1982 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
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Years:	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

Contents 1 Alpine skiing 2 American football 3 Association football 4 Athletics 5 Australian rules football 6 Baseball 7 Basketball 8 Boxing 9 Canadian football 10 Cricket 11 Cycling 12 Dogsled racing 13 Field hockey 14 Figure skating 15 Gaelic Athletic Association 16 Golf 17 Harness racing 18 Horse racing 19 Ice hockey 20 Motor racing 21 Rugby league 22 Rugby union 23 Snooker 24 Swimming 25 Tennis 26 Volleyball 27 Water Polo 28 Multi-sport events 29 Awards 30 References

[edit] Alpine skiing

• Alpine Skiing World Cup:
  • Men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, USA
  • Women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland

[edit] American football

• 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.

[edit] Association football

• 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

[edit] Athletics

• September – 1982 European Championships in Athletics held in Athens
• October – 1982 Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane, Australia
• December – 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi, India

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.
• The Salem Angels won the Northwest League championship.

[edit] 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

[edit] Boxing

• May 4 to May 15 – 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Munich
• June 11 – Larry Holmes defeats Gerry Cooney for the WBC Heavyweight title. Cooney, a white challenger, was dubbed "The White Hope" in what built up to be a very racially toned fight: see Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney.
• November 12 – Aaron 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 13 – Ray 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

[edit] Canadian football

• 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

[edit] Cricket

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

[edit] Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Bernard Hinault of France
• Tour de France - Bernard Hinault of France
• World Cycling Championship – Giuseppe Saronni of Italy

[edit] Dogsled racing

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion –
  • Rick Swenson won with lead sled dog – Andy

[edit] Field hockey

• Men's World Cup held in Bombay won by Pakistan
• Men's Champions Trophy held at Amstelveen in the Netherlands and won by the host nation

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 –

[edit] Golf

Men's professional

• Masters Tournament - Craig Stadler
• U.S. Open - Tom Watson
• British Open - Tom Watson
• PGA Championship - Raymond Floyd
• PGA Tour money leader - Craig Stadler - $446,462
• Senior PGA Tour money leader - Miller Barber - $106,890

Men's amateur

• British Amateur - Martin Thompson
• U.S. Amateur - Jay Sigel

Women's professional

• LPGA Championship - Jan Stephenson
• U.S. Women's Open - Janet Anderson
• Classique Peter Jackson Classic - Sandra Haynie
• LPGA Tour money leader - JoAnne Carner - $310,400

[edit] Harness racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
  1. Cane Pace - Cam Fella
  2. Little Brown Jug - Merger
  3. Messenger Stakes - Cam Fella
• United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
  1. Hambletonian - Speed Bowl
  2. Yonkers Trot - Mystic Park
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Jazz Cosmos
• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
  • Pacers: Rhett's Law

[edit] Horse racing

Steeplechases

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Silver Buck
• Grand National – Grittar

Flat races

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Gurner's Lane
• Canada – Queen's Plate won by Son of Briartic
• France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Akiyda
• Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Assert
• Japan – Japan Cup won by Half Iced
• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Zino
  2. Epsom Derby – Golden Fleece
  3. St. Leger Stakes – Touching Wood
• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby – Gato Del Sol
  2. Preakness Stakes – Aloma's Ruler
  3. Belmont Stakes – Conquistador Cielo

[edit] 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

[edit] Motor 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 Geistdörfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving an Opel Ascona 400
• Drag racing - Shirley Muldowney won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.

[edit] Rugby league

• Parramatta Eels win their second NSWRL title, defeating Manly Sea Eagles 21-8 in the final.

[edit] Rugby union

• 88th Five Nations Championship series is won by Ireland

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship – Alex Higgins beats Ray Reardon 18-15
• World rankings – Ray Reardon becomes world number one for 1982/83

[edit] Swimming

• The fourth FINA World Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Johan Kriek
  2. French Open - Mats Wilander
  3. Wimbledon championships - Jimmy Connors
  4. US Open - Jimmy Connors
• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Chris Evert
  2. French Open - Martina Navratilova
  3. Wimbledon championships - Martina Navratilova
  4. US Open - Chris Evert
• Davis Cup – United States won 4-1 over France in world tennis.
• Billie 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.

[edit] Volleyball

• 1982 FIVB Men's World Championship held in Buenos Aires, Argentina won by USSR
• 1982 FIVB Women's World Championship held in Lima, Peru won by China

[edit] Water Polo

• Men's World Championship held in Guayaquil, Ecuador won by USSR

[edit] Multi-sport events

• Asian Games held in New Delhi, India
• Central American and Caribbean Games held in Havana, Cuba

[edit] 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

[edit] References

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