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- For an extensive coverage see 1977 in athletics (track and field)
- After 13 years and 82 contests, including 14 title defences, World Middleweight Champion Carlos Monzon retired undefeated.
- March 5 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. New Zealand beat England 1-0.
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- For an extensive coverage see 1977 in football (soccer)
Men's professional
Men's amateur
Women's professional
General sporting events
Awards
Births
January
- January 2 — Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
- January 3 — Rod White, American archer
- January 5 — Okka Rau, German beach volleyball player
- January 6 — Stacey Gartrell, Australian long-distance freestyle swimmer
- January 10 — Anni Friesinger, German speed skater
- January 12 — Eithan Urbach, Israeli backstroke swimmer
- January 15 — Marja Vis, Dutch ice speed skater
- January 16 — Ariel Zeevi, Israeli judoka
- January 19 — Lauren Etame Mayer, Cameroonian football (soccer) player
- January 24 — Minke Booij, Dutch field hockey player
- January 25 — Hatem Trabelsi, Tunesian football (soccer) player
- January 26 — Dean Butler, Australian field hockey player
- January 26 — Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player
- January 28 — Takuma Sato, Japanese Formula 1 driver
- January 31 — Courtney Meldrum, American long-distance runner
February
- February 1 — Timothy Beck, Dutch athlete and bobsledder
- February 3 — Venceslav Simeonov, Bulgarian-Italian volleyball player
- February 5 — Ben Ainslie, British sailor
- February 5 — Ahmad Merritt, American NFL player
- February 7 — Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strength athlete
- February 11 — Jessica Carlson, American archer
- February 11 — Stephanie Richardson, Canadian swimmer
- February 13 — Randy Moss, American NFL player
- February 16 — Anne-Marie Irving, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
- February 16 — Trina Jackson, American freestyle swimmer
- February 19 — Teo Đogaš, Croatian water polo player
- February 20 — Bartosz Kizierowski, Polish freestyle swimmer
- February 22 — Leandro Ruiz Machado, Brazilian water polo player
- February 25 — Joanne Banning, Australian field hockey international
- February 25 — Désiré Mbonabucya, Rwandan football (soccer) striker
March
- March 1 — Rens Blom, Dutch athlete
- March 2 — Stephen Parry, British middle-distance swimmer
- March 5 — Taismary Agüero, Cuban-born Italian volleyball player
- March 6 — Francisco Javier Fernández, Spanish race walker
- March 7 — Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby union player
- March 7 — Mitja Zastrow, German-born swimmer from Holland
- March 8 — Fernando Vicente, Spanish tennis player
- March 10 — Koo Ki-Lan, South Korean volleyball player
- March 14 — Helen Mary, Indian field hockey goalkeeper
- March 15 — Imke Bartels, Dutch equestrian
- March 15 — Frédéric Serrat, French boxer
- March 15 — Natalya Uryadova, Russian beach volleyball player
- March 16 — Ralf van der Rijst, Dutch speed skater
- March 16 — Thomas Rupprath, German swimmer
- March 18 — Johan Wallberg, Swedish freestyle swimmer
- March 21 — Ilse Heylen, Belgian judoka
- March 21 — Mark Pearn, English field hockey striker
- March 22 — Bevan George, Australian field hockey player
- March 23 — Maxim Marinin, Russian figure skater
- March 26 — Iván Ruíz, Cuban volleyball player
- March 28 — Fredrik Jonsson, Swedish tennis player
- March 28 — Trevor Stewardson, Canadian boxer
- March 31 — Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer
April
- April 5 — Jonathan Erlich, Israeli tennis player
- April 5 — Zach Whitmarsh, Canadian track and field athlete
- April 5 — Ilja Wiederschein, German volleyball player
- April 10 — Waseem Ahmad, Pakistan field hockey player
- April 13 — Michelle Vizzuso, American field hockey player
- April 17 — Chad Hedrick, American inline speed skater
- April 18 — Sue Tingley, Canadian field hockey midfielder
- April 21 — Darius Grigalionis, Lithuanian backstroke swimmer
- April 21 — Rick Hofstra, Dutch darts player
- April 21 — Mette Schjoldager, Danish female badminton player
- April 22 — Anthony Lurling, Dutch football (soccer) player
- April 22 — Mark van Bommel, Dutch football (soccer) player
- April 22 — Robert Hunter, South African cyclist
- April 23 — Bram Schmitz, Dutch cyclist
- April 24 — Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican baseball player
- April 25 — Sylviane Berthod, Swiss alpine skier
- April 26 — Janneke Schopman, Dutch field hockey player
- April 29 — Li Hua, Chinese beach volleyball player
- April 29 — Margriet Matthijsse, Dutch sailor
May
- May 1 — Vera Lischka, Austrian breaststroke swimmer
- May 1 — Diógenes Luna, Cuban boxer
- May 1 — Guillermo Saputo, Argentina light middleweight boxer
- May 6 — Odelvis Dominico, Cuban volleyball player
- May 6 — Shannon Shakespeare, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- May 6 — Trent Steed, Australian medley swimmer
- May 8 — Pepe Sánchez, Argentine basketball player
- May 11 — Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
- May 11 — Caimin Douglas, Dutch athlete
- May 11 — Paul Kutscher, Uruguayan freestyle swimmer
- May 11 — Denílson Lourenço, Brazilian judoka
- May 11 — Victor Matfield, South African rugby player
- May 12 — Leonardo Costa, Brazilian swimmer
- May 17 — Maarten Froger, Dutch field hockey striker
- May 17 — Zsolt Gáspár, Hungarian butterfly swimmer
- May 23 — Denise Marston-Smith, British field hockey international
- May 23 — Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skating champion
- May 24 — Tom Bertram, English field hockey defender
- May 24 — Eduardo Lorente, Spanish freestyle swimmer
- May 30 — Fabrice Akwa, Angolan soccer striker
June
- June 1 — Paul Woolford, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
- June 3 — Jan-Michael Gambill, American tennis player
- June 4 — Ingrid Visser, Dutch volleyball player
- June 6 — Paola Cavallino, Italian butterfly swimmer
- June 9 — Sohail Abbas, Pakistani field hockey defender
- June 9 — Peja Stojakovic, Serbian basketball player
- June 9 — Wioletta Janowska, Polish athlete
- June 10 — Gijs Ronnes, Dutch beach volleyball player
- June 12 — Antony Matkovich, Australian freestyle swimmer
- June 12 — Idrissa Sanou, Burkinabé athlete
- June 12 — Andrea Schwartz, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- June 14 — Francesco Coco, Italian football (soccer) player
- June 16 — Addy Engels, Dutch cyclist
- June 16 — Martine Janssen, Dutch breaststroke swimmer
- June 18 — Razvan Sabau, Romanian tennis player
- June 19 — Stéphan Perrot, French breaststroke swimmer
- June 22 — José Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rican boxer
- June 22 — Frédéric Weis, French basketball player
- June 24 — Nina Zhivanevskaya, Russian-born swimmer
- June 25 — Marcin Kaczmarek, Polish butterfly swimmer
- June 25 — Marco Mazza, Italian long-distance runner
- June 26 — Sebastian Świderski, Polish volleyball player
- June 27 — Raúl, Spanish football (soccer) player
- June 27 — Kristen Taunton, Canadian field hockey forward
- June 29 — Alan Villafuerte, Dutch gymnast
- June 30 — Fernando Zylberberg, Argentine field hockey midfielder
July
- July 2 — José Rivera, Puerto Rican volleyball player
- July 3 — Natascha Keller, German field hockey player
- July 6 — Li Jinyu, Chinese football (soccer) player
- July 15 — Paul Korir, Kenyan middle distance athlete
- July 19 — Zuzanna Szwed, Polish figure skater
- July 21 — Llewellyn Herbert, South African athlete
- July 21 — Allison Wagner, American medley swimmer
- July 22 — Denzil Dolley, South African field hockey player
- July 23 — Gail Emms, British badminton player
- July 24 — Arnold Bruggink, Dutch football (soccer) player
- July 24 — Vratislav Greško, Slovak football (soccer) player
- July 28 — Manu Ginobili, Argentine basketball player
- July 30 — Jerson Ravelo, Dominican boxer
- July 31 — Gustavo Valderrama, Venezuelan volleyball player
August
- August 1 — Andres Manzanillo, Venezuelan volleyball player
- August 3 — Óscar Pereiro, Spanish road bicycle racer
- August 8 — Kelly Rezansoff, Canadian field hockey player
- August 12 — Jesper Grønkjær, Danish football (soccer) player
- August 12 — Iva Majoli, Croatian tennis player
- August 17 — Thierry Henry, French football (soccer) player
- August 19 — Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist
- August 20 — Felipe and Manuel Contepomi, Argentine rugby players
- August 20 — Harry Tañamor, Filipino amateur boxer
- August 24 — Murray Grapentine, Canadian volleyball player
- August 26 — Therese Alshammar, Swedish swimmer
- August 27 — Deco, Portuguese football (soccer) player
- August 30 — Félix Sánchez, Dominican athlete
- August 30 — Cosiri Rodriguez, Dominican volleyball player
September
- September 1 — David Albelda, Spanish football (soccer) player
- September 1 — Henry Collins, Australian boxer
- September 1 — Simona Rinieri, Italian volleyball player
- September 8 — Gavin Meadows, British freestyle swimmer
- September 11 — Vitaly Grusac, Moldovan boxer
- September 17 — Juan Antonio Flecha, Argentine-born Spanish cyclist
- September 17 — Simona Gioli, Italian volleyball player
- September 17 — Lieve van Kessel, Dutch field hockey player
- September 17 — Simone Perrotta, Italian football (soccer) midfielder
- September 19 — Damien Greaves, British track and field athlete
- September 19 — Emil Sutovsky, Israeli chess grandmaster
- September 23 — Magomed Aripgadjiev, Belarusian boxer
- September 25 — Smiljana Marinović, Croatian breaststroke swimmer
- September 26 — Michael McCann, Australian field hockey player
- September 28 — Mark Boswell, Jamaica-born Canadian high jumper
- September 28 — Se Ri Pak, South Korean golfer
October
- October 1 — Alejandro Hernandez, Mexican tennis player
- October 1 — William Priddy, American volleyball player
- October 2 — Didier Défago, Swiss alpine skier
- October 6 — Anthony Cosmo, Canadian lacrosse player
- October 7 — Melanie Twitt, Australian field hockey player
- October 7 — Ivan Usov, Russian freestyle swimmer
- October 8 — Madelon Baans, Dutch breaststroke swimmer
- October 14 — Francisco ("Kiko") Fábregas, Spanish field hockey player
- October 15 — Troy Elder, Australian field hockey player
- October 15 — Bernardino Herrera, Spanish field hockey goalkeeper
- October 17 — Manuela Zanchi, Italian water polo player
- October 20 — Ana Belén Palomo, Spanish freestyle swimmer
- October 24 — Guillermo Falasca, Spanish volleyball player
- October 25 — Mitică Pricop, Romanian canoer
- October 25 — Birgit Prinz, German football (soccer) player
- October 27 — Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer
- October 31 — Sylviane Felix, French track and field sprint athlete
November
- November 1 — Gabrielle Rose, Brazilian/American swimmer
- November 3 — Cathleen Rund, German backstroke and medley swimmer
- November 7 — Andres Oper, Estonian football (soccer) striker
- November 12 — Benni McCarthy, South African football (soccer) striker
- November 12 — Davide Rummolo, Italian swimmer
- November 13 — María Pelaez, Spanish butterfly swimmer
- November 16 — Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater
- November 17 — Jon MacKinnon, Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
- November 17 — Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer
- November 17 — Laura Wilkinson, American freediver
- November 19 — Kerri Strug, American gymnast
- November 22 — Oxana Verevka, Russian medley swimmer
- November 24 — Dilip Tirkey, Indian field hockey defender
- November 25 — Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player
- November 25 — Regan Harrison, Australian breaststroke swimmer
- November 26 — Ivan Basso, Italian cyclist
- November 26 — Dalixia Fernández, Cuban beach volleyball player
- November 26 — Zhang Jun, Chinese badminton player
- November 27 — Laura Newton, English cricketer
- November 29 — Younis Khan, Pakistani cricketer
December
- December 3 — Adam Małysz, Polish ski jumper
- December 5 — Deb Cuthbert, Scotland-born Canadian field hockey player
- December 6 — Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer
- December 6 — Peta Gallagher, Australian field hockey player
- December 7 — Fernando Vargas, American boxer
- December 8 — Sébastien Chabal, French rugby player
- December 8 — Ryan Newman, American NASCAR driver
- December 10 — Luiz Lima, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
- December 12 — Courtney Shealy, American freestyle swimmer
- December 17 — Arnaud Clement, French tennis player
- December 17 — Jackline Maranga, Kenyan middle distance runner
- December 22 — Claudia van Thiel, Dutchh volleyball player
- December 24 — Glen Salmon, South African football (soccer) player
- December 26 — Liana Mesa, Cuban volleyball player
- December 29 — Christin Petelski, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
- December 30 — Laila Ali, American boxer, daughter of Muhammad Ali
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