1926 in sports

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2.1 January to April
2.2 from May to August
2.3 from September to December
2.4 Exact date of birth unknown

Events

Badminton

All England 1926
Irish Open 1926
Scottish Open 1926

Football

Campeonato Sudamericano 1926

Athletics

Track and Field Championships

Athletics South America Championships 1926

Track and Field World Records

Sprint

August 22: Gundel Wittmann, Germany, running the 100 meters of the women in 12.4 s

Middle distance running

July 3: Otto Peltzer, Germany, running the 800 meters of the men in 1:51,6 min.
September 11: Otto Peltzer, Germany, running the 1500 meters of the men in 3:51,0 min.

Long-distance running

MAY 24: Paavo Nurmi, Finland, running the 3000 meters of the men in Germans Stadium in Berlin in 8:24,4 min.
July 13: Paavo Nurmi, Finland, running the 3000 meters of the men in 8:20,4 min.
October 3: Violet Piercy, the UK, the women's marathon run in 3:40:22 h

Throwing events

FEBRUARY 21: Halina Konopacka, Poland, reached in the discus women 33.4 m.
JULY 23: Halina Konopacka, Poland, reached in the discus women 34,15 m.
June 26: Pauline Hascup, USA, achieved in the javelin of women 33,07 m.
September 7: Halina Konopacka, Poland, reached in the discus women 34,90 m.
October 19: Bud Houser, USA, achieved in discus throw of 48.20 m men.
October 31: Lillian Copeland, U.S., achieved in the javelin of women 35,26 m.

Jumping events

More fight

Motorcycle Racing

Motorcycle Championship

When discharged at Spa -Francorchamps Motorcycle Championship of locals René Milhoux wins on Ready - Blackburne before the German Albert Beckert ( DKW ) the title in the 175 cc class. More starter did not reach the target.
In the quarter-liter class, the Brit Jock Porter prevails on New Gerrard against his compatriot Geoff Davison ( New Imperial ). Also in this race reached only two drivers the target.
The 350ern the Briton Frank Longman wins on AJS before the Austrian Otto Putz ( Sunbeam ) and the locals R. Demulder (Indian).
In the 500cc class the Briton Jimmie Simpson wins on AJS ahead of Austrian Rupert Karner ( Sunbeam ) and the Irishman Stanley Woods ( Norton ).

Cycling

Giro d' Italia 1926
Tour de France 1926
UCI Track World Championships 1926
UCI Road World Championships 1926

Wrestling

Ringer's European Championships 1926
German Wrestling Championships 1926

Chess

Chess Olympiad 1926

Tennis and table tennis

International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1926
Wimbledon Championships 1926
Table Tennis World Cup 1926

Water

August 6: Gertrude Ederle swims the English Channel was the first woman.

European Swimming Championships 1926
Water Polo Championship 1926
German Swimming Championships 1926

Winter sports

Ice Hockey Championship 1926
European Figure Skating Championships 1926
World Figure Skating Championships 1926
Nordic World Ski Championships 1926

Born

January to April

05 January: Veikko Karvonen, Finnish athlete († 2007)
January 06: Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer († 2003)
January 10: Jack Kyle, Irish rugby player
JANUARY 18: Seth Abderhalden, Swiss mountaineer and extreme climber († 1960)
January 28: Gene Hartley, American race car driver († 1993)
January 29: Robert Falkenburg, American and Brazilian tennis player

04 February: Gyula Grosics, Hungarian football player
07 February: Mark Taimanov Jewgenjewitsch, Russian chess player
February 13: Knox Ramsey, U.S. American football player († 2005)
FEBRUARY 19: Egisto Pandolfini, Italian footballer
FEBRUARY 20: Bob Richards, American athlete and priest

March 01: Pete Rozelle, American sports official († 1996)
March 04: Pascual Pérez, Argentine boxer, Olympic champion and world champion († 1977)
05 March: Hans -Jürgen turn, German handball player († 2012)
March 07: Ernst Ocwirk, Austrian footballer and coach († 1980)
20 March: Friedel Schirmer, German decathlete
MARCH 24: Heriberto Herrera, Paraguayan - Spanish football player and coach († 1996)
March 25: László Papp, Hungarian boxer († 2003)

April 02: Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver
APRIL 11: Pete Lovely, American racecar driver
April 18: Horst Käsler, German handball player and coach and professor of sports didactics ( † 1987)

May to August

May 04: Umberto Masetti, Italian motorcycle racer († 2006)
MAY 17: Manfred Ewald, German sports official († 2002)
May 20: Bob Sweikert, American race car driver († 1956)
May 30: Chuck Arnold, American race car driver († 1997)

July 04: Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine footballer
04 July: Günter Mast, German entrepreneur and football functionary († 2011)
JULY 10: Tony Settember, American race car driver
JULY 16: Ivica Horvat, Yugoslav football player and coach († 2012)
JULY 16: Heinrich Kwiatkowski, German footballer († 2008)
JULY 16: Alfred Pfaff, German football player († 2008)
JULY 24: Hans Günter Winkler, German show jumping

08 August: Piero Drogo, Italian race car driver and constructor († 1973)
AUGUST 18: Johnny Boyd, American race car driver († 2003)
AUGUST 26: Stefano Angeleri, Italian footballer and coach († 2012)
AUGUST 27: Karl -Heinz Heddergott, German football coach and author of technical literature
August 30: Rudi Good village, German football coach

September to December

September 01: Antonio Abenoza, Spanish footballer († 1953)
07 September: Erich Juskowiak, German footballer († 1983)
September 19: Duke Snider, American baseball player
September 20: Libero Liberati, Italian motorcycle racer († 1962)
SEPTEMBER 23: Henri Freylinger, Luxembourg Ringer

October 03: Marques Haynes, American basketball player
OCTOBER 17: Roberto Lippi, Italian racing driver († 2011)
October 23: Larry Crockett, American race car driver († 1955)
October 24: Yelberton Abraham Tittle, U.S. American football player
OCTOBER 26: Bernhard Klodt, German footballer († 1996)
October 30: Jacques Swaters, Belgian racing driver and team owner

November 01: Bob Veith, American race car driver († 2006)
November 10: Art Bisch, American race car driver († 1958)
November 11: Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing driver
November 16: Alexei Suetin, Russian chess player († 2001)
November 23: Ivano Fontana, Italian boxer
NOVEMBER 27: Franz tree, German archer and national coach († 2010)

December 09: Ed Elisian, American race car driver († 1959)
December 13: George Rhoden, Jamaican track and field athlete and Olympic champion
December 19: Bobby Layne, U.S. American football player († 1986)
DECEMBER 21: Joe Paterno, coach in U.S. college football († 2012)

Exact date of birth unknown

Tadashi Abe, Japanese aikido teacher († 1984)
Tofiq Bəhramov, Soviet linesman († 1993)

Died

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