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- March 9 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. England beat the Netherlands 1-0.
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- For an extensive coverage see 1968 in football (soccer)
Men's professional
Men's amateur
Women's professional
Events
- The Open Era in tennis begins, as all the Grand Slam events open to professionals for the first time.
Trivia
Awards
Births
January
- January 1 — Davor Suker, Croatian football (soccer) player
- January 2 — Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion
- January 3 — Kent Carlsson, Swedish tennis player
- January 3 — Montserrat Hidalgo, Costa Rican breaststroke swimmer
- January 6 — Domingo Damigella, Argentine featherweight boxer
- January 7 — Tara Croxford, Canadian field hockey player
- January 8 — Mark Croghan, American middle-distance runner
- January 8 — Paul Tony Howe, British swimmer
- January 9 — Leo Klein Gebbink, Dutch field hockey player
- January 10 — Luca Sacchi, Italian medley swimmer
- January 14 — Michael Meldrum, Canadian medley swimmer
- January 16 — Abraham Torres, Venezuelan boxer
- January 17 — Stella de Heij, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
- January 18 — Irina Kuhnt, German field hockey player
- January 24 — Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast
- January 24 — Bianca Weiß, German field hockey goalkeeper
- January 25 — Pauline Buck, tenpin bowling player
- January 25 — Luc Krotwaar, Dutch long-distance runner
- January 26 — George Cosac, Romanian tennis player
- January 27 — Werner Reiterer, Australian discus thrower
- January 30 — Svetlana Maziy, Ukrainian rower
- January 31 — Patrick Stevens, Belgian sprinter
- January 31 — Birte Weigang, East German butterfly swimmer
February
- February 2 — Espen Bredesen, Norwegian ski jumper
- February 3 — Javier Castillejo, Spanish boxer
- February 3 — Mark Koevermans, Dutch tennis player
- February 3 — Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, Nigerian sprinter
- February 5 — Regina Rajchrtova, Czech tennis player
- February 7 — Phillip Tahmindjis, Australian ice speed skater
- February 7 — Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer
- February 9 — Joel Brough, Canadian field hockey player
- February 10 — Maurits Crucq, Dutch field hockey defender
- February 12 — Carrie Steinseifer, American freestyle swimmer
- February 14 — Stefan Botev, Bulgarian-Australian weightlifter
- February 14 — Alejandra de la Guerra, Peruvian volleyball player
- February 14 — Diego Fortuna, Italian discus thrower
- February 16 — Annabelle Cripps, British swimmer
- February 20 — Ted Hankey, English darts player
- February 22 — Erica Alfridi, Italian race walker
- February 25 — Enrique Molina, Spanish track and field athlete
- February 27 — Matt Stairs, Canadian Major League Baseball player
- February 28 — Mandy Nicholls, British field hockey player
March
- March 1 — Kunjarani Devi, Indian weightlifter
- March 1 — Sergey Lyakhov, Russian discus thrower and shot putter
- March 3 — Vichairachanon Khadpo, Thai boxer
- March 4 — Kirkor Kirkorov, Bulgarian boxer
- March 5 — Marq Mellor, American field hockey forward
- March 7 — Björn Maaseide, Norwegian beach volleyball player
- March 11 — Sapphire Cooper, New Zealand field hockey player
- March 11 — Salvador Gómez, Spanish water polo player
- March 13 — José Castillo, Peruvian long-distance runner
- March 13 — Rodrigo González, Mexican freestyle swimmer
- March 14 — Marko Klok, Dutch volleyball player
- March 18 — Mitzi Kremer, American freestyle swimmer
- March 18 — Rowan Williams, English boxer
- March 21 — Blagovest Stoyanov, Bulgarian canoer
- March 24 — Tina Peters, German field hockey player
- March 26 — Patrick Kühl, East German medley swimmer
- March 26 — Nick Sweeney, Irish discus thrower
April
- April 1 — Miguel Dias, Dutch boxer
- April 2 — Alfredo Duvergel, Cuban boxer
- April 4 — Bert Brinkman, Dutch water polo player
- April 4 — Daniel Jorgensen, American freestyle swimmer
- April 4 — Jesús Miguel Rollán, Spanish water polo player
- April 7 — Duncan Armstrong, Australian freestyle swimmer
- April 8 — Gabriele Faehnrich, East German gymnast
- April 8 — Darius Dimavičius, Lithuanian basketball player
- April 10 — Rob Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
- April 10 — Dmitriy Kapitonov, Russian long-distance runner
- April 12 — Toru Aoyanagi, Japanese ice speed skater
- April 13 — Daniela Petrescu, Romanian long-distance runner
- April 17 — Jim Bilba, French basketball player
- April 17 — Eduardo Piccinini, Brazilian butterfly swimmer
- April 18 — Alejandro Alvizuri, Peruvian backstroke swimmer
- April 18 — Edgar Díaz, Puerto Rican pole vaulter
- April 19 — Armando Quintanilla, Mexican long-distance runner
- April 20 — DeDee Nathan, American heptathlete
- April 20 — Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek, Polish pentathlete
- April 21 — Richard Igbineghu, Nigerian boxer
- April 23 — Wouter van Pelt, Dutch field hockey player
- April 25 — Vitaliy Kirilenko, Ukrainian long jumper
- April 26 — Ahmed Elmaghraby, Egypt-born field hockey forward from the United States
- April 27 — Akemi Matsuno, Japanese long-distance runner
- April 29 — Christine Ferneck, German field hockey player
- April 29 — Mariusz Podkoscielny, Polish freestyle swimmer and swimming coach
May
- May 1 — Oliver Bierhoff, German soccer player (footballer)
- May 2 — Miriam Gallardo, Peruvian volleyball player
- May 4 — José García, Venezuelan boxer
- May 5 — Jane Kerr, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- May 9 — Masahiko Harada, Japanese ski jumper
- May 9 — Marie-José Perec, French athlete
- May 10 — Craig Russ, New Zealand field hockey player
- May 12 — Tony Hawk, American skateboarder
- May 14 — Richard Tapper, Canada-born freestyle swimmer from New Zealand
- May 16 — Noemi Lung, Romanian butterfly swimmer
- May 16 — Marjolein de Jong, Dutch volleyball player
- May 20 — William Irwin, Canadian boxer
- May 20 — Waisale Serevi, Fijian rugby player
- May 20 — Artur Wojdat, Polish swimmer
- May 21 — Davide Tizzano, Italian rower
- May 26 — Rachael Sporn, Australian basketball player
- May 27 — Jeff Bagwell, American Major League Baseball player
- May 27 — Simona Koch, German diver
- May 27 — Frank Thomas, American Major League Baseball player
- May 28 — Tom Pukstys, American javelin thrower
June
- June 4 — Sandrine Fricot, French high jumper
- June 5 — Hans Nieuwenburg, Dutch water polo defender
- June 5 — Gonnelien Rothenberger, Dutch equestrian
- June 6 — Bart Voskamp, Dutch road bicycle racer
- June 7 — Pál Lakatos, Hungarian boxer
- June 8 — Torsten Gutsche, German flatwater canoer
- June 11 — Todd Torres, Puerto Rican swimmer
- June 15 — Francesco Bruno, Italian sport shooter
- June 15 — Károly Güttler, Hungarian breaststroker swimmer
- June 16 — Lyne Poirier, Canadian judoka
- June 22 — Heidi Rakels, Belgian judoka
- June 24 — Boris Gelfand, Israeli chess grandmaster
- June 26 — Scott Anderson, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
- June 28 — Christian Blunck, German field hockey player
July
- July 8 — Christian Saceanu, Romanian-born tennis player from Germany
- July 9 — Elin Kristiansen, Norwegian biathlete
- July 11 — Mayra González, Cuban rower
- July 12 — Catherine Plewinski, French swimmer
- July 12 — Angelique Seriese, Dutch judoka
- July 13 — Luis Román Rolón, Puerto Rican boxer
- July 16 — Leo Peelen, Dutch track cyclist
- July 16 — Barry Sanders, American football player
- July 16 — Georgi Mikhalev, Bulgarian backstroke swimmer
- July 17 — Davis Kamoga, Ugandan athlete
- July 20 — Dario García, Argentine judoka
- July 22 — Harry Taylor, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- July 23 — Tammy van Wisse, Australian marathon swimmer
- July 27 — Samuel Matete, Zambian athlete
- July 27 — Adewale Olukoju, Nigerian discus thrower
- July 28 — Eoin Collins, Irish tennis player
- July 28 — Marianne and Mildred Muis, Dutch swimmers and twin sisters
- July 30 — Robert Korzeniowski, Polish racewalker
- July 30 — Deane Pieters, Australian freestyle swimmer
- July 31 — Jenny Duck, New Zealand field hockey player
August
- August 3 — Christophe Bordeau, French swimmer
- August 6 — Olga Markova, Russian long-distance runner
- August 7 — Vahdettin İşsever, Turkish boxer
- August 7 — Leslie Lyness, American field hockey midfielder
- August 9 — Jay Stacy, Australian field hockey player
- August 15 — Fuat Çapa, Belgian-Turkish football (soccer) manager
- August 15 — Sergio López Miró, Spanish swimmer
- August 17 — Ed McCaffrey, American football player
- August 20 — Jody Holden, Canadian beach volleyball player
- August 20 — Nuria Olivé, Spanish field hockey player
- August 21 — Robbie Johnston, New Zealand long-distance runner
- August 22 — Henrik Holm, Swedish tennis player
- August 22 — Endrio Leoni, Italian road bicycle racer
- August 29 — Yoko Sakaue, Japanese judoka
- August 31 — Jørre Kjemperud, Norwegian beach volleyball player
September
- September 1 — Shahbaz Ahmad, Pakistani field hockey player
- September 1 — Jorge Querejeta, Argentine field hockey player
- September 4 — Angie Bradburn, American high jumper
- September 7 — Marcel Desailly, French football (soccer) player
- September 7 — Darrin Van Horn, American boxer
- September 11 — Andreas Tews, German boxer
- September 12 — Manuel Sobral, Spanish-born Canadian boxer
- September 13 — Phajol Moolsan, Thai boxer
- September 15 — Raymond Joval, Dutch boxer
- September 16 — Tara Cross-Battle, American volleyball player
- September 17 — Patricia Kohlmann, Mexican swimmer
- September 19 — Koos Maasdijk, Dutch rower
- September 23 — Daniel Dumitrescu, Romanian boxer
- September 23 — Donna McGinnis, Canadian swimmer
- September 30 — Sharon Jaklofsky, Australian-Dutch athlete
- September 30 — Simone Osygus, German freestyle swimmer
October
- October 1 — Erik Hochstein, German swimmer
- October 1 — Anuţa Cătună, Romanian long-distance runner
- October 2 — Sandy Goss, Canadian swimmer
- October 2 — Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player
- October 4 — Shigeo Ogata, Japanese freestyle swimmer
- October 9 — Karla van der Boon, Dutch water polo goalkeeper
- October 10 — Bart Brentjens, Dutch mountainbiker
- October 10 — Scott Donie, American diver
- October 10 — Mónica Falcioni, Uruguayan long and triple jumper
- October 24 — Ross Anderson, New Zealand swimmer
- October 24 — Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player
- October 27 — Bertrand Damaisin, French judoka
- October 27 — Antoinette Lucas, US field hockey midfielder
- October 29 — Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater
November
- November 1 — Gisele Miro, Brazilian tennis player
- November 1 — Andrea Nugent, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- November 1 — Silvio Fauner, Italian cross-country skier
- November 5 — Carlos Retiz, Mexican long-distance runner
- November 8 — Olof van der Meulen, Dutch volleyball player
- November 12 — Tina Rättyä, Finnish heptathlete
- November 12 — Sammy Sosa, Major League Baseball player
- November 13 — María Elena Giusti, Venezuelan synchronized swimmer
- November 13 — Irena Machovcak, Czech-Dutch volleyball player
- November 18 — Melvin Stewart, American swimmer
- November 18 — Lubomir Sekeras, Slovakian ice hockey player
- November 18 — Gary Sheffield, American baseball player
- November 19 — Gord Fraser, Canadian road race cyclist
- November 20 — Jan-Peter Tewes, German field hockey player
- November 21 — Nikolay Kolev, Bulgarian discus thrower
- November 21 — Niklas Wallenlind, Swedish hurdler
- November 23 — Rob Denmark, British distance runner
- November 27 — Maurício Lima, Brazilian volleyball player
- November 28 — Stephanie Storp, German shot putter
December
- December 1 — Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Australian squash player
- December 1 — Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer
- December 2 — Darren Ward, US-born swimmer from Canada
- December 3 — Toni Jeffs, New Zealand swimmer
- December 4 — Mike Barrowman, American swimmer
- December 9 — Pedro Francisco García, Spanish water polo player
- December 10 — Izumi Maki, Japanese long-distance runner
- December 23 — Olga Shishigina, Kazakhstani athlete
- December 24 — Xavier Daufresne, Belgian tennis player
- December 24 — Marleen Renders, Belgian long-distance runner
- December 24 — Astrid Strauß, East German freestyle swimmer
- December 28 — Pauline Robertson, Scottish field hockey player
Deaths
- January 7 — Gholamreza Takhti (37), Iranian wrestler (b. 1930)
- January 15 — Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player
- January 22 — Duke Kahanamoku (77), American swimmer and surfer (b. 1890)
- April 7 — Jimmy Clark, Formula One racing driver
- April 25 — John Tewksbury (92), American track and field athlete (b. 1876)
- June 17 — José Nasazzi, Uruguayan football (soccer) player (b. 1901)
- July 7 — Ugo Frigerio (66), Italian athlete (b. 1901)
- August 14 — Marcel Thil, French world champion boxer
- October 5 — Harry Freeman, British field hockey player
- October 12 — Harry Hebner (77), American backstroke and freestyle swimmer (b. 1891)
- November 15 — Charles Bacon (85), American athlete (b. 1883)
- December 15 — Jess Willard, American heavyweight boxing champion
- December 21 — Vittorio Pozzo (82), Italian football (soccer) coach (b. 1886)
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