1964 in sports

[Alpine skiing]

• Men's Olympic Gold Medal:
• * Downhill: Egon Zimmermann, Austria
• * Slalom: Josef Stiegler, Austria
• * Giant Slalom: François Bonlieu, France
• Women's Olympic Gold Medal:
• * Downhill: Christl Haas, Austria
• * Slalom: Christine Goitschel, France
• * Giant Slalom: Marielle Goitschel, France
• FIS Alpine World Ski Championships –
• * Men's combined champion: Ludwig Leitner, Germany
• * Women's combined champion: Marielle Goitschel, France

  [American football]

• AFL Championship – Buffalo Bills win 20-7 over the San Diego Chargers
• AFL MVP – Gino Cappelletti, WR Boston Patriots
• NFL Championship – Cleveland Browns win 27-0 over the Baltimore Colts
• NFL MVP – Johnny Unitas, QB – Baltimore Colts
• Cotton Bowl :
• * The Texas Longhorns won 28-6 over the Navy Midshipmen to win the college football national championship
• Heisman Trophy – John Huarte QB, Notre Dame

  [Association football]

England

• FA Cup final – West Ham United won 3-2 over Preston North End

  International

• 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.

  Athletics">sport of athletics">Athletics

• 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

  [Australian rules football]

• Victorian Football League
• * Melbourne wins the 68th VFL Premiership d Collingwood 8.12 )
• * Brownlow Medal awarded to Gordon Collis

  [Baseball]

• February 15 – death of Ken Hubbs, Chicago Cubs player, in an air crash just before the season began
• April 17 – The New York Mets play their first game at brand-new Shea Stadium and lose 4–3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Willie Stargell hits the first home run in the stadium's history, a second-inning solo shot off the Mets' Jack Fisher.
• 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.
• AL MVP – Brooks Robinson 3B, Baltimore Orioles
• NL MVP – Ken Boyer 3B, St. Louis Cardinals
• AL Rookie of the Year – Tony Oliva OF, Minnesota Twins
• NL Rookie of the Year – Dick Allen 3B, Philadelphia Phillies
• Cy Young Award – Dean Chance, Los Angeles Angels

  [Basketball]

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship –
• * UCLA wins 97-83 over Duke
• Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year – Gary Bradds F, Ohio State
• NBA Finals – Boston Celtics won 4 games to 1 over the San Francisco Warriors
• NBA MVP – Oscar Robertson G, Cincinnati Royals
• NBA Rookie of the Year – Jerry Lucas F, Cincinnati Royals

  [Boxing]

• February 25 in Miami Beach, Florida – Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston by TKO in the 7th round to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
• December 14 in Philadelphia, Joey Giardello won a 15-round decision over Rubin "Hurricane" Carter to win the World Middleweight title.

  [Canadian football]

• Grey Cup – B.C. Lions win 34-24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

  [Cycling]

• Giro d'Italia won by Jacques Anquetil of France
• Tour de France – Jacques Anquetil of France
• UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Jan Janssen of Netherlands

  [Field hockey]

• Olympic Games 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

  [Golf]

• Masters Tournament – Arnold Palmer
• U.S. Open – Ken Venturi
• British Open – Tony Lema
• PGA Championship – Bobby Nichols
• PGA Tour money leader – Jack Nicklaus – $113,285

• British Amateur – Gordon Clark
• U.S. Amateur – William C. Campbell

• 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

  [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

  [Horse racing]

• Northern Dancer becomes the first Canadian–bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Arkle
• Grand National – Team Spirit

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Polo Prince
• Canada – Queen's Plate won by Northern Dancer
• France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Prince Royal
• Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Santa Claus
• English Triple Crown Races:
• # 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Baldric
• # The Derby – Santa Claus
• # St. Leger Stakes – Indiana
• United States Triple Crown Races:
• # Kentucky Derby – Northern Dancer
• # Preakness Stakes – Northern Dancer
• # Belmont Stakes – Quadrangle

  [Ice hockey]

• Art Ross 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, Colorado

  [Lacrosse]

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

  [Motorsport]

[Rugby league]

• 1964 New Zealand rugby league season
• 1964 NSWRFL season
• 1963–64 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1964–65 Northern Rugby Football League season

  [Rugby union]

• 70th Five Nations Championship series is shared by Scotland and Wales

  [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">Swimming (sport)">Swimming

• February 29 – in Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the women's 100m freestyle competition: 58.9 seconds.
• March 29 – Australia's Kevin Berry sets a new world record in the men's 200m butterfly 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 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, 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 on the last day of the swimming competition at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, with a time of 2:06.6.

  [Tennis]

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Roy Emerson defeats Fred Stolle 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Smith Court defeats Lesley Turner Bowrey 6–3, 6–2

• French Men's Singles Championship – Manuel Santana defeats Nicola Pietrangeli 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5
• French Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Court defeats Maria Bueno 5–7, 6–1, 6–2

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Roy Emerson defeats Fred Stolle 6–4, 12–10, 4–6, 6–3
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Maria Bueno defeats Margaret Smith Court 6–4, 7–9, 6–3

• American Men's Singles Championship – Roy Emerson defeats Fred Stolle in straight sets 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
• American Women's Singles Championship – Maria Bueno defeats Carole Caldwell Graebner in straight sets 6–1, 6–0

• 1964 Davis Cup – 3–2 at Harold Clark Courts Cleveland, United States

  [Volleyball]

• Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics won by USSR and Japan

  [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 event]s

• 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan
• * United States wins the most gold medals but the Soviet Union wins the most overall medals.
• * 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, and the most gold medals.
• Third Winter Universiade held in Špindleruv 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
• Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year – Ken Venturi – Golf