1982 in sports
See also:
1981 in sports,
other events of 1982,
1983 in sports and the
list of 'years in sports'.
Men's Golf
- PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Craig Stadler - $446,462
- PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Miller Barber - $106,890
Women's Golf
- Davis Cup: United States won 4-1 over France in world tennis.
- Billy Jean King makes her final singles appearance at the US Open, losing in the first round.
- Total prize money at US Open exceeds 1 million US dollars.
Births
- January 1 - David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
- January 5 - Janica Kostelic, Croatian alpine skier
- January 13 - Guillermo Coria, Argentinian tennis player
- May 17 - Tony Parker, French NBA player
- June 1 - Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgian tennis player
- June 8 - Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
- June 11 - Diana Taurasi, WNBA player
- August 30 - Andy Roddick, American tennis player
- September 13 - Nenê, Brazilian NBA player
- October 11 - Helen Wardlaw, English cricketer
Deaths
- January 07 - Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer
- January 20 - Marc Demeyer, 31, Belgian cyclist
- April 26 - Ville Ritola, Finnish Olympic gold medal runner
- May 8 - Gilles Villeneuve, F1 race driver
- June 8 - Satchel Paige, baseball great
- August 12 - Salvador Sanchez, world champion boxer
- October 3 - Roger Claessen, Belgian soccer star
- November 13 - Dorothy Round, English tennis star
- November 17 - Duk Koo Kim, South Korean boxer
- November 26 - Hub Walker, MLB player
- December 16 - Anthony Chapman, English F1 race driver