2002 in sport

Chronology of the sport

2001 in sport - 2002 in sport - 2003 in sport

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Athletics

Marathon

April 7th. Marathon of Paris. Men: Benoit Zwierzchiewski, 2:08: 18, Women: Marleen Renders, 2:23: 04

Automobile

January 20th. Rally: Tommi Mäkinen gains the Car rally Monte Carlo over a Mitsubishi Lancer.
May 26th. Indy Racing League : Hélio Castroneves gains the race of Indianapolis 500.
June 16th. 24 hours of Mans: The 24:00 are removed by the stable Audi with the pilots Frank Biela, Tom Kristensen and Emanuele Pirro.
August 18th. Formula 1: Whereas there remain still four large-prices to be run, Michael Schumacher is already assured the profit the Championnat of the world of Formula 1 at the wheel of a Ferrari.
Rally: Marcus Grönholm (Sweden) world champion of rally.

Car-motor bike

Paris-Dakar. (December 28th - January 13rd): The Japanese Hiroshi Masuoka asserts himself in the car on a Mitsubishi. The Italian Fabrizio Meoni is the first of the classification motor bike.

Ball with the tambourine

the club of Cournonsec is champion of France at the men; Our-Lady-of-London preserves its title among women.
Borgosatollo (Italy) gains its third Cut of consecutive Europe of the clubs champions.
Chiusano (Italy) gains its first Cut of Europe of the clubs female champions.

Baseball

MLB : The Anaheim Angels gain the World Series vis-a-vis the San Francisco Giants by 4 victories for 3 defeats.
Final of the championship of France: Savigny beats Montpellier

Basketball

the University of Maryland champion NCAA by imposing 64-52 on the University of Indiana.
April 28th. Euroligue female: Valencian (France) gains Euroligue by gaining final 78-72 vis-a-vis the Polish ones of Gdynia.
April: Valencian becomes champion of France in front of Bourges and thus carries out the master key of four for the first time by also gaining the cut of France and the tournament of the federation.
May 5th. Euroligue: Panathinaikos (Greece) beats Bologna (Italy) finally, 89-83.
June 12th. NBA: Los Angeles Lakers champions NBA after their convincing success finally vis-a-vis the New Jersey Nets in 4 dry victories.
June 23rd. ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne is champion of France by beating Pau-Orthez.
August 29th - September 8th with Indianapolis (the USA). Yugoslavia is essential finally Championships of World 84-77 after prolongation vis-a-vis Argentina. The USA sink by finishing this competition in the 6th place.
August 14th - August 25th in China. the USA female world champions by drawing aside finally the China, 79-74.

Cricket

the Surrey champion of England.

Cycling

March 23rd. Mario Cipollini (Italy) gains traditional the Milan-San Remo.
April 7th. Andrea Tafi (Italy) the Turn of Flandres.
April 14th. Johan Museeuw (Belgium) Paris-Roubaix.
April 21st. Paolo Bettini (Italy) Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
May 11th - June 2nd. Turn of Italy: Paolo Savoldelli (Italy) gains the Giro .
July 6th - July 28th. Tour de France: Lance Armstrong (the USA) precedes Joseba Beloki (Spain) and Raimondas Rumšas (Lithuania) whose wife will spend the months in a French prison. Robbie McEwen (Australia) gains the points score (green shirt); Laurent Jalabert is king of the mountain (shirt with pea) while the best young person is Ivan Basso (white shirt).

detailed Article: Tour de France 2002

September 7th - September 29th. Turn of Spain: Aitor Gonzalez (Spain) gains the Vuelta .
October 13rd. Mario Cipollini (Italy) gains the shirt rainbow with the championships of the world over road with Zolder (Belgium).

Horsemanship

world equestrian Plays with Sherry of Frontera in Spain:

individual Jump of obstacles: Dermott Lennon (IRL and Liscalgot
Saut of obstacles equips: France
individual raising: Nadine Capellmann (GER) and Farbenfroh
Dressage equip: Germany
Complete individual: Jean Teulère (FRA) and Hope of the Pond
Complet equips: The United States

September 1st, 2002: Stephan Chouzenoux is world champion of attachment to a horse.

Football

American football

February 4th: The New England Patriots gain the Super Bowl XXXVI vis-a-vis the St Louis Rams. detailed Article: Season NFL 2001
June 22nd: Finale of the championship of France: Argonautes of Aix-en-Provence 23, Flash of Courneuve 21
June 22nd: NFL Europe, World Bowl X: Berlin Thunder (Germany) 26, Rhein Fire (Germany) 20
Eurobowl XVI: Bergamo Lions (Italy) 27, Braunschweig Lions (Germany) 20

Australian Football

the Brisbane Lions are champions of AFL.

Canadian Football

the Alouettes of Montreal gain the Coupe Grey 25-16 vis-a-vis the Eskimos d' Edmonton

Golf

April 14th. Tiger Woods (the USA) gains the tournament of Masters.
June 16th. Tiger Woods (the USA) empoche the US tournament Open one.
July 21st. Ernie Els (South Africa) gains the tournament of British Open.
August 18th. Rich Beem (the USA) gains the tournament of PGA.
October 13rd. Alex Cejka (Germany) gains the Trophée Lancôme.

Handball

February 3rd: The Sweden finally gains in residence its third consecutive European title by beating Championnat of Europe, the Germany 33-31 after prolongation.
April 27th: Sportclub Magdeburg (Germany) gains the League of the Champions of France to the Fotex KC Veszprém (Hungary).
May 19th. Kometal Skopje (Macedonia) gains the League of the champions female.

Hockey

Cut Magnus: Rheims champion of France.
Swiss Davos champion of .
May 11th. Slovakia world champion.
June 13rd. The Red Wings de Détroit gains the Coupe Stanley.

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City (the USA) of which the competitions are held between the February 8th and the February 24th.

Leitartikel : Winter Olympics of 2002.

Motor bike

Speed

Motor bike GP. Valentino Rossi (Italy) world champion in the Motor bike GP on a Honda.
250 cm. Marco Melandri (Italy) world champion in 250 cm on a Aprilia.
125 cm. Arnaud Vincent (France) world champion in 125 cm on a Aprilia.

Endurance

24 hours of Mans (12 April 13rd). Suzuki gains the test with the pilots Bayle, Dussauge and Gimbert.
Bowl of gold (14 September 15th). Suzuki gains the test with the pilots Bayle, Gimbert and Dussauge.

Moto-cross

500 cm. Stefan Everts (Belgium) is champion of world in 500 cm on a KTM.
250 cm. Mickaël Pichon (France) is champion of world in 250 cm on a Suzuki.
125 cm. Mickaël Maschio (France) is champion of world in 125 cm on a Kawasaki.
Supercross. Ricky Carmichael (the USA) is champion of world of supercross.

Enduro

February 24th. Enduro of Touquet: Arnaud Demeester gains Enduro of Touquet on a Yamaha.

Swimming

January 16th: The swimmer states-unien ED Moses beats the world records of the 200 m brews in small basin, in Paris, carrying it to 2 ' 04" 37 .
January 22nd: the swimmer states-unien ED Moses beats the world records of the 50 and 200 m brew in small basin, with Stockholm, carrying them, respectively, with 26" 28 and 2 ' 03" 28 .
January 23rd: the swimmer states-unien ED Moses beats the world records of the 100 m brews in small basin, in Stockholm, carrying it to 57" 47 .
January 26th: the swimmer states-unien ED Moses beats the world records of the 200 m brews in small basin, with Berlin, carrying it to 2 ' 03" 17 .
July 29th: The Russian swimmer Yevgeny Sadovyi beats the world records of the 400 m freestyle, with Barcelona, carrying it to 3 ' 55" 00 .
July 30th: The Finnish swimmer Jere Hård beats the record of Europe of the 50 m butterfly, in Berlin, at the time of the finale of the Championships of Europe, carrying it to 23" 50 .
July 30th: The German swimmer Stev Theloke beats the record of Europe of the 100 m back, in Berlin, at the time of the finale of the Championships of Europe, carrying it to 54" 42 .
1 {{er}} August: Yohan Bernard beats the record of France of the 200 m brews, in Berlin, at the time of the finale of the Championships of Europe, carrying it to 2 ' 11" 77 .
October 2nd: The Japanese swimmer Kōsuke Kitajima beats the world records of the 200 m brews, with Pusan, carrying it to 2 ' 09" 97 .
December 13rd: With Riesa (), at the time of the finale of the Championships of Europe, Éva Risztov beats the record of Europe of the 800 m freestyle in small basin, carrying it to 8 ' 14" 72 .

Figure skating

Championships of the world of figure skating:

men: Alexei Yagudin, Russia
women: Irina Slutskaya, Russia
couple: Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao, China

Fishing with the fly

Championships of the world in the the Vosges (France):

Classification by team: gold medal, France
individual Classification: world champion, Jerome Brossutti (France)

Rugby with XIII

Villeneuve-sur-Lot champion of France.

Rugby with XV

April 6th in sport: The XV of France gains the Tournoi of the six nations by signing a large slam.

detailed Article: Tournament of the six nations 2002

May 25th: Cut of Europe - Leicester Tigers (England) gains the Cut of Europe vis-a-vis Munster Rugby (Ireland).
May 26th European Shield: Salts Sharks (England) 25-22 Pontypridd RFC (Wales)
June 8th: The Olympic Biarritz is champion of France of Rugby. Finally, the BO draws aside Agen 25-22.
August 10th: By beating the South Africa 23-30 with Durban, the All-blacks ensure their first final place in the Tri-nations, before even the match remaining to be disputed between the Australia and the Springboks.
August 17th: The XV of New Zealand gains the Tri-nations.

Alpine skiing

World cup

Stephan Eberharter (Austria) first of the general classification of the World cup in front of Kjetil Andre Aamodt (Norway) and Didier Cuche (Swiss).
Michaela Dorfmeister (Austria) first of the general classification of the World cup in front of Renate Götschl (Austria) and Sonja Nave (Swiss).

Tennis

Open of Australia (14 January 27th)

Hommes: Thomas Johansson beats Marat Safin, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6
Femmes: Jennifer Capriati beats Martina Hingis, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2

Roland Garros (May 27th - June 9th)

Hommes: Albert Costa beats Juan-Carlos Ferrero, 6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
Femmes: Serena Williams beats Venus Williams, 7-5, 6-3

Wimbledon (June 24th - July 8th)

Hommes: Lleyton Hewitt beats David Nalbandian, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
Femmes: Serena Williams beats Venus Williams, 7-6, 6-3

US Open (August 26th - September 9th)

Hommes: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Femmes: Serena Williams beats Venus Williams, 6-4, 6-3

Fed Cup. (2 November 3rd). The Slovakia finally gains the Fed Cup while being essential vis-a-vis the Spain by 1 victories for 1 defeat.
Coupe Davis. (November 29th - December 1st). The Russia finally gains the Coupe Davis while being essential vis-a-vis the France by 3 victories for 2 defeats.

detailed Article: Coupe Davis 2002

Veil

August 29th. Christophe of Paving gains the Solitaire of the Barber.
November 23rd. Michel Desjoyeaux gains the Route of Rum. Ellen MacArthur gains the series of the monoshells.

Volley ball

March 10th. Macerata (Italy) gains the League of the Champions vis-a-vis Olympiakos (Greece), 3 sets with 1.
March 17th. the RC Cannes (France) finally gains the League of the Champions female while being essential vis-a-vis Bargame (Italy), 3 sets with one.
May 5th. Paris Volleyball champion of France.
September 15th. The Russia female world champion in front of the China.
October 13rd. The Brazil world champion in front of the Yugoslavia and the France.

Water polo

August 25th. The Russia world champion in front of the Hungary.

Principal deaths

January 16th. Carl Olson (the USA, Boxing) at 74 years.
January 19th: Jeffrey Astle, Football or English, at 59 years. (° May 13rd 1942).
March 4th: Velibor Vasović, 62 years, Football Yugoslav or then trainer. (° October 3rd 1939).
March 23rd: Marcel Kint, called “ the Black Eagle ”, 87 years, Belgian racing cyclist . (° September 20th 1914).
April 16th. Franz Krienbühl (Swiss, Speed skating) at 73 years.
April 20th: Jean-Pierre Destrumelle, 61 years, player, then trainer of Football French. (° January 2nd 1941).
May 13rd: Valeri Lobanovski, Soviet Football or and Ukrainian trainer , 63 years. (° January 6th 1939).
May 23rd :

Sam Snead, 89 years, Golf American or. (° May 27th 1912).
Louis Junquas, 81 years, French player of Rugby to XV. (° September 11th 1920).

May 26th. Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia, Athletics) at 71 years.
June 1st. Hansie Cronje (South Africa, Cricket) at 32 years.
June 17th :

Fritz Walter, 81 years, Football German or. (° October 31st 1920).
Willie Davenport, 59 years, American athlete , Olympic champion of the 110 meters hurdles to the Plays of Mexico City (1968). (° June 8th 1943).

July 4th. Gerard Dufau (France, Rugby with XV) at 78 years.
July 5th. Ted Williams (the USA, Baseball) at 83 years.
September 11th. Johnny Unitas (the USA, American football) at 69 years.
September 18th. Bob Beam (the USA, Athletics) at 59 years.
November 12th: Raoul Diagne, 92 years, Football or French. (° November 10th 1910).
November 13rd: Juan Alberto Schiaffino, 77 years, Football or Uruguay in, then Italy N, world champion in 1950. (° July 28th 1925).
December 20th: Arthur Rowley, 76 years, British Football or (England), better striker in the English league of all times. (° April 21st 1926).
December 29th: Gift Clarke, 69 years, player of Rugby to XV New Zealand which played 89 times for the All Blacks of 1956 with 1964. (° November 10th 1933).

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