2002 in sports

See also: 2001 in sports, other events of 2002, 2003 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

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

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Ward Burton[?] won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Tony Stewart[?]
• Indy Racing League - Sam Hornish Jr.[?] won the season championship.
• Indianapolis 500 - Helio Castroneves[?]
• CART Racing - Cristiano da Matta[?] won the season championship.
• Formula One Championship - Michael Schumacher of Germany
• 24 hours of Le Mans - won by the team of Frank Biela[?], Tom Kristensen[?], and Emanuele Pirro[?] driving an Audi R8.
• Rally racing:
  • the team of Tommi Makinen[?] / Risto Mannisenmaki[?] won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
  • Marcus Grönholm[?] of Finland won the World Rally Championship.
• Drag racing - Larry Dixon Jr.[?] won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

Baseball

• World Series: Anaheim Angels won 4 games to 3 over the San Francisco Giants

Basketball

• January 20 - Michael Jordan, now of the Washington Wizards, plays his first game in Chicago since rejoining the NBA. The Wizards beat the Chicago Bulls, 77-69.

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Maryland Terrapins[?] win 64-52 over the Indiana Hoosiers[?]

• NBA Finals:
  • Los Angeles Lakers win 4 games to 0 over the New Jersey Nets

Boxing

• June 21- Lennox Lewis retains boxing's WBC world Heavyweight crown with an eight round knockout over Mike Tyson

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Paolo Savoldelli[?] of Italy
• Tour de France - Lance Armstrong of the United States
• World Cycling Championship: Mario Cipollini[?], of Italy

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Alexej Jagudin[?], Russia
  • Women's champion: Irina Slutskaja[?], Russia
  • Pairs champions: Xue Shen[?] & Hongbo Zhao[?], China

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Arsenal won 2-0 over Chelsea

• Real Madrid wins the Champions League

• May - Arsenal wins The Double

• June 30 - The Football World Cup 2002 is held from May 31 to June 30 in South Korea and Japan. Brazil wins its fifth title, defeating Germany 2 - 0 in the final. Surprising Turkey and host-nation South Korea take 3rd and 4th. This is the first time a World Cup is held in two countries simultaneously.

Football (American)

• Super Bowl XXXVI: New England Patriots won 20-17 over the St. Louis Rams

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes won 25-16 over the Edmonton Eskimos
• Vanier Cup: Saint Mary's Huskies[?] won 39-23 over the Saskatchewan Huskies[?]

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May: The Masters - Tiger Woods
  2. June: US Open - Tiger Woods
  3. July: British Open - Ernie Els
  4. August: PGA Championship - Rich Beem[?]

• Tiger Woods was the PGA tour's leading money winner for the year with earnings of $6,912,625 in 18 events.
• Hale Irwin[?] was the leading money winner on the PGA Champions Tour with earnings of $$3,028,304 in 27 events.
• At the Belfry golf course in Sutton Coldfield[?], England, the European team defeated the United States team 15.5-12.5 to win the Ryder Cup of world golf.

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Juli Inkster[?]
• LPGA Championship - Se Ri Pak[?]
• Annika Sörenstam: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $2,863,904

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup won by Media Puzzle[?]
• Canada - Queen's Plate won by T J's Lucky Moon[?]
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Marienbard[?]
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - High Chaparral[?]

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes won by Rock of Gibraltar[?]
  2. Epsom Derby won by High Chaparral[?]
  3. St. Leger Stakes won by Bollin Eric[?]

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby won by War Emblem[?]
  2. Preakness Stakes won by War Emblem[?]
  3. Belmont Stakes won by Sarav[?]

Harness Racing

• North America Cup - Red River Hanover[?]

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace won by Art Major[?]
  2. Little Brown Jug won by Million Dollar Cam[?]
  3. Messenger Stakes won by Allamerican Ingot[?]

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian won by Chip Chip Hooray[?]
  2. Yonkers Trot won by Bubba Dunn[?]
  3. Kentucky Futurity won by Like A Prayer[?]

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Smooth Satin[?]
  • Trotters: Game Bid[?]

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Jarome Iginla[?], Calgary Flames

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player:
  • Jose Theodore[?], Montreal Canadiens

• Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings won 4 games to 1 over the Carolina Hurricanes

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Slovakia defeated Russia
  • Junior Men's champion: Russia defeated Canada
  • Women's champion: no tournament held[?]

• Canada defeated the United States 5-2 to win the men's Olympic Gold Medal[?].

• Canada defeated the United States 3-2 to win the women's Olympic Gold Medal[?].

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Stephan Eberharter[?], Austria
  • The women's overall season champion: Michaela Dorfmeister[?], Austria

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Thomas Johansson[?]
  2. French Open - Albert Costa[?]
  3. Wimbledon championships - Lleyton Hewitt
  4. US Open - Pete Sampras

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Jennifer Capriati[?]
  2. French Open - Serena Williams
  3. Wimbledon championships - Venus Williams
  4. US Open - Serena Williams

• At the Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy, in Paris, France, Russia defeated France 3-2 to win the Davis Cup of world tennis.

General sporting events

• The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City, United States from February 8 to February 24. Top performers include Janica Kostelic[?], Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Simon Ammann[?]. A scandal in figure skating also dominated the news.

• Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]:
  • Peter Ebdon[?] won 18-17 over Stephen Hendry[?]

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Martin Buser[?] won with lead dog Bronson

Births

Deaths

• March 23 - Ben Hollioake[?], English cricket player
• April 16 - Franz Krienbühl, Swiss speed skater
• May 23 - Sam Snead, US golf player
• June 1 - Hansie Cronje, South African cricket player
• June 17 - Willie Davenport, US hurdler
• June 20 - Tinus Osendarp, Dutch sprinter
• June 22 - Pedro Alcazar, Panamanian boxer
• July 5 - Ted Williams, great US baseball player (1939-1960)
• August 5 - Darrell Porter[?], US baseball player (1971-1987)
• August 12 - Enos Slaughter, Major League Baseball player (1938-1959)
• August 23 - Hoyt Wilhelm, Major League Baseball knuckleballer (1952-1972)
• September 11 - Johnny Unitas, US American football player
• September 18 - Bob Hayes, US sprinter and American football player
• October 20 - Mel Harder[?], Major League Baseball player, (1928-1947)
• December 1 - Dave McNally[?], Major League Baseball pitcher, (1962-1975)