2003 in sports

2003 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

American football

Artistic gymnastics

Association football

Athletics

Australian rules football

Baseball

  • April 4 – Sammy Sosa hits his 500th career home run off Cincinnati Reds pitcher Scott Sullivan in the seventh inning at Great American Ball Park, becoming only the eighteenth player in Major League Baseball history to hit 500 or more home runs, as well as the first Hispanic to do so.
  • May 5 – Matt Stairs’ home run off Houston Astros pitcher Wade Miller was estimated at 461 feet, making it the longest home run in the history of Minute Maid Park.
  • May 11 – Rafael Palmeiro hit his 500th career home run off Cleveland Indians pitcher David Elder becoming only the 19th player in Major League Baseball history to hit 500 or more home runs.
  • June 11 – Houston Astro pitcher Roy Oswalt started a no-hitter against the New York Yankees on June 11. Oswalt left after one inning, and five more Astros continued to no-hit the Yankees. Peter Munro pitched 2? innings, Kirk Saarloos pitched 1? innings, Brad Lidge pitched two innings, Octavio Dotel pitched one inning in which he recorded four strikeouts and Billy Wagner pitched a perfect ninth to close out a six-pitcher no-hitter that resulted in 13 strikeouts and an 8-0 victory over the Yankees.
  • June 13 – New York Yankee Roger Clemens becomes the 21st pitcher in history to win 300 games and only the 3rd pitcher to record 4,000 career strikeouts as he defeats the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2.
  • July 29 – Bill Mueller becomes the only player in major league history to hit two grand slams in a single game from opposite sides of the plate. He in fact hit three home runs in that game, and the two grand slams were in consecutive at-bats.
  • 2003 World SeriesThe Florida Marlins win 4 games to 2 over the New York Yankees.

Basketball

Boxing

Canadian football

Cricket

Curling

Cycle racing

Road bicycle racing

Cyclo-cross

  • UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
    • men's competition won by Bart Wellens
    • women's competition won by Daphny van den Brand

Dogsled racing

Field hockey

Figure skating

Floorball

  • Women's World Floorball Championships
    • Champion: Sweden
  • Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships
    • Champion: Finland
  • European Cup
    • Men's champion: Haninge IBK
    • Women's champion: Balrog IK

Gaelic Athletic Association

Gliding

  • World Gliding Championships, Leszno, Poland
    • Open Class Winner: Holger Karow, Germany; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4
    • 18-metre Class Winner: Wolfgang Janowitsch, Austria; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2
    • 15-metre Class Winner: John Coutts, New Zealand; Glider: Alexander Schleicher ASW 27
    • Standard Class Winner: Andrew Davis, UK; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Discus 2
  • World Gliding Championships, Nitra, Slovakia
    • World Class Winner: Sebastian Kawa, Poland; Glider: PZL PW-5

Golf

Men's professional

  • Major championship results:
    • Masters TournamentMike Weir becomes the first Canadian and the first left-handed golfer to win The Masters. He defeats Len Mattiace on the first playoff hole.
    • U.S. OpenJim Furyk. Tournament takes place at Olympia Fields, and Furyk wins his first major by 3 shots.
    • British Open – Ben Curtis, an outsider, wins by a single shot from Thomas Björn and Vijay Singh at Royal St. George's.
    • PGA Championship – Shaun Micheel, another outside, wins by 2 shots at Oak Hill Country Club.

Men's amateur

Women's professional

  • Major results:
  • September 12–14 – 2003 Solheim Cup – Team Europe win back the cup from Team United States 17½ to 10½ points.

Handball

Harness racing

  • North America Cup – Yankee Cruiser
  • United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
    1. Cane Pace – No Pan Intended
    2. Little Brown Jug – No Pan Intended
    3. Messenger Stakes – No Pan Intended
  • United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
    1. Hambletonian – Amigo Hall
    2. Yonkers Trot – Sugar Trader
    3. Kentucky Futurity – Mr. Muscleman
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Baltic Eagle
    • Trotters: Take A Moment

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Hurdle races

  • Champion Hurdle – Rooster Booster

Flat races

Ice hockey

Lacrosse

Mixed martial arts

The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 2003 in chronological order.

Radiosport

Rugby league

Rugby union

Show jumping

  • Marcus Ehning of Germany wins the Show Jumping World Cup riding his Oldenburg mare, Anka

Snooker

Swimming

  • July – 10th World LC Championships held at Barcelona
  • August – Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games, held at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • December – 7th European SC Championships 2003, held at Dublin
    • Germany wins the most medals (21); Germany and Great Britain win the most gold medals (7)

Tennis

Volleyball

  • Men's World League: Brazil
  • Women's World Grand Prix: China
  • 2003 FIVB Men's World Cup: Brazil
  • 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup: China
  • 2003 Men's European Volleyball Championship: Italy
  • 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship: Poland

Water polo

Weightlifting

Yacht racing

Multi-sport events

  • 14th Pan American Games held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic[3]
    • United States tops the medal table with a total number of 270 medals, including 117 golds.
  • 8th All-Africa Games held in Abuja, Nigeria
    • Egypt tops the medal table with a total number of 214 medals, including 80 golds.
  • Fifth Winter Asian Games held in Aomori, Japan
    • Japan tops the medal table with a total number of 67 medals, including 24 golds.
  • First Afro–Asian Games held in Hyderabad, India
    • China tops the medal table with a total number of 41 medals, including 25 golds.
  • XXII Summer Universiade held in Daegu, South Korea
    • China tops the medal table with a total number of 80 medals, including 41 golds.
  • 21st Winter Universiade held in Tarvisio, Italy
    • Russia tops the medal table with a total number of 31 medals, including 11 golds.
  • 12th South Pacific Games held in Suva, Fiji

Awards

References

  1. See AFL: Round 19, 2003 Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. "FAQ: What are the Pan American Games?". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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