2002 in sports
See also: 2001 in sports, other events of 2003, 2003 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
- Stock car racing - Ward Burton won the Daytona 500.
- Indy car racing - Helio Castroneves won the Indianapolis 500.
- Formula One - Michael Schumacher won the season championship.
- Sports car racing - the team of Frank Biela, Tom Kristensen, and Emanuele Pirro driving an Audi R8, won the 24 hours of Le Mans endurance race.
- Rally racing - Marcus Grönholm of Finland won the World Rally Championship.
- Drag racing - Larry Dixon Jr. won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.
- June 21- Lennox Lewis retains boxing's WBC world Heavyweight crown with an eight round knockout over Mike Tyson
- [[[Lance Armstrong]] of the United States won the Tour de France.
Football (Soccer)
- The Football World Cup 2002 is held from May 31 to June 30 in South Korea and Japan. Brazil wins its fifth title, defeating Germany 2 - 0 in the final. Surprising Turkey and host-nation South Korea take 3rd and 4th.
Football (American)
- The Montreal Alouettes defeat the Edmonton Eskimos 25 to 16 to win the Grey Cup.
- Tiger Woods wins his third Masters golf tournament.
- Ernie Els won the British Open
- War Emblem wins the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, but loses a chance for the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing by losing to Sarav in the Belmont Stakes.
Ice Hockey
- Thomas Johansson wins the men's singles title and Jennifer Capriati the women's singles title at the Australian Open.
- Albert Costa wins the men's singles title and Serena Williams the women's singles title at the French Open.
- Lleyton Hewitt wins the men's singles title and Venus Williams the women's singles title at the Wimbledon championships.
- Pete Sampras wins the men's singles title and Serena Williams the women's singles title at the US Open.
General sporting events
- The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City, United States from February 8 to February 24. Top performers include Janica Kostelic, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Simon Ammann. A scandal in figure skating also dominated the news.
Births
Deaths
- March 23 - Ben Hollioake, English cricket player
- April 16 - Franz Krienbühl, Swiss speed skater
- May 23 - Sam Snead, US golf player
- June 1 - Hansie Cronje, South African cricket player
- June 17 - Willie Davenport, US hurdler
- June 20 - Tinus Osendarp, Dutch sprinter
- June 22 - Pedro Alcazar, Panamese boxer
- July 5 - Ted Williams, US baseball player
- September 11 - Johnny Unitas, US American football player
- September 18 - Bob Hayes, US sprinter and American football player