1964 in sports

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Athletics (track and field)

Indoor Competition

*March 6 — Tom O'Hara sets a new world record for the indoor mile run by completing it in 3 minutes and 56.4 seconds.

Marathon

* December 6 — flagicon|JPN Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
**Men's Winner: Toru Terasawa (JPN) 2:14:49

=Auto Racing=

*Stock car racing:
**Richard Petty won the Daytona 400 on February 23
**NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty
*Indianapolis 500 - A.J. Foyt
*USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship
*Formula One Championship - John Surtees of Great Britain
*24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Jean Guichet / Nino Vaccarella won driving a Ferrari 275P
*Rally racing - the team of Paddy Hopkirk / Henry Liddon won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S
*Drag racing - Don Garlits won the NHRA, Top Fuel Championship

Baseball

* June 21: Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a perfect game in a 6-0 victory over the New York Mets.

*World Series: St. Louis Cardinals win 4 games to 3 over the New York Yankees. The Series MVP is pitcher, Bob Gibson of St. Louis.

Basketball

*NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
**UCLA wins 97-83 over Duke

* NBA Finals|NBA Finals:
**Boston Celtics won 4 games to 1 over the San Francisco Warriors

Boxing

*February 25 in Charlotte - Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston by TKO in the 8th round to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

*December 14 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Joey Giardello won a 15 round decision over Rubin "Hurricane" Carter to win the World Middleweight Title.

Cycling

*Giro d'Italia won by Jacques Anquetil of France
*Tour de France - Jacques Anquetil of France
*World Cycling Championship: Jan Janssen of Netherlands

Field Hockey

* Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Tokyo, Japan
** Gold Medal: India
** Silver Medal: Pakistan
** Bronze Medal: Australia

Figure skating

*World Figure Skating Championships
**Men's champion: Manfred Schnelldorfer, Germany
**Ladies' champion: Sjoukje Dijkstra, Netherlands
**Pair skating champions: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Germany
**Ice dancing champions: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman, Czechoslovakia

=Football (American)=

*AFL Championship:1964 - Buffalo Bills win 11-7 over the San Diego Chargers
*NFL Championship:December, 27 1964 - Cleveland Browns win 27-0 over the Baltimore ColtsW

Football (Australian rules football)

* Victorian Football League
** Melbourne wins the 68th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 8.16 (64) d Collingwood 8.12 (60))
** Brownlow Medal awarded to Gordon Collis (Carlton)

=Football (Canadian)=

* Grey Cup: B.C. Lions win 34-24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Football (Soccer)

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*England - FA Cup: West Ham United won 3-2 over Preston North End
*Spain beat the Soviet Union 2-1 to win the European Championship.
* In October during the celebration of the 1964 Summer Olympics FIFA gives the right to host the Football World Cup in 1970 to Mexico.

Golf

Men's professional
*April 9-12 - Masters Tournament - Arnold Palmer
*June 18-20 - U.S. Open - Ken Venturi
*July 7-10 - British Open - Tony Lema
*July 16-19 - PGA Championship - Bobby Nichols
*PGA Tour money leader - Jack Nicklaus - $113,285Men's amateur
*British Amateur - Gordon Clark
*U.S. Amateur - William C. CampbellWomen's professional
*Women's Western Open - Carol Mann
*LPGA Championship - Mary Mills
*U.S. Women's Open - Mickey Wright
*Titleholders Championship - Marilynn Smith
*LPGA Tour money leader - Mickey Wright - $29,800

=Thoroughbred Horse Racing=

*Australia - Melbourne Cup - Polo Prince
*Canada - Queen's Plate - Northern Dancer
*France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Prince Royal
*Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Santa Claus

*English Triple Crown Races:
*#2,000 Guineas Stakes - Baldric II
*#Epsom Derby - Santa Claus
*#St. Leger Stakes - Indiana

*United States Triple Crown Races: Northern Dancer is the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby
*#May 2 - Kentucky Derby - Northern Dancer
*#Preakness Stakes - Northern Dancer
*#Belmont Stakes - Quadrangle(Held at Aqueduct)

=Harness Racing=

*United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
*#Cane Pace - Race Time
*#Little Brown Jug - Vicar Hanover
*#Messenger Stakes - Race Time

*Ayres won the United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
*#Hambletonian - Ayres
*#Yonkers Trot - Ayres
*#Kentucky Futurity - Ayres

*Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
**Pacers: Minuteman

Ice Hockey

*Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks

*Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens

*Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs won 4-3 over the Detroit Red Wings

*World Hockey Championship:
** Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden

*NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - University of Michigan Wolverines defeat University of Denver Pioneers 6-3 in Denver, CO

Lacrosse

*The Guelph Mohawks win the first Castrol Cup.
*The Vancouver­ Carlings win the Mann Cup.
*The Oshawa Green Gaels win the Minto Cup.

Skiing

*Alpine Skiing
*The men's Olympic Gold Medal:
**Downhill: Egon Zimmermann, Austria
**Slalom: Josef Stiegler, Austria
**Giant Slalom: Francois Bonlieu, France

**The women's Olympic Gold Medal:
**Downhill: Christl Haas, Austria
**Slalom: Christine Goitschel, France
**Giant Slalom: Marielle Goitschel, France

*ISF World Championships:
**Men's combined champion: Ludwig Leitner, Germany
**Women's combined champion: Marielle Goitschel, France

Snooker

*The World Snooker Championship is revived in a challenge format:
**John Pulman beats Fred Davis 19-16
**John Pulman beats Rex Williams 40-33

Swimming

International tournaments

*XVIII Olympic Games, held in Tokyo, Japan (October 11 – October 18)

Records

*February 29 — In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the women's 100m freestyle (long course) competition: 58.9 seconds.

*March 29 — Australia's Kevin Berry sets a new world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at a meet in Sydney, clocking 2:06.9.

* July 12 — US swimmer Sharon Stouder breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) with one second, during a meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, clocking 2:28.1.

* August 2 — Sharon Stouder once again breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course), this time in Los Altos, California, clocking 2:26.4.

*October 18 — Kevin Berry breaks his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) on the last day of the swimming competition at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, with a time of 2:06.6.

Tennis

*Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
*#Australian Open - Roy Emerson
*#French Open - Manuel Santana
*#Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson
*#US Open - Roy Emerson

*Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
*#Australian Open - Margaret Smith
*#French Open - Margaret Smith
*#Wimbledon championships - Maria Bueno
*#US Open - Maria Bueno

*Davis Cup: Australia wins 3-2 over the United States in world tennis.

Volleyball

*Summer Olympics
**Women's Team Competition
**#Japan
**#Soviet Union
**#Poland

Yacht racing

*The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as "Constellation" defeats British challenger "Sovereign", of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, 4 races to 0

Multi-sport events

*1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan
**United States wins the most medals (90), and the most gold medals (36).
** This Olympic opening ceremony is first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite.

*1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria
**USSR wins the most medals (25), and the most gold medals (11).

* Third Winter Universiade held in Špindlerův Mlýn, Czechoslovakia

Awards

*Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Don Schollander, Swimming
*Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Mickey Wright, LPGA golf
*ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Don Schollander, Swimming

Births

January

* January 1 — Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player
* January 2 — Pat Sutherland, English netballer
* January 2 — Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
* January 5 — Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Spanish golfer
* January 6 — Henry Maske, German boxer
* January 6 — Richard Nerurkar, British long-distance runner
* January 6 — Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan swimmer (d. 2005)
* January 7 — Reggie de Jong, Dutch freestyle swimmer
* January 7 — Francisco Maciel, Mexican tennis player
* January 10 — Jutta Niehaus, Germann female cyclist
* January 10 — José Pérez, Venezuelan boxer
* January 12 — Laura Gildemeister, Peruvian tennis player
* January 18 — Virgil Hill, American boxer
* January 21 — José Manuel Albentosa, Spanish long-distance runner
* January 21 — Aleksandar Šoštar, Yugoslav water polo player
* January 20 — Roger Smith, Bahamian tennis player
* January 22 — Nigel Benn, British boxer
* January 22 — Celia Corres, Spanish field hockey player
* January 27 — Baik Hyun-Man, South Korean boxer
* January 29 — Peter Borglund, Swedish javelin thrower

February

* February 4 — Ricardo Acioly, Brazilian tennis player
* February 5 — Rob Grabert, Dutch volleyball player
* February 5 — Jim Pugh, American tennis player
* February 8 — Karel David, Czech long-distance runner
* February 10 — Victor Davis, Canadian swimming champion (d. 1989)
* February 10 — Chris Sande, Kenyan boxer
* February 12 — Stéphane Franke, German long-distance runner
* February 12 — Tuihaleni Kayele, Namibian long-distance runner
* February 14 — Frédéric Delcourt, French backstroke swimmer
* February 16 — Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
* February 17 — Ingrid Wolff, Dutch field hockey forward
* February 18 — Jackie McWilliams, Irish field hockey player
* February 20 — An Young-Su, South Korean boxer
* February 20 — Romanas Brazdauskis, Lithuanian basketball player
* February 22 — Magnus Wislander, Swedish handball player
* February 23 — Daniel Colla, Argentine volleyball player
* February 23 — Bashir Varaev, Russian judoka
* February 24 — Ute Geweniger, German breaststroke and medley swimmer
* February 27 — Thomas Lange, German rower
* February 27 — Christian Penigaud, French beach volleyball player
* February 28 — Pilar Ramírez, Mexican synchronized swimmer
* February 29 — Paul Just, German-Canadian pole vaulter
* February 29 — Svilen Rusinov, Bulgarian boxer
* February 29 — Henrik Sundström, Swedish tennis player

March

* March 4 — Richard Saeger, American freestyle swimmer
* March 5 — Gerald Vanenburg, Dutch football (soccer) player
* March 6 — Robyn Toomey, New Zealand field hockey player
* March 7 — Vladimir Smirnov, Kazakh cross-country skier
* March 10 — Wendy Baker, Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
* March 11 — Juantxo García-Mauriño, Spanish field hockey player
* March 11 — Carlos Scanavino, Uruguayan freestyle swimmer
* March 12 — Kym Carter, American heptathlete
* March 18 — Bonnie Blair, American speed skater
* March 21 — Frank Baltrusch, East German backstroke swimmer
* March 21 — Sean Murphy, Canadian backstroke swimmer
* March 24 — Liz McColgan, British long-distance running athlete
* March 24 — Luis Soares, Portuguese-French long-distance runner
* March 31 — Kelly Jones, American tennis player
* March 31 — Monique Knol, Dutch cyclist

April

* April 2 — Saulius Kleiza, Lithuanian shot putter and discus thrower
* April 2 — Nadezhda Wijenberg, Russian-Dutch long-distance runner
* April 5 — Steve Beaton, British darts player
* April 5 — Neil Eckersley, British judoka
* April 6 — Luíz Antônio dos Santos, Brazilian long-distance runner
* April 8 — Andrew Maynard, American boxer
* April 9 — Graham Reid, Australian field hockey player
* April 10 — Manon Bollegraf, Dutch tennis player
* April 12 — Josep Picó, Spanish water polo player
* April 13 — Steve McCrory, American boxer
* April 17 — William Mattus, Costa Rican football (soccer) referee
* April 18 — Paul Gonzales, American boxer
* April 19 — Kinga Zsigmond, Hungarian javelin thrower
* April 21 — Alex Baumann, Czech-born Canadian swimmer
* April 21 — Ludmila Engquist, Russian-born Swedish athlete
* April 22 — Michelle Pearson, Australian medley and freestyle swimmer
* April 22 — Wilma van Velsen, Dutch butterfly and freestyle swimmer
* April 25 — Omar Catari, Venezuelan boxer
* April 26 — Aleksandr Miroshnichenko, Soviet boxer (d. 2003)
* April 27 — Sharon Creelman, Canadian field hockey player
* April 28 — Mark Hager, Australian field hockey player
* April 29 — Jürgen Evers, West German sprinter

May

* May 1 — Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater
* May 2 — Ricki Osterthun, German tennis player
* May 4 — Mark Leduc, Canadian boxer
* May 5 — Heike Henkel, German athlete
* May 7 — Patrick Faber, Dutch field hockey player
* May 8 — Dragan Perić, Yugoslav shot putter
* May 13 — Sara Gomer, British tennis player
* May 13 — Robert Marland, Canadian rower
* May 17 — Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (d. 1999)
* May 20 — Miodrag Belodedici, Romanian football (soccer) defender
* May 22 — Virginia Ramírez, Spanish field hockey player
* May 25 — Vladimir Inozemtsev, Ukrainian triple jumper
* May 27 — Natalya Kovtun, Russian sprinter
* May 28 — Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer
* May 31 — Stéphane Caristan, French hurdler

June

* June 3 — Matthew Ryan, Australian equestrian
* June 4 — Desi Reijers, Dutch freestyle swimmer
* June 8 — Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (d. 2007)
* June 11 — Kim Gallagher, American athlete (d. 2002)
* June 11 — Martine Ohr, Dutch field hockey striker
* June 14 — Randall Thompson, Canadian boxer
* June 15 — Valeri Bukrejev, Estonian pole vaulter
* June 16 — Michael Metz, German field hockey player
* June 19 — Michael Kenny, New Zealand boxer
* June 20 — Deyan Kirilov, Bulgarian boxer
* June 21 — Rick Duff, Canadian boxer
* June 23 — Lou Yun, Chinese gymnast
* June 25 — Robert Muzzio, American decathlete
* June 28 — Gheorghe Boroi, Romanian hurdler
* June 30 — Tania Dangalakova, Bulgarian breaststroke swimmer

July

* July 1 — Denisse Fajardo, Peruvian volleyball player
* July 1 — Bernard Laporte, French rugby player and coach
* July 4 — Luisa Cervera, Peruvian volleyball player
* July 10 — Martin Laurendeau, Canadian tennis player
* July 10 — Jon Root, American volleyball player
* July 14 — Marcelino Bolivar, Venezuelan boxer
* July 17 — Earl Jones, American track and field athlete
* July 22 — Thierry Brusseau, French track and field athlete
* July 24 — Barry Bonds, American baseball player
* July 24 — Erminia Russo, Canadian volleyball player
* July 25 — Helen van der Ben, Dutch field hockey player and coach
* July 25 — Angus Waddell, Australian freestyle swimmer
* July 27 — Hellen Boering, Dutch water polo goalkeeper
* July 28 — Aleksandar Hristov, Bulgarian boxer
* July 28 — Sybille Schönrock, East German butterfly swimmer
* July 30 — Jurgen Klinsmann, German footballer and manager
* July 30 — Roland Lee, English freestyle swimmer

August

* August 1 — Maria Usifo, Nigerian athlete
* August 3 — Elles Voskes, Dutch freestyle swimmer
* August 4 — Anita Protti, Swiss track and field athlete
* August 8 — Nicolae Juravschi, Moldovan canoer
* August 9 — Soraia André, Brazilian judoka
* August 9 — Michael Heath, American swimmer
* August 14 — Sammy Lelei, Kenyan long-distance runner
* August 14 — Hussain Shah Syed, Pakistani boxer
* August 19 — Mikko Kolehmainen, Finnish flatwater canoer
* August 20 — Giuseppe Giannini, Italian football (soccer) player
* August 20 — Sachiko Yamashita, Japanese long-distance runner
* August 22 — Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
* August 26 — Dave Boyes, Canadian rower
* August 27 — Frank Tate, American boxer
* August 28 — Borut and Darjan Petrič, Yugoslav twins and freestyle swimmers
* August 29 — Jordi Arrese, Spanish tennis player
* August 29 — Massimo Barbolini, Italian volleyball coach
* August 30 — Milena Gaiga, Canadian field hockey player
* August 31 — Mike West, Canadian backstroke swimmer

eptember

* September 3 — Robinsón Pitalúa, Colombian boxer (d. 1985)
* September 4 — Maryse Ewanjé-Epée, French high jumper
* September 4 — Robson da Silva, Brazilian athlete
* September 5 — Michael Bentt, English-American boxer
* September 5 — Carlos Gabriel Salazar, Argentine boxer
* September 7 — Natik Bagirov, Belarusian judoka
* September 7 — Richard Matuszewski, American tennis player
* September 12 — Zsolt Gyulai, Hungarian canoer
* September 12 — Dirk Richter, East German swimmer
* September 14 — Terrence Paul, Canadian rower
* September 16 — Glenn Beringen, Australian breaststroke swimmer
* September 18 — Kelly-Ann Way, Canadian track cyclist and road bicycle racer
* September 20 — Madina Biktagirova, Russian long-distance runner
* September 22 — Wayne Yearwood, Canadian basketball player and coach
* September 23 — Diana Dutra, Canadian female boxer
* September 25 — Christopher Jacobs, American swimmer
* September 25 — Ray Lazdins, Canadian discus thrower
* September 29 — Tadashi Fukushima, Japanese long-distance runner

October

* October 1 — Marcia Pankratz, American field hockey forward
* October 2 — Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
* October 2 — Raimundo Yant, Venezuelan boxer
* October 5 — Seiko Hashimoto, Japanese ice speed skater
* October 5 — Letitia Vriesde, Surinamese track and field athlete
* October 9 — Carlos Patrício, Portuguese long-distance runner
* October 11 — Uwe Ampler, East German track and road cyclist
* October 19 — Carlos di Laura, Peruvian tennis player
* October 21 — Christian Eminger, Austrian ice speed skater
* October 23 — David Penfold, New Zealand field hockey player
* October 25 — Johan de Kock, Dutch football (soccer) defender
* October 26 — Lawson Duncan, American tennis player
* October 26 — Elisabeta Lipă, Romanian rower
* October 27 — Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer
* October 29 — May Allison, Canadian long-distance runner
* October 29 — Anthony Mosse, New Zealand swimmer
* October 29 — Jackie Pereira, Australian field hockey striker

November

* November 9 — Leah Pells, Canadian track and field athlete
* November 14 — Silken Laumann, Canadian rower
* November 18 — Markus Hacksteiner, Swiss middle distance runner
* November 23 — Lars Myrberg, Swedish boxer
* November 23 — Drake Thadzi, Malawian boxer
* November 24 — Hendrie Krüzen, Dutch football (soccer) midfielder
* November 25 — Bert van Vlaanderen, Dutch long-distance runner
* November 26 — Vreni Schneider, Swiss alpine ski racer
* November 30 — Henk-Jan Zwolle, Dutch rower

December

* December 1 — Salvatore Schillaci, Italian soccer player (footballer)
* December 5 — Pablo Morales, American swimmer
* December 6 — Marat Ganeyev, Russian track cyclist
* December 8 — Nikola Jerkan, Croatian football (soccer) player
* December 9 — Peter Blangé, Dutch volleyball player and coach
* December 11 — Jacqueline Toxopeus, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
* December 11 — Carolyn Waldo, Canadian synchronized swimmer
* December 12 — Cristina Fink, Mexican high jumper
* December 12 — Suzanne Landells, Australian medley swimmer
* December 12 — Davide Milesi, Italian long-distance runner
* December 13 — Dieter Eilts, German football (soccer) player
* December 16 — Heike Drechsler, German track and field athlete
* December 16 — Marieke van Drogenbroek, Dutch rower
* December 17 — Barbara Daniels, English cricketer
* December 19 — Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
* December 23 — Lacy Barnes-Mileham, American discus thrower
* December 24 — Shahid Ali Khan, Pakistani field hockey goalkeeper
* December 25 — Anil Kaul, Indian-Canadian badminton player
* December 28 — Rick Leach, American tennis player

Deaths

*January 19 — Joe Weatherly, NASCAR grand national champion
*February 15 — Ken Hubbs (22), MLB baseball player, Chicago Cubs
*July 2 — Fireball Roberts, American stock car driver
*July 23 — Frederick Grace (80), English lightweight boxer (b. 1884)
*December 3 — Nils Backlund (68), Swedish water polo player (b. 1896)