1900 in sports
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- 2.1 First half of
- 2.2 Second half of
Events
Olympic games
Badminton
- All England 1900
Football
- JANUARY 4: 17 Viennese football clubs close in the Austrian Football Union ( ÖFU ) together.
- JANUARY 9: The football club Lazio Rome is founded.
- January 28: The German Football Association ( DFB) is founded. First President Ferdinand is Hueppe. At the same time the trophy is dedicated to Victoria, which is awarded the German master in 1903.
- FEBRUARY 27: Eleven members of MTV 1879 Munich left the club and found the FC Bayern Munich. The first game wins the new club in March against the 1st Munich FC 1896 5-2.
- March 18: The Grasshopper Club Zurich FC defeat Bern in the match for the Swiss championship 2-0.
- May 1: The 1st FC Nuremberg is founded.
- June 2: The SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin is founded.
- November 7: The Association of Prague German Football Clubs is founded.
- Aston Villa will be the fifth time English champions.
- Genoa 1893 for the third consecutive time champion in Italy.
Athletics
Track and Field World Records
- April 28: Meyer Prinstein, USA, jumps in the long jump of the men 7.5 m.
- MAY 29: Maxie Long, USA, running the 400 meters in the men's 47.8 s
- May 30: John Bray, United States, running the 1500 meters of the men in 4:09,0 min.
- JUNE 10: Henri Deloge, France, the 1000 meters of the men ran in 2:36,8 min.
- July 22: Charles Bennett, Great Britain, running the 5000 meters in the men's 15:20,0 min.
Cycling
- The Vélodrome d' Hiver in Paris is built.
Motorsport
- Motorsport 1900
Rowing
Rugby
Swimming
- German Swimming Championships 1900
Tennis
Winter sports
Figure skating
- JANUARY 21: The Swede Ulrich Salchow won the European Figure Skating Championships in Berlin in 1900 in front of the Austrian Gustav hill and the Norwegian Academy Holthe.
- 10-11. February: The World Figure Skating Championship 1900 in Davos has only two participants. Gustav hill points for the third time after 1897 and 1899 Ulrich Salchow at the second place.
Speed skating records
Ski Jumping
- The Norwegian Olaf Tandberg achieved in ski jumping on the Solbergbakken in Bærum, Norway, 35.5 meters.
Club -ups
- In Stockholm, the sports club IK Göta is founded.
Born
First half year
- January 20: Franz Esser, German national football team († 1982)
- JANUARY 28: Anni Hold husband, German track and field athlete and Olympian († 1960)
- MARCH 8: Otto Peltzer, German athlete and coach († 1970)
- March 15: Fritz Walter, German football official († 1981)
- MARCH 18: John Sobek, German footballer († 1989)
- MARCH 27: Albert Van Coile, Belgian footballer († 1927)
- MARCH 29: Bill Aston, British racing driver († 1974)
- March 30: Santos Urdinarán, Uruguayan footballer († 1979)
- April 8: Mihály Matura, Hungarian wrestler († 1975)
- APRIL 12: Joe Lapchick, American basketball player and coach († 1970)
- APRIL 16: Paul Weyres, German motorcycle racer († 1984)
- APRIL 28: Lajos Keresztes, Hungarian wrestler († 1978)
- May 20: Hans jump, German motorcycle racer († 1982)
Second half- year
- July 27: Ralph Roese, German motorcycle and car racer († 1950)
- August 10: Arthur Porritt, New Zealand athlete, physician and politician († 1994)
- August 11: Charles Paddock, American athlete and Olympic gold medalist († 1943)
- SEPTEMBER 9: Edmund Hansen, Danish cyclist († 1995)
- SEPTEMBER 18: Carlo Maria Pintacuda, Italian racing driver († 1971)
- September 28: Albert Beier, German footballer († 1972)
- October 6: Willy Merkl, German climbers († 1934)
- October 31: Cal Hubbard, U.S. American football player, coach and baseball official († 1977)
- November 3: Adolf Dassler, German entrepreneur and founder of adidas († 1978)
- November 8: Charles Paddock, American athlete and Olympic gold medalist († 1943)
- November 11: Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete († 1989)
- NOVEMBER 19: Bunny Ahearne, Irish sports official, president of the IIHF († 1985)
- November 20: Billy Burch, American professional ice hockey player († 1950)
- November 24: Kurt Richter, German chess player († 1969)
- December 3: Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide († 2004)
- December 16: Horatio Fitch, American athlete († 1985)
- December 27: Hans Stuck, German -Austrian race car driver († 1978)
- December 28: Natalio Perinetti, Argentine footballer († 1985)
Died
- March 3: Ludwig Purtscheller, Austrian mountaineer, teacher (* 1849)
- April 18: Rudolf Charousek Hungarian chess master (* 1873)
- August 12: Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian-American chess player, the first official World Chess Champion (* 1836)