1960 in sports
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- 5.1 Athletics World Records 5.1.1 Sprint
- 5.1.2 middle distance running
- 5.1.3 Long -distance running
- 5.1.4 Hurdles
- 5.1.5 Go
- 5.1.6 throwing events
- 5.1.7 jumping events
- 5.1.8 Mehrkampf
Olympic games
Badminton
The highlight of the year 1960, the badminton Uber Cup in 1960 and the All England, the Scottish Open, the German Open, the Dutch Open and the French Open.
International events
Football
Handball
- Field Handball World Championship for Women 1960
Athletics
Track and Field World Records
Sprint
- February 7: Wilma Rudolph, USA, running the 200 meters of the women in 22.9 s
- May 6: Otis Davis, United States, running the 400 meters of the men in 44.9 s
- June 12: Wilma Rudolph, USA, running the 100 meters of the women 11.3 s
- 21 June: Armin Hary, Germany, running the 100 meters of the men in 10 seconds.
- July 2: Peter Radford, United Kingdom, running in Wolverhampton the 200 meters of the men in 20.5 s On the same day also run the Americans Ray Norton and Stonewall Johnson in Palo Alto the same time.
Middle distance running
- April 3: Lyudmila Shevtsova, Soviet Union, running the 800 meters of the women in 2:04,3 min.
- May 6: Herb Elliott, Australia, running the 1500 meters of the men in 3:35,6 min.
Long-distance running
Hurdles
- APRIL 21: Lee Calhoun, United States, the 110 -meter hurdles of the men runs in 13.2 s
- JULY 26: Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Poland, the 3000 meter steeplechase of the gentlemen running in 8:31,4 min.
Walking
Throwing events
- March 5: Dallas Long, USA, comes in Men's Shot Put 19.38 m.
- MARCH 19: Bill Lower, USA, comes in Men's Shot Put 19.45 m.
- MARCH 26: Dallas Long, USA, comes in Men's Shot Put 19.67 m.
- April 2: Bill Lower, USA, comes in Men's Shot Put 19.99 m.
- MAY 3: Elvira Ozoliņa, Soviet Union, achieved in the javelin of women 57,92 m.
- June 4: Elvira Ozoliņa, Soviet Union, achieved in the javelin of women 59,55 m.
- August 12: Bill Lower, USA, comes in Men's Shot Put 10.06 m.
- August 12: Hal Connolly, United States, poses in Hammer Throw Men 70.33 m.
- August 12: Rink Babka, USA, achieved in the discus throw of 59.91 m men.
- OCTOBER 12: Tamara Press, Soviet Union, achieved in the discus throw of 57.15 m ladies.
Jumping events
- APRIL 30: John Thomas, USA, jumps in the high jump of 2.17 m men.
- MAY 21: John Thomas, USA, reached in the high jump of the men again 2.17 m.
- June 24: John Thomas, USA, jump in the high jump of 2.18m men.
- July 1: John Thomas, USA, jump in the high jump of 2.22 m men.
- July 2: Don Bragg, USA, overcomes in the pole vault for men 4.80 m.
- July 6th: Iolanda Balas, Romania, jump in the high jump of the women 1.85 m.
- August 5: Jozef Schmidt, Poland, jump in the triple jump of 17.03 meters men.
- August 12: Ralph Boston, USA, jumps in the long jump of 8.21 m men.
- September 6: Hildrun Claus, DDR, achieved in the long jump of 6.40 m women.
More fight
- July 9: Rafer Johnson, USA, achieved in the decathlon men 8683 points.
Motorsport
- Formula 1 World Championship 1960
- Motorcycle World Championship 1960
Cycling
- Giro d' Italia 1960
- Tour de France 1960
- International Afri-Cola Germany Tour 1960
- International Peace Race 1960
- UCI Track World Championships 1960
- UCI Road World Championships 1960
Chess
Volleyball
- Volleyball World Championship Men 1960
Winter sports
- Alpine Ski World 1960
- Bob World Cup 1960
- Hockey World Cup 1960
- World Figure Skating Championships 1960
- Nordic World Ski Championships 1960
- Luge World Cup 1960
Born
- January 7: Steve Webster ( born 1960 ), British motorcycle racer
- FEBRUARY 18: Niggi Schmassmann, Swiss motorcycle racer
- March 21: Ayrton Senna, Brazilian racing driver († 1994)
- APRIL 28: Walter Zenga, Italian footballer and coach
- JUNE 25: Aldo Serena, Italian footballer
- JULY 4: Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian racing driver († 1994)
- September 2: Doug Polen, American motorcycle racer
- OCTOBER 23: Wayne Rainey, American motorcycle racer
- NOVEMBER 25: Robert Dunlop, a British motorcycle racer († 2008)
- November 26: Delio Rossi, Italian footballer and coach
Died
- January 2: Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist ( b. 1919 )