1977 in sports

Table of contents

1 Auto racing
2 Baseball
3 Basketball
4 Boxing
5 Cycling
6 Figure skating
7 Football (Soccer)
8 Football (American)
9 Canadian Football League
10 Golf
11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing
12 Harness Racing
13 Ice Hockey
14 Skiing
15 Tennis
16 General sporting events
17 Births
18 Deaths

Auto racing

Stock car racing:
- Cale Yarborough wins the Daytona 500
- NASCAR Championship - Cale Yarborough
Indianapolis 500 - A.J. Foyt won the race. Janet Guthrie became the first woman driver to qualify.
USAC Racing - Tom Sneva wins the season championship
Formula One Championship - Niki Lauda of Austria
24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Jean-Pierre Laussaud / Didier Pironi won, driving a Renault-Alpine 442
Rally racing - the team of Sandro Munari / Silvio Maiga won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Stratos HF
Drag racing:
- Shirley Muldowney won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.
- Dennis Baca won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals

World Series: The New York Yankees defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is the Series in which Reggie Jackson becomes known as "Mr. October."

World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Vladimir Kowalew, Soviet Union
- Women's champion: Linda Fratianne, United States
- Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Saizew, Soviet Union

Grand Slam of golf results:
1. May - The Masters - Tom Watson
2. June - US Open - Hubert Green
3. July - British Open - Tom Watson
4. August - PGA Championship - Lanny Wadkins
PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Tom Watson - $310,653
Ryder Cup: United States won 12� -7� over Britain & Ireland in world team golf.

Women's Golf

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Gold and Black
Canada - Queen's Plate - Sound Reason
France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Alleged
Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - The Minstrel
English Triple Crown Races:
1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Nebbiolo
2. Epsom Derby - The Minstrel
3. St. Leger Stakes - Dunfermline
Seattle Slew, ridden by jockey Jean Cruguet, wins the United States Triple Crown Races:
1. Kentucky Derby - Seattle Slew
2. Preakness Stakes - Seattle Slew
3. Belmont Stakes - Seattle Slew

Alpine Skiing
- The men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden
- The women's overall season champion: Lise-Marie Morerod, Switzerland

Embassy World Snooker Championship:
- John Spencer won 25-12 over Cliff Thorburn
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
- Rick Swenson won with lead dogs: Andy & O.B. (Old Buddy)