See also: 1992 in sports, other events of 1993, 1994 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Athletics

• February 11 - Irina Privalova sets a new women's 60m indoors world record
• August 13 - August 22 - World Championships held in Stuttgart

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Dale Jarrett won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt
  • Two top NASCAR drivers--Alan Kulwicki, the 1992 series champion, and Davey Allison, were killed in aviation accidents. Kulwicki died in a plane crash on his way to a race; Allison died from injuries suffered in a helicopter crash during a race weekend.
• CART Racing - season championship won by Nigel Mansell
  • Indianapolis 500 - Emerson Fittipaldi
• Formula One Championship - Alain Prost of France (Williams-Renault)
• 24 hours of Le Mans:
  • won by the team of Geoff Brabham / Christophe Bouchut / Éric Helary driving a Peugeot 905
• Rally racing - Juha Kankkunen won the World Rally Championship in a Toyota
  • the team of Didier Auriol / Bernard Occelli won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
• Drag racing:
  • Eddie Hill won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship
  • Rance McDaniel won Top Fuel at the NHRA Winston Finals

Baseball

• The Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins play their inaugural season.
• 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 World Series.

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 (see John Paxson).

Boxing

• March 13 - Michael Carbajal comes off the floor twice to knock out Humberto Gonzalez in seven rounds and unify the world's Jr. Flyweight title in the fight of the year
• 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.

Cricket

• June 4 - Shane Warne bowls the Ball of the Century to Mike Gatting in the first Test at Old Trafford.
• The Ashes - Australia defeat England 4-0 in England.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Miguel Induráin of Spain
• Tour de France - Miguel Induráin of Spain
• World Cycling Championship: Lance Armstrong of United States

Dogsled racing

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

Field Hockey

• Men's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Poznań, Poland
  • Gold Medal: South Korea
  • Silver Medal: Spain
  • Bronze Medal: India

• Men's Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Gold Medal: Australia
  • Silver Medal: Germany
  • Bronze Medal: The Netherlands

• Women's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Philadelphia, United States
  • Gold Medal: Germany
  • Silver Medal: Argentina
  • Bronze Medal: Canada

• Women's Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, The Netherlands
  • Gold Medal: Australia
  • Silver Medal: The Netherlands
  • Bronze Medal: Germany

Figure Skating

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

Football (American)

• Super Bowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys won 52-17 over the Buffalo Bills

Football (Canadian)

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

Football (Soccer)

• UEFA Champions League - Olympique de Marseille defeat A.C. Milan 1-0. Marseille are later banned from defending their title the next year due to a corruption scandal.
• Zambian national football team die in an air crash. The team traveled to Senegal to play a qualifiying match against Senegal for the 1994 FIFA World Cup departing from Lusaka, the Zambian capital. The plane owned of the Zambian army minutes after take off from the airport of Libreville, Gabon to fill oil crash over the gabonese coast.

For fuller coverage, see: 1993 in football (soccer)

Gaelic Athletic Association

• Camogie
  • All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork
  • National Camogie League: Kilkenny

• Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Derry 1-14 d. Cork 2-8
  • National Football League: Dublin 0-10 d. Donegal 0-6 (replay)

• Ladies' Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
  • National Football League: Laois

• Hurling
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Kilkenny 2-17 d. Galway 1-15
  • National Hurling League:

Golf

• Major championship results:
  1. May - The Masters - Bernhard Langer
  2. June - US Open - Lee Janzen
  3. July - British Open - Greg Norman
  4. August - PGA Championship - Paul Azinger

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Nick Price - $1,478,557
• PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Dave Stockton - $1,175,944
• Ryder Cup: United States team won 15-13 over the Europe team in world golf.

• US Women's Open - Lauri Merten
• LPGA Championship - Patty Sheehan
• Betsy King: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $595,992.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Vintage Crop
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Peteski
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Urban Sea
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Commander in Chief

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Zafonic
  2. Epsom Derby - Commander in Chief
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Bob's Return

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Sea Hero
  2. Preakness Stakes - Prairie Bayou
  3. Belmont Stakes - Colonial Affair
  • 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.

• Breeders' Cup:
  1. Breeders' Cup Classic - Arcangues
  2. Breeders' Cup Distaff - Hollywood Wildcat
  3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Brocco
  4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Phone Chatter
  5. Breeders' Cup Mile - Lure
  6. Breeders' Cup Sprint - Cardmania
  7. Breeders' Cup Turf - Kotashaan

Harness Racing

• North America Cup - Presidential Ball

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Riyadh
  2. Little Brown Jug - Life Sign
  3. Messenger Stakes - Riyadh

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - American Winner
  2. Yonkers Trot - American Winner
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Pine Chip

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Jack Morris
  • Trotters: Night Allowance

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial 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(now Anaheim Ducks) play inagural season.

Mixed Martial Arts

• The inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship was held in November and won by Royce Gracie

Radiosport

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

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg
  • The women's overall season champion: Anita Wachter, Austria

Snooker

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

Swimming

• Third European Sprint Championships, held in Gateshead, United Kingdom (November 11 – November 13)

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Jim Courier
  2. French Open - Sergi Bruguera
  3. Wimbledon championships - Pete Sampras
  4. US Open - Pete Sampras

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Monica Seles
  2. French Open - Steffi Graf
  3. Wimbledon championships - Steffi Graf
  4. US Open - Steffi Graf

• Davis Cup of world tennis won by Germany 4-1 over Australia.

• 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.

General sporting events

• First East Asian Games held in Shanghai, China

• Fourth World Games held in The Hague, The Netherlands

• 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

Births

Deaths

• January 21 — Charlie Gehringer, Major League Baseball, player (1924-1942)
• February 20 — Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian auto-designer
• February 24 — Bobby Moore, English soccer star
• March 22 — Steve Olin & Tim Crews, pitchers Cleveland Indians, boating accident
• March 31 — Jimmie Crutchfield, star player of Negro League baseball
• April 1 — Alan Kulwicki, NASCAR's 1992 champion, died in a plane crash
• April 2 — Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater
• May 29 — Billy Conn, boxer
• June 2 — Johnny Mize, American Major League Baseball player (1936-1953)
• June 7 — Drazen Petrovic (28), Croatian NBA player, New Jersey Nets
• June 26 — Roy Campanella, Major League Baseball great
• July 3 — Don Drysdale, Major League Baseball, player (1956-1969)
• July 13 — Davey Allison, NASCAR race driver, died in a helicopter crash
• July 27 — Reggie Lewis (27), NBA player, Boston Celtics
• September 12 — Willie Mosconi, 15-time World Pocket Billiards champion
• October 9 — Geert de Vlaeminck (26), Belgian cyclist
• November 4 — Jackie Callura (89), Canadian featherweight boxer (b. 1914)
• November 12 — Bill Dickey, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (1928-1946)

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