1993 in sports

Table of contents

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

Auto Racing

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

• World Series: Toronto Blue Jays won 4 games to 2 over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Series MVP was Paul Molitor, Toronto

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

• NBA Finals:
  • Chicago Bulls win 4 games to 2 over the Phoenix Suns to complete their first three-peat of the decade (see John Paxson).

• March 13 - Michael Carbajal comes off the floor twice to knock out Humberto Gonzalez in seven rounds and unify the world's Jr. Flyweight title in the fight of the year
• November 12 - Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe by decision in twelve rounds to regain the world's unified Heavyweight title. It is the fan man fight.

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

• July 3 - 11 - Fifteenth Men's Champions Trophy held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia won by Australia. Germany finish second.

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Kurt Browning, Canada
  • Women's champion: Oksana Bajul, Ukraine
  • Pairs champions: Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler, Canada

• April 27 - 18 members of the Zambian national soccer team die in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon

• England - FA Cup:
  • Arsenal won 1 - 1; 2 - 1 (replay, aet) over Sheffield Wednesday

• Super Bowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys won 52-17 over the Buffalo Bills

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

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Bernhard Langer
  2. June - US Open - Lee Janzen
  3. July - British Open - Greg Norman
  4. August - PGA Championship - Paul Azinger

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Nick Price - $1,478,557
• PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Dave Stockton - $1,175,944
• Ryder Cup: United States team won 15-13 over the Europe team in world golf.

• US Women's Open - Lauri Merten
• LPGA Championship - Patty Sheehan
• Betsy King: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $595,992.

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

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Zafonic
  2. Epsom Derby - Commander in Chief
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Bob's Return

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Sea Hero
  2. Preakness Stakes - Prarie Bayou
  3. Belmont Stakes - Colonial Affair

• North America Cup - Presidential Ball

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Riyadh
  2. Little Brown Jug - Life Sign
  3. Messenger Stakes - Riyadh

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - American Winner
  2. Yonkers Trot - American Winner
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Pine Chip

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

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

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

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

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Russia defeated Sweden
  • Junior Men's champion: Canada won over Sweden

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

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Jim Courier
  2. French Open - Sergi Bruguera
  3. Wimbledon championships - Pete Sampras
  4. US Open - Pete Sampras

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

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

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

• Embassy World Snooker Championship:
  • Stephen Hendry won 18-5 over Jimmy White

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

Deaths

• January 21 - Charlie Gehringer, Major League Baseball, player (1924-1942)
• February 20 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian auto-designer
• February 24 - Bobby Moore, English soccer star
• March 22 - Steve Olin & Tim Crews, pitchers Cleveland Indians, boating accident
• April 1 - Alan Kulwicki, NASCAR's 1992 champion, died in a plane crash
• April 2 - Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater
• May 29 - Billy Conn, boxer
• June 2 - Johnny Mize, Major League Baseball, player (1936-1953)
• June 7 - Drazen Petrovic 28, Croatian NBA player, New Jersey Nets
• June 26 - Roy Campanella, Major League Baseball great
• July 3 - Don Drysdale, Major League Baseball, player (1956-1969)
• July 13 - Davey Allison, NASCAR race driver, died in a helicopter crash
• July 27 - Reggie Lewis 27, NBA star, Boston Celtics
• September 12 - Willie Mosconi, 15-time World Pocket Billiards champion
• October 9 - Geert de Vlaeminck 26, Belgian champion cyclist
• November 12 - Bill Dickey, Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (1928-1946)