1976 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1977 ,
1978 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- 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.
Men's Golf
- won 12½ -7½ over Britain & Ireland in world team golf. This was the last Ryder Cup to feature a side exclusively from the British Isles; the U.S. opponents in the next Ryder Cup, held in 1979 at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia , would be drawn from all of Europe. The U.S.-Europe format has continued ever since.
Women's Golf
- won 3-1 over Italy in world tennis.
- January 2 — Stefan Koubek , Austrian tennis player
- January 10 — Anni Friesinger , German speed skater
- January 15 — Marja Vis , Dutch 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 — Takumo Sato , Japanese Formula I-driver
- March 1 — Rens Blom , Dutch athlete
- March 7 — Mitja Zastrow , German-born swimmer
- March 8 — Fernando Vicente , Spanish tennis player
- March 14 — Helen Mary , Indian field hockey goalkeeper
- March 16 — Ralf Van Der Rijst , Dutch speed skater
- March 16 — Thomas Rupprath , German 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 28 — Fredrik Jonsson , Swedish tennis player
- March 31 — Domenico Fioravanti , Italian swimmer
- April 5 — Jonathan Erlich , Israeli tennis 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 — 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 — Margriet Matthijsse , Dutch sailor
- June 1 — Paul Woolford , New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
- June 3 — Jan-Michael Gambill , American tennis player
- June 9 — Sohail Abbas , Pakistani field hockey defender
- June 9 — Peja Stojakovic , Serbian NBA player
- June 9 — Wioletta Janowska , Polish athlete
- June 12 — Idrissa Sanou , Burkinabé athlete
- June 14 — Francesco Coco , Italian football (soccer) player
- June 16 — Addy Engels , Dutch cyclist
- June 18 — Razvan Sabau , Romanian tennis player
- June 24 — Nina Zhivanevskaya , Russian-born swimmer
- June 27 — Raúl , Spanish football (soccer) player
- June 29 — Alan Villafuerte , Dutch gymnast
- June 30 — Fernando Zylberberg , Argentine field hockey midfielder
- November 12 — Benni McCarthy , South African football (soccer) striker
- November 12 — Davide Rummolo , Italian 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 25 — Guillermo Cañas , Argentine tennis player
- November 26 — Ivan Basso , Italian cyclist
- November 26 — Zhang Jun , Chinese badminton player
- November 27 — Laura Newton , English cricketer
- November 29 — Younis Khan , Pakistani cricketer
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