1982 in sports

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Bobby Allison[?] wins the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip[?]
• Indianapolis 500 - Gordon Johncock[?]
• CART Racing - Rick Mears[?] won the season championship
• 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 Rohrl[?] / Christian Geistdorfer[?] won the Monte Carlo Rally driving an Opel Ascona 400
• Drag racing - Shirley Muldowney[?] won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

Baseball

• World Series: St. Louis Cardinals won 4 games to 3 over the Milwaukee Brewers. The Series MVP was Darrell Porter[?], St. Louis

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

Boxing

• 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

Cycling

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

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Scott Hamilton[?], (United States)
  • Women's champion: Elaine Zayak[?], (United States)
  • Pairs champions: Sabine Baess[?] & Tassilo Thierbach[?], (Germany)

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur won 1-0 over Queen's Park Rangers[?]

Football (American)

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

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos won 32-16 over the Toronto Argonauts
• Vanier Cup: UBC Thunderbirds[?] won 39-14 over the Western Ontario Mustangs[?]

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Craig Stadler[?]
  2. June - US Open - Tom Watson[?]
  3. July - British Open - Tom Watson[?]
  4. August - PGA Championship - Ray Floyd[?]

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Craig Stadler[?] - $446,462
• PGA 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:
  1. Two Thousand 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[?]

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
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• 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

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.

General sporting events

• Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]:
  • Alex Higgins[?] won 18-15 over Ray Reardon[?]

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Rick Swenson[?] won with lead dog: Andy

Births

Deaths

• January 07[?] - Bert Oosterhuis[?], Dutch motor racer
• January 20 - Marc Demeyer[?], 31, Belgian cyclist
• April 26 - Ville Ritola, Finnish Olympic gold medal runner
• May 8 - Gilles Villeneuve, F1 race driver
• May 31 - Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champ
• June 8 - Satchel Paige, baseball great
• August 12 - Salvador Sanchez, world champion boxer
• October 3 - Roger Claessen[?], Belgian soccer star
• November 13 - Dorothy Round[?], English tennis star
• November 17 - Duk Koo Kim, South Korean boxer
• November 26 - Hub Walker[?], MLB player
• December 16 - Anthony Chapman[?], English F1 race driver