1960 in sports

[Alpine skiing]

• The men's Olympic Gold Medal:
• * Downhill: Jean Vuarnet, France
• * Slalom: Ernst Hinterseer, Austria
• * Giant Slalom: Roger Staub, Switzerland
• * The women's Olympic Gold Medal:
• * Downhill: Heidi Biebl, West Germany
• * Slalom: Ann Heggtveit, Canada
• * Giant Slalom: Yvonne Rüegg, Switzerland
• FIS Alpine World Ski Championships:
• * Men's combined champion: Guy Périllat, France
• * Women's combined champion: Ann Heggtveit, Canada, who becomes the first non-European to win a world championship title in Alpine skiing.

  [American football]

• Cotton Bowl :
• * The Syracuse Orangemen won 23-17 over the Texas Longhorns to win the college football national championship
• National Football League names Pete Rozelle commissioner of the league. The league expands to Dallas for the 1960 season and Minneapolis-St.Paul for the 1961 season. The Chicago Cardinals relocate to St. Louis.
• December 26-NFL Championship – Philadelphia Eagles won 17-13 over the Green Bay Packers
• The American Football League played its first season
• First black pro football placekicker: Gene Mingo
• First Hispanic pro football quarterback: Tom Flores
• AFL Championship: Houston Oilers won 24-16 over the Los Angeles Chargers

  [Association football]

• England – FA Cup – Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3-0 over Blackburn Rovers
• The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 to win the first European Football Championship

  [Australian rules football]

• Victorian Football League
• * Melbourne wins the 64th VFL Premiership to McDonalds d Collingwood 2.2 )
• * Brownlow Medal awarded to John Schultz

  [Baseball]

• World Series – Pittsburgh Pirates win 4 games to 3 over the New York Yankees. The Series MVP is New York's Bobby Richardson.
• October 13 – 1960 World Series Game 7 at Forbes Field – Pittsburgh Pirates player Bill Mazeroski becomes the first person to end a World Series with a home run, and still the only player to do it in the decisive seventh game.
• The Winnipeg Goldeyes win the Northern League championship.

  [Basketball]

• Boston Celtics win four games to three over the St. Louis Hawks

  [Boxing]

• March 16 – Flash Elorde won the world junior lightweight title with a seventh-round knockout of Harold Gomes in Quezon City, Philippines.
• June – Floyd Patterson recovered the world heavyweight title from Ingemar Johansson, becoming the first-ever boxer to do so.
• September 5 – Cassius Clay wins the gold medal in boxing at the Rome Olympic Games.

  [Canadian football]

• Grey Cup – Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 34-9

  [Cycling]

• Tour de France – Gastone Nencini of Italy
• Giro d'Italia – Jacques Anquetil of France

  [Field hockey]

• Olympic Games in Rome, Italy
• * Gold Medal: Pakistan
• * Silver Medal: India
• * Bronze Medal: Spain

  [Golf]

• Masters Tournament – Arnold Palmer
• U.S. Open – Arnold Palmer
• British Open – Kel Nagle
• PGA Championship – Jay Hebert
• PGA Tour money leader – Arnold Palmer – $75,263

• British Amateur – Joe Carr
• U.S. Amateur – Deane Beman

• Women's Western Open – Joyce Ziske
• LPGA Championship – Mickey Wright
• U.S. Women's Open – Betsy Rawls
• Titleholders Championship – Fay Crocker
• LPGA Tour money leader – Louise Suggs – $16,892

  [Harness racing]

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
• # Cane Pace – Countess Adios
• # Little Brown Jug – Bullet Hanover
• # Yonkers Trot
• # Kentucky Futurity
• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
• * Pacers: Caduceus

  [Horse racing]

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Pas Seul
• Grand National – Merryman II

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by
• Canada – Queen's Plate won by Victoria Park
• France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Puissant Chef
• Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Chamour
• English Triple Crown Races:
• # 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Martial
• # The Derby – St. Paddy
• # St. Leger Stakes – St. Paddy
• United States Triple Crown Races:
• # Kentucky Derby – Venetian Way
• # Preakness Stakes – Bally Ache
• # Belmont Stakes – Celtic Ash

  [Ice hockey]

• The American Olympic men's ice-hockey team won the United States' first Olympic hockey gold medal with a record of 7–0–0 during the tournament.
• Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks
• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings
• Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 0 over the Toronto Maple Leafs
• World Hockey Championship
• * Men's champion: United States is crushed by Canada
• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – University of Denver Pioneers defeat Michigan Technological University Huskies 5-3 in Boston

  [Motorsport]

[Olympic Games]

• 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy
• * USSR wins the most medals, and the most gold medals
• 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, United States
• * USSR wins the most medals, and the most gold medals
• First Paralympic Games held in Rome, Italy
• * Italy wins the most medals and the most gold medals
• First Winter Universiade held in Chamonix, France

  [Rugby league]

• 1960 New Zealand rugby league season
• 1959–60 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1960–61 Northern Rugby Football League season
• 1960 NSWRFL season
• 1960 Rugby League World Cup

  [Rugby union]

• 66th Five Nations Championship series is shared by England and France

  Swimming">Swimming (sport)">Swimming

• June 12 – Marianne Heemskerk from the Netherlands breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly during a meet in Leipzig, East Germany – 2:34.4.
• July 10 – US swimmer Michael Troy breaks his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly at a meet in Evansville, Indiana, clocking 2:15.0.
• July 23 – Thirteen days after breaking his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly Troy once again betters the world's best time in that event, this time at a meet in Toledo, Ohio clocking 2:13.4.
• August 4 – Less than a month before the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, Troy again breaks the world record in the men's 200m butterfly, when he clocks 2:13.2 at a meet in Detroit, Michigan.
• September 2 – Michael Troy wins the men's 200m butterfly at the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy by breaking his own world record – 2:12.8.

  [Tennis]

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Rod Laver defeats Neale Fraser 5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 8–6
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Smith Court defeats Jan Lehane O'Neill 7–5, 6–2

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Neale Fraser defeats Rod Laver 6–4, 3–6, 9–7, 7–5
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Maria Bueno defeats Sandra Reynolds Price 8–6, 6–0

• French Men's Singles Championship –
• French Women's Singles Championship –

• American Men's Singles Championship –
• American Women's Singles Championship –

• 1960 Davis Cup – 4–1 at White City Stadium Sydney, Australia

  [Volleyball]

• 1960 FIVB Men's World Championship in Rio de Janeiro won by the USSR

  Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Rafer Johnson, Track and field
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Wilma Rudolph, Track and field