1982 in sports

1982 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

Alpine Skiing World Cup:
- Men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, United States
- Women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland

Super Bowl XVI – the San Francisco 49ers (NFC) won 26–21 over the Cincinnati Bengals (AFC)
- Location: Pontiac Silverdome
- Attendance: 81,270
- MVP: Joe Montana, QB (San Francisco)
Orange Bowl (1981 season):
- The Clemson Tigers won 22-15 over the Nebraska Cornhuskers to win the college football national championship
Strike – First regular season strike by NFL players ends on November 16 after 57 days.

World Cup in Spain – Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for their third title.
Champions' Cup – Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern München
UEFA Cup – Two legs; 1st leg IFK Göteborg 1-0 Hamburger SV; 2nd leg Hamburger SV 0-3 IFK Göteborg. IFK Göteborg won 4-0 on aggregate. 66 fans died in the Luzhniki disaster during the UEFA Cup second round match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem in Moscow on 20 October.
Cup Winners' Cup – Barcelona 2-1 Standard Liège
Super Cup – Two legs; 1st leg Barcelona 1-0 Aston Villa; 2nd leg Aston Villa 3-0 Barcelona. Aston Villa won 3-1 on aggregate
Copa Libertadores de América – Two legs; 1st leg Peñarol 0-0 Cobreloa; 2nd leg Cobreloa 0-1 Peñarol. Peñarol win 1-0 on aggregate
England – FA Cup – Tottenham Hotspur won 1-0 over Queens Park Rangers

Victorian Football League
- Carlton wins the 86th VFL Premiership (Carlton 14.19 (103) d Richmond 12.13 (83))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Brian Wilson (Melbourne)
- The inaugural VFL Players Association Most Valuable Player Award goes to Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn). The award would be renamed the Leigh Matthews Trophy in his honour in 2002.

March 27 – KBO League, a professional baseball league in South Korea, a first officially game held.^{[citation needed]}
May 30 – Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays the first of what will become a record-breaking 2,632 consecutive games
July 13 – Montreal hosts the first MLB All-Star Game outside the United States. Reds SS Dave Concepción hits a two-run home run in the second inning to spark the National League to its 11th consecutive win over the American League 4-1. The NL has now won 19 of the last 20 contests. Concepción was named the MVP.
August 18 – Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance.
World Series – St. Louis Cardinals won four games to three over the Milwaukee Brewers to claim their first World Championship since 1967. The Series MVP was Cardinals catcher Darrell Porter.
The Salem Angels won the Northwest League championship.

May 4 to May 15 – 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Munich
June 11 – Larry Holmes defeats Gerry Cooney for the WBC Heavyweight title. Cooney, a white challenger, was dubbed "The White Hope" in what built up to be a very racially toned fight.
November 12 – Aaron Pryor defeats Alexis Argüello in what would later be called the fight of the decade. Pryor retained the WBA's world Jr. Welterweight title with a 14th round knockout
November 13 – Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim by knockout in 14 rounds in a tragic fight. Kim died four days later and the fight's outcome brought many new resolutions to boxing.
December 3 – The Carnival of Champions; Wilfredo Gomez defeats Lupe Pintor by a 14th-round knockout and Thomas Hearns defeats Wilfred Benitez by a 15 rounds majority decision; all four boxers are later enshrined as members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.