1987 in sports

See also: 1986 in sports, other events of 1987, 1988 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing - Bill Elliott won the Daytona 500
• Indy Racing League -
• CART Racing -
• Formula One Championship - Nelson Piquet of Brazil
• Sports car racing -
• Rally racing -
• Drag racing -

Baseball

• October - World Series:

Basketball

• NCAA men’s basketball title

• NBA Finals:

Boxing

Cycling

• The Tour de France

Football (Soccer)

Football (American)

• The Super Bowl:

Canadian Football League

• The Grey Cup.
• The Vanier Cup

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters golf tournament
  2. June - US Open
  3. July - British Open
  4. August - PGA Championship - Larry Nelson

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year
• PGA Champions Tour leading money winner
• Ryder Cup of world golf

Women's Golf

• The US Women's Open
• Ayako Okamoto:leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $466,034

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup
• Canada - Queen's Plate
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
  2. Epsom Derby
  3. St. Leger Stakes

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby
  2. Preakness Stakes
  3. Belmont Stakes

Harness Racing

• The North America Cup

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace
  2. Little Brown Jug
  3. Messenger Stakes

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

Ice Hockey

• Wayne Gretzky wins the Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s leading scorer during the regular season.

• Stanley Cup

• World Junior Hockey Championship
• Men’s World Hockey Championship
• Women’s World Hockey Championship

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men’s overall season championship
  • The women’s overall season championship

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis results:
  1. Australian Open
  2. French Open
  3. Wimbledon championships
  4. US Open.

• Davis Cup of world tennis.

General sporting events

• Men’s World Figure Skating Championships.
• Women’s World Figure Skating Championships.

Births

Deaths