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1982 IN SPORTS


==Athletics
Contents
Regional Competitions
Awards
Births
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Deaths


=Marathon===

May 22Rotterdam Marathon, Netherlands


★ Men's Winner: Rodolfo Gómez (MEX) 2:11:57


★ Women's Winner: Mathilde Heuing (FRG) 2:54:03

September 12European Championships Marathon, Athens, Greece


★ Men's Winner: Gerard Nijboer (NED) 2:15:16


★ Women's Winner: Rosa Mota (POR) 2:36:04

October 8Commonwealth Games Marathon, Brisbane, Australia


★ Men's Winner: Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:09:18

December 2Asian Games Marathon, New Delhi, India


★ Men's Winner: Kim Yang-Kon (KOR) 2:22:21

December 5Fukuoka Marathon, Japan


★ Men's Winner: Paul Ballinger (NZL) 2:10:15
==Auto Racing==

Stock car racing:


NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip


Bobby Allison won the Daytona 500

CART Racing - Rick Mears won the season championship


Indianapolis 500 - Gordon Johncock

Formula One Champion - Keke Rosberg of Finland

24 hours of Le Mans:


★ won by the team of Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell driving a Porsche 956

Rally racing - Walter Röhrl in an Opel won the World Rally Championship


Walter Rohrl / Christian Geistdorfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving an Opel Ascona 400

Drag racing - Shirley Muldowney won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.
==Baseball==

July 13: Montreal hosts the first MLB All-Star Game outside the United States. Reds SS Dave Concepción hits a 2-run home run in the 2nd inning to spark the National League to its 11th consecutive win over the American League 4-1. The NL has now won 19 of the last 20 contests. Concepción was named the MVP.

August 18: Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance.

World Series: St. Louis Cardinals won 4 games to 3 over the Milwaukee Brewers. The Series MVP was Cardinals catcher Darrell Porter.
==Basketball==

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:


★ North Carolina wins 63-62 over Georgetown

NBA Finals:


Los Angeles Lakers won 4 games to 2 over the Philadelphia 76ers

National Basketball League (Australia) Finals:


West Adelaide Bearcats defeated the Geelong Cats 80-74 in the final.

FIBA World Championship


USSR World Champion
==Boxing==

May 4 to 15 – 'Third World Amateur Boxing Championships' held in Munich, West Germany


★ ''Light Flyweight (– 48 kg):'' Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria)


★ ''Flyweight (– 51 kg):'' Yuri Alexandrov (Soviet Union)


★ ''Bantamweight (– 54 kg):'' Floyd Favors (United States)


★ ''Featherweight (– 57 kg):'' Adolfo Horta (Cuba)


★ ''Lightweight (– 60 kg):'' Ángel Herrera (Cuba)


★ ''Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg):'' Carlos García (Cuba)


★ ''Welterweight (– 67 kg):'' Mark Breland (United States)


★ ''Light Middleweight (– 71 kg):'' Aleksandr Koshkyn (Soviet Union)


★ ''Middleweight (– 75 kg):'' Bernardo Comas (Cuba)


★ ''Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg):'' Pablo Romero (Cuba)


★ ''Heavyweight (– 91 kg):'' Alexander Yagubkin (Soviet Union)


★ ''Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg):'' Tyrell Biggs (United States)



June 11Larry Holmes defeats Gerry Cooney for the WBC Heavyweight title. Cooney, a white challenger, was dubbed "The White Hope" in what builded up to be a very racially toned fight, see Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney.

November 12Aaron Pryor defeats Alexis Arguello in what would later be called the ''fight of the decade''. Pryor retained the WBA's world Jr. Welterweight title with a 14th round knockout

November 13Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim by knockout in 14 rounds in a tragic fight. Kim died five days later and the fight's outcome brought many new resolutions to boxing.

December 3 – The Carnival of Champions
==Cricket==

Graham Gooch leads a "rebel" team of players on tour of South Africa, banned from official cricket since 1970 because of apartheid.
==Cycling==

Giro d'Italia won by Bernard Hinault of France

Tour de France - Bernard Hinault of France

World Cycling Championship: Giuseppe Saronni of Italy
==Dogsled racing==

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:


Rick Swenson won with lead dog: ''Andy''
==Field Hockey==
World Competitions


Men's World Cup in Bombay, India


★ Gold Medal: Pakistan


★ Silver Medal: West Germany


★ Bronze Medal: Australia

Men's Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, The Netherlands


★ Gold Medal: The Netherlands


★ Silver Medal: Australia


★ Bronze Medal: India
Regional Competitions


Men's Asia Cup in Karachi, Pakistan


★ Gold Medal: Pakistan


★ Silver Medal: India


★ Bronze Medal: China





March 20: In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England, The Netherlands beat England 4-2.
==Figure skating==

World Figure Skating Championships:


★ Men's champion: Scott Hamilton, United States


★ Ladies' champion: Elaine Zayak, United States


★ Pair skating champions: Sabine Baeß & Tassilo Thierbach, Germany


★ Ice dancing champions: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean, Great Britain
==Football (American)==

Super Bowl XVI: San Francisco 49ers won 26-21 over the Cincinnati Bengals.

NCAA Division I-A: Clemson University Tigers defeat University of Nebraska Cornhuskers 22-15 in the Orange Bowl, voted 1981 NCAA Division I-A College Football National Champion in AP and UPI polls.

Strike: First regular season strike by NFL players ends on November 16 after 57 days.
==Football (Australian rules football)==

Victorian Football League


Carlton wins the 86th VFL Premiership (Carlton 14.19 (103) d Richmond 12.13 (83))


Brownlow Medal awarded to Brian Wilson (Melbourne)


★ The inaugural VFL Players Association Most Valuable Player Award goes to Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn). The award would be renamed the Leigh Matthews Trophy in his honour in 2002.
==Football (Canadian)==

Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos won 32-16 over the Toronto Argonauts, the Eskimos' record fifth consecutive Grey Cup victory.

Vanier Cup: UBC Thunderbirds won 39-14 over the Western Ontario Mustangs
==Football (Rugby union)==

Five Nations Championship: Ireland win the Triple Crown for the first time since 1948.
==Football (rugby league)==
The Sydney New South Wales Rugby League premiership expanded its competition for the very first time in its seventy four year history out of the state of New South Wales. Nine teams contested the initial season back in 1908, but to date the NSWRL consists of fourteen teams.

★ Fourteen Teams competing
Balmain Tigers,
Canberra Raiders,
Canterbury Bulldogs,
Cronulla Sharks,
Eastern Suburbs Roosters,
Illawarra Steelers,
Manly Sea Eagles,
Newtown Jets,
North Sydney Bears,
Parramatta Eels,
Penrith Panthers,
St. George Dragons,
South Sydney Rabbitohs,
Western Suburbs Magpies,
TeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesForAgainstPoints
''Parramatta Eels26210561924242''
''Manly Sea Eagles26170953041134''
''North Sydney Bears26161939936033''
''Eastern Suburbs Roosters26152943730432''
''Western Suburbs Magpies261601041234932''
South Sydney Rabbitohs261411139540029
Newtown Jets261321140630928
Cronulla Sharks261311240033627
Canterbury Bulldogs261231139936127
St. George Dragons261121340840224
Balmain Tigers261011538342721
Penrith Panthers26711837544115
Illawarra Steelers26602034457212
Canberra Raiders2640222698628



Parramatta Eels win their second title, defeating Manly Sea Eagles 21-8 in the final.
==Football (Soccer)==
::''For an extensive coverage see 1982 in football (soccer)''

World Cup in Spain: Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for their third title.

Champions' Cup: Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern München

UEFA Cup: Two legs; 1st leg IFK Göteborg 1-0 Hamburger SV; 2nd leg Hamburger SV 0-3 IFK Göteborg. IFK Göteborg won 4-0 on aggregate

Cup Winners' Cup: Barcelona 2-1 Standard Liège

Super Cup: Two legs; 1st leg Barcelona 1-0 Aston Villa; 2nd leg Aston Villa 3-0 Barcelona. Aston Villa won 3-1 on aggregate

Copa Libertadores de América: Two legs; 1st leg Peñarol 0-0 Cobreloa; 2nd leg Cobreloa 0-1 Peñarol. Peñarol win 1-0 on aggregate

England - FA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur won 1-0 over Queens Park Rangers
==Gaelic Athletic Association==

★ 'Camogie'


★ All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork


★ National Camogie League: Kilkenny

★ 'Gaelic football'


All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Offaly 1-15 d. Kerry 0-17


National Football League: Kerry 1-9 d. Cork 0-5 (replay)

★ 'Ladies' Gaelic football'


★ All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry


★ National Football League: Kerry

★ 'Hurling'


All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Kilkenny 3-18 d. Cork 1-13


National Hurling League:
==Golf==
Men's Golf

Major championship results:

★ #May - The Masters - Craig Stadler

★ #June - US Open - Tom Watson

★ #July - British Open - Tom Watson

★ #August - PGA Championship - Ray Floyd

PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Craig Stadler - $446,462

Champions Tour leading money winner: Miller Barber - $106,890
Women's Golf

US Women's Open - Janet Anderson

LPGA Championship - Jan Stephenson

JoAnne Carner: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $310,399.
==Thoroughbred Horse Racing==

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Gurner's Lane

Canada - Queen's Plate - Son of Briartic

France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Akiyda

Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Assert

English Triple Crown Races:

★ #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Zino

★ #Epsom Derby - Golden Fleece

★ #St. Leger Stakes - Touching Wood

United States Triple Crown Races:

★ #Kentucky Derby - Gato del Sol

★ #Preakness Stakes - Aloma's Ruler

★ #Belmont Stakes - Conquistador Cielo
==Harness Racing==

United States Pacing Triple Crown races:

★ #Cane Pace - Cam Fella

★ #Little Brown Jug - Merger

★ #Messenger Stakes - Cam Fella

United States Trotting Triple Crown races:

★ #Hambletonian - Speed Bowl

★ #Yonkers Trot - Mystic Park

★ #Kentucky Futurity - Jazz Cosmos

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:


★ Pacers: Rhett's Law
==Ice Hockey==

Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers

Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers

Stanley Cup: New York Islanders win 4-0 over the Vancouver Canucks

World Hockey Championship:


★ Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia


★ Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated Czechoslovakia
==Skiing==

Alpine Skiing


★ The men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, USA


★ The women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland
==Snooker==

World Snooker Championship: Alex Higgins beats Ray Reardon 18-15

World rankings: Ray Reardon becomes world number one for 1982/83
== Swimming ==

★ The fourth FINA World Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador
==Tennis==

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

★ #Australian Open - Johan Kriek

★ #French Open - Mats Wilander

★ #Wimbledon championships - Jimmy Connors

★ #US Open - Jimmy Connors

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

★ #Australian Open - Chris Evert

★ #French Open - Martina Navratilova

★ #Wimbledon championships - Martina Navratilova

★ #US Open - Chris Evert

Davis Cup: United States won 4-1 over France in world tennis.

Billy Jean King makes her final singles appearance at the US Open, losing in the first round.

★ Total prize money at US Open exceeds 1 million US dollars.
== Volleyball ==

Men's World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina


★ Gold Medal: Soviet Union


★ Silver Medal: Brazil


★ Bronze Medal: Argentina

Women's World Championship in Lima, Peru


★ Gold Medal: PR China


★ Silver Medal: Peru


★ Bronze Medal: United States
== Water Polo ==

Men's World Championship in Guayaquil, Ecuador


★ Gold Medal: Soviet Union


★ Silver Medal: Hungary


★ Bronze Medal: West Germany
==General sporting events==

Asian Games held in New Delhi, India

★ First Gay Games held in San Francisco, California

Awards



Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Wayne Gretzky, NHL ice hockey

Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Mary Decker, Track and field

Births


January


January 1Ahmed Khaddour, Lebanese born Danish boxer

January 1Joseph Lubega, Ugandan boxer

January 1David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player

January 1Sebastián Pardo, Chilean football player

January 2Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker

January 3Renata Burgos, Brazilian freestyle swimmer

January 5Janica Kostelić, Croatian alpine skier

January 5Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvian athlete

January 7Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player

January 7Kim Staelens, Dutch volleyball player

January 7Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer

January 9Sara Parise, Italian swimmer

January 12Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbek boxer

January 13Guillermo Coria, Argentinian tennis player

January 15Benjamin Agosto, American skater

January 17Dwyane Wade, American basketball player

January 18Christian Galenda, Italian freestyle swimmer

January 20Serghei Covalciuc, Moldovan football (soccer) midfielder

January 23Stephanie Jameson, Canadian field hockey player

January 29Adam van Koeverden, Canadian kayaker

January 31Maret Ani, Estonian tennis player
February


February 2Dorcus Inzikuru, Ugandan athlete

February 2Filippo Magnini, Italian swimmer

February 6Bojan Djordjic, Swedish football (soccer) player

February 6Jade Edmistone, Australian swimmer

February 8Robert Margalis, American medley swimmer

February 9Zersenay Tadesse, Eritrean athlete

February 10Justin Gatlin, American athlete

February 13Vanja Rogulj, Croatian breaststroke swimmer

February 14Marian Gaborik, Slovak ice hockey player

February 17Adriano, Brazilian football (soccer) player

February 18April Fronzoni, US field hockey striker

February 19Camelia Potec, Romanian swimmer

February 19Hamit Şare, Turkish skier

February 23Malia Metella, French swimmer

February 25Flavia Pennetta, Italian tennis player

February 26Li Na, Chinese tennis player

February 26Andrew Sewnauth, Scottish field hockey player

February 28Thijs de Greeff, Dutch field hockey player
March


March 2Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player

March 2Joel Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player

March 2Ben Roethlisberger, American football player

March 2Marcos Riccardi, Argentine field hockey player

March 5Daniel Carter, New Zealand rugby player

March 9Matias Paredes, Argentine field hockey midfielder

March 15Kathleen Stoody, Canadian breaststroke swimmer

March 17Steven Pienaar, South African football player

March 21Klete Keller, American swimmer
April


April 2David Ferrer, Spanish tennis player

April 5Donna-Lee Patrick, Australian field hockey player

April 8Gennadiy Golovkin, Kazakh boxer

April 13Kristi Gannon, American field hockey player

April 13Ria Male, Welsh field hockey goalkeeper

April 14Larissa França, Brazilian beach volleyball player

April 20Arnoud Okken, Dutch athlete

April 20Rodman Valera, Venezuelan volleyball player

April 22Kaká (Ricardo Iczecson Santos Leite), Brazilian football player

April 23Angie Loy, American field hockey forward

April 25Monty Panesar, English cricketer
May


May 1Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player

May 4Michele di Rocco, Italian boxer

May 4Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer

May 5Pavel Vorobiev, Kazakhstani ice hockey right winger

May 6Sergey Fesenko, Ukrainian freestyle swimmer

May 6Kyle Shewfelt, Canadian gymnast

May 8Ugur Yildirim, Dutch football player

May 12Raluca Udroiu, Romanian freestyle swimmer

May 13Rafael Mosca, Brazilian freestyle swimmer

May 13Oguchi Onyewu, American soccer player

May 14Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer

May 15Veronica Campbell, Jamaican athlete

May 17Tony Parker, French basketball player

May 18Mihály Flaskay, Hungarian breaststroke swimmer

May 18Timo Glock, German race driver

May 18Roderick Weusthof, Dutch field hockey player

May 19Alessandra Cappa, Italian backstroke swimmer

May 22Apolo Anton Ohno, US short track speed skater

May 24DaMarcus Beasley, American soccer player

May 24Tiago Camilo, Brazilian judoka

May 25Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan athlete

May 26Mikel Arteta, Spanish football player
June


June 1Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgian tennis player

June 3Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian athlete

June 5Fabiano Peçanha, Brazilian middle distance runner

June 8Mark Gangloff, American swimmer

June 8Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player

June 11Diana Taurasi, American basketball player

June 13Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian distance runner

June 14Chris Cozens, British freestyle swimmer

June 19Francisco Picasso, Uruguayan medley swimmer

June 23Joona Puhakka, Finnish diver

June 24Serginho Greene, Dutch football player

June 25Mandy Haase, German field hockey defender

June 25Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player

June 28Diego Gallo, Uruguayan swimmer
July


July 2Timo Weß, German field hockey player

July 3Manon van Rooijen, Dutch swimmer

July 6Julius Brink, German beach volleyball player

July 9Rebecca Sanders, Australian field hockey player

July 21Katy Sexton, British swimmer

July 31Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spanish tennis player
August


August 5Brian Johns, Canadian swimmer

August 7Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer

August 7Marco Melandri, Italian motorcyclist

August 10Shaun Murphy, English snooker player

August 12Andrew Hurd, Canadian swimmer

August 12Even Wetten, Norwegian speed skater

August 13Shani Davis, American speedskater

August 24Kim Källström, Swedish football player

August 25Rob Derikx, Dutch field hockey player

August 25Květoslav Svoboda, Czech freestyle swimmer

August 28Thiago Motta, Brazilian football (soccer) player

August 30Andy Roddick, American tennis player

August 31Ian Crocker, American swimmer

August 31Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian athlete
September


September 7Andre Dirrell, American boxer

September 11Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-born Turkish track and field athlete

September 11Tom Prinsen, Dutch long track speedskater

September 13Nenê, Brazilian basketball player

September 13Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player

September 16Lizzy Igasan, New Zealand field hockey defender

September 19Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player

September 20Kasey Giteau, Australian freestyle swimmer

September 21Danny Kass, American snowboarder

September 22Kosuke Kitajima, Japanese swimmer

September 22Maarten Stekelenburg, Dutch football (soccer) goalkeeper

September 24Morgan Hamm, American gymnast

September 24Paul Hamm, American gymnast

September 25Elio Rojas, Dominican Republic boxer

September 27Fabian Estoyanoff, Uruguay football (soccer) player

September 27Markus Rosenberg, Swedish football (soccer) player

September 28Emeka Okafor, American basketball player

September 28Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
October


October 8Glenn Kirkham, English field hockey player

October 10David Cal, Spanish canoer

October 11Lucas Rey, Argentine field hockey midfielder

October 11Helen Wardlaw, English cricketer

October 11Matthias Witthaus, German field hockey player

October 12Frédéric Michalak, French rugby union player

October 13Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer

October 13Nicole Trimmel, Austrian kickboxer

October 14Charles Vandeweghe, Belgian field hockey forward

October 19Chantal Groot, Dutch swimmer

October 22Isaac Ekpo, Nigerian boxer

October 22Melinda Czink, Hungarian tennis player
November


November 3Moniek Kleinsman, Dutch speed skater

November 9Andy Souwer, Dutch shoot boxer and kickboxer

November 11Asafa Powell, Jamaican athlete

November 15Giaan Rooney, Australian swimmer

November 16Amare Stoudemire, American basketball player

November 17Andriy Serdinov, Ukrainian swimmer

November 24Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson, Icelandic swimmer

November 30Igor Alborov, Uzbek boxer

November 30Dilshod Mahmudov, Uzbek boxer
December


December 9Tamilla Abassova, Russian cyclist

December 11Darren Gilford, Maltese athlete

December 13Tsoanelo Pholo, South African field hockey striker

Deaths



January 7Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer

January 8Daan de Groot (48), Dutch road bicycle and track cyclist (b. 1933)

January 20Marc Demeyer (31), Belgian cyclist

April 26Ville Ritola, Finnish Olympic gold medal runner

May 7Claudio "Tripa" Barrientos (45), Chilean boxer

May 8Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian F1-race driver

June 8Satchel Paige, baseball great

June 25Ed Hamm (76), American athlete (b. 1906)

August 4Henk van der Wal (95), Dutch track and field athlete (b. 1886)

August 12Salvador Sanchez, world champion boxer

October 3Roger Claessen, Belgian soccer player

November 13Dorothy Round, English tennis player

November 17Duk Koo Kim, South Korean boxer

November 26Hub Walker, Major League Baseball player

December 16Anthony Chapman, English Formula One race driver

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