1930 in sports
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- 2.1 First half of
- 2.2 Second half of
Events
British Empire Games
Badminton
- All England 1930
- Canadian Badminton Cup 1930
- Singaporean Badminton Championship 1930/31
Football
International Football Events
- In May, the European Cup football teams from 1927 to 1930 ends. After eight rounds facing Italy Austria are the winners. From 1929 to 1930 Also, quite parallel to an output for amateur teams instead, which is obtained from Poland.
National Football Championships
- German soccer championship 1929/30,
- Austrian Football Championship 1929/30,
Athletics
World Records
Sprint
- August 9: Percy Williams, Canada, runs the 100 meters in the men's 10,3 s
- September 8: Percy Williams, Canada, runs the 100 meters in the men's 10,3 s
Middle distance running
- MAY 5: Jules Ladoumègue, France, running the 1500 meters of the men in 3:49,2 min.
Throwing events
More fight
- August 20: Akilles Järvinen, Finland, reached the men's decathlon 8255 points.
Motorsport
Motorcycle Championship 1930
- When discharged at Spa -Francorchamps Motorcycle Championship Yvan the Locals Goor wins on the British DKW Eric Fernihough ( Excelsior ) and the Belgian Alfred Bovy ( Bovy ) the title in the 175 cc class.
- In the quarter-liter class, the Briton Syd Crabtree puts on Excelsior against his countrymen Ted Mellors and George Himing (both AJS ) by.
- The 350ern the Briton Ernie Nott wins on Rudge ahead of Australian Arthur Simcock ( New Imperial ) and the British Syd Gleave (SGS -JAP ).
- In the 500cc class the Irishman Henry Tyrell -Smith wins on Rudge from the British Graham Walker ( also Rudge ) and Johnny Duncan (Raleigh ).
Cycling
- 4 to 21 May: Germany tour 1930 winner Hermann Buse
- May 15-June 8: Giro d' Italia 1930 winner Luigi Marchisio
- 2 to 27 July: Tour de France 1930 winner André Leducq
- August 24 to 30: UCI Track World Championships 1930 in Brussels
Rowing
- Cambridge defeated Oxford in the Boat Race, and thus takes the lead in races won in this event.
Rugby
Winter sports
- January 31 to February 10: Hockey World Cup 1930 in Chamonix, Berlin and Vienna
- February 3 to 5: World Figure Skating Championships 1930 in New York City
- February 27-March 1: Nordic World Ski Championships 1930 in Oslo
- Bob World Cup 1930 in Montreux
Born
First half year
Second half- year
- July 2: Ota Pavel, Czech writer, sports writer, storyteller and journalist († 1973)
- July 6th: Herbert Erhardt, German footballer († 2010)
- July 6: Chief Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 6th: Ian Burgess, British racing driver († 2012)
- July 9: Sim Iness, American track and field athlete
- July 14: Herbert Dörner, German footballer († 1991)
- JULY 16: Horst Rittner, German chess master
- JULY 20: Heinz Kubsch, German footballer († 1993)
- JULY 22: Nikolai Vladimirovich Krogius, Russian chess player
- JULY 25: Nobuyuki Watanabe, Japanese Aikido master
- JULY 26: Nicolas Koob, Luxembourg racing driver
- August 5: Richie Ginther, American Formula 1 racer († 1989)
- August 8: Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball coach
- 13 August: Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician ( † 1999)
- August 16th: Frank Gifford, U.S. American football player and sports presenter
- August 16th: Tony Trabert, American tennis player
- August 23: Norberto Bagnalasta, Italian racing driver († 1964)
- September 22: Rudolf Eder, German football player
- September 23: Don Edmunds, American race car driver
- October 1: Frank Gardner, Australian racing driver († 2009)
- October 7: Bernard Collomb, a French race car driver
- October 10: Eugenio Castel Lotti, Italian racing driver († 1957)
- October 16: Patricia Jones, Canadian track and field athlete and Olympian
- OCTOBER 26: Les Richter, an American football player and motor sports official
- October 29: Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter
- NOVEMBER 1: Edgar Basel, German flyweight boxer
- November 3: Harry Kurschat, German Boxer
- November 15: Aureliano Bolognesi, Italian Olympic champion in boxing
- November 21: Arthur Bialas, German footballer (DDR ) and international
- November 21: Bryn Meredith, Welsh rugby player
- November 29: Candido Cannavò, Italian sports journalist and editor († 2009)
- December 2: David Piper, British race car driver
- December 5: Klaus Quinkert, German football coach
- December 19: Georg Stollenwerk, German football player and coach
- December 20: Rudi rims Heier, German motorcycle racer († 2005)
- DECEMBER 21: Wolfgang Pietzsch, German chess grandmaster († 1996)
- December 27: Hannelore sleep, German table tennis player and functionary († 1985)