1944 in sports
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- 3.1 Exact date of birth unknown
Badminton
The highlight of the Badminton 1944 were the French Open. Scandinavia, India and France were the centers of the sport in the sixth year of the war. The international game mode was almost completely impossible, just as national title fights were extremely rare.
International events
National Championships
Athletics
- July 7 - Gunder Hägg, Sweden, the 1500 meters of the men ran in 3:43,0 min.
- August 4 - Erik Elmsater, Sweden, the 3000 meter steeplechase of the men ran in 8:59,6 min.
- August 7 - Gunder Hägg, Sweden, the 1500 meters of the men ran in 3:43,0 min.
- August 25 - Viljo Heino, Finland, the 10,000 m men ran into 29:35,4 min.
- August 27 - Anna Larsson, Sweden, ran the 800 meters of the ladies 02:15,9 min.
- September 13 - Nina Dumbadze, Soviet Union, reached 49.88 meters in the discus of the ladies.
- September 24 - Viljo Heino, Finland, the 10,000 m men ran into 29:35,4 min.
- September 27 - Anna Larsson, Sweden, ran the 800 meters in the women's 02:15,9 min.
Born
- JANUARY 5: Jan de Vries, Dutch motorcycle racer
- July 2: Dieter Salevsky, German Enduro athletes
- JULY 31: Paolo Pileri, Italian motorcycle racer († 2007)
- November 29: Helmut Dähne, German motorcycle racer
Exact date of birth unknown
- Rolf Witthöft, German Enduro athletes and entrepreneurs