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

Alpine skiing

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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 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

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
• World Cycling Championship – 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 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 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

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

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

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

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.

Rugby league

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

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

Swimming

• The fourth FINA World Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador

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.

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 events

• 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

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