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- For an extensive coverage see 1982 in athletics (track and field)
World Competitions
Regional Competitions
- March 20: In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England, The Netherlands beat England 4-2.
The Sydney New South Wales Rugby League premiership expanded its competition for the very first time in its seventy four year history out of the state of New South Wales. Nine teams contested the initial season back in 1908, but to date the NSWRL consists of fourteen teams.
Balmain Tigers,
Canberra Raiders,
Canterbury Bulldogs,
Cronulla Sharks,
Eastern Suburbs Roosters,
Illawarra Steelers,
Manly Sea Eagles,
Newtown Jets,
North Sydney Bears,
Parramatta Eels,
Penrith Panthers,
St. George Dragons,
South Sydney Rabbitohs,
Western Suburbs Magpies,
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- For an extensive coverage see 1982 in football (soccer)
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Awards
Births
January
- January 1 — Ahmed Khaddour, Lebanese born Danish boxer
- January 1 — Joseph Lubega, Ugandan boxer
- January 1 — David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
- January 1 — Sebastián Pardo, Chilean football player
- January 2 — Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
- January 3 — Renata Burgos, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
- January 5 — Janica Kostelić, Croatian alpine skier
- January 5 — Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvian athlete
- January 7 — Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
- January 7 — Kim Staelens, Dutch volleyball player
- January 7 — Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer
- January 9 — Sara Parise, Italian swimmer
- January 12 — Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbek boxer
- January 13 — Guillermo Coria, Argentinian tennis player
- January 15 — Benjamin Agosto, American skater
- January 17 — Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
- January 18 — Christian Galenda, Italian freestyle swimmer
- January 20 — Serghei Covalciuc, Moldovan football (soccer) midfielder
- January 23 — Stephanie Jameson, Canadian field hockey player
- January 29 — Adam van Koeverden, Canadian kayaker
- January 31 — Maret Ani, Estonian tennis player
- January 31 — Alexey Verbov, Russian volleyball player
February
- February 2 — Dorcus Inzikuru, Ugandan athlete
- February 2 — Filippo Magnini, Italian swimmer
- February 6 — Bojan Djordjic, Swedish football (soccer) player
- February 6 — Jade Edmistone, Australian swimmer
- February 8 — Robert Margalis, American medley swimmer
- February 9 — Zersenay Tadesse, Eritrean athlete
- February 10 — Justin Gatlin, American athlete
- February 13 — Vanja Rogulj, Croatian breaststroke swimmer
- February 14 — Marian Gaborik, Slovak ice hockey player
- February 17 — Adriano, Brazilian football (soccer) player
- February 18 — April Fronzoni, US field hockey striker
- February 19 — Camelia Potec, Romanian swimmer
- February 19 — Hamit Şare, Turkish skier
- February 23 — Malia Metella, French swimmer
- February 25 — Flavia Pennetta, Italian tennis player
- February 26 — Li Na, Chinese tennis player
- February 26 — Andrew Sewnauth, Scottish field hockey player
- February 28 — Thijs de Greeff, Dutch field hockey player
March
- March 2 — Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
- March 2 — Joel Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
- March 2 — Ben Roethlisberger, American football player
- March 2 — Marcos Riccardi, Argentine field hockey player
- March 5 — Daniel Carter, New Zealand rugby player
- March 9 — Matias Paredes, Argentine field hockey midfielder
- March 15 — Kathleen Stoody, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
- March 17 — Steven Pienaar, South African football player
- March 18 — Paola Cardullo, Italian volleyball player
- March 21 — Klete Keller, American swimmer
April
- April 2 — David Ferrer, Spanish tennis player
- April 5 — Donna-Lee Patrick, Australian field hockey player
- April 8 — Gennadiy Golovkin, Kazakh boxer
- April 13 — Kristi Gannon, American field hockey player
- April 13 — Ria Male, Welsh field hockey goalkeeper
- April 14 — Larissa França, Brazilian beach volleyball player
- April 20 — Arnoud Okken, Dutch athlete
- April 20 — Rodman Valera, Venezuelan volleyball player
- April 22 — Kaká (Ricardo Iczecson Santos Leite), Brazilian football player
- April 23 — Angie Loy, American field hockey forward
- April 25 — Monty Panesar, English cricketer
May
- May 1 — Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player
- May 4 — Michele di Rocco, Italian boxer
- May 4 — Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer
- May 5 — Pavel Vorobiev, Kazakhstani ice hockey right winger
- May 6 — Sergey Fesenko, Ukrainian freestyle swimmer
- May 6 — Kyle Shewfelt, Canadian gymnast
- May 8 — Ugur Yildirim, Dutch football player
- May 12 — Raluca Udroiu, Romanian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Rafael Mosca, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Oguchi Onyewu, American soccer player
- May 14 — Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer
- May 15 — Veronica Campbell, Jamaican athlete
- May 17 — Tony Parker, French basketball player
- May 18 — Mihály Flaskay, Hungarian breaststroke swimmer
- May 18 — Timo Glock, German race driver
- May 18 — Roderick Weusthof, Dutch field hockey player
- May 19 — Alessandra Cappa, Italian backstroke swimmer
- May 22 — Apolo Anton Ohno, US short track speed skater
- May 24 — DaMarcus Beasley, American soccer player
- May 24 — Tiago Camilo, Brazilian judoka
- May 25 — Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan athlete
- May 26 — Mikel Arteta, Spanish football player
June
- June 1 — Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgian tennis player
- June 3 — Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian athlete
- June 5 — Fabiano Peçanha, Brazilian middle distance runner
- June 8 — Mark Gangloff, American swimmer
- June 8 — Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
- June 11 — Diana Taurasi, American basketball player
- June 13 — Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian distance runner
- June 14 — Chris Cozens, British freestyle swimmer
- June 19 — Francisco Picasso, Uruguayan medley swimmer
- June 23 — Joona Puhakka, Finnish diver
- June 24 — Serginho Greene, Dutch football player
- June 25 — Mandy Haase, German field hockey defender
- June 25 — Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player
- June 28 — Diego Gallo, Uruguayan swimmer
July
August
- August 5 — Brian Johns, Canadian swimmer
- August 7 — Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer
- August 7 — Marco Melandri, Italian motorcyclist
- August 7 — Annerys Vargas, Dominican Republic volleyball player
- August 10 — Shaun Murphy, English snooker player
- August 12 — Andrew Hurd, Canadian swimmer
- August 12 — Even Wetten, Norwegian speed skater
- August 13 — Shani Davis, American speedskater
- August 24 — Kim Källström, Swedish football player
- August 25 — Rob Derikx, Dutch field hockey player
- August 25 — Květoslav Svoboda, Czech freestyle swimmer
- August 28 — Thiago Motta, Brazilian football (soccer) player
- August 30 — Andy Roddick, American tennis player
- August 31 — Ian Crocker, American swimmer
- August 31 — Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian athlete
September
- September 7 — Andre Dirrell, American boxer
- September 11 — Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-born Turkish track and field athlete
- September 11 — Tom Prinsen, Dutch long track speedskater
- September 13 — Nenê, Brazilian basketball player
- September 13 — Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player
- September 16 — Lizzy Igasan, New Zealand field hockey defender
- September 19 — Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
- September 20 — Kasey Giteau, Australian freestyle swimmer
- September 21 — Danny Kass, American snowboarder
- September 22 — Kosuke Kitajima, Japanese swimmer
- September 22 — Maarten Stekelenburg, Dutch football (soccer) goalkeeper
- September 24 — Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
- September 24 — Paul Hamm, American gymnast
- September 25 — Elio Rojas, Dominican Republic boxer
- September 27 — Fabian Estoyanoff, Uruguay football (soccer) player
- September 27 — Markus Rosenberg, Swedish football (soccer) player
- September 28 — Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
- September 28 — Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
October
- October 8 — Glenn Kirkham, English field hockey player
- October 10 — David Cal, Spanish canoer
- October 11 — Lucas Rey, Argentine field hockey midfielder
- October 11 — Helen Wardlaw, English cricketer
- October 11 — Matthias Witthaus, German field hockey player
- October 12 — Frédéric Michalak, French rugby union player
- October 13 — Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer
- October 13 — Nicole Trimmel, Austrian kickboxer
- October 14 — Charles Vandeweghe, Belgian field hockey forward
- October 19 — Chantal Groot, Dutch swimmer
- October 22 — Isaac Ekpo, Nigerian boxer
- October 22 — Melinda Czink, Hungarian tennis player
- October 26 — Ronald Mendez, Venezuelan volleyball player
November
December
Deaths
- January 7 — Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer
- January 8 — Daan de Groot (48), Dutch road bicycle and track cyclist (b. 1933)
- January 20 — Marc Demeyer (31), Belgian cyclist
- April 26 — Ville Ritola, Finnish Olympic gold medal runner
- May 7 — Claudio "Tripa" Barrientos (45), Chilean boxer
- May 8 — Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian F1-race driver
- June 8 — Satchel Paige, baseball great
- June 25 — Ed Hamm (76), American athlete (b. 1906)
- August 4 — Henk van der Wal (95), Dutch track and field athlete (b. 1886)
- August 12 — Salvador Sanchez, world champion boxer
- October 3 — Roger Claessen, Belgian soccer player
- November 13 — Dorothy Round, English tennis player
- November 17 — Duk Koo Kim, South Korean boxer
- November 26 — Hub Walker, Major League Baseball player
- December 16 — Anthony Chapman, English Formula One race driverde:Sportjahr 1982
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