World Record
Aug 7 American team of Carl Lewis, Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell & Dennis Mitchell set 4 x 100m relay world record of 37.67 seconds in Zürich, Switzerland
PGA Championship
Aug 11 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: John Daly wins by 3 strokes from fellow American Bruce Lietzke
Cricket History
Aug 12 Last day in Test Cricket for Viv Richards, Dujon & Marshall
- Aug 13 American Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60) at the World Championships in Fort Lauderale, Florida
Sports History
Aug 14 MLB Minnesota Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 HR
- Aug 17 Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league HR since 1983
Sports History
Aug 20 Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million
- Aug 20 Norbert Rosza swims world record 100m breast stroke (1:01.29)
- Aug 22 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100m backstroke (1:00.31)
- Aug 23 3rd Athletics World Championships open at Tokyo, Japan
- Aug 24 Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0
- Aug 25 Carl Lewis runs 100m in a world record 9.86 seconds
- Aug 25 Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games
- Aug 25 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62)
- Aug 25 Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53)
- Aug 26 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0
Baseball Record
Aug 28 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martínez both perfect game pitcher