1929 in sports
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- 2.1 January to April
- 2.2 from May to August
- 2.3 from September to December
Events
Badminton
- All England 1929
- Second staging of the Singapore Badminton Championships.
Football
- Balkans Cup 1929-31
- Baltic Cup 1929
- Campeonato Sudamericano 1929
- European Cup Football Teams 1927-1930
- Mitropa Cup 1929
Athletics
Athletics Championships
- Athletics South America Championships 1929
Track and Field World Records
Running disciplines
Throwing events
- June 9: Eric Krenz, USA, to discus throwing the men 49.9 m.
- August 11: Elisabeth Schumann, Germany, reached in the javelin of women 38,58 m.
- September 8: Elisabeth Schumann, Germany, reached in the javelin of women 38,87 m.
Jumping events
Motorcycle Racing
Motorcycle Championship
- When discharged in Spanish L' Ametlla del Vallès Motorcycle Championship the German Josef Klein wins on the DKW Italians Riccardo Brusi ( Benelli ) and the Frenchman Albert Sourdot (Monet et Goyon ) the title in the 175 cc class.
- In the quarter-liter class, the Briton Frank Longman is OK - Supreme against Mario Ghersi from Italy ( Moto Guzzi ) and the British George Himing ( Zenith ) by.
- The 350ern the Briton Leo Davenport wins on Norton ahead of his compatriot George Rowley ( AJS ) and the locals Fernando Aranda ( New Imperial ).
- In the 500cc class the Brit Percy Hunt wins on Rudge before his compatriots Graham Walker ( also Rudge ) and Charlie Dodson ( Sunbeam ).
- In the 350 cc sidecars Briton Freddie Hicks wins on Velocette. More starter did not reach the target.
- Over the 600- win teams Dennis Mansell from Britain to Norton before the Swiss Edgar d' Eternod and the Spaniard Vicente Naure (both Scott).
Cycling
- Giro d' Italia 1929
- Tour de France 1929
- UCI Track World Championships 1929
- UCI Road World Championships 1929
Horse riding
Chess
Tennis / Table Tennis
- Table Tennis World Cup 1929
Winter sports
- Ice Hockey Championship 1929
- European Figure Skating Championships 1929
- World Figure Skating Championships 1929
- Nordic World Ski Championships 1929
Born
January to April
- 08 January: Wolfgang Peters, German footballer († 2003)
- January 18: John Barber, British race car driver
- JANUARY 19: Red Amick, American race car driver († 1995)
- January 27: Hans Berliner, American systems analyst and chess player
- JANUARY 29: Jerry Hoyt, American race car driver († 1955)
- 04 February: Neil Johnston, American basketball player († 1978)
- February 04: Walther Tröger, German lawyer and sports official
- February 09: Taiji Kase, Japanese Karate Grand Master († 2004)
- FEBRUARY 11: Albert Wagarschakowitsch Azaryan, Armenian Turner
- FEBRUARY 16: Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer († 1980)
- FEBRUARY 27: Sonny Gandee, U.S. American football player
- March 05: Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
- 20 March: Rudi Glöckner, German football referee († 1999)
- MARCH 22: Sergio Cervato, Italian footballer († 2005)
- MARCH 23: Roger Bannister, British athlete and neurologist
- MARCH 24: Franz Krienbühl, Swiss architect and speed skaters († 2002)
- MARCH 28: Paul England, Australian race car driver
- April 06: Nancy Mackay, Canadian sprinter
- APRIL 10: Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver, Formula 1 World Champion († 1959)
- APRIL 17: Karl -Erik Palmér, Swedish footballer
- April 19: Edward Crook, American boxer († 2005)
- APRIL 24: Andre Darrigade, French cyclist
May to August
- 07 June: Antonio Carbajal, Mexican football player
- JUNE 13: Rob Slotemaker, Dutch racing driver († 1979)
- June 17: Tigran Petrosian, Armenian Soviet chess grandmaster († 1984)
- June 23: Bart Carlier, Dutch footballer
- June 26: Rodney Nuckey, British racing driver († 2000)
- 04 July: Jean Desforges, British track and field athlete and Olympian († 2013)
- July 12: Alfred Seppelt, German chess functionary
- July 18: Richard Button, American figure skater
- July 18: Leonhard Pohl, German track and field athlete
- JULY 29: Júlio Botelho, Brazilian footballer († 2003)
- 03 August: Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Polish athlete († 2003)
- 06 August: Valter Åhlén, Swedish ice hockey player († 1988)
- 07 August: Don Larsen, American baseball player
- 09 August: Jeff Butterfield, English rugby player († 2004)
- August 16th: Helmut Rahn, German footballer († 2003)
- AUGUST 18: Jimmy Davies, American race car driver († 1966)
- AUGUST 20: Rafael Arkadu Tschimischkjan, Soviet weightlifter
- August 22: Pauli Toivonen, Finnish rally driver († 2005)
- August 23: Fritz Breuer, German football player
- AUGUST 29: John Arthur, South African boxer († 2005)
September to December
- September 02: Carlo Ubbiali, Italian motorcycle racer
- September 10: Arnold Palmer, American golfer
- 17 September: Stirling Moss, British racing driver
- SEPTEMBER 19: Luigi Taveri, Swiss motorcycle racer
- September 23: Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer († 1979)
- October 02: Cesare Maestri, Italian mountaineer and alpine writers
- October 14: Karl Robatsch, Austrian chess grandmaster and botanist († 2000)
- OCTOBER 15: Teodoro Zeccoli, Italian race car driver
- OCTOBER 19: Ernst Knoesel, German football player and sports official († 2005)
- October 22: Lev Ivanovich Yashin, Russian football player († 1990)
- October 27: Bill George, U.S. American football player († 1982)
- 02 November: Carwyn James, Welsh rugby player and coach († 1983)
- 03 November: Jan Brooijmans, Dutch soccer player († 1996)
- November 05: Lennart Johansson, Swedish sports official, President of UEFA
- NOVEMBER 17: Jimmy Reece, American race car driver († 1958)
- NOVEMBER 19: Jean Blaton, Belgian racing driver and musician
- November 24: Peet Geel, Dutch footballer
- November 24: John Henry Johnson, U.S. American football player († 2011)
- NOVEMBER 29: Xavier nonsense, German ice hockey player and coach († 2012)