1992 in sports

See also: 1991 in sports, other events of 1992, 1993 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents

1 Auto Racing 2 Baseball 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Cricket 6 Cycling 7 Field Hockey 8 Figure Skating 9 Football (American) 10 Football (Australian Rules) 11 Football (Canadian) 12 Football (Soccer) 13 Golf 14 Harness Racing 15 Ice Hockey 16 Skiing 17 Snooker 18 Tennis 19 General sporting events 20 Births 21 Deaths

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Davey Allison won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Alan Kulwicki
• CART Racing - season championship won by Bobby Rahal
  • Indianapolis 500 - Al Unser, Jr.
• Formula One Championship:
  • Nigel Mansell of Great Britain
  • Giovanna Amati the last women to appear on the entry list for a Formula One Grand Prix to date.
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Derek Warwick / Yannick Dalmas / Mark Blundell won, driving a Peugeot 905
• Rally racing - Carlos Sainz in a Toyota won the World Rally Championship
  • the team of Didier Auriol / Bernard Occelli won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Delta Integrale HF
• Drag racing - Joe Amato won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

Baseball

• World Series - Toronto Blue Jays won 4 games to 2 over the Atlanta Braves. The Series MVP is Pat Borders, Toronto.

• The Toronto Blue Jays became the first Canadian team to play in a World Series and the first non-American team to win the World Series.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke wins 71-51 over Michigan
• NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls win 4 games to 2 over the Portland Trail Blazers

Boxing

• November 13 - Riddick Bowe won a 12 round decision over Evander Holyfield to win the undisputed heavyweight championship.

Cricket

Cricket World Cup - Pakistan beat England by 22 runs

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Miguel Induraín of Spain
• Tour de France - Miguel Induraín of Spain
• World Cycling Championship: Gianni Bugno of Italy

Field Hockey

• February 20 - 28 - Fourteenth Men's Champions Trophy held at Karachi, Pakistan won by Germany. Australia finish 2nd.

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Viktor Petrenko, Ukraine
  • Women's champion: Kristi Yamaguchi, United States
  • Pairs champions: Natalia Mishkutienok & Artur Dimitriev , Ukraine

Football (American)

• Super Bowl XXVI: Washington Redskins won 37-24 over the Buffalo Bills
• November 29 - Dennis Byrd of the New York Jets is paralyzed from a neck injury during an NFL game against the Kansas City Chiefs. He made a recovery that bordered on the miraculous; although he would never play again, he would walk unassisted several months later.

Football (Australian Rules)

• Australian Football League
  • The West Coast Eagles win the 96th AFL premiership (West Coast Eagles 16.17 (113) d Geelong 12.13 (85))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Scott Wynd (Footscray)

Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders won 24-10 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• Vanier Cup: Queen's Golden Gaels win 31-0 over the St. Mary's Huskies

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Liverpool won 2-0 over Sunderland

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Fred Couples
  2. June - US Open - Tom Kite
  3. July - British Open - Nick Faldo
  4. August - PGA Championship - Nick Price

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Fred Couples - $1,344,188
• PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Lee Trevino - $1,027,002

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open: Patty Sheehan
• LPGA Championship - Betsy King
• Dottie Mochrie ; leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $693,335

Harness Racing

• Pacer Artsplace voted "Harness Horse of the Year"
• North America Cup - Safely Kept

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Western Hanover
  2. Little Brown Jug - Fake Left
  3. Messenger Stakes - Western Hanover

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Alf Palema
  2. Yonkers Trot -
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Armbro Keepsake

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Westburn Grant
  • Trotters: William Dee

Ice Hockey

• September 23 - goaltender, Manon Rheaume became the first woman to play in the National Hockey League and also the first woman ever to play in one of the Big Four Pro Sports.

• 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: Mark Messier, New York Rangers

• Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins won 4 games to 0 over the Chicago Blackhawks

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Sweden defeated Finland
  • Junior Men's champion: Unified former USSR defeated Sweden
  • Women's champion: Canada defeated the United States

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Paul Accola , Switzerland
  • The women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger , Austria

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Stephen Hendry beats Jimmy White 18-14
• World rankings: Stephen Hendry remains world number one for 1992/93

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Jim Courier
  2. French Open - Jim Courier
  3. Wimbledon championships - Andre Agassi
  4. US Open - Stefan Edberg

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Monica Seles
  2. French Open - Monica Seles
  3. Wimbledon championships - Steffi Graf
  4. US Open - Monica Seles

• Davis Cup: United States won 3-1 over Switzerland in world tennis.

General sporting events

• 1992 Summer Olympics takes place in Barcelona, Spain
  • The Unified Team (former Soviet Union) wins the most medals (112), and the most gold medals (45).

• 1992 Winter Olympics takes place in Albertville, France
  • Germany wins the most medals (27), and the most gold medals (10).

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Martin Buser wins with lead dogs: Tyrone & D2

Births

Deaths

• January 31 - Mel Hein , NFL player, New York Giants
• May 14 - Lyle Alzado, NFL player
• June 4 - Carl Stotz , founder American Little League Baseball
• June 19 - Kitty McKane Godfree , tennis player, Wimbledon champion
• June 25 - Jerome Brown, football player, Philadelphia Eagles
• September 5 - Billy Herman, Major League Baseball player (1931-1947)
• October 26 - Dottie Green , catcher, Rockford Peaches, All-American Girls Professional Baseball
• November 10 - Chuck Connors, Major League Baseball player, actor
• December 16 - Rinus Terlouw , Dutch soccer player