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Badminton
The highlight of the Badminton 1940 were the Malaysia Open. Scandinavia, France, North America, Australia, India and Malaya were the centers of the sport in the second year of the war, while due to the war in the British Isles the game operation came to a halt.
International Badminton Federation
The International Badminton Federation had 16 members: Australia, Denmark, England, France, India, Ireland, Canada, Malaya, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, South Africa, USA and Wales, with South Africa in 1940 joined the IBF.
Events
Malaysia Open 1940
The Malaysia Open Badminton 1940 were held in late March 1940 held in Ipoh. They were the fourth edition of this championship.
Final results of the Malaysia Open 1940
Athletics
- July 29 - Cornelius Warmerdam, USA, reached 4.60 meters in the pole vault of Lords.
- August 14 - Henry Kälarne, Sweden, the 3000 meters of the men ran in 8:09,0 min.
Born
- January 2: Nanni Galli, Italian Automibilrennfahrer
- JANUARY 29: Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle and Automibilrennfahrer
- FEBRUARY 23: Werner Salevsky, German Enduro athletes († 1991)
- 20 March: Giampiero Moretti, an Italian Automibilrennfahrer and Entrepreneurs ( † 2012)
- MARCH 21: Paul Friedrichs, German Enduro athletes († 2012)
- MARCH 27: Sandro Munari, Italian rally driver
- April 2: Mike Hailwood, British motorcycle and car racer († 1981)
- MAY 15: Yoshimi Katayama, a Japanese motorcycle and car racers
- MAY 21: Peter Uhlig, German Enduro athletes († 1971)
- October 24: Giacomo Bulgarelli, Italian footballer, functionary and TV Commentator ( † 2009)
Died
- February 2: Ernst Günthersburgpark Galler, German motorcycle racer (* 1896)
- March 21: Felice Nazzaro, Italian racing driver (* 1881)
- MAY 26: Silvio Vailati, Italian motorcycle racer (* unknown)
- JUNE 28: Ferdinando Minoia, Italian racing driver (* 1884)
- August 12: Ulrich Bigalke, German engineer, racing driver, filmmaker and fighter pilot (* 1910)
- October 8: Walter Rusk, British motorcycle racer (* 1910)