1959 in sports
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Badminton
The highlight of the Badminton 1959 were the All England, the Irish Open, the Scottish Open, the German Open, the Dutch Open and the French Open. Badminton was first represented at the SEA Games and the Chinese National Games.
International events
Athletics
- March 21 - Iolanda Balas, Romania, reached 1.84 meters in the high jump of the ladies.
- April 26 - Tamara Press, USSR, came in the women's shot put 17.25 meters.
- May 3 - Oleg Fjodossejew, Soviet Union, jumped in the triple jump of 16.70 meters gentlemen.
- May 12 - Marija Itkina, Soviet Union, the 400 meters of the ladies ran in 53.4 s
- July 5 - Al Cantello, USA, reached 86.04 meters in the javelin of Lords.
- July 7 - Martin Lauer, Germany, the 110 -meter hurdles of the men ran in 13.2 s
- July 12 - Dallas Long, USA, reached 19.26 meters in the shot put of the men.
- July 14 - Edmund Piatkowski, Poland, reached 59.91 meters in the discus of Lords.
- July 17 - Vasili Kuznetsov, Soviet Union, reached 8357 points in the decathlon of Lords.
- August 1 - Parry O'Brien, USA, came in the Shot Put Men 19.3 m.
- August 5 - Volodymyr Holubnytschyj, Soviet Union, the 20,000 meters walking the men went in 1:27:04 h
- August 7 - Leonid Spirin, Soviet Union, the 20,000 meters walking the men went in 1:27:29 h
- August 7 - Martin Lauer, Germany, the 110 -meter hurdles of the men ran in 13.2 s
- August 21 - Dan Waern, Sweden, the 1000 meters of the men ran in 2:17,8 min.
- September 12 - Anatoli Wedjakow, Soviet Union, the 50,000 meters walking the men went in 4:03:53 h
- December 18th - Mary Bignal, Great Britain, reached 12.22 m in the triple jump of the ladies.
Born
- January 7: Manfred Fischer, German motorcycle racer
- JANUARY 30: Davide Tardozzi, Italian motorcycle racer
- MARCH 18: Roberto Tricella, Italian footballer
- April 2: Juha Kankkunen, Finnish rally driver
- MAY 14: Stéphane Mertens, Belgian motorcycle racer
- MAY 26: Lothar Neukirchen, German motorcycle racer
- MAY 31: Andrea de Cesaris, Italian race car driver
- JUNE 10: Carlo Ancelotti, Italian football player and coach
- July 7: Alessandro Nannini, Italian race car driver
- October 7: Loris Reggiani, Italian motorcycle racer
- November 9: Sito Pons, Spanish motorcycle racer
- NOVEMBER 10: Randy Mamola, American motorcycle racer
Died
- September 28: Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (* 1901)
- December 13: Peter Platzer, Austrian footballer (* 1910)