2002 in sports

2002 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

American football

Association football

Athletics

Australian rules football

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

  • June 21 – Lennox Lewis retains boxing's WBC world Heavyweight crown with an eight-round knockout over Mike Tyson
  • April – The Ring Magazine released its new championship policy, "The Ring's Championship Policy"
  • July 12 to July 21 – 34th European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Perm, Russia

Canadian football

Cricket

  • March 23 – death of Ben Hollioake, Surrey and England player, in a car crash
  • June 1 – death of Hansie Cronje, South African player still involved in match-fixing controversy, in an air crash
  • New Zealand are forced to abandon their tour of Pakistan after a bomb explodes outside their hotel in Karachi
  • County Championship (England and Wales) – Surrey CCC

Cycle racing

Road bicycle racing

Cyclo-cross

  • 2–3 February – UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships held in Zolder, Belgium
    • men's competition won by Mario De Clercq
    • women's competition won by Laurence Leboucher

Dogsled racing

Field hockey

Figure skating

Floorball

  • Men's World Floorball Championships
    • Champion: Sweden
  • European Cup
    • Men's champion: Haninge IBK
    • Women's champion: Balrog IK

Gaelic Athletic Association

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Handball

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

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Hurdle races

  • Champion Hurdle – Hors La Loi III

Flat races

Ice hockey

Lacrosse

Mixed martial arts

The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 2002 in chronological order.

Orienteering

Radiosport

  • The fourth World Radiosport Team Championship held in Helsinki, Finland. Gold medals go to Jeff Steinman N5TJ and Dan Street K1TO of the United States, the team's third victory in a row.
  • Eleventh Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Tatranske Matliare, Slovakia.

Rugby league

Rugby union

Ski mountaineering

  • Inaugural World Championship of Skimountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ICSM) was held in Serre Chevalier in France from January 24 to January 27.

Snooker

Swimming

  • 26 January – in Berlin, Slovakian swimmer Martina Moravcová betters Jenny Thompson's world record in the women's 100m butterfly (short course) from 56:56 to 56:55
  • April – 6th World Short Course Championships held at Moscow
    • United States wins the most medals (26) Australia the most gold medals (10)
  • July–August – 26th European LC Championships held at Berlin
    • Germany wins the most medals (23) and the most gold medals (10)
  • August – 9th Pan Pacific Championships held at Yokohama
    • United States wins the most medals (52) and the most gold medals (21)
  • 22 November – US swimmer Natalie Coughlin betters Martina Moravcová's world record in the women's 100m butterfly (short course) from 56:55 to 56:39
  • December – 6th European SC Championships held at Riesa, Germany
    • Germany wins the most medals (22) and the most gold medals (7)

Tennis

See also 2002 ATP Tour, 2002 WTA Tour

Volleyball

  • 2002 FIVB Men's World Championship: Brazil
  • 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship: Italy
  • 2002 Men's World League: Russia
  • 2002 Women's World Grand Prix: Russia
  • Men's volleyball at the 2002 Asian Games: South Korea
  • Women's volleyball at the 2002 Asian Games: China

Water polo

Winter Olympics

Multi-sport events

Awards

References

  1. "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. "Our Games | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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