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1983 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

[edit] Alpine skiing

Alpine Skiing World Cup:
- Men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, USA
- Women's overall season champion: Tamara McKinney, USA

[edit] American football

January 3 – Tony Dorsett sets NFL record for longest run from scrimmage by rushing for 99 yard touchdown.
January 26 – death of Paul "Bear" Bryant, noted college football coach
Super Bowl XVII – The Washington Redskins win their first Super Bowl title, and first NFL title since 1942, 27-17 over the Miami Dolphins.
The Miami Hurricanes win their first national championship over the Nebraska Cornhuskers 31-30 in the Orange Bowl.
Michigan Panthers win United States Football League Championship, 24-22 over Philadelphia Stars
October 31 – death of George Halas, Chicago Bears founder and coach

[edit] Artistic gymnastics

World Artistic Gymnastics Championships –
- Men's all-around champion: Dmitry Bilozerchev, USSR
- Women's all-around champion: Natalia Yurchenko, USSR
- Men's team competition champion: China
- Women's team competition champion: USSR

[edit] Association football

World Club Championship – Grêmio (Brazil) 2-1 Hamburger SV (Germany)
UEFA Champions League – Hamburg 1-0 Juventus
Copa Libertadores de América – Two legs; 1st leg Peñarol 1-1 Grêmio; 2nd leg Grêmio 2-1 Peñarol; Grêmio won 3-2 on aggregate
UEFA Cup – Two legs; 1st leg Anderlecht 1-0 Benfica; 2nd leg Benfica 1-1 Anderlecht; Anderlecht won 2-1 on aggregate
Cup Winners' Cup – Aberdeen 2-1 Real Madrid (AET)
Super Cup – Two legs; 1st leg Hamburg 0-0 Aberdeen; 2nd leg Aberdeen 2-0 Hamburg; Aberdeen won 2-0 on aggregate
England - FA Cup – Manchester United won 2 - 2 (aet); 4 - 0 (replay) over Brighton & Hove Albion
FIFA decided to give to Mexico the right to host the Football World Cup 1986 after Colombia announced the reject to celebrate the event.

[edit] Athletics

January 18 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) restores medals to the family of Jim Thorpe
February 27 – Ireland's Eamonn Coghlan sets a new World Indoor Record for the mile, clocking 3:49.78 at East Rutherford in New Jersey
August – 1983 World Championships in Athletics held in Helsinki

[edit] Australian rules football

Victorian Football League
- Hawthorn wins the 87th VFL Premiership (Hawthorn 20.20 (140) d Essendon 8.9 (57))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Ross Glendinning (North Melbourne)

[edit] Baseball

January 12 - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal are elected to the Hall of Fame. Robinson, winner of 16 straight Gold Glove Awards and hero of the 1970 World Series, becomes the 14th player elected in his first year of eligibility. Marichal, the winningest Latin American pitcher in major league history, won 20 or more games six times and had an ERA of 2.50 or less six times.
World Series – - Baltimore Orioles win their most recent World Series 4 games to 1 over the Philadelphia Phillies

[edit] Basketball

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship –
- North Carolina State wins 54-52 over Houston
NBA Finals|NBA Finals –
- Philadelphia 76ers won 4 games to 0 over the Los Angeles Lakers
National Basketball League (Australia) Finals:
- Canberra Cannons defeated the West Adelaide Bearcats 75-73 in the final.

[edit] Boxing

May 31 – death of Jack Dempsey, former world heavyweight champion
May 20 – for the first time ever, two world Heavyweight champions defend their titles the same night, at the same place: Larry Holmes retains the WBC title defeating future two time world champion Tim Witherspoon, and Michael Dokes retains his WBA title with a 15 round draw (tie) against former world champion Mike Weaver.
June 16 – Roberto Duran wins his third world title, knocking out WBA world Jr. Middleweight champion Davey Moore in eight rounds.
November 10 – Marvin Hagler retains his unified world Middleweight title with a 15 round unanimous decision over Roberto Duran. It was 1983's most anticipated bout.

[edit] Canadian football

Grey Cup – Toronto Argonauts won 18-17 over the B.C. Lions
Vanier Cup – Calgary Dinos won 31-21 over the Queen's Golden Gaels

[edit] Cricket

Cricket World Cup – India beat West Indies by 43 runs.
Asian Cricket Council formed.

[edit] Cycling

Giro d'Italia won by Giuseppe Saronni of Italy
Tour de France – Laurent Fignon of France
World Cycling Championship – Greg Lemond of the United States

[edit] Dogsled racing

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion –
- Rick Mackey won with lead dogs: Preacher & Jody

[edit] Field hockey

Men's European Nations Cup held at Amstelveen won by the Netherlands
Men's Champions Trophy held at Karachi won by Australia
Pan American Games (Men's Competition) held in Caracas won by Canada
Women's World Cup held in Kuala Lumpur won by the Netherlands

[edit] Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Scott Hamilton, United States
- Ladies' champion: Rosalynn Sumners, United States
- Pair skating champions: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean, Great Britain

[edit] Gaelic Athletic Association

Camogie
- All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork
- National Camogie League: Dublin
Gaelic football
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Dublin 1-10 d. Galway 1-8
- National Football League – Down 1-8 d. Armagh 0-8
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 - Seve Ballesteros
U.S. Open - Larry Nelson
British Open - Tom Watson
PGA Championship - Hal Sutton
PGA Tour money leader - Hal Sutton - $426,668
Senior PGA Tour money leader - Don January - $237,571
Ryder Cup - United States won 14 1/2 - 13 1/2 over Europe in team golf.

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Nabisco Dinah Shore - Amy Alcott
LPGA Championship - Patty Sheehan
U.S. Women's Open - Jan Stephenson
Classique Peter Jackson Classic - Hollis Stacy
LPGA Tour money leader - JoAnne Carner - $291,404

[edit] Harness racing

Ralph Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
# Cane Pace - Ralph Hanover
# Little Brown Jug - Ralph Hanover
# Messenger Stakes - Ralph Hanover
United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
# Hambletonian - Duenna
# Yonkers Trot - Joie De Vie
# Kentucky Futurity - Power Seat
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
- Pacers: Gammalite
- Trotters: Scotch Notch

[edit] Horse racing

February 8 – champion racehorse Shergar is kidnapped from Ballymany Stud, near the Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland. No trace of the horse has ever been found.

Steeplechases

Cheltenham Gold Cup – Bregawn
Grand National – Corbiere

Flat races

Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Kiwi
Canada – Queen's Plate won by Bompago
France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by All Along
Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Shareef Dancer
Japan – Japan Cup won by Stanerra
English Triple Crown Races:
1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Lomond
2. Epsom Derby – Teenoso
3. St. Leger Stakes – Sun Princess
United States Triple Crown Races:
1. Kentucky Derby – Sunny's Halo
2. Preakness Stakes – Deputed Testimony
3. Belmont Stakes – Caveat

[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 Edmonton Oilers
World Hockey Championship –
- Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- Junior Men's champion: USSR defeated Czechoslovakia

[edit] Motor racing

Stock car racing –
- NASCAR Championship - Bobby Allison
- Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500
CART Racing - Al Unser won the season championship
- Indianapolis 500 - Tom Sneva
Formula One Championship - Nelson Piquet of Brazil
24 hours of Le Mans – the team of Vern Schuppan / Al Holbert / Hurley Haywood won, driving a Porsche 956
Rally racing - Hannu Mikkola in an Audi won the World Rally Championship
- the team of Walter Röhrl /Christian Geistdörfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia 037
Drag racing - Gary Beck won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.
Touring car racing –
- Peter Brock and Larry Perkins successfully defended their Bathurst 1000 title in Australia; they and co-driver John Harvey won the race in a Holden Commodore. It was Brock's 7th and Perkins' 2nd Bathurst win.

[edit] Radiosport

First European High Speed Telegraphy Championships held in Moscow, Russia.

[edit] Rugby union

89th Five Nations Championship series is shared by France and Ireland

[edit] Snooker

World Snooker Championship – Steve Davis beats Cliff Thorburn 18-6
World rankings – Steve Davis becomes world number one for 1983/84

[edit] Swimming

Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela

[edit] Tennis

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
# Australian Open - Mats Wilander
# French Open - Yannick Noah
# Wimbledon championships - John McEnroe
# US Open - Jimmy Connors
Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
# Australian Open - Martina Navratilova
# French Open - Chris Evert
# Wimbledon championships - Martina Navratilova
# US Open - Martina Navratilova
Davis Cup – Australia won 3-2 over Sweden in world tennis.

[edit] Volleyball

Asian Volleyball Championships held in Japan: both men's and women's tournaments won by Japan
European Volleyball Championships held in East Germany won by USSR (men) and DDR (women)
Volleyball at the 1983 Pan American Games held in Caracas won by Brazil (men) and Cuba (women)

[edit] Water polo

1983 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup held in Malibu, California won by USSR
Men's competition at Pan American Games in Caracas won by USA
1983 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup held in Sainte Foy, Canada, won by the Netherlands

[edit] Yacht racing

Australia II, of the Royal Perth Yacht Club, wins the America's Cup over Liberty, from the New York Yacht Club, 4 races to 3; the victory breaks a 132-year winning streak by the NYYC through 25 Cup challenges, the longest-running unbeaten streak in all of sports

[edit] Multi-sport events

Ninth Pan American Games held in Caracas, Venezuela
Ninth Mediterranean Games held in Casablanca, Morocco
Twelfth Summer Universiade held in Edmonton, Canada
Eleventh Winter Universiade held in Sofia, Bulgaria

[edit] Awards

[edit] References

Contents

[edit] Alpine skiing

[edit] American football

[edit] Artistic gymnastics

[edit] Association football

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Australian rules football

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Canadian football

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Dogsled racing

[edit] Field hockey

[edit] Figure skating

[edit] Gaelic Athletic Association

[edit] Golf

[edit] Harness racing

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Ice hockey

[edit] Motor racing

[edit] Radiosport

[edit] Rugby union

[edit] Snooker

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Water polo

[edit] Yacht racing

[edit] Multi-sport events

[edit] Awards

[edit] References