World Rally Championship 1984 — all rallies

Audi’s year — Stig Blomqvist won five rallies and the title — but from May the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 showed the future, winning three of the last four rounds it entered.

12
rallies
6
different winners
7
Audi wins
4
Lancia & Peugeot wins

Every round of the 1984 World Rally Championship has its own page, with the route, the key entries, how the rally unfolded, the top-10 result and the most important retirements. For the season story, standings and the main players, see the 1984 season overview.

Rd. Rally Dates Surface Winner Car
1 Monte Carlo Rally 21–27 January 1984 Tarmac and snow Walter Röhrl Audi Quattro A2
2 Swedish Rally 10–12 February 1984 Snow Stig Blomqvist Audi Quattro A2
3 Rally de Portugal 7–10 March 1984 Tarmac and gravel Hannu Mikkola Audi Quattro A2
4 Safari Rally 19–23 April 1984 Gravel Björn Waldegård Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo
5 Tour de Corse 3–5 May 1984 Tarmac Markku Alén Lancia Rally 037 Evo
6 Acropolis Rally 28–31 May 1984 Gravel Stig Blomqvist Audi Quattro A2
7 Rally New Zealand 23–26 June 1984 Gravel Stig Blomqvist Audi Quattro A2
8 Rally Argentina 27 July – 1 August 1984 Gravel Stig Blomqvist Audi Quattro A2
9 1000 Lakes Rally 24–26 August 1984 Gravel Ari Vatanen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
10 Rallye Sanremo 30 September – 5 October 1984 Tarmac and gravel Ari Vatanen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
11 Ivory Coast Rally 31 October – 4 November 1984 Gravel Stig Blomqvist Audi Sport Quattro
12 RAC Rally 25–29 November 1984 Gravel Ari Vatanen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
Monte Carlo Rally 1984Walter Röhrl’s first rally for Audi ended in an Audi one-two-three — and his fourth Monte Carlo win in five years.Read more →Swedish Rally 1984Stig Blomqvist won his home rally ahead of Michèle Mouton, the first of five wins on his way to the 1984 drivers’ title.Read more →Rally de Portugal 1984Hannu Mikkola beat Markku Alén by just 27 seconds after one of the most open battles of the season.Read more →Safari Rally 1984Björn Waldegård won the Safari in a Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo — his second Safari win, seven years after his first in a Ford Escort.Read more →Tour de Corse 1984Markku Alén won in Corsica — but the bigger news was the world championship debut of the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16, which led for twelve stages.Read more →Acropolis Rally 1984Stig Blomqvist won the Acropolis, with Mikkola making it an Audi one-two and Alén third.Read more →Rally New Zealand 1984Stig Blomqvist won in New Zealand, ahead of Markku Alén’s Lancia and Hannu Mikkola.Read more →Rally Argentina 1984Audi one-two-three in Argentina: Blomqvist, Mikkola and local hero Jorge Recalde.Read more →1000 Lakes Rally 1984Ari Vatanen won the 1000 Lakes — Peugeot’s first world championship win with the 205 Turbo 16.Read more →Rallye Sanremo 1984Ari Vatanen won Sanremo for Peugeot; Attilio Bettega was second in what would be his best world championship result.Read more →Ivory Coast Rally 1984Stig Blomqvist won the Ivory Coast in a Sport Quattro and clinched the 1984 drivers’ title.Read more →RAC Rally 1984Ari Vatanen beat Hannu Mikkola by 41 seconds to give the 205 T16 its third win in a row.Read more →

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Sources

  1. Jonkka's World Rally Archive (juwra.com), season 1984 — https://www.juwra.com/
  2. Wikipedia (EN), 1984 World Rally Championship — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_World_Rally_Championship

All text is original writing for Grouve Sports Management Group, based on the sources above. Facts checked on 21 October 2026.

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