1993 in sports

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Athletics

:"For an extensive coverage see 1993 in athletics (track and field)"

Marathon

* June 13 — flagicon|NED Enschede Marathon, Netherlands
**Men's Winner: Jan Tau (RSA) 2:12:19
**Women's Winner: Veronika Troxler (SUI) 2:44:33

* June 20 — flagicon|FRA Mediterranean Games Marathon, Narbonne, France
**Men's Winner: Davide Milesi (ITA) 2:18:42
**Women's Winner: Helena Javornik (SLO) 2:42:58

* August 14 — flagicon|GER IAAF World Championships Marathon, Stuttgart, Germany
**Men's Winner: Mark Plaatjes (USA) 2:13:57

* August 15 — flagicon|GER IAAF World Championships Marathon, Stuttgart, Germany
**Women's Winner: Junko Asari (JPN) 2:30:03

* December 5 — flagicon|JPN Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
**Men's Winner: Dionicio Cerón (MEX) 2:08:51

World Records

* February 11 — Irina Privalova sets a new women's 60m indoors world record

Auto racing

*Stock car racing:
**Dale Jarrett won the Daytona 500
**NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt
**Two top NASCAR drivers--Alan Kulwicki, the 1992 series champion, and Davey Allison, were killed in aviation accidents. Kulwicki died in a plane crash on his way to a race; Allison died from injuries suffered in a helicopter crash during a race weekend.
*CART Racing - season championship won by Nigel Mansell
**Indianapolis 500 - Emerson Fittipaldi
*Formula One Championship - Alain Prost of France (Williams-Renault)
*24 hours of Le Mans:
** won by the team of Geoff Brabham / Christophe Bouchut / Eric Hélary driving a Peugeot 905
*Rally racing - Juha Kankkunen won the World Rally Championship in a Toyota
**the team of Didier Auriol / Bernard Occelli won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
*Drag racing:
**Eddie Hill won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship
**Rance McDaniel won Top Fuel at the NHRA Winston Finals

Baseball

* The Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins play their inaugural season.
* Randy Myers saves 53 games for the Chicago Cubs, breaking Dave Righetti's record for left-handers.
* Lee Smith breaks the all-time save mark by recording his 358th save in a 9-7 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 13
* World Series: The Toronto Blue Jays win 4 games to 2 over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Series MVP is Paul Molitor, Toronto. Joe Carter hit the second ever walk-off home run to end the 1993 World Series.

Basketball

*NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
**North Carolina wins 77-71 over Michigan

* NBA Finals|NBA Finals:
**Chicago Bulls win 4 games to 2 over the Phoenix Suns to complete their first three-peat of the decade (see John Paxson). Michael Jordan announced his retirement on October 6.

*National Basketball League (Australia) Finals:
**Melbourne Tigers defeated the Perth Wildcats 2-1 in the best-of-three final series.

Boxing

*March 13 – Michael Carbajal comes off the floor twice to knock out Humberto Gonzalez in seven rounds and unify the world's Jr. Flyweight title in "the fight of the year"
* May 7 to 16 – World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Tampere, Finland
**"Light Flyweight (– 48 kg):" Nszan Munczyan (Armenia)
**"Flyweight (– 51 kg):" Waldemar Font (Cuba)
**"Bantamweight (– 54 kg):" Aleksandar Hristov (Bulgaria)
**"Featherweight (– 57 kg):" Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria)
**"Lightweight (– 60 kg):" Damian Austin (Cuba)
**"Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg):" Héctor Vinent (Cuba)
**"Welterweight (– 67 kg):" Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba)
**"Light Middleweight (– 71 kg):" Francisc Vaştag (Romania)
**"Middleweight (– 75 kg):" Ariel Hernández (Cuba)
**"Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg):" Ramón Garbey (Cuba)
**"Heavyweight (– 91 kg):" Félix Savón (Cuba)
**"Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg):" Roberto Balado (Cuba)
* September 6 to 12 – 30th European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Bursa, Turkey.
**"Light Flyweight (– 48 kg):" Daniel Petrov (Bulgaria)
**"Flyweight (– 51 kg):" Ravchan Gusseynov (Azerbaijan)
**"Bantamweight (– 54 kg):" Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia)
**"Featherweight (– 57 kg):" Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria)
**"Lightweight (– 60 kg):" Jacek Bielski (Poland)
**"Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg):" Nurhan Süleymanoğlu (Turkey)
**"Welterweight (– 67 kg):" Vitalius Karpaciauskas (Lithuania)
**"Light Middleweight (– 71 kg):" Francisc Vaştag (Romania)
**"Middleweight (– 75 kg):" Dirk Eigenbrodt (Germany)
**"Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg):" Igor Schinin (Russia)
**"Heavyweight (– 91 kg):" Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia)
**"Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg):" Svilen Rusinov (Bulgaria)
*November 12 – Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe by decision in twelve rounds to regain the world's unified Heavyweight title. It is the "fan man fight".

Cricket

*June 4 - Shane Warne bowls the Ball of the Century to Mike Gatting in the first Test at Old Trafford.
*The Ashes - Australia defeated England 4-0 in England.

Cycling

*Giro d'Italia won by Miguel Indurain of Spain
*Tour de France - Miguel Indurain of Spain
*World Cycling Championship: Lance Armstrong of United States

Dogsled racing

*Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
**Jeff King won with lead dogs: "Herbie" & "Kitty"

Field Hockey

* Men's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Poznań, Poland
** Gold Medal: South Korea
** Silver Medal: Spain
** Bronze Medal: India

* Men's Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
** Gold Medal: Australia
** Silver Medal: Germany
** Bronze Medal: The Netherlands

* Women's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
** Gold Medal: Germany
** Silver Medal: Argentina
** Bronze Medal: Canada

* Women's Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, The Netherlands
** Gold Medal: Australia
** Silver Medal: The Netherlands
** Bronze Medal: Germany

Figure skating

*World Figure Skating Championships:
**Men's champion: Kurt Browning, Canada
**Ladies' champion: Oksana Baiul, Ukraine
**Pairs' champions: Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler, Canada
**Ice dancing champions: Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin, Russia

=Football (American)=

*Super Bowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys won 52-17 over the Buffalo Bills
*Florida State won the national championship over Nebraska."'
* The Hawaii Football League was formed.

=Football (Canadian)=

* Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos win 33-23 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* Vanier Cup: Toronto Varsity Blues won 37-34 over Calgary Dinos

Football (Soccer)

::"For an extensive coverage see 1993 in football (soccer)"
*UEFA Champions League - Olympique de Marseille defeats A.C. Milan 1-0. Marseille is later banned from defending their title the next year due to a corruption scandal.
*The Zambian national team dies in an air crash. The team traveled to Senegal to play a qualifying match for the 1994 FIFA World Cup departing from Lusaka, the Zambian capital. The plane owned of the Zambian army minutes after take off from the airport of Libreville, Gabon to fill oil crash over the Gabonese coast.

Gaelic Athletic Association

*Camogie
**All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork
**National Camogie League: Kilkenny

*Gaelic football
**All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Derry 1-14 d. Cork 2-8
**National Football League: Dublin 0-10 d. Donegal 0-6 (replay)

*Ladies' Gaelic football
**All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
**National Football League: Laois

*Hurling
**All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Kilkenny 2-17 d. Galway 1-15
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Golf

Men's professional
*April 11 - Masters Tournament - Bernhard Langer
*June 20 - U.S. Open - Lee Janzen
*July 18 - British Open - Greg Norman
*August 13 - PGA Championship - Paul Azinger
*PGA Tour money leader - Nick Price - $1,478,557
*Senior PGA Tour money leader - Dave Stockton - $1,175,944
*Ryder Cup - United States won 15-13 over Europe in team golf.Men's amateur
*British Amateur - Iain Pyman
*U.S. Amateur - John Harris
*European Amateur - Morten BackhausenWomen's professional
*Nabisco Dinah Shore - Helen Alfredsson
*LPGA Championship - Patty Sheehan
*U.S. Women's Open - Lauri Merten
*Classique du Maurier - Brandie Burton
*LPGA Tour money leader - Betsy King - $595,992

=Thoroughbred Horse Racing=

*Australia - Melbourne Cup - Vintage Crop
*Canada - Queen's Plate - Peteski
*France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Urban Sea
*Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Commander in Chief

*English Triple Crown Races:
*#2,000 Guineas Stakes - Zafonic
*#Epsom Derby - Commander in Chief
*#St. Leger Stakes - Bob's Return

*United States Triple Crown Races:
*#May 1 - Kentucky Derby - Sea Hero
*#Preakness Stakes - Prairie Bayou
*#Belmont Stakes - Colonial Affair
**Julie Krone, the all-time leading female jockey, became the first woman ever to win a Triple Crown race when she rode Colonial Affair to victory in the Belmont.

*Breeders' Cup:
*#Breeders' Cup Classic - Arcangues
*#Breeders' Cup Distaff - Hollywood Wildcat
*#Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Brocco
*#Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Phone Chatter
*#Breeders' Cup Mile - Lure
*#Breeders' Cup Sprint - Cardmania
*#Breeders' Cup Turf - Kotashaan

=Harness Racing=

* North America Cup - Presidential Ball

*United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
*#Cane Pace - Riyadh
*#Little Brown Jug - Life Sign
*#Messenger Stakes - Riyadh

*United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
*#Hambletonian - American Winner
*#Yonkers Trot - American Winner
*#Kentucky Futurity - Pine Chip

*Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
**Pacers: Jack Morris
**Trotters: Night Allowance

Ice Hockey

*Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins

*Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins

*Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Kings

*World Hockey Championship
** Men's champion: Russia defeated Sweden
** Junior Men's champion: Canada won over Sweden
** Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (now Anaheim Ducks) play inaugural season.
** Florida Panthers play inaugural season.

Lacrosse

* The Buffalo Bandits defeat the Philadelphia Wings to win the Major Indoor Lacrosse League championship

Mixed Martial Arts

* November 12 — flagicon|NED The inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship is held at the McNichols Arena in Denver, Colorado. Royce Gracie defeats Art Jimmerson in the first round of the tournament, Ken Shamrock in the semi finals and Gerard Gordeau in the finals to become the UFC 1 tournament champion..

Radiosport

*The Friendship Radiosport Games held in Victoria, British Columbia are the first international Amateur Radio Direction Finding competition ever held in Canada.

Skiing

*Alpine Skiing
**The men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg
**The women's overall season champion: Anita Wachter, Austria

Snooker

*World Snooker Championship: Stephen Hendry beats Jimmy White 18-5
*World rankings: Stephen Hendry remains world number one for 1993/94

Swimming

International competitions

*21st European LC Championships, held in Sheffield, United Kingdom (August 3 – 8)
**Germany wins the most medals (21), and the most gold medals (11)
*Third European Sprint Championships, held in Gateshead, United Kingdom (November 11 – 13)
**Germany wins the most medals (17), Sweden the most gold medals (6)
*First World Short Course Championships, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain (December 2 – 5)
**United States and Australia win the most medals (21), China the most gold medals (10)

Records

* February 17 — Mark Foster breaks the world record in the men's 50m freestyle (short course) at a swimming meet in Sheffield, United Kingdom, clocking 21.60.

Taekwondo

*World Championships held in New York, United States

Tennis

*Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
*#Australian Open - Jim Courier
*#French Open - Sergi Bruguera
*#Wimbledon championships - Pete Sampras
*#US Open - Pete Sampras

*Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
*#Australian Open - Monica Seles
*#French Open - Steffi Graf
*#Wimbledon championships - Steffi Graf
*#US Open - Steffi Graf

*Davis Cup of world tennis won by Germany 4-1 over Australia.

*April 30 - During a changeover at a tournament in Hamburg, Germany, Monica Seles is stabbed in the back by a deranged fan of rival Steffi Graf. Seles would not play competitively for more than two years after the incident.

Volleyball

Men's Competition

* World League – Final Four in São Paulo, Brazil
** Gold Medal: vb|BRA
** Silver Medal: vb|RUS
** Bronze Medal: vb|ITA
*Asian Championship in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
**Gold Medal: vb|KOR
**Silver Medal: vb|KAZ
**Bronze Medal: vb|JPN
*European Beach Volleybal Championship in Almería, Spain
**Gold Medal: flagathlete|Jean-Philippe Jodard and Christian Penigaud|FRA
**Silver Medal: flagathlete|Jan Kvalheim and Bjørn Maaseide|NOR
**Bronze Medal: flagathlete|Andrea Ghiurghi and Dio Lequaglie|ITA

Women's Competition

* FIVB World Grand Prix – Final Round in Hong Kong
** Gold Medal: vbw|CUB
** Silver Medal: vbw|CHN
** Bronze Medal: vbw|RUS
*European Championship in Brno and Zlín, Czechoslovakia
**Gold Medal: vbw|RUS
**Silver Medal: vbw|CZE
**Bronze Medal: vbw|UKR
*Asian Championship in Shanghai, PR China
**Gold Medal: vbw|CHN
**Silver Medal: vbw|JPN
**Bronze Medal: vbw|KOR

Water polo

Men's Competition

* FINA World Cup in Athens, Greece
** Gold Medal: wp|ITA
** Silver Medal: wp|HUN
** Bronze Medal: wp|AUS

* European Championship in Sheffield, United Kingdom
** Gold Medal: wp|ITA
** Silver Medal: wp|HUN
** Bronze Medal: wp|ESP

Women's Competition

* European Championship in Leeds, United Kingdom
** Gold Medal: wpw|NED
** Silver Medal: wpw|RUS
** Bronze Medal: wpw|HUN

Multi-sport events

* First East Asian Games held in Shanghai, China

* Fourth World Games held in The Hague, The Netherlands

* Central American and Caribbean Games held in Ponce, Puerto Rico

* Twelfth Mediterranean Games held in Languedoc-Roussillon, France

* Seventeenth Summer Universiade held in Buffalo, New York, United States

* Sixteenth Winter Universiade held in Zakopane, Poland

Awards

*Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Michael Jordan, NBA basketball
*Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Sheryl Swoopes, College basketball
*ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Evander Holyfield, American boxer

Deaths

*January 21 — Charlie Gehringer, Major League Baseball player (1924-1942)
*February 20 — Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian auto-designer
*February 24 — Bobby Moore, English soccer star
*February 15 – Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen (66), Dutch freestyle swimmer (b. 1928)
*March 22 — Steve Olin & Tim Crews, pitchers Cleveland Indians, boating accident
*March 31 — Jimmie Crutchfield, baseball player of Negro League baseball
*April 1 — Alan Kulwicki, NASCAR's 1992 champion
*April 2 — Klaas Schenk, Dutch ice speed skater
*May 12 — Evert Dolman (47), Dutch cyclist (b. 1946)
*May 29 — Billy Conn, boxer
*June 2 — Johnny Mize, American Major League Baseball player (1936-1953)
*June 7 — Drazen Petrovic (28), Croatian basketball player, New Jersey Nets
*June 26 — Roy Campanella, Major League Baseball player
*July 3 — Don Drysdale, Major League Baseball player (1956-1969)
*July 13 — Davey Allison, NASCAR race driver
*July 27 — Reggie Lewis (27), NBA player, Boston Celtics
*August 2 — Janusz Sidło (60), Polish athlete (b. 1933)
*August 16 — René Dreyfus (88), French racing driver
*September 12 — Willie Mosconi, 15-time World Pocket Billiards champion
*October 9 — Geert de Vlaeminck (26), Belgian cyclist
*November 4 — Jackie Callura (89), Canadian featherweight boxer (b. 1914)
*November 12 — Bill Dickey, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (1928-1946)
*December 8 — Yevgeni Minaev, Russian weightlifter (b. 1933)