1957 Indianapolis 500 — 41st running of the Indianapolis 500 motor race

World Chess Championship 1957 — chess competition

1957 Cannes Film Festival — film festival edition

Miss Universe 1957 — 6th Miss Universe pageant

Anti-Rightist Campaign — Chinese political campaign under Mao Zedong

1957 African Cup of Nations — football tournament

1957 Formula One season — sports season

1957 South American Championship — international football competition

1957 World Women's Handball Championship — 1957 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship

EuroBasket 1957 — 1957 edition of the FIBA EuroBasket

1957 battle during the Algerian War of Independence