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Athletics
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
 

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1992 in athletics (track and field)

This page contains an overview of the year 1992 in athletics ....


Marathon

  • August 1 — Olympic Marathon
    Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon

    The official results of the women's Marathon at the Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, held on Saturday August 1, 1992. The race started on 6.30 12-hour clock local time....
    , Barcelona
    Barcelona

    Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
     (Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
    )
    • Women's Winner: Valentina Yegorova
      Valentina Yegorova

      Valentina Mikhailovna Yegorova is a long-distance Running from Russia.She was born in Cheboksary.Yegorova competed in the women's marathon for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain....
       (EUN) 2:32:41


  • August 9 — Olympic Marathon
    Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

    The official results of the men's marathon at the Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, held on Sunday August 9, 1992. The race started on 18.30h local time....
    , Barcelona
    Barcelona

    Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
     (Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
    )
    • Men's Winner: Hwang Young-Cho
      Hwang Young-Cho

      Hwang Young-Cho is a former South Korean Athletics , winner of the Marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1994 Asian Games.Born in Samcheok, South Korea, Hwang Young-Cho was a promising track athlete in his junior years, but after his first marathon in 1991, which he won, decided to specialize to marathon....
       (KOR) 2:13:23


  • October 11 — Enschede Marathon
    Enschede Marathon

    The Enschede Marathon is an annual marathon race held in the city of Enschede, Netherlands. The race is the distance of a typical marathon . It has been held annually since 1991, after being bi-annual for the previous 44 years....
    , Netherlands
    Netherlands

    The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
    • Men's Winner: Willie Mtolo (RSA) 2:13:39
    • Women's Winner: Natalia Repescko (RSA) 2:42:50


  • December 6 — Fukuoka Marathon
    Fukuoka Marathon

    The , held in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, is a prominent international Marathon race established in 1947. It is usually held on first Sunday in December....
    , Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
    • Men's Winner: Tena Negere
      Tena Negere

      Tena Negere is a retired long-distance Running from Ethiopia, who won the gold medal in the men's marathon at the Athletics at the 1991 All-Africa Games in Cairo, Egypt....
       (ETH) 2:09:04


Auto Racing
Auto racing

Auto racing is a motorsport involving racing cars. It is one of the world's most watched television sports....
 

  • Stock car racing
    Stock car racing

    Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil. Traditionally, races are run on oval track racing measuring approximately ? mile to 2.66 miles length, but are also raced on road courses....
    :
    • Davey Allison
      Davey Allison

      David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
       won the Daytona 500
      Daytona 500

      The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
    • NASCAR Championship - Alan Kulwicki
      Alan Kulwicki

      Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
  • CART Racing - season championship won by Bobby Rahal
    Bobby Rahal

    Robert "Bobby" Woodward Rahal is an United States auto racing team owner and former driver, spending most of his driving career in the Champ Car open-wheel series, winning three championships there....
    • Indianapolis 500
      Indianapolis 500

      The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or commonly known simply as The 500, is an USA automobile auto racing, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
       - Al Unser, Jr.
      Al Unser, Jr.

      Alfred Unser, Jr. , nicknamed "Little Al", "Al Junior" or simply "Junior" is an United States race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner....
  • Formula One Championship
    Formula One

    Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
    :
    • Nigel Mansell
      Nigel Mansell

      Nigel Ernest James Mansell Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom racing driver from England who won both the Formula One World Championship and Champ Car ....
       of Great Britain
      Great Britain

      Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
    • Giovanna Amati
      Giovanna Amati

      Giovanna Amati is a former professional race car driver from Italy. She is best known as the last female driver to have entered the Formula One World Championship....
       the last women to appear on the entry list for a Formula One Grand Prix to date.
  • 24 hours of Le Mans
    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The 24 Hours of Le Mans is a sports car racing endurance racing held annually since near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance, it is organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and runs on a Circuit de la Sarthe containing closed public roads that are meant not only to test a car and dr...
    : the team of Derek Warwick
    Derek Warwick

    Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick is a United Kingdom former motorsport driver from England. He raced for many years in Formula One, but never won a Grand Prix motor racing....
     / Yannick Dalmas
    Yannick Dalmas

    Yannick Dalmas is a former racing driver from France. He participated in 49 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 18 October 1987, but qualified for only 24 of them....
     / Mark Blundell
    Mark Blundell

    Mark Blundell is a former Formula One, sports car, and CART racing driver. He was a Formula One commentator for the British broadcaster ITV until the end of the 2008 season....
     won, driving a Peugeot 905
    Peugeot 905

    The Peugeot 905 is a Sports-prototype racing car introduced for Sportscar racing.The car was initially unveiled in February 1990 and was developed throughout 1990 before making its race debut in the final two races of the 1990 World Sportscar Championship season ....
  • Rally racing - Carlos Sainz
    Carlos Sainz

    Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spain Rallying driver. He won the World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions with Toyota Team Europe in 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season, and finished runner-up four times....
     in a Toyota Celica
    Toyota Celica

    The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
     won the World Rally Championship
    World Rally Championship

    The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer....
    • the team of Didier Auriol
      Didier Auriol

      Didier Auriol is a French people Rallying driver.Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, Auriol made his name as a France rally driver in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s....
       / Bernard Occelli won the Monte Carlo Rally
      Monte Carlo Rally

      The Monte Carlo Rally is a rallying event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also organizes the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique....
       driving a Lancia Delta Integrale HF
      Lancia

      Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italy automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat in 1969. The company has a long history of producing distinctive cars and also has a strong rally heritage....
  • Drag racing
    Drag racing

    Drag racing is a competition in which vehicles compete to be the first to cross a set finish line, usually from a dead stop, and in a straight line....
     - Joe Amato
    Joe Amato

    Joe Amato is an American dragster driver, who won the NHRA Top Fuel championship a record five occasions and scored 52 event victories, most of them with crew chief Tim Richards....
     won the NHRA "Top Fuel
    Top Fuel

    Top-Fuel Racing is a class of drag racing in which the cars are run on a maximum of 90% nitromethane and about 10% methanol , instead of gasoline....
    " championship.
  • Touring car racing
    Touring car racing

    Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct auto racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in United Kingdom, Germany, Scandinavia, and Australia....
    :
    • Jim Richards
      Jim Richards (race driver)

      Jim Richards is a New Zealand racing driver who has spent most of his racing life in Australia. While retired from professional racing, Richards continues to compete in the historic category Touring Car Masters while running a team in the Australian GT Championship....
       and Mark Skaife
      Mark Skaife

      Mark Stephen Skaife Order of Australia is an Australian race-car driver and five times winner of the V8 Supercars/Australian Touring Car Championship....
       won a rain-shortened Tooheys 1000 in Australia, driving a Nissan Skyline GT-R
      Nissan Skyline GT-R

      The Nissan Skyline GT-R is a Japanese sports car based on the Nissan Skyline range.The first GT-Rs were produced from 1969-1977. After a 16 year hiatus since the KPGC110 in 1972, the GT-R name was revived in 1989 with the Skyline R32....
      . The win was controversial; Richards crashed out while leading on lap 144, during which the race was red-flagged. However, the race was called complete after 143 laps giving Richards the win, and not to crowd favourite Dick Johnson
      Dick Johnson (Australian auto racing)

      Dick Johnson is the owner of the V8 Supercar team Dick Johnson Racing and a former racing driver. As a driver, he was a five-time Australian Touring Car Championship and a three-time winner of the Bathurst 1000....
       (who took the lead following Richards' crash). Richards, unpopular with the crowd for driving a Japanese car, was booed on the dais as he received his trophy, prompting him to infamously utter into the microphone, "you're a pack of arseholes."


Baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 

  • World Series
    World Series

    The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball, the culmination of the sport's playoff each October. Since the Series takes place in mid-autumn, sportswriters many years ago dubbed the event the Fall Classic, a usage reflected in the logo for the 2008 World Series; it is also sometimes known as the October Clas...
     - Toronto Blue Jays
    Toronto Blue Jays

    The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the American League East of Major League Baseball 's American League....
     won 4 games to 2 over the Atlanta Braves
    Atlanta Braves

    The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
    . The Series MVP is Pat Borders
    Pat Borders

    Patrick Lance Borders is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who is best remembered for being the Most Valuable Player in the 1992 World Series....
    , Toronto.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays
    Toronto Blue Jays

    The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the American League East of Major League Baseball 's American League....
     became the first Canadian team to play in a World Series and the first non-American
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
     team to win the World Series.


Basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 

  • NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke wins 71-51 over Michigan
  • NBA Finals
    National Basketball Association

    The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
    : Chicago Bulls
    Chicago Bulls

    The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
     win 4 games to 2 over the Portland Trail Blazers
    Portland Trail Blazers

    The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon, Oregon....
  • National Basketball League (Australia)
    National Basketball League (Australia)

    The National Basketball League is Australia's top-level professional basketball competition.The league commenced in 1979 NBL Season, playing a winter season and did so until the completion of the 20th season in 1998 NBL Season....
     Finals: South East Melbourne Magic
    South East Melbourne Magic

    The South East Melbourne Magic were an Australian basketball team, that played in Melbourne, Victoria, in the National Basketball League . The team was the result of a merger of two Melbourne clubs for the 1991 season....
     defeated the Melbourne Tigers
    Melbourne Tigers

    The Melbourne Tigers are a team in the Australian National Basketball League , and along with the South Dragons is one of two teams based in Melbourne....
     2-1 in the best-of-three final series.


Boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 

  • November 13 - Riddick Bowe
    Riddick Bowe

    Riddick Lamont Bowe is an United States Boxing and former undisputed heavyweight champion. He is best remembered for his trilogy of fights with Evander Holyfield and two brutal bouts with Andrew Golota....
     won a 12 round decision over Evander Holyfield
    Evander Holyfield

    Evander Holyfield is a professional boxing from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"....
     to win the undisputed heavyweight championship.
  • Oscar De La Hoya
    Oscar de la Hoya

    Oscar De La Hoya — nicknamed "The Golden Boy" — is an United States boxing and promoter who won a List of Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
     won the only Gold Medal
    Gold medal

    A gold medal is typically the highest medal awarded for achievement in a non-military field. The concept comes from the military, initially with a simple recognition of military rank, and later decorations for admission to military orders dating back to medieval times....
     in the Barcelona
    Barcelona

    Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
     Olympic Games
    Olympic Games

    The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
     for the United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    . He turned pro shortly after.


Cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
 

Cricket World Cup - Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
 beat England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 by 22 runs

Cycling
Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....
 

  • Giro d'Italia
    Giro d'Italia

    The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy....
     won by Miguel Indurain
    Miguel Indurain

    Miguel ?ngel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spain road racing cyclist. He is best known for winning the Tour de France from 1991 Tour de France to 1995 Tour de France, becoming only the fourth person to win the event five times, and the first to win five in a row.Lance Armstrong would subsequently duplicate and, indeed, improve...
     of Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
  • Tour de France
    Tour de France

    The Tour de France is a bicycle racing over more than . It is held every year. It is held in France and visits a bordering country every year. It usually lasts 23 days....
     - Miguel Indurain
    Miguel Indurain

    Miguel ?ngel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spain road racing cyclist. He is best known for winning the Tour de France from 1991 Tour de France to 1995 Tour de France, becoming only the fourth person to win the event five times, and the first to win five in a row.Lance Armstrong would subsequently duplicate and, indeed, improve...
     of Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
  • World Cycling Championship
    World Cycling Championship

    The UCI Road World Championships, often referred to as the World Cycling Championships, is the annual world championship for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale ....
    : Gianni Bugno
    Gianni Bugno

    Gianni Bugno is an Italy former professional road racing cyclist....
     of Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....


Dog racing

  • Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
    • Martin Buser
      Martin Buser

      Martin Buser is a champion of sled dog racing.Martin Buser began mushing at age seventeen in Switzerland. In 1979, Buser moved to Alaska to train and raise sled dogs full time....
       wins with lead dogs: Tyrone & D2


Field Hockey
Field hockey

Field hockey is a team sport in which a team of players attempt to score Goal by hitting, pushing or flicking the ball with hockey sticks into the opposing team's goal....
 

  • Men's Champions Trophy
    1992 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)

    The 1992 Hockey Champions Trophy took place from February 20 to February 28, 1992 in the National Hockey Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan. Participating nations were: Australia national field hockey team, debutants France national field hockey team, titleholders Germany national field hockey team, Great Britain and Northern Ireland national field...
     in Karachi
    Karachi

    is the largest city, seaport and the International financial centre of Pakistan. It is List of metropolitan areas by population in terms of metropolitan population, and is Pakistan's premier centre of banking, industry, and trade....
    , Pakistan
    Pakistan

    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
    • Gold Medal: Germany
    • Silver Medal: Australia
    • Bronze Medal: Pakistan
  • Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Barcelona
    Barcelona

    Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
    , Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
    • Gold Medal: Germany
    • Silver Medal: Australia
    • Bronze Medal: Pakistan


Figure skating
Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform figure skating spins, figure skating jumps, moves in the field and other intricate and challenging moves on ice....
 

  • World Figure Skating Championships
    World Figure Skating Championships

    The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skating compete for the title of World Champion....
    :
    • Men's champion: Viktor Petrenko
      Viktor Petrenko

      Viktor Vasilovich Petrenko is a Ukrainians former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Ukraine during his career....
      , Ukraine
      Ukraine

      Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
    • Ladies' champion: Kristi Yamaguchi
      Kristi Yamaguchi

      Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi- Hedican is an United States figure skating and the Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics in women's singles....
      , United States
      United States

      The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    • Pair skating champions: Natalia Mishkutenok
      Natalia Mishkutenok

      Natalia Mishkutenok is a retired Russian pair skater who now works as a coach. With former partner Artur Dmitriev, she is the Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics....
       & Artur Dmitriev
      Artur Dmitriev

      Artur Dmitriev is a Ukrainians pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Russia. He is a three-time Olympic medalist with two different partners Natalia Mishkutenok and Oksana Kazakova....
    • Ice dancing champions: Marina Klimova
      Marina Klimova

      Marina Vladimirovna Klimova is an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union and the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Her skating partner and husband is Sergei Ponomarenko....
       & Sergei Ponomarenko
      Sergei Ponomarenko

      Sergei Vladilenovich Ponomarenko is a Russian ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union and the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics. His skating partner and wife is Marina Klimova....


Football
Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
 


American
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
 

  • Super Bowl XXVI
    Super Bowl XXVI

    Super Bowl XXVI was an American football game played on January 26, 1992 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota to decide the National Football League champion following the 1991 NFL season....
    : The Washington Redskins
    Washington Redskins

    The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland....
     win their third Super Bowl title, and fifth NFL title, over the Buffalo Bills
    Buffalo Bills

    The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the metropolitan area of Buffalo, New York. They sold out every game in 2008....
    , 37-24.
  • November 29 - Dennis Byrd
    Dennis Byrd

    Dennis DeWayne Byrd born is a former defensive end for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He attended college at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma....
     of the New York Jets
    New York Jets

    The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. They are members of the AFC East of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
     is paralyzed from a neck injury during an NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     game against the Kansas City Chiefs
    Kansas City Chiefs

    The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs are a member of the AFC West of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
    . He made a recovery that bordered on the miraculous; although he would never play again, he would walk unassisted several months later.
Alabama wins the 1992 national championship of college football

Australian rules football
Australian rules football

Australian football, or simply known as football, footy, Aussie rules or as AFL, is a team sport played between two teams of 18 players with a football in the shape of a prolate spheroid....
 

  • Australian Football League
    Australian Football League

    The 'Australian Football League' is the professional Australian national competition in the sport of Australian Rules Football.The league comprises sixteen teams which play 22 home and away rounds between late March and late August or early September....
    • The West Coast Eagles
      West Coast Eagles

      The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. The club is based at Subiaco Oval in Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia and was formed in August 1986 when the then Australian Football League expanded to include teams from Perth and Brisbane for the 1987 season....
       win the 96th AFL premiership (West Coast Eagles 16.17 (113) d Geelong
      Geelong Football Club

      Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong. Playing in the Australian Football League , they have won seven Australian Football League premierships, and nine McClelland Trophies.....
       12.13 (85))
    • Brownlow Medal
      Brownlow Medal

      The Chas Brownlow Trophy ? better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating umpires after each game....
       awarded to Scott Wynd
      Scott Wynd

      Scott Wynd is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League, playing with Footscray Football Club which changed its name to Western Bulldogs in 1997....
       (Footscray)


Canadian
Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played chiefly in Canada in which two teams of twelve players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide , attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area ....
 

  • Grey Cup
    Grey Cup

    The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team....
    : Calgary Stampeders
    Calgary Stampeders

    The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium. They have won the league's Grey Cup championship six times, most recently in 96th Grey Cup....
     won 24-10 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
    Winnipeg Blue Bombers

    The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian Football League team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers have won the league's Grey Cup championship ten times, most recently in 1990 Grey Cup....
  • Vanier Cup
    Vanier Cup

    The Vanier Cup is the name of the championship of Canadian Interuniversity Sport CIS football and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team....
    : Queen's Golden Gaels
    Queen's Golden Gaels

    The Queen's Gaels are the athletic teams that represent Queen's University, Kingston in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Team colours are blue, red and gold....
     win 31-0 over the St. Mary's Huskies


Rugby League
Rugby league

Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
 

  • Winfield Cup
    Winfield Cup

    The Winfield Cup was an Australian rugby league trophy awarded to the winner of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership's Grand Final from 1982 to 1994, and to the winner of the Australian Rugby League Grand Final in 1995....
    : Brisbane Broncos
    Brisbane Broncos

    The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane, Queensland. The Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership....
     win their first grand final, becoming the first Queensland-based team to win the NSWRL premiership
    New South Wales Rugby League premiership

    The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League from 1908 until 1994, the premiership was the state's and later the country's elite rugby league competition....
    .


Soccer

For an extensive coverage see 1992 in football (soccer)
1992 in football (soccer)

The following are some of the football events of the year 1992 throughout the world....
  • June 26 - In Euro 1992, Denmark
    Denmark national football team

    The Denmark national football team is controlled by the Danish Football Association and has represented the country of Denmark in international football competitions since 1908....
     surprising won 2-0 over Germany
    Germany national football team

    The German national football team is the association football team representing the country of Germany in international competition since 1908....
     at Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg
    Gothenburg

    Gothenburg ) is the second largest city in Sweden after Stockholm and the fifth largest amongst the Nordic countries. The city is located on the south west-coast....
    , Sweden
    Sweden

    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
    .


Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation mainly focused on promoting Gaelic games: the traditional Ireland sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders....

  • Camogie
    Camogie

    Camogie is a Modern Celts team sport. Played with a stick and ball, it is the women's variant of hurling, and is organised by the Camogie Association of Ireland....
    • All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork
      Cork GAA

      The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Cork....
    • National Camogie League: Cork
      Cork GAA

      The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Cork....
  • Gaelic football
    Gaelic football

    Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football", "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. It is, together with hurling, one of the two most popular spectator sports in Ireland today....
    • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
      All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

      The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Football Final being played on the third or fourth Sunday in September in Crok...
      : Donegal
      Donegal GAA

      :For more details of Donegal GAA see Donegal Senior Football Championship or Donegal Senior Hurling Championship.The Donegal County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Donegal GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Donegal....
       0-18 d. Dublin
      Dublin GAA

      The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the former County Dublin area....
       0-14
    • National Football League
      National Football League (Ireland)

      The National Football League is a Gaelic football tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association....
      : Derry
      Derry GAA

      The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Derry GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and holds de facto responsibility for the Gaelic games of Gaelic football, hurling, ladies' Gaelic football, camogie, Gaelic handball and rounders in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland....
       1-10 d. Tyrone
      Tyrone GAA

      The Tyrone County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Tyrone GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Tyrone....
       1-8
  • Ladies' Gaelic football
    Ladies' Gaelic football

    Ladies' Gaelic Football is a team sport for women, very similar to Gaelic football, and coordinated by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. It is the most prominent amateur team sport for women in Ireland....
    • All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Waterford
      Waterford GAA

      The Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Waterford GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for all levels of Gaelic games in County Waterford....
    • National Football League: Waterford
      Waterford GAA

      The Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Waterford GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for all levels of Gaelic games in County Waterford....
  • Hurling
    Hurling

    Hurling is an outdoor team sport of ancient Gaelic Culture origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar....
    • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
      All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

      The GAA All-Ireland Hurling Senior Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of hurling played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Hurling Final being played on the first or second Sunday in September in Croke Park, D...
      : Kilkenny
      Kilkenny GAA

      The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny....
       3-10 d. Cork
      Cork GAA

      The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Cork....
       1-12
    • National Hurling League
      National Hurling League

      The National Hurling League is a hurling tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association....
      :


Golf
Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
 

Men's professional
  • April 9-12 - Masters Tournament - Fred Couples
    Fred Couples

    Frederick Stephen Couples is an United States professional golfer and former Chronological list of World Number One male golfers who competes on the PGA Tour....
  • June 18-21 - U.S. Open
    U.S. Open (golf)

    The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual Open Golf Tournaments of the United States. It is the second of the four men's major golf championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....
     - Tom Kite
    Tom Kite

    Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an United Statesn professional golfer. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....
  • July 14-17 - British Open
    The Open Championship

    The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four men's major golf championships in men's golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico....
     - Nick Faldo
    Nick Faldo

    Nicholas "Nick" Alexander Faldo Order of the British Empire is an England professional golfer on the European Tour, and is one of Europe's most successful players ever....
  • August 13-16 - PGA Championship
    PGA Championship

    The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August ....
     - Nick Price
    Nick Price

    Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a Zimbabwean professional golfer and inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-nineties, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings....
  • PGA Tour
    PGA Tour

    The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida....
     money leader - Fred Couples
    Fred Couples

    Frederick Stephen Couples is an United States professional golfer and former Chronological list of World Number One male golfers who competes on the PGA Tour....
     - $1,344,188
  • Senior PGA Tour
    Champions Tour

    The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older....
     money leader - Lee Trevino
    Lee Trevino

    Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex"....
     - $1,027,002
Men's amateur
  • British Amateur
    The Amateur Championship

    The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held in the United Kingdom. In the rest of the world, it is often known as the "British Amateur" or the "British Amateur Championship"....
     - Stephen Dundas
  • U.S. Amateur - Justin Leonard
    Justin Leonard

    Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an United States professional golfer.Leonard was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990....
  • European Amateur
    European Amateur

    The European Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Europe. It was first played in 1986....
     - Massimo Scarpa
Women's professional
  • Nabisco Dinah Shore
    Kraft Nabisco Championship

    The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four Women's major golf championships golf tournaments for women on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 in sports by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983 in sports....
     - Dottie Mochrie
    Dottie Pepper

    Dottie Pepper is an United States professional golfer. From 1988 to 1995 she competed as Dottie Mochrie, which was her married name before a divorce....
  • May 14-17 - LPGA Championship
    LPGA Championship

    The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S....
     - Betsy King
    Betsy King

    Betsy King is a professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 6 women's major golf championships and thirty-four LPGA Tour victories in all....
  • July 23-27 - U.S. Women's Open
    United States Women's Open Championship (golf)

    The United States Women's Open Golf Championship, one of thirteen national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association , is one of the LPGA's women's major golf championships along with the LPGA Championship, the Women's British Open, and the Kraft Nabisco Championship....
     - Patty Sheehan
    Patty Sheehan

    Patty Sheehan is an United States professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won 6 women's major golf championships and thirty-five LPGA Tour victories in all....
  • Classique du Maurier - Sherri Steinhauer
    Sherri Steinhauer

    Sherri Steinhauer is an United States golfer who currently plays on the LPGA Tour. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended University of Texas at Austin....
  • LPGA Tour
    LPGA

    The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters are in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that runs from Feb...
     money leader - Dottie Mochrie
    Dottie Pepper

    Dottie Pepper is an United States professional golfer. From 1988 to 1995 she competed as Dottie Mochrie, which was her married name before a divorce....
     - $693,335
  • The European team beat the United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
     team 11 ˝ points to 6 ˝, to win the Solheim Cup
    1992 Solheim Cup

    The second Solheim Cup golf match took place from October 2 to October 4, 1992 at Dalmahoy Country Club, Edinburgh, Scotland. The European team beat the United States team 11 ? points to 6 ?, to win the trophy for the first time....
     for the first time.


Horse Racing
Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrianism sport that has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot racing of Ancient Rome are an early example, as is the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology....
 

  • May 2 - Lil E. Tee
    Lil E. Tee

    Lil E. Tee was an United States-bred Thoroughbred horse racing who in 1992 scored one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Kentucky Derby....
     wins the Kentucky Derby
    Kentucky Derby

    The Kentucky Derby is a graded stakes race for three year-old Thoroughbreds, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival....


Harness Racing
Harness racing

Harness racing is a form of horse-racing in which the horses race in a specified gait. They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulky, although races to saddle are still occasionally conducted, especially in Europe....
 

  • Pacer Artsplace
    Artsplace

    Artsplace was a champion harness racing horse who was the 1992 Harness Horse of the Year. Artsplace was also harness racings champion two year old in 1990, where he notably set a world record for 2 year old pacers by winning the Breeders Crown in a then unheard of time of 1:51.1 at Pompano Park in Florida, soundly defeating champion Die Lau...
     voted "Harness Horse of the Year"
  • North America Cup
    North America Cup

    The North America Cup is an annual harness racing event for 3-year-old standardbred pacing horses which is held at Mohawk Raceway in Campbellville, Ontario, Canada....
     - Safely Kept


  • United States Pacing Triple Crown races
    Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers

    The Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers consists of the following Harness racing:#Cane Pace, held at Freehold Raceway in Freehold, New Jersey...
    :
  • #Cane Pace
    Cane Pace

    The Cane Pace is a harness racing run annually since 1955 in sports. In 1956 in sports the race joined with the Little Brown Jug and the Messenger Stakes to become the first leg in the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers....
     - Western Hanover
  • #Little Brown Jug
    Little Brown Jug

    Little Brown Jug can refer to:*Little Brown Jug , an 1869 song by Joseph Winner. Most or all other uses of this phrase are named after this famous song....
     - Fake Left
  • #Messenger Stakes
    Messenger Stakes

    The Messenger Stakes is an United States harness racing event for 3-year-old pacing horses. It was organized in 1956 at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, New York, New York to join with the Cane Pace and the Little Brown Jug to create the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers....
     - Western Hanover


  • United States Trotting Triple Crown races
    Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters

    The Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters consists of the following Harness racing:# Hambletonian, held at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey...
    :
  • #Hambletonian
    Hambletonian

    Hambletonian A great grandson of the imported English Thoroughbred Messenger profoundly influenced the sport of harness racing. On May 5, 1849, Hambletonian was born in...
     - Alf Palema
  • #Yonkers Trot
    Yonkers Trot

    The Yonkers Trot is a harness racing for three-year old trotting standardbreds held at Yonkers Raceway in New York. Starting in 2008, it is the first leg of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters....
     -
  • #Kentucky Futurity
    Kentucky Futurity

    The Kentucky Futurity is a stakes race for three-year-old trotting horse, held annually at The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky since 1893. It is part of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters....
     - Armbro Keepsake


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


Ice Hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
 

  • April 1 - The NHL
    National Hockey League

    The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
     had their first work stoppage as NHL players went on strike. The strike lasted only 10 days and the rest of the regular season games were played.
  • September 23 - goaltender, Manon Rheaume
    Manon Rhéaume

    Manon Rh?aume is a Canada goaltender and Olympic Games silver medalist who was the first - and as of 2009, the only - woman to play in an National Hockey League exhibition game....
     became the first woman to play in the National Hockey League
    National Hockey League

    The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
     during a pre-season game, and also the first woman ever to play in one of the Big Four Pro Sports.
  • Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL
    National Hockey League

    The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
    's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux
    Mario Lemieux

    Mario Lemieux is a retired Canada professional ice hockey Centre who played 17 seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League between 1984?85 NHL season and 2004?05 NHL season....
    , Pittsburgh Penguins
    Pittsburgh Penguins

    The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
  • Hart Memorial Trophy
    Hart Memorial Trophy

    The Hart Memorial Trophy, originally known as the Hart Trophy, the "oldest and most prestigious individual award in hockey", is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player in the National Hockey League....
     for the NHL
    National Hockey League

    The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
    's Most Valuable Player: Mark Messier
    Mark Messier

    Mark John Douglas Messier is a former ice hockey Centre of the National Hockey League. He spent a quarter of a century in the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and Vancouver Canucks....
    , New York Rangers
    New York Rangers

    The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City, New York, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
  • Stanley Cup
    Stanley Cup

    The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club championship trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League Season structure of the NHL#Stanley Cup playoffs champion....
    : Pittsburgh Penguins
    Pittsburgh Penguins

    The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
     won 4 games to 0 over the Chicago Blackhawks
    Chicago Blackhawks

    The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
  • Conn Smythe Trophy
    Conn Smythe Trophy

    The Conn Smythe Trophy is awarded annually to the player judged Most Valuable Player during the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup playoffs. The Conn Smythe Trophy has been awarded 43 times to 37 players since the 1964-65 NHL season....
    : Mario Lemieux
    Mario Lemieux

    Mario Lemieux is a retired Canada professional ice hockey Centre who played 17 seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League between 1984?85 NHL season and 2004?05 NHL season....
    , Pittsburgh Penguins
    Pittsburgh Penguins

    The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
  • World Hockey Championship
    • Men's champion: Sweden
      Sweden

      Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
       defeated Finland
      Finland

      Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    • Junior Men's champion: Unified former USSR
      Soviet Union

      The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
       defeated Sweden
      Sweden

      Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
    • Women's champion: Canada
      Canada

      Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
       defeated the United States
      United States

      The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...


Lacrosse
Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport originated by several tribes of Native Americans in the United States. There are four distinct versions of the modern game: men's field lacrosse, women's field lacrosse, men's box lacrosse and intercrosse ....
 

  • The Buffalo Bandits
    Buffalo Bandits

    The Buffalo Bandits are a team in the National Lacrosse League . They play at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. The Bandits played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1992 MILL season to 1997 MILL season, until the turned into the NLL in 1998 NLL season....
     defeat the Philadelphia Wings
    Philadelphia Wings

    The Philadelphia Wings are a member of the National Lacrosse League, a professional box lacrosse league in North America. They play at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
     11–10 in overtime to win the Major Indoor Lacrosse League championship


Radiosport
Radiosport

The term radiosport is of modern Eastern European origin and is used to describe any of several competitive amateur radio activities. It is most often written as a single word, as in radiosport, but can be found as two separate words, as in radio sport....
 

  • Sixth Amateur Radio Direction Finding
    Amateur Radio Direction Finding

    Amateur radio direction finding is an amateur racing sport that combines radio direction finding with the map and compass skills of orienteering....
     World Championship held in Siófok
    Siófok

    Si?fok is a town in Hungary on the southern bank of Lake Balaton in Somogy County. The town is a popular holiday destination with several beaches and good climate....
    , Hungary
    Hungary

    Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
    .


Skiing
Skiing

Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....
 

  • Alpine Skiing
    Alpine skiing

    Alpine skiing is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long skis attached to each foot. Alpine skiing takes place at specially developed ski resorts where trees are cut, slopes are manipulated, snow is groomed & avalanches controlled to facilitate the activity....
    • The men's overall season champion: Paul Accola
      Paul Accola

      Paul Accola is a Switzerland former Alpine skiing. He came top in the overall Alpine skiing World Cup in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event....
      , Switzerland
      Switzerland

      Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
    • The women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger
      Petra Kronberger

      Petra Kronberger is an Austria former alpine skiing, who participated in all disciplines. She debuted in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1987, and achieved her first win in a downhill competition in 1990....
      , Austria
      Austria

      Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....


Snooker
Snooker

Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered snooker table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions....
 

  • World Snooker Championship
    World Snooker Championship

    The World Snooker Championship, held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of snooker's annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and Snooker world rankings....
    : Stephen Hendry
    Stephen Hendry

    Stephen Gordon Hendry, Order of the British Empire is a Scottish people professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21....
     beats Jimmy White
    Jimmy White

    James Warren White, Order of the British Empire is an English people professional snooker player, best known as Jimmy White. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind" , White is a multiple World Championship finalist....
     18-14
  • World rankings
    Snooker world rankings

    The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments....
    : Stephen Hendry
    Stephen Hendry

    Stephen Gordon Hendry, Order of the British Empire is a Scottish people professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21....
     remains world number one
    Snooker world number ones

    Below is a List of snooker players who have number 1 in the world rankings.Since the snooker world rankings began in 1976 only seven players have held the number one position - Ray Reardon, Cliff Thorburn, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins , Mark J....
     for 1992/93


Swimming
Swimming

Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....
 


Events

  • XXV Olympic Games
    Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

    Medal summary...
    , held in Barcelona, Spain (July 26 – July 31)

  • Second European Sprint Championships
    European Sprint Swimming Championships 1992

    The second edition of what later would be the European Short Course Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, from December 21 till December 22, 1992....
    , held in Espoo, Finland (December 21 – 22)
    • Germany wins the most medals (14), Germany and Sweden the most gold medals (4)


Tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
 

  • Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  • #Australian Open
    Australian Open

    The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....
     – Jim Courier
    Jim Courier

    James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from the United States. During his ATP career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open....
  • #French Open – Jim Courier
    Jim Courier

    James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from the United States. During his ATP career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open....
  • #Wimbledon – Andre Agassi
    Andre Agassi

    Andre Kirk Agassi is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional Armenian American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Tennis at the Summer Olympics gold medal in singles....
  • #US Open – Stefan Edberg
    Stefan Edberg

    Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam doubles titles during the course of his career....
  • Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  • #Australian Open
    Australian Open

    The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....
     – Monica Seles
    Monica Seles

    Monica Seles is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Hungarians in Vojvodina parents but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994....
  • #French Open – Monica Seles
    Monica Seles

    Monica Seles is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Hungarians in Vojvodina parents but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994....
  • #Wimbledon – Steffi Graf
    Steffi Graf

    Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....
  • #US Open – Monica Seles
    Monica Seles

    Monica Seles is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Hungarians in Vojvodina parents but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994....
  • 1992 Summer Olympics
    Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

    These are the final results for the tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.United States teenager Jennifer Capriati stunned German people Steffi Graf in the women's singles final to win the gold medal....
    • Men's Singles Competition
  • #Gold – Marc Rosset
    Marc Rosset

    Marc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
  • #Silver – Jordi Arrese
    Jordi Arrese

    Jordi Arrese Casta?? is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Arrese is best remembered for winning the men's singles Silver Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in his home-town of Barcelona....
  • #Bronze – Goran Ivaniševic
    Goran Ivaniševic

    Goran Ivani?evic is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at The Championships, Wimbledon as a Wild card ....
     and Andrei Cherkasov
    Andrei Cherkasov

    Andrei Cherkasov is a former professional tennis player from Russia.Born in Ufa, Soviet Union, Cherkasov first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player....
    • Women's Singles Competition
  • #Gold – Jennifer Capriati
    Jennifer Capriati

    Jennifer Marie Capriati is a former World No. 1 women's tennis player from the United States. She has won three Grand Slam singles titles and the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....
  • #Silver – Steffi Graf
    Steffi Graf

    Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....
  • #Bronze – Mary Joe Fernandez
    Mary Joe Fernández

    Mary Joe Fernandez Godsick is a former professional tennis player from the United States and is of Spanish and Cubans descent. She was the runner-up in three Grand Slam singles tournaments and won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles and two Olympic Games gold medals....
     and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
    Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

    Ar?nzazu Arantxa Isabel Maria S?nchez Vicario is a Spanish professional tennis player. She won four Grand Slam singles titles, six Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....
    • Men's Doubles Competition
  • #Gold – Boris Becker
    Boris Becker

    Boris Franz Becker is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic Games gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17....
     & Michael Stich
    Michael Stich

    Michael Detlef Stich is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1991....
  • #Silver – Wayne Ferreira
    Wayne Ferreira

    Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa.As a junior player, Ferreira was ranked the world's No. 1 junior doubles player and No....
     & Piet Norval
    Piet Norval

    Pieter Norval is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Wayne Ferreira....
  • #Bronze – Goran Ivaniševic
    Goran Ivaniševic

    Goran Ivani?evic is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at The Championships, Wimbledon as a Wild card ....
     & Goran Prpic
    Goran Prpic

    Goran Prpic is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. He played also for, then, SFRY, prior to 1991.Prpic turned professional in 1984....
     and Javier Frana
    Javier Frana

    Javier Alberto Frana Maggi is a former tennis player from Argentina and current tennis commentator for ESPN Latin America....
     & Christian Miniussi
    Christian Miniussi

    Christian Carlos Miniussi Ventureira is a former tennis player from Argentina, who turned professional in 1984. He started playing tennis at the Adrogu? Tennis Club and he also represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by France's Fabrice Santoro....
    • Women's Doubles Competition
  • #Gold – Gigi Fernández
    Gigi Fernández

    Beatriz "Gigi" Fern?ndez is a former professional Puerto Rico tennis player. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest doubles players of all time....
     & Mary Joe Fernández
    Mary Joe Fernández

    Mary Joe Fernandez Godsick is a former professional tennis player from the United States and is of Spanish and Cubans descent. She was the runner-up in three Grand Slam singles tournaments and won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles and two Olympic Games gold medals....
  • #Silver – Conchita Martínez
    Conchita Martínez

    Inmaculada Concepci?n Mart?nez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monz?n, Arag?n, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon Championships, when she beat Martina Navr?tilov? in the 1994 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles....
     & Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
    Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

    Ar?nzazu Arantxa Isabel Maria S?nchez Vicario is a Spanish professional tennis player. She won four Grand Slam singles titles, six Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....
  • #Bronze – Leila Meskhi
    Leila Meskhi

    Leila Meskhi is a retired Georgia n professional female tennis player. She was ranked World No. 12 on August 5 1991.She was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union....
     & Natasha Zvereva
    Natasha Zvereva

    Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva is a retired tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she be able to keep her tournament earnings....
     and Nicole Bradtke
    Nicole Bradtke

    Nicole Bradtke is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She won three singles and nine doubles on the Women's Tennis Association in her career....
     & Rachel McQuillan
    Rachel McQuillan

    Rachel McQuillan is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She won 5 Women's Tennis Association doubles titles, as well as 14 singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit....
  • Davis Cup
    Davis Cup

    The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. The largest annual international team competition in sports, the Davis Cup is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format....
    • United States
      United States

      The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
       won 3-1 over Switzerland
      Switzerland

      Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
       in world tennis.


Volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....
 

  • Men's World League
    FIVB World League 1992

    The Volleyball World League was the third edition of the annual volleyball, played by twelve countries from May 1 to September 5, 1992. The Final Round was staged in Genova, Italy....
     – Final Four in Genoa, Italy
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:

  • 1992 Summer Olympics
    Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

    Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics was represented by two events: men's team and women's team.Medal TableMedals Summary...
     in Barcelona, Spain
    • Men's Team Competition
      Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball

      The Volleyball at the Summer Olympics was the eighth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee....
      • Gold Medal —
      • Silver Medal —
      • Bronze Medal —
    • Women's Team Competition
      Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's volleyball

      The Volleyball at the Summer Olympics was the eighth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee....
      • Gold Medal —
      • Silver Medal —
      • Bronze Medal —


Yacht racing
Yacht racing

Yacht racing is the sport of competitive yachting. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing. Much racing is done around buoys or similar marks in protected waters, while some longer offshore races cross open water....
 

  • The San Diego Yacht Club
    San Diego Yacht Club

    San Diego Yacht Club is a yacht club located in San Diego Bay. Its address is 1011 Anchorage Lane, San Diego, CA 92106, and is on a spit of land known as Shelter Island....
     retains the America's Cup
    America's Cup

    The America?s Cup is the most prestigious regatta and match race in the sport of sailing, and the oldest active trophy in international sport, predating the Summer Olympics by 45 years....
     as Americał
    Americał

    America is a racing syndicate that vied for the America's Cup in 1992 and 1995. The program was operated by Bill Koch and Buddy Melges in the 1992 America's Cup....
     defeats Italian challenger Il Moro de Venezia, from the Compagnia della Vella yacht club, 4 races to 1


Water polo
Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. It is the oldest continuous Olympic team sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes....
 


Men's Competition

  • Olympic Games
    Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

    The Water polo at the Summer Olympics at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from August 1 to August 10, 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. Reigning world champion Yugoslavia men's national water polo team had qualified for the tournament, but as it had formally dissolved in the interim, it didn't participate....
     in Barcelona, Spain
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:


Multi-sport event
Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, and featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states....
s

  • 1992 Summer Olympics
    1992 Summer Olympics

    The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992....
     takes place in Barcelona
    Barcelona

    Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
    , Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
    • The Unified Team
      Unified Team

      The Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of the former Soviet Union at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
       (former Soviet Union
      Soviet Union

      The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
      ) wins the most medals (112), and the most gold medals (45).
  • 1992 Winter Olympics
    1992 Winter Olympics

    The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was staged in 1992 in Albertville, France....
     takes place in Albertville
    Albertville

    Albertville is a commune in France in the Savoie Departments of France in the Alps in southeastern France. The town is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics....
    , France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    • Germany
      Germany

      Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
       wins the most medals (27), and the most gold medals (10).
  • Seventh Pan Arab Games held in Damascus, Syria


Awards

  • Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year
    Associated Press Athlete of the Year

    The first Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press in 1931. At a time when women in sports were never given the same recognition as men, the AP offered a male and a female athlete of the year award to either a professional or amateur athlete....
    : Michael Jordan
    Michael Jordan

    Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a retired United States professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instr...
    , NBA basketball
    National Basketball Association

    The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
  • Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
    Associated Press Athlete of the Year

    The first Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press in 1931. At a time when women in sports were never given the same recognition as men, the AP offered a male and a female athlete of the year award to either a professional or amateur athlete....
    : Monica Seles
    Monica Seles

    Monica Seles is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Hungarians in Vojvodina parents but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994....
    , Tennis
    Tennis

    Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....


Births

  • January 19 — Shawn Johnson
    Shawn Johnson

    Shawn Machel Johnson is an American artistic gymnast. She is the Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's balance beam gold medalist, the Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's artistic individual all-around silver medalist, the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and the 200...
    , American gymnast
  • June 5 — Brenda Castillo
    Brenda Castillo

    Brenda Castillo is a female volleyball Player from the Dominican Republic, who played as a libero for the Dominican Republic women's national volleyball team at the 2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan....
    , Dominican Republic volleyball player


Deaths

  • January 11 — David Ambartsumyan
    David Ambartsumyan

    David Ambartsumyan was an Armenians diver, who twice became European champion. He was a bronze medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and 16 times champion of the USSR....
     (35), Armenian-Russian diver (b. 1956)
  • January 31 — Mel Hein
    Mel Hein

    Melvin Jack Hein was a professional American football player for the New York Giants. Hein played fifteen seasons for the Giants and never missed a down due to injury....
    , NFL player, New York Giants
  • January 31 — Wim van Heumen
    Wim van Heumen

    Wilhelmus Maria van Heumen was a field hockey coach from the Netherlands, who was in charge of the Netherlands national field hockey team from 1975 to 1986....
     (63), Dutch field hockey coach (b. 1928)
  • February 12 — Bep van Klaveren
    Bep van Klaveren

    Lambertus "Bep" van Klaveren was a Netherlands Boxing, who won the golden medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam....
    , Dutch boxer (b. 1907)
  • February 14 — Roepie Kruize
    Roepie Kruize

    Jan Hendrik "Roepie" Kruize is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who was one of the Netherlands's most famous players in the years following World War II....
     (67), Dutch field hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
  • March 1 — Howard Payne
    Howard Payne

    Andrew Howard Payne was an Olympic Games athlete from England. He specialised in the hammer throw events during his career.Born in Benoni, Gauteng Payne represented Great Britain in three consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 1964....
     (60), English hammer thrower (b. 1931)
  • April 10 — János Kajdi
    János Kajdi

    J?nos Kajdi was a Boxing from Hungary who won the silver medal in the welterweight division at the Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....
     (52), Hungarian boxer
  • May 13 — Bart Zoet
    Bart Zoet

    Hubertus Balthazar Zoet was a Dutch cyclist, who won the gold medal in the Men's 100 km Team Trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, alongside Gerben Karstens, Evert Dolman, and Jan Pieterse....
     (49), Dutch cyclist (b. 1942)
  • May 14 — Lyle Alzado
    Lyle Alzado

    Lyle Martin Alzado was a NFL American football player most famous for his intense and intimidating style of play....
    , NFL player
  • June 4 — Carl Stotz
    Carl Stotz

    Carl E. Stotz was the United States founder of Little League Baseball.Stotz was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. He got a job as a lumberyard clerk....
    , founder American Little League Baseball
  • June 15 — Jean Aerts
    Jean Aerts

    Jean Aerts was a Belgium road bicycle racer who specialized as a Cycling sprinter. Aerts became the first man to win both the world amateur and professional road race championships....
     (84), Belgian road bicycle racer (b. 1907)
  • June 19 — Kitty McKane Godfree, tennis player, Wimbledon champion
  • June 24 — Rudolf Svedberg
    Rudolf Svedberg

    J. Rudolf "Preven" Svedberg was a Sport wrestling from Sweden, who won the gold medal in the Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight division at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany....
     (81), Swedish wrestler (b. 1910)
  • June 25 — Jerome Brown
    Jerome Brown

    Jerome Brown was an American football defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.Brown's brother, Dee Brown, is now an outfielder in the farm system of the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball....
    , football player, Philadelphia Eagles
  • July 7 — Josy Barthel
    Josy Barthel

    Joseph Barthel was a Luxembourgish Athletics . He was the surprise winner of the Men's 1500 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the only athlete from Luxembourg to have won a gold medal at the Olympics....
     (65), Luxembourg athlete (b. 1927)
  • July 11 — Munroe Bourne
    Munroe Bourne

    Frederick Munroe Bourne was an international backstroke and Freestyle swimming swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics....
     (82), Canadian swimmer (b. 1910)
  • July 18 — Ben Kniest
    Ben Kniest

    Lambertus Gerhardus Kniest is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who participated in two Olympic Games: in 1960 Summer Olympics and in 1964 Summer Olympics....
     (64), Dutch water polo player (b. 1927)
  • August 2 — Alf Cleverley
    Alf Cleverley

    Alfred "Alf" John Cleverley was a Boxing from New Zealand, who represented his native country at the Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands....
    , New Zealand boxer
  • August 6 — Leszek Blazynski
    Leszek Blazynski

    Leszek Blazynski was a boxing from Poland, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's flyweight division at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1972 Summer Olympics, when Munich hosted the Games....
     (43), Polish boxer (b. 1949)
  • August 8 — John Kordic
    John Kordic

    John "Rambo" Kordic was a hockey player in the National Hockey League. He played for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals, and Quebec Nordiques....
     (27), NHL Player (b. 1965)
  • August 16 — Karl Storch
    Karl Storch

    Karl Storch was a Germany athlete, who mainly competed in the hammer throw.He was born in Fulda.The member of SC Borussia Fulda competed for Germany at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the hammer throw where he won the silver medal ....
     (77), German hammer thrower (b. 1913)
  • August 19 — Norvel Lee
    Norvel Lee

    Norvel LaFollette Ray Lee was a boxing from the United States, who competed in the Light Heavyweight division during his career as an amateur....
     (67), American boxer (b. 1924)
  • September 5 — Billy Herman
    Billy Herman

    William Jennings Bryan "Billy" Herman was an United States second baseman in Major League Baseball during the 1930s and 1940s. He was known for his stellar defense and consistent batting....
    , American baseball player (1931-1947)
  • September 11 — Frank McKinney
    Frank McKinney

    Frank McKinney was a backstroke swimmer from the United States. He was later a bank executive.The son of a former owner of the NL's Pittsburgh Pirates, McKinney was the youngest member of a USA team that set a world record in the 4x100m medley relay at the 1955 Pan American Games....
     (53), American backstroke swimmer (b. 1938)
  • October 3 — Ken Wilmshurst
    Ken Wilmshurst

    Kenneth Stanley David Wilmshurst was an Olympic Games athlete from England. He specialised in the triple jump and long jump events during his career....
     (61), English triple jumper (b. 1931
    1931 in the United Kingdom

    Events from the year 1931 in the United Kingdom....
    )
  • October 26 — Dottie Green, American female catcher
  • November 10 — Chuck Connors
    Chuck Connors

    Chuck Connors was an United States actor and a professional basketball and baseball player, best known for his starring role in the 1950's American Broadcasting Company hit western series The Rifleman....
    , American baseball player and actor
  • November 14 — Ernst Happel
    Ernst Happel

    Ernst Franz Hermann Happel was an Austrian football player and Coach .He is regarded as one of the most successful managers ever, winning both league and domestic cup titles in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Austria as well as winning the UEFA Champions League twice and a runners-up medal at the 1978 FIFA World Cup....
     (66), Austrian football player and coach (b. 1925)
  • November 25 — Piet Ikelaar
    Piet Ikelaar

    Petrus "Piet" Gerardus Ikelaar was a track cyclist from the Netherlands.He was born in Amstelveen and died in Zaandam.He represented his native country at the two consecutive Summer Olympics ....
     (96), Dutch track cyclist (b. 1896)
  • December 16 — Rinus Terlouw, Dutch football (soccer) player