- Aug 5 Amy Sacks, American TV producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39
- Aug 5 Terry Hibbitt, English footballer, dies at 47
- Aug 15 Simon R. Naoli, Tanzanian marathoner, dies in an accident at 28
- Aug 15 Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (Rome-Naples-Rome 1957), dies at 64
- Aug 17 Jack Sharkey, American boxer (NYSAC, NBA and lineal heavyweight champion 1932-33), dies at 91
- Aug 21 Anita Lizana, Chilean tennis player (US Nat C'ships 1937; first Latin American major winner), dies at 78
- Aug 24 Jason McRoy, English mountain bike racer, dies in a motorcycle accident at 23
- Aug 29 Marea Hartman, English athletics administrator who integrated women's sports, dies at 74
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