1993 in sports

[Alpine skiing]

• Alpine Skiing World Cup
• * Women's overall season champion: Anita Wachter, Austria

  [American football]

• Super Bowl XXVII – Dallas Cowboys won 52–17 over the Buffalo Bills
• Sugar Bowl :
• * The Alabama Crimson Tide won 34-13 over the Miami Hurricanes to win the national championship
• Bobby Dodd was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

  [Association football]

• February 24 – death of Bobby Moore, former England captain, from cancer
• May – Manchester United win the inaugural English Premier League title, their first league title in 26 years.
• UEFA Champions League – Olympique de Marseille defeats A.C. Milan 1–0. Marseille is later banned from defending their title the next year due to a corruption scandal.
• The Zambian national team are all killed in an air crash near Libreville, Gabon. The team was travelling to Senegal to play a qualifying match for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

  Athletics">sport of athletics">Athletics

• February 11 – Irina Privalova sets a new women's 60m indoors world record
• August – 1993 World Championships in Athletics held in Stuttgart
• September – Qu Yunxia sets a World Record of 3:50.46 in the women's 1500 m
• September – Wang Junxia sets new world records of 29:31.78 in the women's 10,000 m and 8:06.11 in the women's 3000m

  [Baseball]

• The Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins play their inaugural seasons as MLB expands for the first time in 16 seasons.
• Randy Myers saves 53 games for the Chicago Cubs, breaking Dave Righetti's record for left-handers.
• Lee Smith breaks the all-time save mark by recording his 358th save in a 9–7 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 13
• World Series – The Toronto Blue Jays win 4 games to 2 over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Series MVP is Paul Molitor, Toronto. Joe Carter hit the second ever walk-off home run to end the 1993 World Series, the first by an American League player.

  [Basketball]

• 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. Michael Jordan announced his retirement on October 6, only to return seventeen months later.
• National Basketball League Finals:
• * Melbourne Tigers defeated the Perth Wildcats 2–1 in the best-of-three final series.
• Eurobasket 1993 won by Germany

  [Boxing]

• March 13 – Michael Carbajal comes off the floor twice to knock out Humberto González in seven rounds and unify the world's Jr. Flyweight title in the fight of the year
• May 7 to 16 – World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Tampere, Finland
• September 6 to 12 – 30th European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Bursa, Turkey.
• 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.

  [Canadian football]

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

  [Cricket]

• June 4 – Shane Warne bowls the so-called "Ball of the Century" to Mike Gatting in the first Test at Old Trafford
• The Ashes – Australia defeated England 4–0 in England

  [Cycling]

• Giro d'Italia won by Miguel Indurain of Spain
• Tour de France – Miguel Indurain of Spain
• UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Lance Armstrong of United States
• Hour record – Graeme Obree of Great Britain
• Hour record – Chris Boardman of Great Britain

  [Dogsled racing]

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

  [Field hockey]

• Men's Champions Trophy: Australia

  [Figure skating]

• World Figure Skating Championships –
• * Men's champion: Kurt Browning, Canada
• * Ladies' champion: Oksana Baiul, Ukraine
• * Pairs' champions: Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler, Canada
• * Ice dancing champions: Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin, Russia

  [Gaelic Athletic Association]

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

  [Golf]

• Masters Tournament – Bernhard Langer
• U.S. Open – Lee Janzen
• British Open – Greg Norman
• PGA Championship – Paul Azinger
• PGA Tour money leader – Nick Price – $1,478,557
• Senior PGA Tour money leader – Dave Stockton – $1,175,944
• Ryder Cup – United States won 15–13 over Europe in team golf.

• British Amateur – Iain Pyman
• U.S. Amateur – John Harris
• European Amateur – Morten Backhausen

• Nabisco Dinah Shore – Helen Alfredsson
• LPGA Championship – Patty Sheehan
• U.S. Women's Open – Lauri Merten
• Classique du Maurier – Brandie Burton
• LPGA Tour money leader – Betsy King – $595,992

  [Harness racing]

• North America Cup – Presidential Ball
• United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
• # Cane Pace – Riyadh
• # Little Brown Jug – Life Sign
• # Messenger Stakes – Riyadh
• United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
• # Hambletonian – American Winner
• # Yonkers Trot – American Winner
• # Kentucky Futurity – Pine Chip
• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
• * Pacers: Jack Morris
• * Trotters: Night Allowance

  [Horse racing]

• 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 Stakes.

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Jodami
• Grand National – race void

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Vintage Crop
• Canadian Triple Crown Races:
• # Queen's Plate won by Peteski
• # Prince of Wales Stakes won by Peteski
• # Breeders' Stakes won by Peteski
• * Peteski becomes the fourth horse in five years to sweep the series.
• France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Urban Sea
• Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by; Commander in Chief
• Japan – Japan Cup won by Legacy World
• English Triple Crown Races:
• # 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Zafonic
• # The Derby – Commander in Chief
• # St. Leger Stakes – Bob's Return
• United States Triple Crown Races:
• # Kentucky Derby – Sea Hero
• # Preakness Stakes – Prairie Bayou
• # Belmont Stakes – Colonial Affair
• Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:
• # Breeders' Cup Classic – Arcangues
• # Breeders' Cup Distaff – Hollywood Wildcat
• # Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Brocco
• # Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Phone Chatter
• # Breeders' Cup Mile – Lure
• # Breeders' Cup Sprint – Cardmania
• # Breeders' Cup Turf – Kotashaan

  [Ice hockey]

• Art Ross 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
• Mighty Ducks of Anaheim play inaugural season.
• Florida Panthers play inaugural season.

  [Kickboxing]

[Lacrosse]

• The Buffalo Bandits defeat the Philadelphia Wings to win the Major Indoor Lacrosse League championship

  [Mixed martial arts]

[Motorsport]

[Radiosport]

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

  [Rugby league]

• 1992-93 RFL Championship won by Wigan
• RL Challenge Cup tournament culminates in Wigan's 20–14 win over Widnes in the final at Wembley Stadium before 77,684
• 1993 State of Origin won by New South Wales in game two of the three-match series against Queensland at the Sydney Football Stadium before 41,895.
• 1993 NSWRL season culminates in a repeat of the previous year's grand final with the Brisbane Broncos again defeating the St George Dragons, this time 14–6 at the Sydney Football Stadium before 42,329.

  [Rugby union]

• 99th Five Nations Championship series is won by France

  [Snooker]

• World Snooker Championship – Stephen Hendry beats Jimmy White 18–5
• World rankings – Stephen Hendry remains world number one for 1993/94

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• 21st European LC Championships, held in Sheffield, United Kingdom
• * Germany wins the most medals, and the most gold medals
• Third European Sprint Championships, held in Gateshead, United Kingdom
• * Germany wins the most medals, Sweden the most gold medals
• First World Short Course Championships, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• * United States and Australia win the most medals, China the most gold medals
• February 17 – Mark Foster breaks the world record in the men's 50m freestyle at a swimming meet in Sheffield, United Kingdom, clocking 21.60.

  [Taekwondo]

• World Championships held in New York City, United States

  [Tennis]

• 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.
• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
• # Australian Open – Jim Courier
• # French Open – Sergi Bruguera
• # Wimbledon championships – Pete Sampras
• # US Open – Pete Sampras
• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
• # Australian Open – Monica Seles
• # French Open – Steffi Graf
• # Wimbledon championships – Steffi Graf
• # US Open – Steffi Graf
• Davis Cup of world tennis won by Germany 4–1 over Australia

  [Triathlon]

• ITU World Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom
• ITU World Cup started in Japan and ended in the United States Virgin Islands
• ETU European Championships held in Echternach, Luxembourg

  [Volleyball]

• Men's World League: Brazil
• Women's World Grand Prix: Cuba
• Women's European Championship: Russia

  [Water polo]

• Men's World Cup: Italy
• Men's European Championship: Italy
• Women's European Championship: Netherlands

  [Multi-sport event]s

• First East Asian Games held in Shanghai, China
• Fourth World Games held in The Hague, Netherlands
• Central American and Caribbean Games held in Ponce, Puerto Rico
• Twelfth Mediterranean Games held in Languedoc-Roussillon, France
• Seventeenth Summer Universiade held in Buffalo, New York, United States
• Sixteenth Winter Universiade held in Zakopane, Poland

  Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Michael Jordan, NBA basketball
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Sheryl Swoopes, College basketball
• ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Evander Holyfield, American boxer