1958 in sports
See also: 1957 in sports, other events of 1958, 1959 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
- NASCAR Championship - Lee Petty
- Indianapolis 500 -
- USAC Racing - Tony Bettenhausen won the season championship
- Formula One Championship - Mike Hawthorn of Great Britain
- February 23 - Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time F1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
- 24 hours of Le Mans:
- Rally racing -
- Drag racing -
- NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
- Kentucky wins 84-72 over Seattle
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: David Jenkins, United States
- Women's champion:
- Pairs champions:
Football (Soccer)
- Brazil wins Football World Cup in Sweden
- December 28 The NFL Championship: the Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants.
- Grand Slam of golf results:
- PGA tour's leading money winner for the year
- The US Women's Open - Mickey Wright
- Beverly Hanson: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $12,629.
- Tim Tam, who had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, fractured a sesamoid bone and lost his chance for the Triple Crown when he hobbled across the finish line in second place at the Belmont Stakes.
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- January 18 - Willie O'Ree make his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. He is the first African American to play in the National Hockey League.
- Dickie Moore wins the Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s leading scorer during the regular season.
- Alpine Skiing
- The men’s overall season championship
- The women’s overall season championship
- Grand Slam in tennis womens results:
- Davis Cup of world tennis.
- British Empire & Commonwealth Games held in Cardiff, United Kingdom
- The international petanque federation is founded in Marseille
Births
- February 11 - Regina Marsikova, Czechoslovakian tennis player.