1962 FIFA World Cup Final — 1962 FIFA World Cup match

15th Chess Olympiad — FIDE chess tournament for national teams

1962 FIFA World Cup — 7th FIFA World Cup, held in Chile

1962 Cannes Film Festival — film festival edition

1962 Formula One season — sports season

1962 African Cup of Nations — football tournament

1962 Asian Games — multi-sport event in Indonesia

Cuban Missile Crisis — October 1962 confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States

1962 European Athletics Championships — 1962 edition of the European Athletics Championships

1962 World Women's Handball Championship — 1962 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship

Violent incidents and riots in Burundi