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- For an extensive coverage see 2002 in athletics (track and field)
International Races
National Champions
See also
- New Zealand are forced to abandon their tour of Pakistan after a bomb explodes outside their hotel in Karachi
- Domestic competitions
- County Championship (England and Wales) - Surrey
World competitions
Regional competitions
See also: Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal
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- For an extensive coverage see 2002 in football (soccer)
Men's professional
Men's amateur
Women's professional
Men's Competition
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Women's Competition
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International tournaments
Records
Men's Competition
Women's Competition
Men's Competition
Women's Competition
Awards
Deaths
- January 9 — Les Kellett, British wrestler
- January 16 — Bobo Olson, American boxer
- January 22 — Jack Shea (91), American ice speed skater (b. 1910)
- January 28 – Gustaaf Deloor (88), Belgian road racing cyclist (b. 1913)
- March 22 — Marcel Hansenne (85), French middle distance runner (b. 1917)
- March 23 — Ben Hollioake, English cricket player
- March 27 — Tadeusz Rut (70), Polish hammer thrower (b. 1931)
- April 16 — Franz Krienbühl, Swiss speed skater
- April 21 — Verné Lesche (84), Finnish ice speed skater (b. 1917)
- May 13 — Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian football (soccer) player and manager
- May 23 — Sam Snead, U.S. golf player
- May 26 — Mamo Wolde (69), Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
- June 1 — Hansie Cronje, South African cricket player
- June 17 — Willie Davenport, U.S. hurdler
- June 20 — Tinus Osendarp, Dutch sprinter
- June 22 — Pedro Alcazar, Panamanian boxer
- June 22 — Darryl Kile, Major League Baseball pitcher
- July 5 — Ted Williams, U.S. baseball player (1939-1960)
- August 5 — Darrell Porter, U.S. baseball player (1971-1987)
- August 12 — Knud Lundberg (82), Danish multi-talented sportsman (b. 1920)
- August 12 — Enos Slaughter, Major League Baseball player (1938-1959)
- August 23 — Hoyt Wilhelm, Major League Baseball knuckleballer (1952-1972)
- August 31 — Joe McCluskey (91), American athlete (b. 1911)
- September 11 — Johnny Unitas, U.S. American football player
- September 18 — Bob Hayes, U.S. sprinter and American football player
- September 28 — Max Ward, British wrestling referee
- October 12 — Audrey Mestre, Free-diving world record holder
- October 17 — Aileen Riggin (96), American swimmer and diver
- October 20 — Mel Harder, Major League Baseball player
- October 24 — Hermán Gaviria (32), Colombian football (soccer) player (b. 1969)
- November 17 — Ben Plucknett (48), American discus thrower (b. 1954)
- November 18 — Kim Gallagher (38), American athlete (b. 1964)
- December 1 — Dave McNally, Major League Baseball pitcher
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