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| Years in sports: | 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s |
| Years: | 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 |
Auto Racing
- Stock car racing:
- Fred Lorenzen wins the Daytona 500
- NASCAR Championship - Ned Jarrett
- Indianapolis 500 - Jimmy Clark
- USAC Racing - Mario Andretti
- Formula One Champion - Jimmy Clark of Great Britain
- 24 hours of Le Mans:
- the team of Jochen Rindt / Masten Gregory won, driving a Ferrari 275LM
- Rally racing - the team of Timo Mäkinen / Paul Easter won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S
- Drag racing:
- Don Garlits won the NHRA, "Top Fuel" Championship
- Maynard Rupp won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals
Basketball
- NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
- UCLA wins 91-80
- NBA Finals:
- Boston Celtics win 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Lakers
Boxing
- March 30 - Jose Torres won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, stopping Willie Pastrano in nine rounds, at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Cricket
- Imperial Cricket Conference is renamed to International Cricket Conference and new rules are adopted to permit the election of countries from outside the Commonwealth of Nations.
Cue sports (pool, snooker, carom billiards)
- The World Five-pins Championship is inaugurated in Santa Fé, Argentina — Manuel Gomez (of Argentina) takes the title.
Cycling
- Giro d'Italia won by Vittorio Adorni of Italy
- Tour de France - Felice Gimondi of Italy
- World Cycling Championship: Tom Simpson of Great Britain
Field Hockey
- March 13 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. South Africa beat England 2-1.
Figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships
- Men's champion: Alain Calmat, France
- Ladies' champion: Petra Burka, Canada
- Pair skating champions: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman, Czechoslovakia
Football (American)
- AFL Championship Buffalo Bills won 23-0 over the San Diego Chargers
- NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers won 23-12 over the Cleveland Browns in 1966
Football (Australian rules football)
- Victorian Football League
- Essendon wins the 69th VFL Premiership (Essendon 14.21 (105) d St Kilda 9.16 (70))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Ian Stewart (St Kilda) and Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne)
Football (Canadian)
- Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 22-16 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Vanier Cup: Toronto Varsity Blues win 14-7 over the Alberta Golden Bears
- Canadian Junior Championship: Notre-Dame-de-Grace Maple Leafs win 2-1 over the Edmonton Huskies
Football (Soccer)
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- For an extensive coverage see 1965 in football (soccer)
- England - FA Cup: Liverpool won 2 - 1 (aet) over Leeds United
Golf
Men's professional
- April 5-8 - Masters Tournament - Jack Nicklaus shoots a Masters record 271 (17 under par) to win by nine strokes.
- June 18-21 - U.S. Open - Gary Player becomes the third golfer in history to win all four professional majors.
- July 6-9 - British Open - Peter Thomson
- August 12-15 - PGA Championship - Dave Marr
- PGA Tour money leader - Jack Nicklaus - $140,752
- Ryder Cup - United States wins 19½ to 12½ over Britain in team golf.
Men's amateur
Women's professional
- Women's Western Open - Susie Maxwell
- LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie
- U.S. Women's Open - Carol Mann
- Titleholders Championship - Kathy Whitworth
- LPGA Tour money leader - Kathy Whitworth - $28,658
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Light Fingers
- Canada - Queen's Plate - Whistling Sea
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sea Bird II
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Meadow Court
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- May 1 - Kentucky Derby - Lucky Debonair
- Preakness Stakes - Tom Rolfe
- Belmont Stakes - Hail To All (Held at Aqueduct)
Harness Racing
Ice Hockey
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Black Hawks
- World Hockey Championship:
- Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - Michigan Technological University Huskies defeat Boston College Eagles 8-2 in Providence, RI
Radiosport
- Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.
Snooker
- World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
- John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
- John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
- John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12
Swimming
- August 15 — US swimmer Kenis Moore breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) during a meet in Maumee, Ohio, clocking 2:26.3.
- August 21 — Dutch swimming star Ada Kok breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) for the first time, during a meet in Leiden, clocking 2:25.8.
- September 12 — Ada Kok from the Netherlands betters her own world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course), during a meet in Groningen, clocking 2:25.3.
Tennis
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
Multi-sport events
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
Awards
- ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Jim Clark, race car driver
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Sandy Koufax, Major League Baseball
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Kathy Whitworth, LPGA golf
Births
January
- January 1 — Rafael Ramos, Puerto Rican boxer
- January 1 — Yuri Sapega, Belarusian volleyball player (d. 2005)
- January 3 — Ricardo Prado, Brazilian medley swimmer
- January 5 — Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- January 8 — Wendy Fuller, Canadian diver
- January 9 — Andrei Nazarov, Estonian decathlete
- January 10 — John Radovonich, New Zealand field hockey player
- January 11 — Roland Scholten, Dutch darts player
- January 15 — Francis Hoenselaar, Dutch darts player
- January 18 — John Talen, Dutch road cyclist
- January 22 — Ana Ida Alvares, Brazilian volleyball player
- January 23 — Tim Berrett, Canadian race walker
- January 25 — Pascal Lefévre, French javelin thrower
- January 26 — Beat Gähwiler, Swiss decathlete
- January 27 — Marc van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
- January 28 — Tom Ponting, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- January 28 — Otto Schmitt, Argentine field hockey goalkeeper
- January 29 — Csaba Szücs, Hungarian long-distance runner
- January 29 — Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player
- January 29 — Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach and player
February
- February 1 — Mohammed Achik, Moroccan amateur boxer
- February 3 — Shuichi Morita, Japanese long-distance runner
- February 4 — John van Loen, Dutch football (soccer) striker
- February 5 — Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
- February 6 — Robin van Helden, Dutch middle-distance runner
- February 7 — Joseph Gikonyo, Kenyan athlete
- February 9 — Igor Malkov, Soviet speedskater
- February 11 — Angie Ridgeway, American golfer
- February 14 — Suharyadi Suharyadi, Indonesian tennis player
- February 15 — Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian football (soccer) coach and player
- February 18 — Theo Meijer, Dutch judoka
- February 15 — Jamie Smith, New Zealand field hockey player
- February 19 — Andrew Jameson, English sports commentator and swimmer
- February 19 — Nuramgomed Shanavazov, Soviet boxer
- February 19 — Michael Westphal, German tennis player
March
- March 1 — Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
- March 1 — Kamal Marjouane, Moroccan boxer
- March 3 — Dragan Stojković, Serbian football (soccer) player
- March 5 — Pargat Singh, Indian field hockey player
- March 8 — Ferenc Csipes, Hungarian canoer
- March 11 — Eric Jelen, German tennis player
- March 13 — Heidemarie Bártová, Czech diver
- March 14 — Laura Agront, Puerto Rican high jumper
- March 14 — Caroline Foot, British butterfly swimmer
- March 14 — Tatyana Polovinskaya, Ukrainian long-distance runner
- March 15 — Lester Ellis, England-born Australian boxer
- March 15 — Marcel Gery, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- March 15 — Pascal Tayot, French judoka
- March 17 — Sven Lodziewski, East German freestyle swimmer
- March 24 — Marian Vajda, Czech tennis player
- March 25 — Angélica de Almeida, Brazilian long-distance runner
- March 25 — Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
- March 25 — Dwight Walton, Canadian basketball player
- March 25 — Mary Wayte, American freestyle swimmer
- March 26 — Alejandro Diz, Argentine volleyball player
- March 29 — Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
- March 29 — Jozef Regec, Slovak cyclist
April
- April 1 — Brian Nielsen, Danish boxer
- April 2 — Martin van der Horst, Dutch volleyball player
- April 4 — Gail Jonson, New Zealand swimmer
- April 6 — Lieve Slegers, Belgian long-distance runner
- April 7 — Alexander Mronz, German tennis player
- April 8 — Remco Pielstroom, Dutch water polo player
- April 9 — Paolo Canè, Italian tennis player
- April 11 — Chris Pridham, Canadian tennis player
- April 12 — Neil Cochran, Scottish swimmer
- April 14 — Li Huirong, Chinese long and triple jumper
- April 14 — Alfredo Shahanga, Tanzanian long-distance runner
- April 16 — Caren Kemner, American volleyball player
- April 20 — Marco Lietti, Italian road cyclist
- April 20 — Rolf Sørensen, Danish road cyclist
- April 21 — Edwin Benne, Dutch volleyball player
- April 21 — Thomas Helmer, German football (soccer) player
- April 22 — Carmel Clark, New Zealand swimmer
- April 24 — Peter Stevenhaagen, Dutch road bicycle racer
- April 26 — Albertina Dias, Portuguese long-distance runner
- April 27 — Rolando Vera, Ecuadorian long-distance runner
May
- May 2 — Gennadiy Prigoda, Russian freestyle swimmer
- May 5 — Leslie Law, British eventer
- May 5 — Zhao Youfeng, Chinese long-distance runner
- May 8 — Kelcie Banks, US boxer
- May 9 — Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player
- May 10 — Greg Fasala, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Jo Thompson, British field hockey goalkeeper
- May 22 — Clare Taylor, English cricketer
- May 22 — Theresa Zabell, Spanish sailor
- May 24 — Carlos Franco, Paraguayan golfer
- May 25 — Sue Metcalfe, English cricketer
- May 26 — Christophe Kalfayan, French freestyle swimmer
- May 28 — Catherine Tanvier, French tennis player
- May 29 — Claudio Zulianello, Argentine volleyball player
June
- June 1 — Raúl Diago, Cuban volleyball player
- June 2 — Franjo Arapović, Croatian basketball player
- June 2 — Jens-Peter Herold, German middle-distance runner
- June 2 — Manuel Silvestre, Spanish water polo player
- June 3 — Inna Frolova, Ukrainian rower
- June 3 — Hans Kroes, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- June 3 — Helen Plimmer, English cricketer
- June 5 — Carlos Eluaiza, Argentine flyweight boxer
- June 7 — Martin Teffer, Dutch volleyball player and coach
- June 11 — Rogelio Marcelo, Cuban boxer
- June 13 — Manuela Carosi, Italian backstroke swimmer
- June 15 — Morten Christensen, Danish tennis player
- June 15 — Lars Hinneburg, East German freestyle swimmer
- June 15 — Bernard Hopkins, US boxer
- June 17 — Dan Jansen, American speedskater
- June 17 — Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis player
- June 19 — Gary Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- June 20 — Edward Klass, American water polo player
- June 22 — Daphne Jongejans, Dutch female diver
- June 22 — Lubomir Moravčík, Slovak football (soccer) player
- June 23 — Clarence Knickman, American road bicycle racer
- June 24 — Patrick Jeffrey, American diver
- June 25 — Julie Daigneault, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- June 26 — Gaye Porteous, Canadian field hockey player
- June 26 — Patrick Tolhoek, Dutch road bicycle racer and mountainbiker
- June 27 — Oscar Vega, Spanish boxer
July
- July 3 — Luigi Gaudiano, Italian boxer
- July 7 — Jan Wagenaar, Dutch water polo player
- July 18 — Marjon Wijnsma, Dutch heptathlete
- July 21 — Patricia Guerra, Spanish sailor
- July 21 — Ibrahim Bilali, Kenyan flyweight boxer
- July 26 — Michael Rascher, Canadian rower
- July 27 — Jose Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan soccer goal keeper
- July 29 — Paresh Patel, New Zealand field hockey player
- July 30 — Leonel Álvarez, Colombian football (soccer) midfielder
August
- August 3 — Jordi Sans, Spanish water polo player
- August 6 — Alejandro Doherty, Argentine field hockey player
- August 9 — Mark Andrews, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- August 9 — Claudia Novelo, Mexican synchronized swimmer
- August 10 — Namjilyn Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian boxer
- August 10 — Mark Forsythe, Northern Irish long jumper
- August 10 — Mike E. Smith, American jockey
- August 11 — Sergio Vigil, Argentine field hockey player and coach
- August 12 — Conny van Bentum, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Ian Brown, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 18 — Nils Rudolph, German freestyle swimmer
- August 19 — James Tomkins, Australian rower
- August 22 — Patricia Hy-Boulais, Canadian tennis player
- August 24 — Petra Vaideanu, Romanian heptathlete
- August 28 — Aramis Naglić, Croatian basketball player
September
- September 1 — Mercedes Calderón, Cuban volleyball player
- September 11 — Jean-Philippe Fleurian, French tennis player
- September 12 — Silke Hörner, East German swimmer
- September 16 — Karlheinz Riedle, German football (soccer) player
- September 17 — Rodolfo Massi, Italian road bicycle racer
- September 20 — Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
- September 24 — Sharon Hanson, American heptathlete
- September 25 — Scottie Pippen, American NBA basketball player
- September 27 — Alan Brahmst, German-born field hockey defender from Canada
- September 28 — Peter Sarafinyuk, Ukrainian long-distance runner
October
- October 1 — Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- October 2 — Hans Markström, Swedish ice speed skater
- October 3 — Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- October 4 — Trudy Kilkolly, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 5 — Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 5 — Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 8 — Matt Biondi, American swimmer
- October 9 — Dionicio Cerón, Mexican long-distance runner
- October 9 — Marco Martinelli, Italian volleyball player and coach
- October 11 — Kumi Araki, Japanese long-distance runner
- October 11 — Julianne McNamara, American artistic gymnast
- October 11 — Henriëtte Weersing, Dutch volleyball player
- October 12 — Henry Akinwande, Nigeria-born British heavyweight boxer
- October 14 — Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
- October 18 — Petra Müller, East German athlete
- October 20 — Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
- October 20 — Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
- October 21 — Christopher Duplanty, American water polo goalkeeper
- October 22 — Mark Epton, English flyweight boxer
- October 23 — David Bédard, Canadian diver
- October 23 — Michael O'Brien, American freestyle swimmer
- October 23 — Andreas Zülow, East-German boxer
- October 27 — Atlee Mahorn, Jamaica-born Canadian sprinter
November
- November 3 — Blanca Jaime, Mexican long-distance runner
- November 5 — Andrew Crosby, Canadian rower
- November 7 — Sigrun Wodars, East German middle distance athlete
- November 12 — Michelle Rohl, American race walker
- November 16 — Mika Aaltonen, Finnish football (soccer) player
- November 17 — Eric Amend, American tennis player
- November 17 — Grant Connell, Canadian tennis player
- November 17 — Frank Moreno, Cuban judoka
- November 18 — Fabio Diez, Argentinian-Spanish beach volleyball player
- November 20 — John Graham, Canadian track and field athlete
- November 21 — Jon Kelly, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- November 24 — Nyla Carroll, New Zealand long-distance runner
- November 24 — Mike Gebhardt, American sailboard racer
- November 26 — Peter Konyegwachie, Nigerian boxer
- November 27 — Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower
- November 29 — Joanne Broadbent, Australian cricketer
- November 30 — Rosa Fuentes, Mexican freestyle swimmer
December
- December 1 — Jamie Pagendam, Canadian boxer
- December 3 — Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- December 4 — Griselda González, Argentine long-distance runner
- December 10 — Annamaria Solazzi, Italian beach volleyball player
- December 12 — Andrew Eyapan, Kenyan long-distance runner
- December 12 — Sandra Levy, Canadian field hockey player
- December 14 — Aljoša Asanović, Croatian football (soccer) player
- December 14 — Craig Biggio, American baseball player
- December 15 — Luis Martínez, Puerto Rican judoka
- December 15 — Luis Fabián Artime, Argentine footballer
- December 17 — Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sport shooter
- December 18 — Anna Doig, New Zealand swimmer
- December 18 — Igor Milanovic, Yugoslav waterpolo player
- December 18 — Brian Walton, Canadian track cyclist
- December 19 — Chito Martinez, Belize-born baseball player
- December 20 — Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
- December 22 — Bryan Shelton, American tennis player
- December 24 — Laureano Ramírez, Dominican boxer
- December 26 — Kathleen Nord, East German butterfly swimmer
- December 30 — Essam Abd El Fatah, Egyptian football (soccer) referee
- December 31 — Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
- December 31 — Ken Carpenter, American road bicycle racer and track cyclist
Deaths
- January 11 — Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
- January 19 — Arnold Luhaäär (59), Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
- February 26 — Julius Skutnabb (75), Finnish speed skater (b. 1889)
- March 5 — Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
- March 6 — Wally Schang, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
- March 17 — Amos Alonzo Stagg, baseball, basketball and American football coach and player
- March 29 — Eric Brook, English footballer (b. 1907)
- March 29 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (b. 1885)
- March 30 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (b. 1893)
- September 9 — Louis Baillon, British field hockey player
