1983 in sports

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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

February 27 - In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Ireland's Eamonn Coghlan set a new World Indoor Record for the mile, clocking 3:49.78.

First IAAF World Championships in Athletics held in Helsinki

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 Geistdorfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia 037
Drag racing - Gary Beck won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.

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

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
North Carolina State wins 54-52 over Houston

NBA Finals:
Philadelphia 76ers won 4 games to 0 over the Los Angeles Lakers

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.

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

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

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

Men's European Nations Cup in Amstelveen, The Netherlands
* Gold Medal: The Netherlands
* Silver Medal: Soviet Union
* Bronze Medal: West Germany

Men's Champions Trophy in Karachi, Pakistan
* Gold Medal: Australia
* Silver Medal: Pakistan
* Bronze Medal: West Germany

Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Caracas, Venezuela
* Gold Medal: Canada
* Silver Medal: Argentina
* Bronze Medal: Chile

Women's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
* Gold Medal: Ireland
* Silver Medal: Spain
* Bronze Medal: Malaysia

Women's World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
* Gold Medal: The Netherlands
* Silver Medal: Canada
* Bronze Medal: Australia

March 12 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. England beat West Germany 3-2.

World Figure Skating Championships:
Men's champion: Scott Hamilton, (United States)
Women's champion: Rosalynn Sumners, (United States)
Pairs champions: Jelena Walowa & Oleg Wassiljew, (Soviet Union)
Ice Dance champions: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)

Super Bowl XVII: Washington Redskins won their first Super Bowl title, and first NFL title since 1942, 27-17 over the Miami Dolphins.

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)

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

UEFA Champions League: Hamburg 1-0 Juventus
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
Copa Libertadores de América: Two legs; 1st leg Peñarol 1-1 Grêmio; 2nd leg Grêmio 2-1 Peñarol; Grêmio won 3-2 on aggregate
League champions
Argentina: Estudiantes LP (Nacional), Independiente (Metropolitano)
Brazil: Flamengo (Taça de Ouro)
England: Liverpool
France: Nantes
Italy: Roma
Netherlands: Ajax
Portugal: Benfica
Scotland: Dundee United
Spain: Athletic Bilbao
West Germany: Hamburg
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 1986after Colombia announced the reject to celebrate the event.

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:

Men's Golf
Major championship results:
#April - The Masters - Seve Ballesteros
#June - US Open - Larry Nelson
#July - British Open - Tom Watson
#August - PGA Championship - Hal Sutton

PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Hal Sutton - $426,668
Champions Tour leading money winner: Don January - $237,571
Ryder Cup: United States won 14 1/2 - 13 1/2 over Europe in world team golf.
Women's Golf
US Women's Open - Jan Stephenson
LPGA Championship - Patty Sheehan
JoAnne Carner:leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $291,404.

February 8 - the great Shergar was kidnapped from Ballymany Stud, near the Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland. No trace of the horse has ever been found.

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Kiwi
Canada - Queen's Plate - Bompago
France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - All Along
Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Shareef Dancer

English Triple Crown Races:
#Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Lomond
#Epsom Derby - Teenoso
#St. Leger Stakes - Sun Princess

United States Triple Crown Races:
Sunny's Halo becomes on the second Canadian bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby.
#Kentucky Derby - Sunny's Halo
#Preakness Stakes - Deputed Testamony
#Belmont Stakes - Caveat

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
#Kentucky Futurity

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
Pacers: Gammalite
Trotters: Scotch Notch

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 defetated Czechoslovakia

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

Alan Bond and his team from Australia defeated Dennis Conner and his team from the United States to capture the America's Cup of yacht racing. For 132 years, from 1850-1980, and through 25 challenges, the America's Cup had been held by the United States.
61 year old potato farmer Cliff Young wins Sydney-Melbourne Foot Race

Alpine Skiing
The men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, USA
The women's overall season champion: Tamara McKinney, USA

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

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.

Ninth Pan American Games held in Caracas, Colombia

Ninth Mediterranean Games held in Casablanca, Morocco

Twelfth Summer Universiade held in Edmonton, Canada

Eleventh Winter Universiade held in Sofia, Bulgaria

January 18 - The International Olympic Committee restores the medals to the family of Jim Thorpe

Births

January-February

January 7 — Marc Burns, Trinidad and Tobago athlete
January 13 — Marsha Marescia, South African field hockey player
January 16 — Marta Marrero, Spanish tennis player
January 25 — Brian Mayanja, Ugandan boxer
February 2 — Bridget McKeever, Irish field hockey player
February 5 — Adi Bichman, Israeli freestyle and medley swimmer
February 9 — Keith Beavers, Canadian backstroke and medley swimmer
February 11 — Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch football (soccer) player
February 12 — Vikki Bunce, Scottish field hockey forward
February 13 — Santi Freixa, Spanish field hockey striker
February 13 — Bradley Shaw, New Zealand field hockey player
February 18 — Roberta Vinci, Italian tennis player
February 20 — Kayla Bashore, American field hockey defender
February 23 — Mido, Egyptian football (soccer) player
February 26 — Floris Evers, Dutch field hockey player
February 27 — Duje Draganja, Croatian swimmer

March-May

March 10 — Elena Bovina, Russian tennis player
March 13 — Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer
March 14 — Bakhtiyar Artayev, Kazakh boxer
March 15 — Carlos José Tamara, Colombian boxer
April 12 — Jelena Dokic, Serbian tennis player
April 13 — Schalk Burger, South African rugby player
April 15 — Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian NHL player
April 17 — Miguel Cabrera, Major League Baseball player
April 22 — Igor Čerenšek, Croatian freestyle swimmer
April 23 — Daniela Hantuchova, Slovak tennis player
May 5 — Matt Naylor, Australian field hockey player
May 6 — Connor Grimes, Canadian field hockey player
May 7 — Marco Galiazzo, Italian archer
May 9 — Yoshihiro Okumura, Japanese swimmer
May 13 — Kelly Doton, American field hockey forward
May 17 — Nicky Hofs, Dutch football player
May 17 — Danko Lazović, Serbian football player
May 21 — Diego Camacho, Bolivian tennis player
May 24 — Thomas Felten, Dutch swimmer
May 27 — Bobby Convey, American football player

June-August

June 6 — Joe Rokocoko, New Zealand rugby player
June 8 — Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player
June 12 — Christine Sinclair, Canadian soccer player
June 13 — Gerson Magraõ, Brazilian football player
June 25 — Todd Cooper, English swimmer
July 5 — Jie Zheng, Chinese tennis player
July 6 — Thijs van Valkengoed, Dutch breaststroke swimmer
July 14 — Igor Andreev, Russian tennis player
July 20 — Ignisious Gaisah, Ghanaian athlete
July 23 — Aaron Peirsol, American swimmer
July 26 — Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player
July 26 — Jessika Dubuc, Canadian synchronized swimmer
August 5 — Annika Mehlhorn, German butterfly and medley swimmer
August 6 — Robin van Persie, Dutch football player
August 11 — Ren Hui, Chinese speed skater
August 12 — Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Dutch football player
August 14 — Elena Baltacha, Scottish tennis player
August 18 — Georgina Bardach, Argentine swimmer
August 20 — Leonoor Voskamp, Dutch field hockey player
August 22 — Theo Bos, Dutch track cyclist
August 31 — Alex Blackwell, Australian cricketer
August 31 — Kate Blackwell, Australian cricketer

September-November

September 16 — Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean swimmer
September 22 — Glenn Loovens, Dutch football player
September 23 — Carly Piper, American swimmer
September 24 — Lyndon Ferns, South African swimmer
September 27 — Kirsten Thomson, Australian freestyle swimmer
September 29 — Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese football player
September 30 — Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast
October 2 — Prakash Amritraj, Indian tennis player
October 5 — Florian Mayer, German tennis player from
October 7 — José David Mosquera, Colombian boxer
October 11 — Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrianian chess player
October 16 — Philipp Kohlschreiber, German tennis player
October 16 — Ramaz Nozadze, Georgian wrestler
October 21 — Brent Hayden, Canadian swimmer
October 24 — Brian Vickers, NASCAR driver
November 11 — Philipp Lahm, German footballer
November 15 — John Heitinga, Dutch football player
November 15 — Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
November 17 — Jodie Henry, Australian swimmer
November 24 — André Bahia, Brazilian football player
November 30 — Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakhstani swimmer

December

December 6 — Bryan Habana, South African rugby player
December 13 — Janeth Jepkosgei, Kenyan middle distance runner
December 13 — Otylia Jędrzejczak, Polish swimmer
December 21 — Niels Scheuneman, Dutch cyclist
December 30 — Yussif Chibsah, Ghanaian football (soccer) player

Deaths

Adios Butler — harness racing horse
January 24 — Juan Carlos Zabala, Argentine athlete (b. 1911)
January 26 — Del Rice, Major League Baseball player
January 26 — Paul "Bear" Bryant college football coach at Alabama
February 1 — Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer
February 14 — Lina Radke (79), German athlete (b. 1903)
February 22 — Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist
March 13 — Louison Bobet, French cyclist
April 23 — Buster Crabbe, U.S. Olympic swimming gold medalist turned actor
April 24 — Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver, killed in an IMSA race
April 28 — Ron James, Australian cricketer
April 17 — Dutch Leonard, Major League Baseball player (b. 1909)
May 1 — George Hodgson (89), Canadian swimmer (b. 1893)
May 31 — Jack Dempsey, American world champion boxer
June 27 — Don Ida, balloonist, killed during a race
June 27 — Maxie Anderson, balloonist, killed during a race
June 29 — Joe Delaney, football player, Kansas City Chiefs, a true hero, after rescuing one boy, he drowned while attempting to rescue 2 more
July 7 — Vic Wertz, Major League Baseball player
July 28 — Alec Marks, Australian cricketer
August 12 — Henry Gifford Vivian, New Zealand cricketer
September 08 — Antonin Magne, French cylist
October 31 — George Halas, National Football League coach, Chicago Bears
November 15 — Charlie Grimm, Major League Baseball player

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1983 in sports

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

February 27 - In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Ireland's Eamonn Coghlan set a new World Indoor Record for the mile, clocking 3:49.78. First IAAF World Championships in Athletics held in Helsinki

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:*North Carolina State wins 54-52 over Houston NBA Finals:*Philadelphia 76ers won 4 games to 0 over the Los Angeles Lakers

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

Giro d'Italia won by Giuseppe Saronni of ItalyTour de France - Laurent Fignon of FranceWorld Cycling Championship: Greg Lemond of the United States

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

World Figure Skating Championships:*Men's champion: Scott Hamilton, (United States)*Women's champion: Rosalynn Sumners, (United States)*Pairs champions: Jelena Walowa & Oleg Wassiljew, (Soviet Union)*Ice Dance champions: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)