1982 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
It was the Wildcats' first win over ASU at home since 1974 and the victory also began a reign of dominance against the Devils after being dominated by ASU throughout most of the previous two decades. After the game, fans rushed the field and tore down the Arizona Stadium goal posts by celebrating the Wildcats knocking their rivals out of the Rose Bowl. The win gave Arizona a sixth win of the year and became bowl-eligible. However, the Wildcats declined a bowl invitation (see below).


1982 Arizona gubernatorial election
The 1982 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1982, for the post of Governor of Arizona. Democratic incumbent Bruce Babbitt defeated Republican nominee Leo Corbet and Libertarian candidate and former U.S. Representative Sam Steiger.


1982 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 1982 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Arkansas had two consensus All-Americans in 1982, Steve Korte, on the offensive line, and defensive lineman Billy Ray Smith. Smith anchored a defensive unit that was the number one scoring offense, giving up only 10.5 points per game, and ninth in the nation in terms of stopping the run, only giving up 96.7 yards per game. Billy Ray Smith was a consensus All American in 1981 as well, and would be picked fifth in the 1983 NFL Draft.


1982 Arkansas State Indians football team
The 1982 Arkansas State Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Arkansas State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth season under head coach Larry Lacewell, Arkansas State compiled a 5–6 record.


1982 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 1982 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1982. One-term Democratic Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton regained the position after having narrowly been defeated by Republican Frank D. White at the previous election. Clinton eventually continued to serve this office until he was later elected President in 1992.


1982 Arkansas gubernatorial election, Campaign
Bill Clinton, one of the youngest ex-governors in the nation, at the age of 36, was running to reclaim his political career. Frank White easily won renomination from the Republican party.


1982 Arkansas gubernatorial election, Campaign
White was hurt politically due to several unpopular decisions that he made, and Clinton ran an aggressive campaign.


1982 Arkansas gubernatorial election, Result
Bill Clinton, who was defeated in the last election, won the election, and elected again in 1984, 1986, and 1990, until his presidential victory in November 1992.


1982 Army Cadets football team
The 1982 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Ed Cavanaugh, the Cadets compiled a 4–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 271 to 164. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets lost to Navy by a 24–7 score.


1982 Asia Golf Circuit
The 1982 Asia Golf Circuit was the 21st season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit. Total prize money on the circuit passed US$1 million for the first time.


1982 Asia Golf Circuit
Taiwan's Hsu Sheng-san claimed the overall circuit title having won three successive tournaments during the season.


1982 Asia Golf Circuit, Tournament schedule
The table below shows the 1982 Asian Golf Circuit schedule. There was one change from the previous season, with South Korea founding the Maekyung Open to replace the Korea Open in order to remain part of the circuit and reschedule the national open to later in the year.


1982 Asian Games
The 9th Asian Games (Hindi: 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of the Olympic Council of Asia. Delhi joined Bangkok as the only cities to host multiple editions of the Asian Games up to this point.


1982 Asian Games
A total of 3,411 athletes from 33 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 196 events in 21 sports and 23 disciplines. The number of participating countries was the highest in Asian Games history. Handball, equestrian, rowing and golf were included for the first time; fencing and bowling were excluded.


1982 Asian Games, Highlights
These Asian Games  saw the beginning of Chinese dominance in the medals tally.


1982 Asian Games, Highlights
Japan had won the maximum number of medals in previous editions of the Games. China made its presence felt in the sporting world by dethroning Japan as the top medalists. In preparation for the IX Asian Games, color television was introduced in India in a big way, as the Games were to be broadcast in colour.


1982 Asian Games, Highlights
The logo of the games was the image of Misra Yantra, one of the four distinct astronomical instruments of the Jantar Mantar, New Delhi observatory.


1982 Asian Games, Highlights
The mascot for the Games was Appu – a kid elephant. Known in real life as "Kuttinarayanan", this elephant fractured its leg in an accident when he was seven years old – he stepped into a septic tank. That wound would not heal and it eventually killed him. Kuttinarayanan died on 14 May 2005.


1982 Asian Games, Highlights
Host of the next (10th) Asian Games in 1986, and the 24th Summer Olympics in 1988, Seoul, South Korea participated in the Delhi Asian Games with a 406-person delegation, including an observation team to study the facilities, management and events. Doordarshan started colour television broadcasts expressly for the Asian Games 1982.


1982 Asian Games, Highlights
It was officially opened by President Zail Singh and athlete's oath was taken by P.T. Usha. The main stadium for the games was the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.


1982 Asian Games, Medal table
The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, India, is highlighted.


1982 Asian Games, Medal table
China won Asian Games for the first time by defeating Japan in gold medal tally, and has become the defending winning team since.


1982 Asian Games medal table
The 1982 Asian Games (also known as the IX Asiad) was a multi-sport event held in Delhi, India, from 12 November to 4 December 1982. A total of 3,411 athletes from 33 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 147 events in 21 sports and 22 disciplines. The number of participating countries was the greatest in Asian Games history. Sport events of handball, equestrian, rowing and golf were included for the first time; while fencing and bowling were excluded. This medal table ranks the participating NOCs by the number of gold medals won by their athletes.


1982 Asian Games medal table
Athletes from 23 participating NOCs won at least one medal; athletes from 16 of these NOCs secured at least one gold. Athletes from China won 61 gold medals, the most of any nation at these Asiad, and led the gold-medal count for the first time in their Asiad history. Japan had won the greatest number of medals in previous editions of the Games. China first competed at the Asian Games in 1974, in Tehran, where it finished third. Athletes from both China and Japan won the most total medals with 153.


1982 Asian Games medal table
China has secured the top medal spot in every Asiad since 1982. South Korea finished third in total medals. North Korea finished fifth in total medals, and fourth in the gold-medal count. Host nation India finished the games with 57 medals overall (13 gold, 19 silver and 25 bronze, its best performance since 1951), in fifth spot in terms of total gold medals.


1982 Asian Games medal table, Medal table
The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given; they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.


1982 Asian Games medal table, Medal table
A total of 614 medals (199 gold, 200 silver and 215 bronze) were awarded. The total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals because two bronze medals were awarded per event in three sports: badminton, boxing and table tennis (except the team events). Additionally there was a tie for the silver medal in the women's 200 metre medley in swimming and no bronze was awarded.


1982 Asian Games medal table, Medal table
In gymnastics events many shared medals were awarded; a three-way tie in men's pommel horse and a tie in men's ring for first place, meant that no silvers were awarded for those events. Three gymnasts in men's parallel bars and two each in men's floor, women's uneven bar and women's floor tied for second place, thus no bronzes were awarded in these events and also no silver was awarded for men's parallel bars. A tie for third in men's vault meant that two bronze medals were awarded.


1982 Asian Table Tennis Championships
The 6th Asian Table Tennis Championships 1982 were held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 24 May to 3 June 1982. It was organised by the Indonesian Table Tennis Association under the authority of Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) and International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).


1982 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
The 1982 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl was held on December 31, 1982 at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The #14 Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the Florida Gators by a score of 28–24.


1982 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
Arkansas opened the scoring in the first quarter after running back Gary Anderson found the end zone from 16 yards out. The PAT was good and the Razorbacks led 7–0. The Gators responded, though, scoring 17 unanswered points (a 3-yard pass, a 34-yard field goal, and a 13-yard pass) to end the first quarter 7–7 and go into halftime up 17–7. The first points of the third quarter came from Arkansas, who scored on a 1-yard run from Anderson to make it a 17–14 game.


1982 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
Florida responded again, this time a 17-yard pass, to retake their ten-point lead and enter the fourth quarter up 24–14. Arkansas's defense pitched a shutout in the fourth quarter, while the Razorback offense found the end zone twice. Arkansas' first fourth quarter score came on a touchdown pass to make it 24-21, and the second came on a quarterback sneak from the one yard line. The game finished 28–24 in favor of Arkansas.


1982 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
Throughout the game, Arkansas recorded five more first downs, 185 more rushing yards, 73 more total yards, and one less penalty. However, Florida recorded 112 more passing yards.


1982 Atlanta Braves season
The 1982 Atlanta Braves season was the 17th in Atlanta and the 112th overall. They went 89–73 and won the NL West division for the first time since 1969, but were swept in 3 games by the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, Managerial turnover
In 2014, Bobby Cox and Joe Torre were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as two of the most successful managers of the late-20th and early-21st centuries. Cox had won 2,564 regular-season games, five pennants and one World Series over 29 seasons; Torre had won 2,326 games, six pennants and four World Series over his 29-year career. But when the 1981 season ended, those success stories seemed far-fetched, at best. And both men ended up unemployed, if only briefly.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, Managerial turnover
The New York Mets fired Torre on October 5, 1981; the Braves dismissed Cox three days later. Cox, finishing his fourth season during his first tour as Atlanta's manager, was only 266–323 (.452) with one over-.500 season; Torre was 286–420 (.405) in 41⁄2 seasons with the Mets. In both 1978 and 1979, Cox's Braves and Torre's Mets had each finished in the cellar of their respective National League divisions.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, Managerial turnover
Cox, then 40 years old, landed on his feet as manager of the American League Toronto Blue Jays—then a struggling expansion team in its fifth year of existence—on October 15, 1981; nine days later, Torre, 41, was announced as Cox's successor in Atlanta, returning to the team where he had become an All-Star catcher during the 1960s. In different ways, the firings and hirings marked positive turning points in each man's career.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, Managerial turnover
Torre's 1982 Braves won their first 13 regular-season games en route to the National League West Division title, their first since 1969. In three full seasons with the Braves, he went 257–229 (.529) and became nationally known as a manager through the Braves' powerful WTBS Superstation. Although a later, 51⁄2-year term (1990–1995) with the St. Louis Cardinals was not as successful, Torre would earn his Hall of Fame credentials with a 12-year run (1996–2007) as manager of the New York Yankees, winning six AL championships and four World Series, and compiling a winning percentage of .605.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, Managerial turnover
Cox followed a different route to success. His talented but young 1982 Blue Jays, though still below .500, won more games (78) than ever before in their history. Then they broke through, winning 89 games in both 1983 and 1984. Finally, in 1985, they captured 99 victories to win the American League East Division by a two-game margin over the Yankees. The Jays held a three games to one edge in the 1985 American League Championship Series, only to drop three straight games and the AL pennant to the eventual world champion Kansas City Royals.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, Managerial turnover
Ted Turner's Braves, however, were heading in the opposite direction after 1982. He fired Torre after an 80–82 1984 season, then fired two more managers, Eddie Haas and Bobby Wine, after they lost a combined 96 games in 1985. Turner turned to yet another manager for 1986, Chuck Tanner, but he also decided to replace his general manager, John Mullen, with a new baseball man: Cox, induced to return to Atlanta for a promotion and a multi-year contract.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, Managerial turnover
Cox would begin to rebuild the Braves from the front office, but the on-field losses continued to mount until Cox finally decided, on June 21, 1990, to return to uniform and the dugout as the team's manager. By 1991, the Braves would be National League champions.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, The first half of the season
The Braves started very hot in 1982, winning their first 13 games (April 6 through April 21) of the season, a new major league record (since equaled by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1987). The wins came at the expense of San Diego Padres (two), Houston Astros (six) and Cincinnati Reds (five). The streak began with a 1 – 0 victory in San Diego in the season opener and came to an end when the Reds edged the Braves 2 – 1 in Atlanta in the Braves' 14th game.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, The first half of the season
The Braves lost five straight after their record start and by the end of May they were 27 – 20 and struggling. Some critics claimed the Braves were just living off the feat of their 13-game winning streak and that they were not as good as their record showed. Some of the critics even predicted that the Braves would drift slowly out of contention and would be out of the running by mid-summer.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, The first half of the season
However, the Braves warmed up again, and they won 12 of their first 15 games in the month of June to jump to 16 games above the .500 mark at 39 wins and 23 losses. This gave evidence that the Braves's 13 – 0 start was not just a fluke of luck, and this silenced their critics – at least for a while.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, The first half of the season
Next, the Braves slowed down again, and they slipped to a 43 – 29 record on June 29, but then they reeled off another six-game winning streak to build up a 4½ game lead in the National League Western Division on July 5. The Braves split their next four games, and they had a record of 51 – 31 (20 games above .500) on July 9 following a 6 – 4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, The first half of the season
That meant the Braves were setting pace to win 100 games for the season, which is a traditional mark for a very good team in either league. This was great improvement for a team that had struggled, mostly in the cellar, in 1975 through 1981. On the two days right before the All-Star Game, the Braves lost to the Pirates 6 – 1 and 3 – 1, but they were still on the top of the Western Division by two-games in the standings.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
The Braves started the second half of the 1982 season following the All-Star break with five wins versus only one loss in their first six games. This improved the Braves' won-loss record to 56–34 (22 games over .500) on July 20. Their lead over the second-place team in the division was then six games. That was the largest lead that a Braves team had ever achieved since the Braves had come to Atlanta for the 1966 season, even surpassing their largest divisional lead of their Western Division championship team of 1969.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
However, from July 21 to 25, the Braves endured a small dip. They lost three out of four games, and their offense was atrocious, with their being shut out in all three of the losses: once by the St. Louis Cardinals and twice by the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Braves scored a rather-average four runs in the game that they won. Nevertheless, the Braves were 20 games over .500 with a record of 57 wins and 37 losses. They were also settling in for an 11-game series in their home ballpark, followed by an 11-game road trip, all of which were against foes in the Western Division.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
The second-place San Diego Padres played against the Braves in Atlanta Stadium for the first four games. The Padres were followed by the third-place Los Angeles Dodgers for the next four games; and finally the fourth-place San Francisco Giants played three games against the Braves. Next, the Braves were back on the road again for four games with the Dodgers, three more with the Giants, and finally four more games versus the Padres.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
The Braves had a five-game lead in the standings when the home series versus the Padres began. The Braves began the series by sweeping a doubleheader against the Padres by 9–2 and 8–6 scores. The Braves repeated this game on the next night with another 8–6 victory. Their lead in the Western Division had increased to a high-water mark of eight games, and the Padres were on their way down and out of second place and out of contention. The Braves' primary stalker for the rest of the season became the Los Angeles Dodgers.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
With their 6–2 victory over the Padres on July 29, the Braves completed the four-game sweep, and the Braves' record soared to 61 wins and 37 losses – the first time since 1969 when the Braves once reached a high-water mark of 25 games over .500. The Braves held a nine-game lead over the Padres (at 53–47), and a 10½ game lead over the third-place Dodgers (52–49). The Giants (48–52) had nearly fallen out of contention, 14 games behind the Braves, and with a losing record.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
This lead of nine games in the standings was the largest lead that the Braves had ever had since they moved to Atlanta for the 1966 season. The Braves' All-Star outfielder Dale Murphy had 11 hits in 16 at-bats in the sweep over the Padres, and for the season, he was batting .308 and leading the National League with 28 home runs and 74 runs batted in (RBI).


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
Their other big bats were those of their third baseman Bob Horner, who was batting .289 with 20 home runs so far, and their first baseman Chris Chambliss, a .259 hitter thus far with 11 homers and 48 RBI. Their only reliable starting pitcher was Phil Niekro (10–3, 3.27 ERA), and their two big guns as relief pitchers were Steve Bedrosian with a 1.46 ERA, and Gene Garber with a 2.16 ERA and 19 saves already. The overall pitching staff had a 3.60 ERA, and the team batting average was .262. The Braves had scored 447 runs so far. Rick Camp, a part-time starter, was 8–4 with a 3.14 ERA


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
This big lead in the Western Division did not last for long. During that stretch of 21 games against just the Dodgers, the Giants, the Padres, and the Montreal Expos, the Braves seemed to be moving in slow motion both on the pitcher's mound and in the batting boxes as they slumped badly and lost 19 out of 21 games – including an 11-game losing steak and four-game losing streaks twice.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
The Dodgers, under their long-time manager Tommy Lasorda, had turned both hot and lucky at the same time. Eight out of those 19 losses during this frantic nose-dive by the Braves were to the Dodgers, who swept the Braves 4–0 in two series against them in a 10-day period. The Braves' wins and losses during these 21 games were against the Dodgers (0–8), the Giants (1–5), the Padres (1–3), and the Expos (0–3).


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
On August 18, the Braves lost their third game in a row to the Expos, completing another four-game losing streak, and their won-loss record had fallen to 63–56. In so doing, they had fallen into second place in the Western Division, four games behind the Dodgers, who had moved into first place by winning 16 out of 20 games. The Braves seemed to be on track to lose the Western Division for the 13th year in a row, and miss the post-season once again.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
The Braves had not won a playoff series since they won the World Series in 1957, and they had played in few playoff games since then (seven vs. the New York Yankees in 1958, two vs. the Dodgers in 1959, and three vs. the New York Mets in 1969 – and losing nine of those games).


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
However, the Braves righted themselves as a team, and their clouds of bad luck seemed to part. Beginning on August 19 with a win over the Expos in the last game of the series with them, the Braves roared back into first place by winning 13 out of 15 games while the Dodgers played ordinary baseball.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
On September 3, the Braves' won-loss record had improved to 76–58; they were ahead of the Dodgers by 2½ games. However, their travails were not over, as they once again lost four games in a row and fell back into second place behind the Dodgers. Now, it was time for head-to-head competition with the Dodgers again. The Braves defeated the Dodgers in two consecutive games, on September 8 and 9, to once again move into first place (with a 78–62 record) by 1½ games over the Dodgers.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
There was more hardship to come. The Braves lost eight out of 12 games, including six losses to a different nemesis this time, the Houston Astros. This dropped the Braves back into second place, a full three games behind the Dodgers on September 22.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
However, the Braves won seven out of their next nine games, while the Dodgers played ordinary baseball, and the Braves moves into first place for good on September 28. However, there was a final day of severe tension on the last day of the season. Beginning that day, the Braves were one game ahead of the Dodgers, with the Braves holding an 89–72 record and the Dodgers holding an 88–73 record. The Braves had a game in the Eastern Time Zone earlier in the day, and the Dodgers had a game with the Giants in San Francisco later on in the day in the Pacific Time Zone.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
The Braves could have clinched the division championship by winning, but they lost their last game vs. the Padres 5–1 to fall to an 89–73 record. Then, in the later game, the Dodgers could have tied for first place by defeating the Giants. If that had happened, it would have required a one-game playoff between the Dodgers and the Braves to determine the Division champion. However, late in that game in San Francisco, former Cincinnati Reds' second baseman Joe Morgan hit a home run against the Dodgers to knock them down to an 88–74 record, and out of the playoffs. Phil Niekro finished the season as the pitching star of the Braves with a 17–4 record, and Dale Murphy won the National League Most Valuable Player trophy by winning the league championship in home runs, tying for the championship in RBIs, and winning a Gold Glove in the outfield.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
The Braves had won their second Western Division title, and they were bound for the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Braves had won the first-ever Western Division championship in 1969, the year in which the Eastern Division and the Western Division had been established. Then, the Braves had posted a 93–69 won-loss record by playing very strongly in second half of the season. For the Braves, Niekro himself had finished second for the Cy Young Award with 23 wins, and Hank Aaron had finished second in the league with 44 home runs. Thus, each of these teams had won the division by having one truly outstanding pitcher, and one truly outstanding batter.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half
Since the Braves had finished at 89–73, they had recorded a 76–73 record after beginning the season at 13–0. On the other hand, the Braves recorded a 26–17 record after August 18. 1982 was just the Braves' second season with a winning record since they recorded an 88–74 record in 1974 and finished in third place in the Western Division. The Braves' only other (barely) winning season during that period was in 1980, when they struggled to an 81–80 finish. (The Braves played an odd number of games in 1980 since they had a game rained out during the season, and since the 162nd game would have no effect whatsoever on the standings, no make-up game for that game was ever played. It had become a moot point by then.)


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half, Stars
Although it was their field manager Joe Torre who led the Braves back to the Western Division championship in 1982, there was a kernel of Braves' players who made the difference in this season. Two of these were Dale Murphy and Bob Horner, the latter of whom batted .261 with 32 home runs and 97 RBI – but missed most of August and September with a broken wrist that he suffered while diving for a batted ball while playing third base. Murphy, who usually batted ahead of Horner in the line-up, posted a healthier .281 batting average with 36 home runs, 109 RBI, and 23 stolen bases, and he also led the team in runs scored. As mentioned before, Murphy won the league MVP trophy.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half, Stars
The Braves' first baseman, Chris Chambliss, batted .270, with 20 home runs and 88 RBI.Outfielder Claudell Washington had one of his best seasons with the Braves in 1982. He batted .266 with 16 homers and 80 RBI. The twenty-four-year-old second base-shortstop duo of Glenn Hubbard and Rafael Ramírez proved to be stellar on defense, and steady on offense – often getting on base ahead of Murphy and Horner. They were adept at turning double plays around the second-base bag. Hubbard batted .248 with nine home runs and 59 RBI, while Ramírez batted higher with a .278 average, ten home runs, and 52 RBI.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half, Stars
Their utility infielder Jerry Royster batted rather well over the final two months of the season (with a .322 BBA) to finish the season with a .295 average in 261 at-bats. He had been batting just .180 on July 29. Royster's value was seen, and his high number of at bats accumulated, in that he filled in for either Hubbard or Ramirez when they needed a day off, and he also filled in at third base for many weeks while Horner was suffering from his broken wrist. If the need had arisen, Royster was also capable of playing at first base or in the outfield.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half, Stars
The part-time outfielder Rufino Linares batted .298 with two home runs and 17 RBI, but their opening-day starter in center field Brett Butler played well in the field, but he had an atrocious season at home plate where he batted just .217 and he hit just two doubles in 240 at bats (The slightly-built Butler never was a power hitter, and in 1982, he did not hit any homers.) The Braves's regular catcher Bruce Benedict batted .248 with just three home runs – one of them a grand slam that he hit of the great Dodger pitcher Fernando Valenzuela in a game during September. The Braves' backup catcher, Biff Pocoroba, finished with a .275 average in 120 at bats.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half, Stars
What the Braves lacked in their position players in 1982 were the following:


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half, Stars
Phil Niekro was the ace of Atlanta's pitching staff and led the team with a 17-4 win/loss record and a 3.61 ERA in 35 starts. Niekro also led the team with 144 strikeouts. Gene Garber led the team with 30 saves in 69 games, allowing just 4 home runs with a 2.34 ERA in 119.1 innings pitched. Steve Bedrosian was the best long-reliever posting an 8–6 record and a 2.42 ERA in 64 games.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half, Stars
Despite having a 4.87 ERA in 27 games started, Bob Walk finished with an 11–9 win/loss record, tied for second on the team in pitching wins with Rick Camp who accumulated a record of 11–13, and a 3.85 ERA in 51 games, including starting 21 games. Rick Mahler rounded out the '82 Braves pitching staff with a 9–10 win/loss record and a 4.21 ERA in 33 starts over 205.1 innings pitched. Pascual Pérez, who was poised to breakout in the 1983 season, started just 11 games and made 5 relief appearances in the '82 season. He finished with a 4–4 record and a solid 3.06 ERA in 79.1 innings pitched.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, The Regular season, Second half, Stars
Beyond Niekro, the Braves' starting pitching was extremely thin, and it caused a lot of problems. It was probably the work of a miracle worker that Joe Torre was able to get as much out of his starting pitchers as he did. Pascual Perez was also one year away from becoming a star pitcher for the Braves, which he did in 1983, along with a new rookie who came up in that same year. Bob Walk did not last very long for the Braves, and Rick Camp was destined to become a short-relief pitcher for the Braves in the future. Besides Niekro, the best thing that Torre had for his job of running a pitching staff made of bubble gum and bailing wire was his outstanding relief duo of Garber and Bedrosian. In Bedrosian, Torre had a future Cy Young Award Winner, but with the Philadelphia Phillies.


1982 Atlanta Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1982 Atlanta Braves season, National League Championship Series, Game 1: Take 1
Game 1 was a wash – literally. The Braves led 1-0 behind Phil Niekro and were two outs from an official game when the umpire stopped it. When the rain did not subside, the game was canceled. Game 1 began from the start the following night in a match-up of the volatile Braves starter Pascual Pérez and longtime Cardinal starter Bob Forsch.


1982 Atlanta Falcons season
The 1982 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 17th season in the National Football League (NFL). The team qualified for the postseason and won the NFC West for the second time in three years. Due to the players strike, this was not recognized as divisions were dissolved for this year only. As the lone NFC West team to qualify for the playoffs, Falcons were considered the 1982 first place team when 1983 matchups were determined. The Falcons were the first team to get a taste of being the best in the NFC West during the 49ers' dynasty, as the 49ers, from 1981 to 1997, would hog 13 of 17 NFC West pennants.


1982 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1982 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was the 1982 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina from April 21–25. North Carolina defeated Virginia in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1982 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, Format
All eight ACC teams qualified for the eight-team double-elimination tournament.


1982 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, Format, Seeding procedure
On Saturday (The Semifinals) of the ACC Baseball Tournament, the match-up between the four remaining teams is determined by previous opponents. If teams have played previously in the tournament, every attempt will be made to avoid a repeat match-up between teams, regardless of seed. If it is impossible to avoid a match-up that already occurred, then the determination is based on avoiding the most recent, current tournament match-up, regardless of seed. If no match-ups have occurred, the team left in the winners bracket will play the lowest seeded team from the losers bracket.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1982 Atlantic hurricane season was an extremely inactive Atlantic hurricane season with five named tropical storms and one subtropical storm. Two storms became hurricanes, one of which reached major hurricane status. The most recent prior season to have only two hurricanes was 1931. The season officially began on June 1, 1982, and lasted until November 30, 1982. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. Activity started early with Hurricane Alberto forming on the first day of the season. Alberto threatened the Southwestern Florida coast as a tropical storm, meadering offshore in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and causing twenty-three fatalities in Cuba. The next system, a subtropical storm, formed later in June and affected the same area as Alberto, causing $10 million in damage.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season
Tropical Storm Beryl formed on August 28, after a quiet July in the open Atlantic Ocean. Beryl grazed Cape Verde, killing 3 people. Tropical Depression Three formed just behind Beryl, tracking east and north of the Caribbean sea in early September. Soon after the dissipation of Beryl, Tropical Storm Chris formed in the Gulf of Mexico on September 9. Chris stayed a weak storm, making landfall near Sabine Pass, Texas, and dissipating over land on September 13. Hurricane Debby was the next storm and the strongest of the season.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season
The formative stage of Debby produced rainfall in Puerto Rico and soon strengthened into a Category 4 Major Hurricane. Debby passed by Newfoundland on September 18 and merged with a non-tropical low on September 20. In mid-September, Tropical Depression Six formed west of Africa, and tracked west-northwest, dissipating before reaching the Leeward Islands on September 20. Its remnant thunderstorm activity continued moving west-northwest, forming Tropical Depression Seven which moved near Bermuda on September 25 before dissipating offshore Nova Scotia. The final storm of the season, Tropical Storm Ernesto, was the shortest-lasting system and stayed out to sea, dissipating on October 2.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
The season was very inactive because of strong vertical wind shear due to stronger than normal westerly winds aloft. The wind shear was contributed by a variety of factors including a very strong El Niño. Vertical wind shear was strong enough to disrupt convection in areas of disturbed weather so they could not develop further. The El Niño which affected this hurricane season extended into the 1983 Atlantic hurricane season. Higher than average values of African mineral dust during the most active portion of the hurricane season could have also suppressed tropical cyclone activity.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
The season's activity was reflected with a cumulative accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 32, which is classified as "below normal". ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed, so storms that last a long time, as well as particularly strong hurricanes, have high ACEs. ACE is only calculated for full advisories on tropical systems at or exceeding 34 knots (39 mph, 63 km/h) or tropical storm strength. Although officially, subtropical cyclones are excluded from the total, the figure above includes periods when fully tropical storms were in a subtropical phase.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Alberto
On June 1, a tropical depression formed off western Cuba from an organized cloud system. It moved slowly northeastward through the Gulf of Mexico, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Alberto on June 3. Alberto traveled generally northeast on an erratic course, and briefly intensified to a Category 1 hurricane, one of the earliest hurricanes of June, and the earliest date for a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean since Hurricane Alma in May 1970.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Alberto
Due to strengthening vertical wind shear, Alberto then quickly weakened into a tropical storm, doubled back to the west, and dissipated near the Florida Keys on June 6. Alberto is an example of a storm to enter the Gulf of Mexico and dissipating while never making landfall, which is an unusual event.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Alberto
Though the storm never made landfall, 23 deaths were reported in Cuba from significant flooding, the worst in 32 years. Southern Florida experienced moderate rainfall, with a peak of 16.47 inches (418 mm) occurring in Tavernier.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Subtropical Storm One
The first subtropical storm of the season formed in the east-central Gulf of Mexico on June 18, and moved northeast for its entire life cycle. It crossed the Florida peninsula that night, causing the issuance of numerous severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings. The cyclone also dropped heavy rainfall, peaking at 10.72 inches (272 mm) eight miles (13 km) southwest of DeSoto County, Florida. The storm continued, crossing the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and retained its strength until June 20 when it became extratropical near Newfoundland. The cyclone caused three deaths in Florida, sank a fishing trawler off the coast of North Carolina, and caused $10 million in damage (1982 USD). This was the only subtropical or tropical cyclone to impact the Eastern seaboard this season.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Beryl
A well-developed tropical wave exited Africa on August 27. The next day, it developed into a tropical depression, and shortly thereafter it intensified into Tropical Storm Beryl. On August 29, it passed just south of Cape Verde as it continued intensifying on its west-northwest track. An eye feature appeared in the convection on August 31, suggesting winds of near hurricane status; since the feature was located on the western side of the deep convection and the storm was slightly asymmetric, the intensity was held just below hurricane status.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Beryl
Shortly after, strong wind shear caused the storm to deteriorate, leaving the low-level circulation exposed on the western side. Beryl weakened to a tropical depression the next day due to the lack of convection, and it continued westward without redevelopment. On September 5, a reconnaissance flight into the depression found winds of 65 mph (105 km/h); this was deemed unrepresentative of the actual intensity as it was recorded in a squall line. The depression became disorganized once more and by September 6, it was no longer identifiable on satellites.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Beryl
Early in its duration, Tropical Storm Beryl produced heavy rainfall and gusty winds on the Cape Verde island of Sal. The storm caused moderate damage across the archipelago, totaling $3 million (1982 USD). The passage of Beryl resulted in three casualties in Brava Island, as well as 122 injuries. In the period after the storm's passage, the United States provided humanitarian aid and economic assistance to the country, helping the archipelago to reverse the effects of Beryl.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Three
This system formed east of the Lesser Antilles on September 6 to the southeast of Tropical Storm Beryl in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean. The depression moved northeast of the Leeward Islands during the afternoon of September 7 while experiencing southwest vertical wind shear, and moved into the southwest North Atlantic before dissipating east of the Bahamas on September 9.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Chris
A surface low-pressure area developed on September 8 in the Gulf of Mexico. It drifted westward, and the next day it organized into a subtropical depression. Under the influence of a trough of low pressure, the depression turned northward, and after steadily becoming better organized it transitioned into Tropical Storm Chris by late on September 10. The storm attained peak winds of 65 mph (105 km/h) before moving ashore near Sabine Pass in Texas. Chris continued inland until it dissipated over central Arkansas on September 13. Prior to making landfall, as many as 6,500 people evacuated from southern Louisiana, while offshore many oil workers were evacuated inland.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Chris
Chris produced moderate rainfall along its path, peaking at 16 inches (410 mm) in Delhi, Louisiana, with totals of over 10 inches (250 mm) in Mississippi and Tennessee. The rainfall caused locally severe flooding as far inland as Tennessee and Kentucky, with flooding of some rivers reported. The storm spawned nine tornadoes, of which four were F2 or stronger on the Fujita scale. Upon moving ashore, the hurricane produced a 5 feet (1.5 m) to 6 feet (1.8 m) storm tide, resulting in severe damage to several boats in the Gulf of Mexico. Throughout its path, damage totaled $2 million (1982 USD).


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Debby
A tropical wave moved westward offshore the coast of Africa. The wave traveled across the Atlantic, and organized into a tropical depression off the northern coast of the Dominican Republic on September 13. The depression turned north and strengthened into Tropical Storm Debby on September 14 and then a hurricane early the next day. Debby moved north-northeast, pass just east of Bermuda. Debby continued strengthening as it moved north, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h).


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Debby
The storm weakened significantly before passing to the southeast of Newfoundland on September 18, by which time Debby was a Category 2. The storm accelerated and began weakening over the colder waters of the north Atlantic. Debby became extratropical over the far north Atlantic and merged with a strong non-tropical system which was developing over British Isles on September 20.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Debby
The precursor disturbance to Debby dropped heavy rainfall across Puerto Rico, peaking at 12.86 inches (327 mm) in the southwestern portion of the island. Wind gusts on Bermuda approached 70 mph (110 km/h), leaving minor damage. Debby had little effect on Atlantic Canada, outside of heavy rainfall. Tropical storm-force winds were also recorded at Cape Race. A storm development related to Debby left two dead in Finland.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Six
This tropical depression formed 900 miles (1,400 km) west of the Cape Verde Islands on September 16, and moved west-northwest across the tropical Atlantic Ocean. The system moved within 750 miles (1,210 km) east of the Leeward Islands before dissipating on September 20.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Seven
The remnant area of disturbed weather from Tropical Depression Six continued moving west-northwest into the southwest north Atlantic. A tropical depression formed from this area 275 miles (445 km) west of Bermuda on September 25. The system recurved off the north and northeast, dissipating in north Atlantic shipping lanes southeast of Nova Scotia on September 27.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ernesto
A tropical wave emerged into the Atlantic from the west coast of Africa on September 23. The west side of the wave expanded and was designated Tropical Depression Eight on September 30. The depression intensified, making a sharp turn on October 1. A reconnaissance flight found 40 mph (65 km/h) winds with a pressure of 1,003 mbar (29.62 inHg) and the depression was given the name Ernesto. A second reconnaissance flight on October 1 recorded sustained winds of 71 mph (114 km/h) with a pressure of 997 mbar (29.44 inHg). However, on October 2, Ernesto rapidly weakened and by the next day, the cyclone became unidentifiable after merging with an extratropical low. Ernesto never approached land and caused no reported damage.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names
The following names were used for tropical storms that formed in the north Atlantic in 1982. This is the first time this name set was used since the post-1978 naming change, except for Florence and Helene which had been previously used in 1954, 1958, 1960, and 1964. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray. No names were retired after this season, so all were used again in the 1988 season.


1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Season effects
This is a table of the storms in 1982 and their landfall(s), if any. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or low.


1982 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1982 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Pat Dye, the team finished the season with a 9–3 record. Auburn ended Alabama's nine-game winning streak in the famous "Bo Over the Top" Iron Bowl, and went on to defeat Boston College in the 1982 Tangerine Bowl.


1982 Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours 1982 were announced on 26 January 1982 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen.


1982 Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, announced on Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours which are announced on the second Monday in June.


1982 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand
The 1982 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of fourteen matches played by the Australia national rugby union team (nicknamed the Wallabies) in New Zealand between July and September 1982 . The Wallabies won ten of the fourteen matches and lost the other four. The international match series against the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) resulted in a 2–1 win for New Zealand, who won the first and third matches, with Australia winning the second match. New Zealand thereby regained the Bledisloe Cup, which had been held by Australia since 1979.


1982 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand
The Australian touring party lacked international experience. Nine senior players were unavailable for the tour and seventeen of the thirty selected for the tour had not been capped by Australia previously. Only five of the sixteen forwards had played internationals. Despite losing the international series the tour proved good for the future of Australian rugby – in his assessment for Rothmans Rugby Yearbook New Zealand writer Don Cameron stated that "This represented the greatest triumph of all...Australia now has a deep fund of test-tried players". Amongst the new players selected by Australia was David Campese, who would go on to play for Australia 101 times and score 64 tries in international matches, which remains an Australia record as of 2015.


1982 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 1982 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to racing cars complying with Australian Formula 1. It was the 26th Australian Drivers' Championship. The title winner, Alfredo Costanzo was awarded the 1982 CAMS "Gold Star".


1982 Australian Drivers' Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded at each round on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in round. Points were allotted only to Australian license holders, in their order of finishing, irrespectively of their actual position. The best seven rounds results were counted for each driver.


1982 Australian Drivers' Championship, Points system
Where rounds were conducted over more than one heat, points were allocated on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first 14 places in each heat and then aggregated for each driver to determine the actual round placings. Where more than one driver earned the same number of points the relevant round placing was awarded to the driver who was placed higher in the last heat.


1982 Australian Drivers' Championship, Championship results
Note: At the Australian Grand Prix, fifth placed Alfredo Costanzo was the highest placed driver eligible for the championship and thus was awarded the maximum championship points for the round.


1982 Australian Drivers' Championship, Championship name
The conditions for the 1982 championship were published by CAMS under the name "Australian Formula 1 Championship". Australian Motor Racing Year 1982/83 uses both "Australian Drivers Championship" and "Australian Formula One Championship" in its review of the series. CAMS uses "Australian Drivers' Championship" in its historical records  and that has been followed here.


1982 Australian Endurance Championship
The 1982 Australian Endurance Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship for Group C Touring Cars. It was the second Australian Endurance Championship and the first to incorporate titles for both drivers and makes. The Drivers title was awarded to Allan Moffat and the Makes title to Nissan.


1982 Australian Endurance Championship, Points system
Drivers points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the six best placed cars in each class  at each round.


1982 Australian Endurance Championship, Points system
Makes points were awarded for the six best placed cars in each class on a 9-6-4-3-2-1  basis, but only for the highest scoring car of each make, regardless of class, at each round.


1982 Australian Film Institute Awards
The 24th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney on 27 October 1982. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary and short film productions of 1982.


1982 Australian Film Institute Awards
Thirty feature films were entered, then a record number. Lonely Hearts received the award for Best Film. Although Mad Max 2 received the most nominations and awards including for Best Achievement in Direction, it was not nominated for Best Film. Animator Eric Porter received the Raymond Longford Award for lifetime achievement.


1982 Australian Formula 2 Championship
The 1982 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to cars complying with Australian Formula 2. The title, which was the 15th Australian Formula 2 Championship, was won by Lucio Cesario driving a Ralt RT3 Volkswagen.


1982 Australian Formula 2 Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters in each round.


1982 Australian Formula 2 Championship, Points system
Where rounds were contested over two heats, points were allocated on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first 14 positions in each race. These points were then aggregated to determine the first six round positions for the purpose of championship points allocation.


1982 Australian GT Championship
The 1982 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group D GT cars and Group B Sports Sedans. It was the fifth Australian GT Championship, the first to be awarded since 1963  and the first to be contested over a series of races rather than a single race. The GT championship replaced the Australian Sports Sedan Championship which had been awarded annually from 1976 to 1981. The 1982 title, which was contested over a nine-round series from 16 May to 10 October, was won by Alan Jones driving a Porsche 935/80 entered by Porsche Cars Australia.


1982 Australian GT Championship
The championship was dominated by 1980 Formula One World Drivers' Champion Alan Jones who went through the season undefeated. His closest on-track rival was multiple Bathurst winner and former Australian Touring Car Champion Peter Brock, driving a Bob Jane owned 6.0L V8 Chevrolet Monza. Brock placed fifth in the championship, having contested four of the nine rounds. Brock and the Monza were often faster in qualifying than the turbocharged Porsche. However, he was rarely able to maintain his tyres for the entire race duration and subsequently always finished second best. Although Alan Jones won every round, his battles with Peter Brock are regarded by those who witnessed it as some of the closest and best racing seen to that point in Australian motor racing history.


1982 Australian GT Championship
Rusty French placed second in the championship driving a Porsche 935/77A, 45 points behind Jones. Jones' Porsche Cars Australia teammate Colin Bond placed third driving a turbocharged Porsche 944 (the car Jones was to originally drive in the series before it was decided he would have a better chance in the 935), with the 1981 Australian Sports Sedan Champion Tony Edmondson placed fourth in the championship winning Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV-Chevrolet (running a 5.0L Formula 5000 engine) owned by Don Elliot.


1982 Australian GT Championship, Points system
Points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top six finishers in each round. Where rounds were contested over two races, points were allocated on a 20–16–13–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first 14 positions in each race. These points were then aggregated to determine the first six-round positions for the purpose of championship points allocation.


1982 Australian GT Championship, Championship name
Sources vary as to the actual name of the championship. The 1982 CAMS Manual uses "Australian Sports Sedan Championship" as does the Official Souvenir Programme for the 4th round of the championship at Adelaide International Raceway. Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1982/93 uses "Australian GT/Sports Sedan Championship, as does Racing Car News, November 1982. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport recognises Alan Jones as the winner of the "1982 Australian GT Championship" in its "Australian Titles" document.


1982 Australian Grand Prix
The 1982 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Melbourne International Raceway,  formerly Calder Raceway,  in Victoria, Australia on 8 November 1982.


1982 Australian Grand Prix
The race, which was the 47th Australian Grand Prix, was open to racing cars complying with Australian Formula 1 regulations, which for this year included only Formula Pacific cars. It was the second Australian Grand Prix to feature only Formula Pacific cars. For the Australian-based competitors the race was also the eighth and final round of the 1982 Australian Drivers' Championship.


1982 Australian Grand Prix
The race was won by Alain Prost of France driving a Ralt RT4. His subsequent victory in the 1986 Australian Grand Prix would see him secure his second straight Formula One World Championship for Drivers title and become the first driver to win the Australian Grand Prix in both its Australian domestic and World Championship formats. As of 2016 he remains as the only driver to have achieved this.


1982 Australian Grand Prix
The 1982 race was the first Australian Grand Prix since 1968 in which no Australian driver placed in the first three positions. The highest-placed Australian was the Alfredo Costanzo who finished fifth in a Tiga FA81 Ford, thus clinching the 1982 Australian Drivers' Championship title. Costanzo was also the fastest Australian qualifier, starting from the third grid position behind the Ralt RT4 Fords of French Formula One drivers Alain Prost and Jacques Laffite.


1982 Australian Grand Prix, Classification, Qualifying
Note 1: Hanger and Fisher were listed as reserves for the race however Hanger was allowed to start after Jones withdrew during the warm-up laps.


1982 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
The 1982 Australian Individual Speedway Championship was held at the Claremont Speedway in Perth, Western Australia on 15 January 1982. Sydney rider Billy Sanders won his fourth Australian Championship and his third in a row. Sanders and fellow Sydney rider Gary Guglielmi finished the meeting on 14 points, with Sanders winning a runoff to claim the title. Local Perth rider Glyn Taylor, the son of 1966 Australian champion Chum Taylor, finished third on 11 points.


1982 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
A leadership spill of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), then the opposition party in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 16 July 1982. Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Employment and Youth Bob Hawke unsuccessfully challenged ALP leader Bill Hayden, with Hayden winning 42 votes to 37.


1982 Australian Masters
The 1982 Winfield Australian Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place in 1982 Channel 10 Television Studios in Sydney, Australia. The tournament was sponsored by Winfield and had a total prize fund of $100,000. There were two qualifying groups, played on a round-robin basis, with the top two players from each group progressing to the knockout stage. The semi-finals and final were decided on aggregated points scored: over two frames in the semi-finals, and over three frames in the final. The event was recorded for broadcast on Channel 10, with transmissions starting from 30 August 1982.


1982 Australian Masters
Steve Davis won the tournament by defeating Eddie Charlton 254–100 in the final. Davis also made the highest break, 86, in his match against Cliff Thorburn.


1982 Australian Open
The 1982 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 71st edition of the Australian Open and was held from Monday 29 November through Monday 13 December 1982.


1982 Australian Open, Seniors, Men's Doubles
John Alexander /  John Fitzgerald defeated  Andy Andrews /  John Sadri 6–4, 7–6


1982 Australian Open, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Claudia Kohde /  Eva Pfaff 6–4, 6–2


1982 Australian Open, Prize money
Total prize money for the men's events was $450,000. Total prize money for the women's events was $350,000.


1982 Australian Open – Men's Doubles
The Men's Doubles tournament at the 1982 Australian Open was held from 29 November through 13 December 1982 on the outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. John Alexander and John Fitzgerald won the title, defeating Andy Andrews and John Sadri in the final.


1982 Australian Open – Men's Singles
First-seeded Johan Kriek successfully defended his title, defeating Steve Denton 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1982 Australian Open, what was the rematch of the previous year.


1982 Australian Open – Men's Singles
The format of this year's tournament was best of 5 sets in the first 2 rounds, best of 3 sets in rounds 3 and 4, then best of 5 sets for the rest of the tournament.


1982 Australian Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Johan Kriek is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1982 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 1982 Australian Open.


1982 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith were the defending champions but only Smith competed that year with Billie Jean King.


1982 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
King and Smith lost in the semifinals to Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.


1982 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
Navratilova and Shriver won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Claudia Kohde and Eva Pfaff.


1982 Australian Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1982 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Second-seeded Chris Evert defeated defending champion Martina Navratilova in the final, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1982 Australian Open. Courtesy of winning her first Australian Open title, Evert completed the career Grand Slam.


1982 Australian Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Chris Evert is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1982 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 1982 Australian Open.


1982 Australian Rally Championship
The 1982 Australian Rally Championship was a series of five rallying events held across Australia. It was the 15th season in the history of the competition.


1982 Australian Rally Championship
Geoff Portman and navigator Ross Runnalls in a Datsun 1600 won the 1982 Championship despite strong opposition from the Fiat 131 Abarth of Greg Carr and Fred Gocentas.


1982 Australian Rally Championship, Season review
The 15th Australian Rally Championship was held over five events across Australia, the season consisting of one event each for Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia and two for New South Wales. There was no major factory support for any of the teams and with a wide variety of cars and competitors it was a difficult season to predict an outcome. At the end of the year Portman and Runnalls had held off tough opposition from Carr and Gocentas and brought their 12-year-old Datsun 1600 home to its first ARC championship.


1982 Australian Rally Championship, The Rallies
The five events of the 1982 season were as follows.


1982 Australian Sports Car Championship
The 1982 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars. It was the fourteenth Australian Sports Car Championship, and the first to be contested by Group A cars since 1975. The championship was won by Chris Clearihan of Canberra, driving a Kaditcha.


1982 Australian Sports Car Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded at each round on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each class, Additional points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis for the first four outright places, irrespective of class.


1982 Australian Sports Car Championship, Points system
For rounds which were contested over two heats, drivers were allocated points on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first 14 places in each heat, with the points from the two heats aggregated to determine the round result. Championship points where then awarded based on that round result.


1982 Australian Touring Car Championship
The 1982 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group C Touring Cars. It began on 18 February 1982 at Sandown Raceway and ended on 16 May at Oran Park Raceway after eight rounds. The title, which was the 23rd Australian Touring Car Championship, was won by defending champion Dick Johnson, driving a Ford XD Falcon.


1982 Australian Touring Car Championship
Peter Brock had actually scored more points than Johnson throughout the championship driving Marlboro Holden Dealer Team entered Holden Commodore VC and VH SS models. However, the use of not yet homologated engine heads on the cars saw him disqualified from all but two rounds of the championship. The matter between CAMS and the HDT ended in court with Brock agreeing to the loss of points and the championship in order to avoid a three-month suspension for himself and the team which would have actually excluded them from competing in the James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst.


1982 Australian Touring Car Championship
Allan Moffat's win in Round 5 at Lakeside with a Mazda RX-7 was the first ever ATCC race win by a Mazda and the first ever ATCC race win by a Japanese car. It was also the first ATCC race to be won by a car not powered by a V8 engine since Peter Brock's victory in Round 4 of the 1974 championship at Amaroo Park driving a 6 cylinder, Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1.


1982 Australian Touring Car Championship
Under 3000cc class competitor Bob Holden finished second in the championship driving a Ford Escort Mk.II. Though he would finish no higher than 8th outright in any race, points scored for class placings saw him finish second on 36 points, 21 behind Johnson and 5 points in front of both Moffat and Kevin Bartlett (Chevrolet Camaro Z28).


1982 Australian Touring Car Championship, Race calendar
The championship was contested over an eight round series. The Sandown round was contested over two parts and all other rounds were contested as single races.


1982 Australian Touring Car Championship, Race calendar
Note: Brock was excluded from Calder and lost all points from Oran Park to Surfers Paradise, however kept the Oran Park win.


1982 Australian Touring Car Championship, Classes
Note: Mazda RX-7s fitted with bridge port engines competed in the Up to and including 3000cc class and those fitted with peripheral port engines were re-classified into the 3001 to 6000cc class.


1982 Australian Touring Car Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first six placegetters in each class at each round. Bonus points were awarded on a 4–3–2–1 basis to the first four placegetters, irrespective of class, at each round. Results from seven of the eight rounds could be retained by each driver.


1982 Australian Touring Car Championship, Championship results
Note: Round results indicate outright round placings, not class placings.


1982 Austrian Grand Prix
The 1982 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 15 August 1982. It was the thirteenth race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship.


1982 Austrian Grand Prix
The 53-lap race was won by Italian driver Elio de Angelis, driving a Lotus-Ford. De Angelis held off Finland's Keke Rosberg in the Williams-Ford to win by just 0.05 seconds, or less than half a car length, claiming the first victory for Lotus since the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix and the last in the lifetime of team founder Colin Chapman, who died at the end of 1982. Frenchman Jacques Laffite finished third in a Ligier-Matra, one lap behind.


1982 Austrian Grand Prix, Report
A chicane had been added at the entrance to the pits earlier in the year. Nelson Piquet's Brabham led into the first corner from pole position, while Renault's Alain Prost passed Piquet's team-mate Riccardo Patrese for second. Further back, there was a collision which eliminated the two Alfa Romeos of Andrea de Cesaris and Bruno Giacomelli, as well as the Williams of Derek Daly. Prost's advantage over Patrese lasted only a few corners before the Italian re-passed him. On lap 2, Patrese took the lead from Piquet and the two Brabhams immediately began to pull away on their half-full tanks.


1982 Austrian Grand Prix, Report
Shortly before half distance, Piquet made the first planned mid-race fuel and tyre pit stop in modern F1 history. He rejoined in fourth place, behind Prost and Elio de Angelis, and just ahead of Keke Rosberg. Shortly afterwards, Patrese made his stop, having built up a sufficient lead to rejoin the race still in first place. However, the Italian suffered an engine failure three laps later, leaving Prost to inherit a comfortable lead from de Angelis.


1982 Austrian Grand Prix, Report
Piquet was back up to third but was now in trouble, unable to make any inroads into the leaders and struggling to stay ahead of Rosberg. On lap 32, the Brazilian retired with an electrical failure. Free of the Brabham, Rosberg began closing in on de Angelis, who at this point was ten seconds ahead.


1982 Austrian Grand Prix, Report
Prost was leading by half a minute when on lap 49, five from the end, his Renault suffered a mechanical failure. This left de Angelis and Rosberg – neither of whom had won a Grand Prix before – battling for the lead. At the start of the last lap de Angelis was 1.6 seconds ahead. Rosberg closed rapidly on the final tour and was right on the Lotus's gearbox heading into the final corner, the Rindt Kurve. De Angelis calmly defended the inside line, but slid wide on the exit of the corner. Rosberg dived inside on the home straight, only to come up short by 0.050 seconds, or less than half a car length.


1982 Austrian Grand Prix, Report
De Angelis joyfully celebrated his maiden win, while Rosberg had nonetheless boosted his Driver's Championship chances, moving into second place ahead of John Watson, who had suffered an engine failure. Ligier's Jacques Laffite completed the podium, coming home a lap down, while Patrick Tambay was fourth in the sole Ferrari, having recovered from a puncture early in the race. Watson's McLaren team-mate Niki Lauda was fifth, with Mauro Baldi taking the final point in his Arrows.


1982 Austrian Grand Prix, Report
This was the 150th World Championship race victory for the Cosworth DFV engine. However, it was also to be the last hailed by Colin Chapman's famous act of throwing his cloth cap into the air after a Lotus victory, as Chapman would die four months later. It was also the last win by a Chapman-built Lotus, and the team's last win until the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix.


1982 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1982 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 30–2 May 1982 at the Salzburgring.


1982 Avon Championships
The 1982 Avon Championships were the eleventh WTA Tour Championships, the annual women's tennis tournament for the best players of the 11 tournament Avon Championships Circuit on the 1982 WTA Tour. It was the 11th edition of the event and was played from March 24 through March 28, 1982 on indoor carpet courts at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States. Fifth-seeded Sylvia Hanika won the singles title, after trailing Navratilova 1–6, 1–3 in the final, and earned $100,000 first-prize money.


1982 Avon Championships, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova and  Pam Shriver defeated  Kathy Jordan and  Anne Smith, 6–4, 6–3


1982 Avon Championships of Boston
The 1982 Avon Championships of Boston  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Boston University Walter Brown Arena  in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships circuit. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from March 15 through March 21, 1982. Unseeded Kathy Jordan won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1982 Avon Championships of Boston, Finals, Doubles
Kathy Jordan /  Anne Smith defeated  Rosemary Casals /  Wendy Turnbull 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4


1982 Avon Championships of California
The 1982 Avon Championships of California, also known as the Avon Championships of Oakland, was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet court at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from February 22 through February 28, 1982. Second-seeded Andrea Jaeger won the singles title, her second consecutive at the event, and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1982 Avon Championships of California, Finals, Doubles
Barbara Potter /  Sharon Walsh defeated  Kathy Jordan /  Pam Shriver 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)


1982 Avon Championships of Chicago
The 1982 Avon Championships of Chicago  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago, Illinois in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from January 25 through January 31, 1982. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1982 Avon Championships of Chicago, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Rosie Casals /  Wendy Turnbull 7–5, 6–4


1982 Avon Championships of Cincinnati
The 1982 Avon Championships of Cincinnati  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the third, and last, edition of the tournament and was held from January 11 through January 17, 1982. Fifth-seeded Barbara Potter won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1982 Avon Championships of Cincinnati, Finals, Doubles
Sue Barker /  Ann Kiyomura defeated  Pam Shriver /  Anne Smith	6–2, 7–6(7–5)


1982 Avon Championships of Dallas
The 1982 Avon Championships of Dallas  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Moody Coliseum  in Dallas, Texas in the United States that was part of the 1982 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from March 8 through March 14, 1982. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $35,000 first-prize money.


1982 Avon Championships of Dallas, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Billie Jean King /  Ilana Kloss 6–4, 6–4


1982 Avon Championships of Detroit
The 1982 Avon Championships of Detroit  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Cobo Hall & Arena  in Detroit, Michigan in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships circuit. This was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from February 1 through February 7, 1982. First-seeded Andrea Jaeger won the singles title and earned $30,000 in first-prize money.


1982 Avon Championships of Detroit, Finals, Doubles
Leslie Allen /  Mima Jaušovec defeated  Rosemary Casals /  Wendy Turnbull 6–4, 6–0


1982 Avon Championships of Houston
The 1982 Avon Championships of Houston  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Summit in Houston, Texas in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and was held from February 15 through February 21, 1982. Third-seeded Bettina Bunge won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.


1982 Avon Championships of Houston, Finals, Doubles
Kathy Jordan /  Pam Shriver defeated  Sue Barker /  Sharon Walsh 7–6(8–6), 6–2


1982 Avon Championships of Kansas
The 1982 Avon Championships of Kansas  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Municipal Auditorium  in Kansas City, Missouri in the United States that was part of the 1982 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from February 8 through February 14, 1982. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.


1982 Avon Championships of Kansas, Finals, Doubles
Barbara Potter /  Sharon Walsh defeated  Mary Lou Piatek /  Anne Smith 4–6, 6–2, 6–2


1982 Avon Championships of Los Angeles
The 1982 Avon Championships of Los Angeles was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Forum in Los Angeles, California in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships circuit. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from March 1 through March 7, 1982. Fifth-seeded Mima Jaušovec won the singles title, and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1982 Avon Championships of Los Angeles, Finals, Doubles
Kathy Jordan /  Anne Smith defeated  Barbara Potter /  Sharon Walsh 6–3, 7–5


1982 Avon Championships of Seattle
The 1982 Avon Championships of Seattle  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Seattle Center Coliseum  in Seattle, Washington in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the sixth and last edition of the tournament and was held from January 18 through January 25, 1982. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1982 Avon Championships of Seattle, Finals, Doubles
Rosie Casals /  Wendy Turnbull defeated  Kathy Jordan /  Anne Smith 7–5, 6–4


1982 Avon Championships of Washington
The 1982 Avon Championships of Washington  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts (Sporteze) at the GWU Charles Smith Center and the Capital Centre in Washington D.C., District of Columbia in the United States that was part of the 1982 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from January 4 through January 11, 1982. Second-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $40,000 first-prize money.


1982 Avon Championships of Washington, Finals, Doubles
Kathy Jordan /  Anne Smith defeated  Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver 6–2, 3–6, 6–1


1982 Avon Championships – Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


1982 Avon Championships – Doubles
It was the 3rd Tour Finals title and 68th overall title for Navratilova, and the 2nd Tour Finals title and 22nd overall title for Shriver, in their respective doubles careers.


1982 Avon Championships – Singles
Martina Navratilova was the defending champion of the Avon Championships season-ending tennis tournament.


1982 Avon Championships – Singles
Fifth-seeded Sylvia Hanika won the title by defeating first seeded Martina Navratilova 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


1982 Avon Championships – Singles, Draw, Round Robin, Red Group
Q: qualifies to semifinals. PO: advances to play-off round. Allen takes 2nd place after defeating Mandlíková


1982 BC Lions season
The 1982 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the West Division with a 9–7 record. Despite the winning record, they still failed to make the playoffs.


1982 BC Lions season
Vic Rapp and the coaching staff were fired at the end of the season.


1982 BC Lions season
Rookie receiver Merv Fernandez had a great season and was the runner-up in the Schenley Rookie of the Year award voting.


1982 BC Lions season
The final game at Empire Stadium was played on November 6th against Montreal.


1982 BC Lions season
Willie Fleming was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame.


1982 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1982 Embassy World Darts Championship was the fifth year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship. For the fourth successive year the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent.


1982 BDO World Darts Championship
The event saw Scotland's first World Darts Champion, when Jocky Wilson defeated John Lowe in the final. Wilson was making his first final appearance while Lowe was contesting in his fourth final in five years. Wilson would win the match 5-3 and claim the £6,500 first prize.


1982 BDO World Darts Championship
The tournament's reigning champion Eric Bristow suffered a shock first round exit to Northern Ireland's Steve Brennan, who then defeated Dave Whitcombe to reach the quarter finals, losing to Stefan Lord.


1982 BDO World Darts Championship, Prize money
There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £600.


1982 BMW Championships
The 1982 BMW Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at Devonshire Park in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of the Toyota Series category of the 1982 WTA Tour. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from 14 June through 19 June 1982. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $23,000 first-prize money.


1982 BMW Championships, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Kathy Jordan /  Anne Smith 6–3, 6–4


1982 BYU Cougars football team
The 1982 BYU Cougars football team represented the Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The team was led by head coach LaVell Edwards, in his eleventh year, and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4, 7–1 WAC), as WAC Champions and with a loss against Ohio State in the Holiday Bowl.


1982 Badminton World Cup
The 1982 Badminton World Cup was the fourth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 15 September to 19 September 1982. Competitions for doubles were not conducted. Indonesia won men's singles event while Denmark won women's singles event.


1982 Bahamian general election
General elections were held in the Bahamas on 10 June 1982. The result was a victory for the Progressive Liberal Party, which won 32 of the 43 seats.


1982 Ball State Cardinals football team
The 1982 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its fifth season under head coach Dwight Wallace, the team compiled a 5–6 record (4–4 against MAC opponents) and finished in eighth place out of ten teams in the conference. The team played its home games at Ball State Stadium in Muncie, Indiana.


1982 Ball State Cardinals football team
The team's statistical leaders included Doug Freed with 989 passing yards, Terry Lymon with 635 rushing yards, Frank Kurth with 295 receiving yards, and Dane Fellmeth with 34 points scored.


1982 Ballon d'Or
The 1982 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Paolo Rossi on 28 December 1982.


1982 Ballon d'Or
Rossi was the third Italian national to win the award after Omar Sívori in 1961 and Gianni Rivera in 1969. Rossi was also the second Juventus player to win the trophy, after Sívori in 1961.


1982 Baltimore Colts season
The 1982 Baltimore Colts season was the 30th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL), and the Colts’ penultimate season in Baltimore. The Colts finished the NFL's strike-shortened 1982 season without a victory, finishing with eight losses and one tie in their nine games. The Colts joined the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the second team since the AFL-NFL merger to finish a regular season winless. They were later joined by the 2008 Detroit Lions and the 2017 Cleveland Browns (the 1976 Buccaneers, 2008 Lions and 2017 Browns, however, went winless in full-length seasons).


1982 Baltimore Colts season
The NFL's 1982 season was disrupted by a strike by the league's players. In the Colts’ first game after the end of the strike on November 21, they were shut out by the New York Jets 37–0. The following week, they were shut out by the Buffalo Bills 20–0, in a game in which the Colts offense never crossed the 50 yard line. But the week after that, they lost by only three points to the playoff-bound and defending AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals.


1982 Baltimore Colts season, Regular season, Schedule
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. A 57-day-long players’ strike reduced the 1982 season from sixteen to nine games per team. Because of the shortened season, the NFL adopted a special 16-team playoff tournament. Division standings were ignored. Eight teams from each conference were seeded 1 to 8 based on their regular season records.


1982 Baltimore International
The 1982 Baltimore International, also known by its sponsored name First National Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Towson State College in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States that was part of the 1982 World Championship Tennis circuit. It was the tenth, and last, edition of the event and was held from November 1 through November 7, 1982. Second-seeded Paul McNamee won the singles title.


1982 Baltimore International, Finals, Singles
Paul McNamee defeated  Guillermo Vilas 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3


1982 Baltimore International, Finals, Doubles
Anand Amritraj /  Tony Giammalva defeated  Vijay Amritraj /  Fred Stolle 7–5, 6–2


1982 Baltimore Orioles season
The 1982 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. The Orioles finished 2nd in the American League East to the Milwaukee Brewers. They finished with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses. For the second consecutive season, the Orioles recorded the most grand slams in MLB, hitting eight in 1982. This was long time Oriole manager and future Hall of Famer Earl Weaver's last season managing the Orioles until he returned to manage them from 1985 to 1986.


1982 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, A classic near-miss season
The '82 season was a classic, even though it eventually was as frustrating as those that had preceded it. Eddie Murray had 32 homers and 110 RBIs. Jim Palmer, in his last hurrah, went 15–5.


1982 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, A classic near-miss season
After starting slowly and falling eight games behind the Milwaukee Brewers in mid-August of '82, the Orioles rallied furiously. They won seven games in a row, lost one, won ten in a row, swept five straight from the New York Yankees, won two of three in Milwaukee to pull within two games of the Brewers with a week left. In the end, they needed to sweep a season-ending four-game series with the Brewers at Memorial Stadium to complete a comeback.


1982 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, A classic near-miss season
They won the first three before roaring crowds, pulling even, and sent Palmer out to pitch the finale against the Brewers' Don Sutton. Fans brought brooms to the stadium, anticipating the final scene of one of the Orioles' greatest comebacks. Instead, the Brewers pounded Palmer and won the American League East title 10–2.


1982 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, The start of 2,632 consecutive games
For his first full season in the Major League, Cal Ripken, Jr. started off slowly, gathered himself, and ended up as the AL Rookie of the Year, hitting .264 with 28 homers and 93 RBIs. After all the debate about where he should play, he started the year at third base, switched to shortstop in July, and never looked back.


1982 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, The start of 2,632 consecutive games
On May 29, Ripken sat out of the second game of a double header against the Toronto Blue Jays; little did anyone know that it would be his last missed game for the remainder of this season and the 16 seasons to come. The following day (also against the Blue Jays), his monumental consecutive-games streak got underway.


1982 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Weaver's farewell
After the final out of the loss to the Brewers, an emotional spectacle unfolded at Memorial Stadium. The disappointed sellout crowd rose and started to cheer, and kept cheering for 45 minutes. The Orioles' players left the clubhouse and came back out onto the field to wave, and then Weaver did, too, setting off the biggest roar. The cheers were mostly for him.


1982 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Weaver's farewell
Weaver announced in March that the 1982 season would be his last managing the Orioles. he was retiring after that and moving to Florida to play golf. An era was ending. The news had been in the headlines and the back of everyone's mind all season, yet it was almost forgotten as the Orioles chased the Brewers down the stretch. Now, suddenly, the moment was at hand. Weaver was pulling off his uniform for the last time. And the fans weren't going to let him go without a salute.


1982 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


1982 Bangladesh coup d'état
The 1982 Bangladeshi military coup d'état deposed the civilian government headed by the President of Bangladesh Abdus Sattar and brought to power the Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad. After serving initially as the Chief Martial Law Administrator, Ershad assumed the post of president in 1983 and ruled until 1990.


1982 Bangladesh coup d'état, Background
After its independence in 1971, Bangladesh saw a series of military coups, beginning with the assassination of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975, by a group of army officers, who installed Khondaker Mostaq Ahmed as president. The Khondaker Mostaq regime was overthrown on November 3 of the same year by pro-Mujib officers led by Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf and Colonel Shafat Jamil. A counter-coup on November 7 brought army chief Maj. Gen. Ziaur Rahman to power. In 1977, Ziaur Rahman assumed the post of president and handed over the post of army chief to Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad.


1982 Bangladesh coup d'état, Background
Zia formed the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and sought to reintroduce democracy in Bangladesh, but in 1981 he was assassinated by a group of army officers under Maj. Gen. Abul Manzoor. Although it was feared that the army would seize power again, army chief Ershad remained loyal to Ziaur Rahman's civilian successor, the vice-president Justice Abdus Sattar and crushed the Manzoor-led coup attempt. Sattar became the presidential candidate of the BNP in the 1982 election, which he won.


1982 Bangladesh coup d'état, Causes
With the death of Ziaur Rahman, who had been an army general himself, the Bangladeshi military lost a patron and the close contact and political influence it had enjoyed with the president. Upon taking power, Sattar, a former judge without a military background, announced that the role of the military was strictly to protect the territory and borders of the country. Army chief of staff Ershad pressured the Sattar government to concede a greater role for the military in the government, threatening to seize power if its demands were not met.


1982 Bangladesh coup d'état, Causes
Sattar's position was also threatened by challenges to his leadership from various factions within the BNP and from opposition political parties such as the Awami League. In face of growing pressure, Sattar conceded the military's demand of creating a national security council with the military chiefs with the authority of overseeing the national defence and security policies. He also sacked the vice-president Mirza Nurul Hada due to pressure from Ershad. However, he tried to reaffirm his position by a relieving number of military officers of their government posts and returning them to their units. This proved to be a provocation to Ershad and the other chiefs.


1982 Bangladesh coup d'état, Coup
On March 24, 1982, troops loyal to Lt. Gen. Ershad forced the president Abdus Sattar and the vice-president to resign. Ershad imposed martial law and declared himself the chief martial law administrator. He appointed the chiefs of the navy and the air force as deputy chief martial law administrators. He also suspended fundamental civil rights and the Constitution of Bangladesh, but did not abrogate it. Three days after the coup, a Supreme Court of Bangladesh justice Abul Fazal Muhammad Ahsanuddin Chowdhury was appointed president by Ershad, who also took the title of president of the council of ministers. Ershad declared that he had undertaken the coup to save the country from the corruption and inefficiency of the BNP-led government. The Parliament of Bangladesh was dissolved and all political parties banned. Several hundred politicians were arrested on charges of corruption. In 1983, Ershad took over as president of Bangladesh.


1982 Bangladesh coup d'état, Seventh amendment
In parliamentary elections held in 1986 , the Jatiyo Party, founded by Ershad earlier that year, won an absolute majority even as opposition political parties boycotted the election. Ershad used his party's majority to pass the seventh amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh, which legitimised the 1982 coup, his ascension to power and his martial law rule. The amendment also ratified the martial law decrees and actions of the government.


1982 Bangladesh coup d'état, Seventh amendment
In 2010, the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh officially struck down the seventh amendment and declared Ershad's coup and martial law rule as illegal. The verdict declared that the constitution of Bangladesh could not be subordinate to martial law, nor did it allow any temporary suspension of the constitution itself. The Supreme Court named Ershad along with Ziaur Rahman and Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad as "usurpers" of power from legitimate governments. The Supreme Court also stated that the government and parliament could decide whether or not to take action against Ershad for the illegal usurpation and pass a law to enable a trial and prevent any future usurpations.


1982 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election
The 1982 Barking and Dagenham Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1982 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, Background
124 candidates nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate and was the only party to do so. By contrast the Conservative Party ran only 34 candidates and the SDP-Liberal Alliance 22.


1982 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, Election result
Labour continued to win a large majority of seats - 37 out of 48. The Conservatives and the Residents Association each held their three seats. The SDP–Liberal Alliance won three seats and two Independents were also elected. Thus the new council included four parties for the first time since its formation in 1964.


1982 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1982 and 1986, Manor
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Albert E. Ball.


1982 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1982 and 1986, Chadwell Heath
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. William Hibble.


1982 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1982 and 1986, Longbridge
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Edward J. Reed.


1982 Barnard Conference on Sexuality
The Barnard Conference on Sexuality is often credited as the moment that signaled the beginning of the Feminist Sex Wars. It was held at Barnard College (a private women's liberal arts college in New York City) on April 24, 1982, and was presented as the annual Scholar and Feminist Conference IX, an integral part of the Barnard Center for Research on Women. The theme of the Conference was Sexuality. The Conference was set up as a framework for feminist thought to proceed regarding topics that many felt uncomfortable talking about. As Carole Vance, the Academic Coordinator of the Conference wrote in her letter inviting the participants "sexuality is a bread and butter issue, not a frill."


1982 Barnard Conference on Sexuality, History
The Barnard Sex Conference was held in 1982 by the Barnard Center for Research on Women, then known as the Women's Center. It was organized by a group of feminists that included Ellen Dubois, Ellen Willis, Gayle Rubin, and was led by Carole Vance. Jane Gould, the director of the Women's Center then, calls it the "most controversial and perhaps the most important conference". The women who took part understood that this conference was important in light of the growing Women Against Pornography (WAP) movement led by Andrea Dworkin, Susan Brownmiller, and Robin Morgan.


1982 Barnard Conference on Sexuality, History
Therefore, the aim was to "move beyond debates about violence and pornography and to focus on sexuality apart from reproduction". It is important to note that the Conference was not fully supported by the college itself, as Gould narrates in her autobiography. Many Barnard faculty members dropped out of the planning committee. Days before the Conference, the then President of Barnard College, Ellen V. Futter, began receiving phone calls and letters from WAP and other groups against the premise of the Conference.


1982 Barnard Conference on Sexuality, History
The day before the conference was scheduled to begin, Barnard College officials—in response to phone calls from angry members of anti-pornography groups—confiscated 1500 copies of Diary of a Conference on Sexuality. The Diary, which was intended for distribution to conference participants, was a compilation of steering committee minutes, personal narratives, information about conference events, and work by feminist artists. Angry letters and threats of losing funding were also major concerns. Despite all of the contention, the organizers went ahead with the event.