Events in Sport
- Aug 1 Americans sweep medals at a rainy Olympic pole vault final in Amsterdam with Sabin Carr gold, from William Droegemuller and Charles McGinnis
- Aug 3 Ray Barbuti wins 400m in 47.8 at the Amsterdam Olympics, the only individual track event won by an American at the Games
- Aug 11 Carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils
- Aug 11 Georges Ronsse becomes world champion cyclists
- Aug 12 IX Summer Olympic Games close in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Aug 25 Tri-City Rugby Football Union forms consisting of Moose Jaw, Regina & Winnipeg
Birthdays in Sport
- Aug 2 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), born in Chadderton, Lancashire (d. 1990)
- Aug 4 Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic gold 1952, 56, 64), born in Sansarpur, India (d. 2000)
- Aug 4 Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver, born in Kortrijk, Belgium (d. 2003)
- Aug 6 Janice-Lee York Romary, California, fencer (Olympics 1948-68)
- Aug 6 Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- Aug 12 Bob Buhl, American baseball player (d. 2001)
- Aug 18 Marge Schott, American MLB owner (Cincinnati Reds), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2004)
- Aug 21 Gillian Sheen, British fencer and foil champion (Olympic gold 1956), born in Willesden, London
- Aug 25 Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, born in Horace, Nebraska (d. 2004)
- Aug 27 Joan Kroc, American 3rd wife of Ray Kroc, the owner of McDonald's and the San Diego Padres, born in West St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 2003)
- Aug 27 Othmar Schneider, Austrian skier (Olympic gold 1952), born in Lech, Austria (d. 2012)
- Aug 30 Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (Casner Motor Racing Division team), born in Miami, Florida (d. 1965)