1965 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s |
| Years: | 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 |
American football
- AFL Championship Buffalo Bills won 23-0 over the San Diego Chargers
- NFL Championship – Green Bay Packers won 23-12 over the Cleveland Browns in 1966
Association football
England
- FA Cup final – Liverpool won 2-1 (aet) versus Leeds United
Australian rules football
- Victorian Football League
- Essendon wins the 69th VFL Premiership (Essendon 14.21 (105) d St Kilda 9.16 (70))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Ian Stewart (St Kilda) and Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne)
Basketball
- NCAA Men's Basketball Championship –
- UCLA wins 91-80
- NBA Finals –
- Boston Celtics win 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Lakers
Boxing
- March 30 – Jose Torres won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, stopping Willie Pastrano in nine rounds, at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Canadian football
- Grey Cup – Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 22-16 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Vanier Cup – Toronto Varsity Blues win 14-7 over the Alberta Golden Bears
- Canadian Junior Championship – Notre-Dame-de-Grace Maple Leafs win 2-1 over the Edmonton Huskies
Cricket
- Imperial Cricket Conference is renamed to International Cricket Conference and new rules are adopted to permit the election of countries from outside the Commonwealth of Nations.
Cue sports (pool, snooker, carom billiards)
- The World Five-pins Championship is inaugurated in Santa Fé, Argentina – Manuel Gomez (of Argentina) takes the title.
Cycling
- Giro d'Italia won by Vittorio Adorni of Italy
- Tour de France - Felice Gimondi of Italy
- World Cycling Championship – Tom Simpson of Great Britain
Field Hockey
- March 13 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. South Africa beat England 2-1.
Figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships
- Men's champion: Alain Calmat, France
- Ladies' champion: Petra Burka, Canada
- Pair skating champions: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman, Czechoslovakia
Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament - Jack Nicklaus shoots a Masters record 271 (17 under par) to win by nine strokes.
- U.S. Open - Gary Player becomes the third golfer in history to win all four professional majors.
- British Open - Peter Thomson
- PGA Championship - Dave Marr
- PGA Tour money leader - Jack Nicklaus - $140,752
- Ryder Cup - United States wins 19½ to 12½ over Britain in team golf.
Men's amateur
Women's professional
- Women's Western Open - Susie Maxwell
- LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie
- U.S. Women's Open - Carol Mann
- Titleholders Championship - Kathy Whitworth
- LPGA Tour money leader - Kathy Whitworth - $28,658
Harness racing
- Bret Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
- United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
- Hambletonian - Egyptian Candor
- Yonkers Trot - Noble Victory
- Kentucky Futurity - Armbro Flight
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
- Pacers: Jay Ar
- Trotters: Poupette
Horse racing
Steeplechases
- Cheltenham Gold Cup – Arkle
- Grand National – Jay Trump
Flat races
- Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Light Fingers
- Canada – Queen's Plate won by Whistling Sea
- France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Sea Bird II
- Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Meadow Court
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Niksar
- Epsom Derby – Sea Bird II
- St. Leger Stakes – Provoke
- United States Triple Crown Races:
Ice hockey
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks
- Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Black Hawks
- World Hockey Championship –
- Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - Michigan Technological University Huskies defeat Boston College Eagles 8-2 in Providence, RI
Motor racing
- Stock car racing –
- Fred J. Lorenzen wins the Daytona 500
- NASCAR Championship - Ned Jarrett
- Indianapolis 500 - Jimmy Clark
- USAC Racing - Mario Andretti
- Formula One Champion - Jimmy Clark of Great Britain
- 24 hours of Le Mans –
- the team of Jochen Rindt / Masten Gregory won, driving a Ferrari 275LM
- Rally racing - the team of Timo Mäkinen / Paul Easter won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S
- Drag racing –
- Don Garlits won the NHRA, "Top Fuel" Championship
- Maynard Rupp won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals
Radiosport
- Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.
Rugby union
- 71st Five Nations Championship series is won by Wales
Snooker
- World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
- John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
- John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
- John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12
Swimming
- August 15 – US swimmer Kenis Moore breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) during a meet in Maumee, Ohio, clocking 2:26.3.
- August 21 – Dutch swimming star Ada Kok breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) for the first time, during a meet in Leiden, clocking 2:25.8.
- September 12 – Ada Kok from the Netherlands betters her own world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course), during a meet in Groningen, clocking 2:25.3.
Tennis
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- Davis Cup – Australia won 4-1 over Spain in world tennis.
Multi-sport events
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
Awards
- ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Jim Clark, Formula One driver
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Sandy Koufax, Major League Baseball
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Kathy Whitworth, LPGA golf
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