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Recap of the year 1993 in sports.
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Latest revision as of 22:21, 10 July 2006

Recap of the year 1993 in sports.

Athletics

  • February 11 - Irina Privalova sets a new women's 60m indoors world record
  • August 13 - August 22 - World Championships held in Stuttgart

Auto Racing

  • Stock car racing:
    • Dale Jarrett won the Daytona 500
    • NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt
    • Two top NASCAR drivers--Alan Kulwicki, the 1992 series champion, and Davey Allison, were killed in aviation accidents. Kulwicki died in a plane crash on his way to a race; Allison died from injuries suffered in a helicopter crash during a race weekend.
  • CART Racing - season championship won by Nigel Mansell
    • Indianapolis 500 - Emerson Fittipaldi
  • Formula One Championship - Alain Prost of France (Williams-Renault)
  • 24 hours of Le Mans:
    • won by the team of Geoff Brabham / Christophe Bouchut / 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

Baseball

Basketball

  • 1993 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament:
    • North Carolina wins 77-71 over Michigan

Boxing

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

Cricket

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

Cycling

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

Dogsled racing

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

Field Hockey

  • Men's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Poznan, Poland
    • Gold Medal: South Korea
    • Silver Medal: Spain
    • Bronze Medal: India
  • Men's Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    • Gold Medal: Australia
    • Silver Medal: Germany
    • Bronze Medal: The Netherlands
  • Women's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Philadelphia, United States
    • Gold Medal: Germany
    • Silver Medal: Argentina
    • Bronze Medal: Canada
  • Women's Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, The Netherlands
    • Gold Medal: Australia
    • Silver Medal: The Netherlands
    • Bronze Medal: Germany

Figure Skating

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

Football (American)

Football (Canadian)

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

Football (Soccer)

  • UEFA Champions League - Olympique de Marseille defeat A.C. Milan 1-0. Marseille are later banned from defending their title the next year due to a corruption scandal.
  • Zambian national football team die in an air crash.

For fuller coverage, see: 1993 in football (soccer)

Gaelic Athletic Association

  • Camogie
    • All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork
    • National Camogie League: Kilkenny
  • Gaelic football
    • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Derry 1-14 d. Cork 2-8
    • National Football League: Dublin 0-10 d. Donegal 0-6 (replay)
  • Ladies' Gaelic football
    • All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
    • National Football League: Laois
  • Hurling
    • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Kilkenny 2-17 d. Galway 1-15
    • National Hurling League:

Golf

Men's Golf

  • Major championship 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.


Women's Golf

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

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

  • Australia - Melbourne Cup - Vintage Crop
  • Canada - Queen's Plate - Peteski
  • France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Urban Sea
  • Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Commander in Chief
  • English Triple Crown Races:
    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 - Prairie Bayou
    3. Belmont Stakes - Colonial Affair
    • Julie Krone, the all-time leading female jockey, became the first woman ever to win a Triple Crown race when she rode Colonial Affair to victory in the Belmont.
  • Breeders' Cup:
    1. Breeders' Cup Classic - Arcangues
    2. Breeders' Cup Distaff - Hollywood Wildcat
    3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Brocco
    4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Phone Chatter
    5. Breeders' Cup Mile - Lure
    6. Breeders' Cup Sprint - Cardmania
    7. Breeders' Cup Turf - Kotashaan

Harness Racing

  • 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

Ice Hockey

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

Radiosport

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

Skiing

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

Snooker

Tennis

  • 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.

Ultimate Fighting

  • The inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship was held in November and won by Royce Gracie

General sporting events

  • First East Asian Games held in Shanghai, China
  • Fourth World Games held in The Hague, The Netherlands
  • Twelfth Mediterranean Games held in Languedoc-Roussillon, France
  • Seventeenth Summer Universiade held in Buffalo, United States
  • Sixteenth Winter Universiade held in Zakopane, Poland


Births

Deaths

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