every television National bar the 1960 Grand National and the 1977 Grand National. For the thirteenth consecutive year, the commentary team consisted of John Hanmer, Julian Wilson and lead commentator, Peter O'Sullevan who was calling his thirty-ninth Grand National on Radio or Television.


1984 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
The race was also broadcast live on BBC Radio for the fifty-third time as part of Radio 2's regular Sport on Two programme, with Peter Bromley calling the winner home.


1984 Grand Prix (snooker)
The 1984 Rothmans Grand Prix was the first edition of the tournament under the Grand Prix name and had replaced the Professional Players Tournament name, which was used first in 1982. It carried the then highest biggest first prize money in the history of snooker. Unlike the Professional Players Tournament the BBC televised the event, which was held at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading, England. The venue had previously hosted the World Team Classic since 1981, an event formerly also televised by the BBC. It took place between 20 and 28 October 1984.


1984 Grand Prix (snooker)
Tony Knowles was the defending champion, however he lost 2–5 to Neal Foulds in the Quarter-finals.


1984 Grand Prix (snooker)
Dennis Taylor won his first major tournament after 13 years as a professional by defeating Cliff Thorburn 10–2 in the final, emotionally dedicating the victory to his mother, who had died shortly before the tournament was held.


1984 Grand Prix (tennis)
The 1984 Volvo Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments and two team events (World Team Cup, Davis Cup).


1984 Grand Prix (tennis), Schedule
The table below shows the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix schedule (a forerunner of the ATP Tour).


1984 Grand Prix (tennis), Grand Prix rankings
*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 2nd, 1985.


1984 Grand Prix (tennis), List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:


1984 Grand Prix d'Automne
The 1984 Grand Prix d'Automne was the 78th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 7 October 1984. The race started in Blois and finished in Chaville. The race was won by Sean Kelly.


1984 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse
The 1984 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Toulouse, France that was part of the Regular Series of the 1984 Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 19 November until 25 November 1984. Mark Dickson won the singles title.


1984 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse, Finals, Doubles
Jan Gunnarsson /  Michael Mortensen defeated  Pavel Složil /  Tim Wilkison, 6–4, 6–2


1984 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Doubles
The 1984 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on Indoor Carpet in Toulouse, France that was part of the Regular Series of the 1984 Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 19 November – 25 November.


1984 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1984 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Singles
The 1984 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Toulouse, France that was part of the Regular Series of the 1984 Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 19 November – 25 November.


1984 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 36th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.


1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Defending champion Freddie Spencer was the pre-season favorite to win the championship however, teething problems with Honda's new V4 and early season injuries squelched his hopes to repeat. In spite of his problems, Spencer still took five wins. Eddie Lawson lived up to his nickname of Steady Eddie with four wins and four second places to secure his first 500cc world championship on a Yamaha. Randy Mamola also had three wins to finish second on a factory backed Honda.


1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Yamaha also claimed the 250 crown with Frenchman Christian Sarron taking the honors ahead of a strong challenge from Real-Rotax mounted Manfred Herweh. Angel Nieto would win a thirteenth world championship with six wins in a row before sitting out the final two races. Stefan Dörflinger would be the first ever 80cc champion after the class displacement was increased from 50cc.


1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1984 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1984:


1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Participants, 500cc riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top ten finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


1984 Great Taste Coffee Makers season
The 1984 Great Taste Coffee Makers season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1984 Great Taste Coffee Makers season, Championships
The Great Taste Coffee Makers finally join the elite club of champion teams as they won their first-ever title in the 2nd All-Filipino Conference by scoring a 3-0 sweep over newcomer Beer Hausen. The Gokongwei ballclub captured their second straight PBA championship by winning the Invitational Third Conference in a battle of champions as they defeated Crispa Redmanizers in the best-of-five title series, three games to two.


1984 Green Bay Packers season
The 1984 Green Bay Packers season was their 66th season overall and their 64th in the National Football League. The team finished with an 8–8 record under new coach Forrest Gregg, earning them a second-place finish in the NFC Central division.


1984 Green Bay Packers season, Statistics, Defensive
(some players making minor contributions have been left off the list, but their contributions are reflected in the total category)


1984 Green Bay Packers season, Awards and records, Hall of Famers
These players were inducted to the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in February 1984


1984 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship
The 1984 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship was the 14th edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Ilulissat. It was won by Nagdlunguaq-48 for the sixth time in its history.


1984 Greenlandic general election
General elections were held in Greenland on 6 June 1984. Siumut and Atassut both won 11 seats in the 25-seat Parliament. The elections were held part-way through the negotiations of Greenland's exit from the European Economic Community.


1984 Grenadian general election
General elections were held in Grenada on 3 December 1984, the first after the invasion that followed two coups. The result was a victory for the New National Party, which won 14 of the 15 seats. Voter turnout was 86.2%.


1984 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 1984 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 20th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 16 September 1984. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Ronny Van Holen.


1984 Guamanian general election
General elections were held in Guam on November 6, 1984 to elect the Legislature, the islands' delegate to the United States House of Representatives, Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners and the Territorial School Board. Voters also voted on three referendum questions. Primary elections had been held on September 1, 1984.


1984 Guatemalan Constitutional Assembly election
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Guatemala on 1 July 1984. Although the Guatemalan Christian Democracy received the most votes, an alliance of the National Liberation Movement and Nationalist Authentic Centre emerged as the largest bloc with 23 of the 88 seats. Voter turnout was 78%.


1984 Guinea-Bissau legislative election
Indirect parliamentary elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 31 March 1984. At the time, the country was a one-party state with the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde as the sole legal party. The Assembly elected João Bernardo Vieira to the post of President on 16 May 1984.


1984 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Electoral system
Voters elected regional councillors, who in turn elected members of the National People's Assembly.


1984 Guinean coup d'état
The 1984 Guinean coup d'état was the bloodless military coup that took place in Guinea on 3 April 1984, led by Colonel Lansana Conté. It led to the deposition of Prime Minister Louis Lansana Beavogui, who had held the office since 1972, and had been serving as interim president since March, when longtime President Ahmed Sékou Touré died during an emergency heart operation at the Cleveland Clinic in the United States.


1984 Guinean coup d'état, The coup
The military struck just hours before the Politburo of the Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG), the only legally permitted party in the country, was to select a new leader. Interim president Beavogui was expected to win. Under the Constitution, the PDG's leader would have been automatically elected to a seven-year term as president, and would have been confirmed in office via a referendum.


1984 Guinean coup d'état, The coup
Colonel Conté suspended the constitution and dissolved the PDG, the National Assembly and all mass organizations. The Military Committee of National Restoration (CMNR) was created as the ruling junta. He ordered the release of political prisoners held at Camp Boiro, a concentration camp within the capital Conakry. Conté was named new President on 5 April.


1984 Guinean coup d'état, Aftermath
Eventually, a power struggle developed between Conté and a fellow member of the CMNR, Lieutenant Colonel Diarra Traoré (who briefly served as Prime Minister in April–December 1984), with the latter being executed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in July 1985. Conté took advantage of the coup attempt to execute several of Ahmed Sekou Touré's close associates, including his half-brother Ismaël Touré (former chief prosecutor at Camp Boiro), Mamadi Keïta, Siaka Touré (former commander of Camp Boiro), Moussa Diakité, and Abdoulaye Touré (former Minister of Foreign Affairs).


1984 Guinean coup d'état, Aftermath
Conté remained in power until his death on 22 December 2008, which was almost immediately followed by another coup d'état, led by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara.


1984 Haitian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Haiti on 12 February 1984. All but one of the candidates were members of the National Unity Party (PUN) of President Jean-Claude Duvalier. The PUN subsequently won all 59 seats.


1984 Hall of Fame Classic
The 1984 Hall of Fame Classic was the eighth edition of the Hall of Fame Classic. The game featured the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference and the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference. Wisconsin (7-3-1 entering the game, 5-3-1 in the Big Ten) was ranked #20 in the AP poll prior to the game. Kentucky (8-3, 3-3 SEC) had been ranked as high as #16 in the AP poll during the season but was unranked entering the game. Kentucky had appeared in the same bowl game the year before, losing to #16 West Virginia 20-16. Wisconsin was favored by 3 points over Kentucky.


1984 Hall of Fame Classic
Wisconsin scored twice to take a 10-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Less than four minutes into the game Todd Gregoire hit a 40-yard field goal. Michael Howard then threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Thad McFadden and Gregoire converted the extra point with 5:34 left in the first quarter.


1984 Hall of Fame Classic
In the second quarter Gregoire hit a 27-yard field goal with 7:05 left in the half to give Wisconsin a 13-0 lead. Then Howard threw a pass that was intercepted by Kentucky safety (and punter) Paul Calhoun. Kentucky took possession at the Wisconsin 42 and five plays later Marc Logan took the ball in from the Wisconsin 9 for a touchdown.


1984 Hall of Fame Classic
Joey Worley connected on the PAT with 1:29 left in the first half to make it 13-7. Wisconsin then took the ball to the Kentucky 3, with 0:02 left in the half, on four running plays, two pass plays and a 15-yard penalty against Kentucky. Gregoire then hit a 20-yard field goal. The halftime score was Wisconsin 16, Kentucky 7.


1984 Hall of Fame Classic
With 11:28 left in the third quarter Worley hit a 22-yard field goal for Kentucky to make it 16-10 but two minutes later Gregoire hit a 40-yard field goal to keep Wisconsin ahead 19-10. Kentucky quarterback Bill Ransdell then led an 82-yard drive in 11 plays, culminating in a Ransdell to Logan screen pass for a 27-yard touchdown. Worley connected on the point after with 0:26 left in the third quarter to make it Wisconsin 19, Kentucky 17.


1984 Hall of Fame Classic
Kentucky's next possession began on its own 22. Running back Mark Higgs took handoffs on four consecutive plays, and then running back George Adams took handoffs on four consecutive plays. in the fourth quarter Wisconsin's defense was unable to stop the two NFL-bound backs. Kentucky eventually ended up with the ball on the Wisconsin 34 on fourth down with two yards to go. Worley connected on a 52-yard field goal with 8:55 left in the game to put Kentucky ahead for the first time, 20-19. Wisconsin then drove to the Kentucky 8 with under two minutes left in the game. On fourth down and 6 yards to go Gregoire took the field for his fifth field goal attempt of the game but the snap was bobbled and Kentucky then ran out the clock for the win.


1984 Hall of Fame Classic
Joker Phillips, then a Kentucky wide receiver and later Kentucky's head football coach, had 6 receptions for 55 yards in the game; Kentucky quarterback Bill Ransdell connected on 18 of 34 passes for 188 yards.


1984 Hall of Fame Classic, Aftermath
In the final AP poll for the season Wisconsin, finishing 7-4-1, dropped out from its #20 ranking; Kentucky, at 9-3, advanced to finish the season ranked #19. Kentucky also finished the season ranked #19 in the UPI Poll.


1984 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 1984 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 27th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 35th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 2nd place in the East Division with a 6–9–1 record. They appeared in the 72nd Grey Cup game, but lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.


1984 Hardy Cup
The 1984 Hardy Cup was the 1984 edition of the Canadian intermediate senior ice hockey championship.


1984 Harlow District Council election
The 1984 Harlow District Council election took place on 3 May 1984 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council.


1984 Harlow District Council election, Election result
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1980 election.


1984 Harvard Crimson football team
The 1984 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson tied for second in the Ivy League.


1984 Harvard Crimson football team
In their 12th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 5–4 record but were outscored 196 to 182 by opponents. Steven W. Abbott was the team captain.


1984 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard's 5–2 conference record tied for second place in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 155 to 139.


1984 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.


1984 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
The 1984 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their eighth season under head coach Dick Tomey, the Rainbow Warriors compiled a 7–4 record.


1984 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 1984 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 60th season in the Victorian Football League and 83rd overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL Premiers. Hawthorn qualified for their third consecutive finals series. Hawthorn qualified for their second consecutive Grand Final. It was the second time they advanced to the Grand Final in two consecutive seasons since 1976. They faced Essendon in a rematch of last years Grand Final with a chance to repeat as premiers. Hawthorn led 68–45 at 3-quarter time but Essendon kicked 9 goals to 2 in the fourth quarter to run over the top and win 105–81. This was their first Grand Final loss since 1975.


1984 Heathrow Airport bombing
On 20 April 1984, a bomb exploded in the baggage area of Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport. The bomb exploded at 7:55 pm, as 60 people were inside the baggage area. Commander William Hucklesby, at the time head of Scotland Yard's anti-terror branch, reported that the detonated device was constructed using two pounds of commercial or military grade explosives. A hospital spokesperson stated that all but five victims were released shortly after being treated for minor scrapes, cuts and bruises.


1984 Heathrow Airport bombing
John MacIntyre, a British customs official stationed in Terminal 2 when the detonation occurred said '' There was a bloody big flash, a bang and lots of smoke. I saw a British Airways bloke with blood all over the back of his shirt. There was an Iberian Airways lost-baggage representative as well. He didn't seem to have any blood on him but he was soaking wet. I gathered the central heating unit had blown up or the pipes had burst."


1984 Heathrow Airport bombing
The blast injured 22, one seriously. The Angry Brigade, an anarchist group, claimed responsibility for the bombing. British officials dismissed the claim, and instead pointed their fingers at "Libyan-related Arab groups". coming just three days after the murder of Yvonne Fletcher and wounding of 10 other demonstrators in the street by machine gun fire outside the Libyan Embassy in London. Libyan Arab Airlines used Terminal 2 for its flights into London Heathrow, which raised suspicion as to whether the two events were related.


1984 Heathrow Airport bombing
Scotland Yard investigators said that no planes had arrived from Tripoli, with the most recent being around noon, eight hours prior to the detonation. The area of the terminal where the detonation was pinpointed to served as a storage facility for unclaimed baggage and bags that were to be rerouted to the correct destination. Explosive-detecting K9 units were dispatched to other parts of the airport, but no other explosives were found.


1984 Holiday Bowl
The 1984 Holiday Bowl was one of the games that determined the national championship in college football for the 1984 season. Played on December 21 at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, it pitted the top-ranked BYU Cougars against the unranked Michigan Wolverines. Despite six turnovers and down by seven in the fourth quarter, BYU rallied and won the game, 24–17; the attendance of 61,248 on Friday night was a record for Jack Murphy Stadium at that time.


1984 Holiday Bowl, National championship
At the conclusion of the 1984 regular season, BYU was the only undefeated team in Division I-A. As such, BYU was ranked first in the polls and was the leading candidate to be chosen as national champion if it were to win its bowl game. However, BYU, as nine-time defending champion of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), was obligated to play in the Holiday Bowl, in its seventh season, and the WAC was considered a lower-tier conference of Division I-A. As such, the Holiday Bowl was not likely to draw a high-caliber opponent for BYU.


1984 Holiday Bowl, National championship
Even though BYU was the only undefeated and untied team in Division I-A, many poll voters were reluctant to crown the Cougars as national champion. They felt that BYU's strength of schedule was too weak for the Cougars to be considered a credible pick for national champion. BYU had only played one ranked opponent, preseason #3 Pittsburgh (3–7–1) in the season opener. Only two of their opponents won at least seven games. No WAC team was even close to being BYU's equal; the Cougars were the only team in the conference with fewer than four overall losses. Additionally, many voters felt the Cougars' statistics were inflated by the heavily pass-oriented brand of football of the WAC.


1984 Holiday Bowl, National championship
Rumors spread that BYU would break its contract to play in the Fiesta Bowl. Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie's Boston College Eagles and six others turned down the Holiday Bowl's low $500,000 payout, forcing the Holiday Bowl to settle for unranked Michigan. The 6–5 Wolverines had been ranked third early in the season, but lost home games to Washington and Michigan State; quarterback Jim Harbaugh suffered a broken left arm against MSU on October 6 and was out for the season. With untested sophomore backups Russ Rein and Chris Zurbrugg at quarterback, they lost road games at Iowa, Purdue, and Ohio State.


1984 Holiday Bowl, National championship
Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler was among those skeptical of BYU, stating that "There's no way this team should be a better passing team than Illinois, Miami, Iowa, or Purdue." The seven-point underdog Wolverines managed to give BYU a tough game, but the Cougars won 24–17 and were later, by default, narrowly awarded the consensus national championship on January 2.


1984 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
BYU's first drive ended when quarterback Robbie Bosco threw an interception. On the second drive, Bosco was carried off the field after a roughing-the-passer penalty led to a knee ligament strain. He was replaced by Blaine Fowler, who came in with the game still scoreless. Fowler's first pass was deflected at the line of scrimmage. On his second play, Fowler threw a short pass for a first down on 3rd and 2, but the Cougars eventually punted.


1984 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Bosco returned on BYU's next possession and led the Cougars to their first touchdown of the game, a run by Kelly Smith with 8:33 remaining in the second quarter. Besides throwing several passes, Bosco also made a gutsy scramble for a first down.