1957 in sports

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Badminton

The highlight of the Badminton 1957 was the inaugural Uber Cup with the winner USA and the All England, the Irish Open, the Scottish Open, the German Open, the Dutch Open and the French Open. In South Korea, the first national championships were held.

International events

Football

• June 23: In the final of the German soccer championship with a 4-1 win Borussia Dortmund in Hannover Niedersachsen stadium before 82,000 spectators against Hamburger SV.

Athletics

• April 24 - Nancy Boyle, Australia, 400 m of the ladies ran in 56.3 s
• April 27 - Bob Gutowski, USA, jumped in the pole vault of 4.78 m men.
• May 10 - Polina Lazarewa, Soviet Union, ran the 400 meters of the women's 55.2 s
• May 13 - Vladimir Kuz, Soviet Union, the 5000 m of the men ran into 13:35,0 min.
• June 10 - Polina Lazareva, Soviet Union, 400 m of the ladies ran in 55.2 s
• July 12 - Stanislav Jungwirth, Czechoslovakia, the 1500 m of the men ran in 3:38,1 min.
• July 13 - Yuri Stepanov, Soviet Union, jumped in the high jump of 2.16 m men.
• July 19 - Diane Leather, Great Britain, ran the 1500 m of the ladies 4:29,7 min.
• July 24 - Tom Courtney, USA, 800 m of the men ran in 1:46,8 min.
• August 6 - Marija Itkina, Soviet Union, 400 m of the ladies ran in 53.6 s
• August 11 - Olavi Salonen, Finland, the 1500 m of the men ran in 3:40,2 min. (see also 1500 - meter world record run of Turku 1957)
• August 11 - Olavi Salsola, Finland, the 1500 m of the men ran in 3:40,2 min. (see also 1500 - meter world record run of Turku 1957)
• August 12 - Stanislav Jungwirth, Czechoslovakia, the 1500 m of the gentlemen ran in 3:38,1 min.
• August 13 - Yuri Stepanov, Soviet Union, reached 2.16 meters in the high jump of the men.
• September 12 - Vladimir Guk, Soviet Union, the 20,000 m Walk the men went in 1:28:39 h

Born

• FEBRUARY 21: Raymond Roche, a French motorcycle racer
• MARCH 13: Marcellino Lucchi, Italian motorcycle racer
• APRIL 30: Giuseppe Sannino, Italian footballer and coach
• June 22: Ron Haslam, British motorcycle racer
• August 4: Alfred Waibel, German motorcycle racer
• October 8: Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and coach
• October 11: Martin Wimmer, German motorcycle racer

Died

• APRIL 28: Ferenc Hirzer, Hungarian football player and coach (* 1902)
• August 24: Fritz Hillebrand, German motorcycle racer ( * 1917 )