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See also: 1895 in sports, other events of 1896, 1897 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
Boat race
- Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford
Cricket
- The Ashes - England win 3 test series 2-1
- County Cricket Championship - Yorkshire
Ice Hockey
- Winnipeg Victorias win their 1st Stanley Cup, defeating the Montreal Victorias, however, Montreal would reclaim the trophy by defeating Winnipeg in a rematch.
Ice skating
- First World Figure Skating Championships (open to men only) held in St. Petersburg
Football (soccer)
England
- First Division - Aston Villa win the 1895-96 title.
- FA Cup - The Wednesday beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1.
Netherlands
- Willem II Tilburg, a Dutch football club playing in Tilburg, is founded as Tilburgia on August 12.
General sporting events
- 1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympic Games, takes place in Athens, Greece
- 13 nations compete in the Games, most from Greece, Germany and France.
- April 6 - American James Connolly wins the triple jump, becoming the first Olympic champion in over 1,500 years.
- Winners receive a silver medal and a crown of olive branches.
- Greece wins the most medals (46), and the United States wins the most gold medals (11).
Births
- April 2 — Ivan Stedman, Australian freestyle and breaststroke swimmer
- May 2 — Norman Ross, American swimmer (d. 1953)
Deaths
"1896 in sports"