1982 in sports

[Alpine skiing]

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

  [American football]

• Super Bowl XVI – San Francisco 49ers won 26-21 over the Cincinnati Bengals.
• Orange Bowl :
• * The Clemson Tigers won 22-15 over the Nebraska Cornhuskers to win the college football national championship
• Strike – First regular season strike by NFL players ends on November 16 after 57 days.

  [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. 66 fans died in the Luzhniki disaster during the UEFA Cup second round match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem in Moscow on 20 October.
• 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

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

  [Australian rules football]

• Victorian Football League
• * Carlton wins the 86th VFL Premiership d Richmond 12.13 )
• * Brownlow Medal awarded to Brian Wilson
• * The inaugural VFL Players Association Most Valuable Player Award goes to Leigh Matthews. The award would be renamed the Leigh Matthews Trophy in his honour in 2002.

  [Baseball]

• March 27 – KBO League, a professional baseball league in South Korea, a first officially game held.
• May 30 – Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays the first of what will become a record-breaking 2,632 consecutive games
• 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 to claim their first World Championship since 1967. The Series MVP was Cardinals catcher Darrell Porter.
• The Salem Angels won the Northwest League championship.

  [Basketball]

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship –
• * North Carolina wins 63-62 over Georgetown
• NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship
• * Louisiana Tech wins 76–62 over Cheyney State
• NBA Finals –
• * Los Angeles Lakers won 4 games to 2 over the Philadelphia 76ers
• National Basketball League Finals:
• * West Adelaide Bearcats defeated the Geelong Cats 80-74 in the final.
• FIBA World Championship
• * USSR World Champion

  [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 Argüello 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

  [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

  [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
• UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Giuseppe Saronni of Italy

  [Dogsled racing]

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

  [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

  [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

  [Gaelic Athletic Association]

• Camogie
• * All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork
• * National Camogie League: Kilkenny
• Gaelic football
• * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Offaly 1-15 died Kerry 0-17
• * National Football League – Kerry 1-9 died Cork 0-5
• Ladies' Gaelic football
• * All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
• * National Football League: Kerry
• Hurling
• * All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship – Kilkenny 3-18 died Cork 1-13
• * National Hurling League –

  [Golf]

• 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

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

• 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

  [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

  [Horse racing]

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

• 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:
• # 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Zino
• # The 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

  [Ice hockey]

• Art Ross 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

  [Motorsport]

[Rugby league]

• 1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France
• 1982 KB Cup
• 1982 New Zealand rugby league season
• 1982 NSWRFL season – Parramatta Eels win their second title, defeating Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 21-8 in the final.
• 1981–82 Rugby Football League season / 1982–83 Rugby Football League season
• 1982 State of Origin series

  [Rugby union]

• 88th Five Nations Championship series is won by Ireland

  [Snooker]

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

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• 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.
• 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.

  [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

  [Water polo]

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

  [Multi-sport event]s

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

  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
• ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Wayne Gretzky