1938 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
British Empire Games in 1938
- February 5 to 12: the British Empire Games in 1938 will be held parallel to the 150 - year celebration of the city in Sydney. 15 countries participate in the third edition of the Empire Games.
Badminton
- February 28-March 6: All England 1938
- End of April: Malaysia Open 1938
- Canadian Badminton Championship 1938
- Dutch Badminton Championship 1938
- American Badminton Championships 1938
Billiards
- Snooker World Cup 1938
Fencing
- World Fencing Championships 1938
Football
International Football Events
- April: The European Cup Football Teams must be terminated after the "Anschluss" of Austria to the German Reich. Hungary leads to this point on the table.
- 4 to 19 June: Italy defends his title at the World Cup 1938 in France. The Brazilian Leônidas da Silva is with seven goals scorer of the tournament.
- June 26-September 4: Mitropa Cup 1938
- 3 to 5 September: Baltic Cup 1938
- Nordic Football Championship for Men 1937-47
National Football Championships
- JANUARY 9: The FC Schalke 04 wins Tschammerpokal 1937 with a 2-1 win over Fortuna Dusseldorf and thus after the championship and the Double.
- April 14: On the orders of the Nazi trade official football have competing Bochum sports clubs Turnverein 1848 TuS Germania 1908 and 1906 merge to VfL Bochum in 1848.
- July 3: Hannover 96 will be the first German football champions.
Handball
- 5/6 February: The first Men's Handball World Championship for Men is a tournament against each in Germany. Participating nations are Denmark, the German Empire, Austria and Sweden. The German Reich is the first world champion.
- 7 to 10 July: Field Handball World Championship for Men 1938 in Germany
Athletics
European Championships
- 3 to 5 September: European Athletics Championships 1938, Men in Paris
- 17-18. September: European Athletics Championships 1938 women in Vienna
World Records
Running disciplines
- MAY 29: Taisto Mäki, Finland, running the 10,000 meters in the men's 30:02,0 min.
- August 20: Sydney Wooderson, UK, running the 800 meters of the men in 1:48,4 min.
Throwing events
Motorsport
Motorcycle Championship
- In the first consisting of several races Motorcycle Championship of German Ewald Kluge the title in the quarter-liter class win on DKW front of his countrymen and fellow Petruschke Bernhard and Hermann Gablenzgasse.
- The 350ern the British Velocette factory driver Ted Mellors wins ahead of his compatriot John White (Norton ) and the German Siegfried wishes ( DKW ).
- In the half-liter class, the German BMW factory rider Georg Meier prevails against the two British pilots Norton Harold Daniell and Freddie Frith.
Cycling
- May 7 to June 2: Giovanni Valetti wins the Giro d' Italia in 1938.
- June 9 to 25: Hermann Shield wins the International Tour of Germany 1938
- July 5 to 31: Gino Bartali won the Tour de France 1938
- August 27-September 4: UCI Track World Championships 1938 in Amsterdam
- September 5: UCI Road World Championships 1938 in Valkenburg in the Netherlands
Wrestling
- Ringer's European Championships 1938
Rugby
Chess
- AVRO tournament in the Netherlands
Swimming
European Swimming Championships
- 6 to 13 August: The European Swimming Championships 1938 in London include competitions in swimming, arts and diving and the water polo tournament of the men.
Swimming Records
Breaststroke
Freestyle Swimming
Backstroke
Table tennis
- January 24 to 29: Table Tennis World Championships 1938 in London
Gymnastics
- World Gymnastics Championships 1938
Winter sports
Born
January to April
- January 3: Kel Carruthers, Australian motorcycle racer
- JANUARY 5: Keith Greene, a British race car driver
- JANUARY 5: Jim Otto, American American football player
- January 6: Jozef Golonka, Slovak ice hockey player and coach
- January 6: Karl -Heinz customer, German cyclist
- January 7: Rauno Aaltonen, Finnish rally racer
- JANUARY 12: Alan Rees, British racing car driver and team manager
- JANUARY 18: Werner Olk, German football player and football coach
- FEBRUARY 11: Mohamed Gammoudi, Tunisian Athlete
- FEBRUARY 19: Oliver Taylor, Australian boxer
- February 22: Predrag Ostojic, Yugoslav chess master († 1996)
- FEBRUARY 25: Herb Elliott, Australian middle-distance runner
- February 25: Reinhold Wosab, German football player
- FEBRUARY 26: Horst Lohr, German Enduro athletes
- March 7: Aristide Guarneri, Italian footballer
- MARCH 8: Giorgio Puia, Italian footballer and coach
- March 10: Ron Mix, U.S. American football player and lawyer
- March 25: Fritz d' Orey, Brazilian race car driver
- MARCH 28: Jean -François Piot, French rally and circuit racers († 1980)
- MARCH 31: Jimmy Johnson, U.S. American football player
- April 2: Lothar Schünemann, German Enduro athletes
- April 13: Klaus Lehnertz, German track and field athlete
- April 18: Roberto Anzolin, Italian footballer
- April 20: Betty Cuthbert, Australian track and field athlete
- April 20: Manfred children, German track and field athlete
May to August
September to December
- SEPTEMBER 8: Larry Dickson, American race car driver
- SEPTEMBER 15: Rafael Osuna, Mexican Tennis Player († 1969)
- SEPTEMBER 25: Neville Lederle, South African racing driver
- SEPTEMBER 27: Mo Nunn, English engineer and motorsports team owner
- October 1: Les bill Flight, Australian football player and coach
- 4 October: Willi Schulz, German football player
- October 7: Ann Haydon -Jones, British tennis and table tennis player
- October 8: Fred Stolle, Australian tennis player
- October 18: Guy Roux, French football coach
- October 24: Fernand Goyvaerts, Belgian footballer († 2004)
- October 29: Wilbert McClure, American Boxolympiasieger
- October 29: Gerhard Neuser, German footballer († 1993)
- NOVEMBER 5: César Luis Menotti, Argentine soccer player and coach
- November 18: Karl Schranz, Austrian alpine skier
- November 24: Oscar Robertson, American basketball player
- December 1: Toni Schumacher, German football goalkeeper
- December 3. Gernot Weser, German motorcycle racer
- December 5: Heidi Schmid, German foil fencer
- December 9: Deacon Jones, U.S. American football player
- DECEMBER 12: Luis " Artillero " Artime, Argentinian football player
- December 15: Billy Shaw, U.S. American football player
- December 17: Peter Snell, New Zealand athlete
- December 23: Siegfried Rauhut, German Enduro athletes
- December 27: Rolf Wolf Hollow, German cyclist
Exact date of birth unknown
- David Kantilla, Australian football player († 1978)
Died
- JANUARY 28: Bernd Rosemeyer, German automobile and motorcycle racer (* 1909)
- APRIL 16: Steve Bloomer, English footballer (* 1874)
- APRIL 23: Eric Fernihough, British motorcycle racer ( b. 1905 )
- May 4: Kanō Jigorō, founder of the martial art Judo ( * 1860)
- MAY 15: Eugenio Siena, Italian racing driver ( b. 1905 )
- MAY 16: László Hartmann, Hungarian race car driver (* 1901)
- June 4: John Flanagan, American policeman, athlete and Olympian (* 1873)
- September 6: Johnny Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (* 1907)
- September 14: Dionys Schönecker, Austrian football player, coach and official (* 1888)
- September 15: Ferdinand Hueppe, German physician and first president of the DFB (* 1852)
- October 2: André Lagache, French race car driver and the first winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ( * 1885)