See also: 1959 in sports, other events of 1960, 1961 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Auto Racing

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• Stock car racing:
  • Junior Johnson won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Rex White
• Indianapolis 500 - Jim Rathmann
• USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Jack Brabham of Australia
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Olivier Gendebien / Paul Frère won, driving a Ferrari TR60
• Rally racing - the team of Walter Schock / Rolf Moll won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mercedes 220SE.
• Drag racing - Leonard Harris won "Top Eliminator" at the NHRA Nationals

Baseball

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• World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates win 4 games to 3 over the New York Yankees. The Series MVP is Bobby Richardson, New York.
• October 13 - 1960 World Series: Baseballer Bill Mazeroski becomes the first person to end a World Series with a home run.
• The Winnipeg Goldeyes win the Northern League championship.

Basketball

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• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Ohio St. wins 75-55 over California

• NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics win 4 games to 3 over the St. Louis Hawks

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Boxing

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• 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.

Cycling

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

Field Hockey

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• Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Rome, Italy
  • Gold Medal: Pakistan
  • Silver Medal: India
  • Bronze Medal: Spain

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Figure Skating

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• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Alain Giletti, France
  • Women's champion: Carol Heiss, United States
  • Pairs champions: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul, Canada

Football (American)

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• Minnesota Golden Gophers win National college football 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 relocates to St. Louis, Missouri.
• December 26-NFL Championship: Philadelphia Eagles won 17-13 over the Green Bay Packers
• The American Football League (AFL) played its first season
• First black pro football placekicker: Gene Mingo (Denver Broncos, AFL)
• First Hispanic pro football quarterback: Tom Flores (Oakland Raiders, AFL)
• AFL Championship: Houston Oilers won 24-16 over the Los Angeles Chargers

Football (Australian Rules)

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• Victorian Football League
  • Melbourne wins the 64th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 8.14 (62) d Collingwood 2.2 (14))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to John Schultz (Footscray)

Football (Canadian)

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• Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 16-6.

Football (Soccer)

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• 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

Golf

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Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. April 10 - The Masters - Arnold Palmer
  2. June - US Open - Arnold Palmer
  3. July - British Open - Kel Nagle
  4. August - PGA Championship - Jay Hebert

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Arnold Palmer - $75,263

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Betsy Rawls
• LPGA Championship - Mickey Wright
• Louise Suggs: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $16,892

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

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• Australia - Melbourne Cup
• Canada - Queen's Plate
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Chamour

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
  2. Epsom Derby
  3. St. Leger Stakes

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Venetian Way
  2. Preakness Stakes - Bally Ache
  3. Belmont Stakes - Celtic Ash

Harness Racing

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• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Countess Adios
  2. Little Brown Jug - Bullet Hanover
  3. Messenger Stakes - Countess Adios

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Blaze Hanover
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Caduceus

Ice Hockey

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• 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 Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks

• 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

Skiing

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• 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

• ISF World Championships:
• Ann Heggtveit of Canada becomes the first non-European to win the International Ski Federation overall world championship in Alpine skiing.
  • Men's combined champion: Guy Périllat, France
  • Women's combined champion: Ann Heggtveit, Canada

Tennis

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• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Rod Laver
  2. French Open - Nicola Pietrangeli
  3. Wimbledon championships - Neale Fraser
  4. US Open - Neale Fraser

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Margaret Smith
  2. French Open - Darlene Hard
  3. Wimbledon championships - Maria Bueno
  4. US Open - Darlene Hard

• Davis Cup: Australia wins 4-1 over Italy in world tennis.

General sporting events

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• 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy
  • USSR wins the most medals (103), and the most gold medals (43)

• 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, United States
  • USSR wins the most medals (21), and the most gold medals (7)

• First Paralympic Games held in Rome, Italy
  • Great Britain wins the most medals (53), the United States the most gold medals (29)

• First Winter Universiade held in Chamonix, France

Births

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January

• January 5 — Ursula Thielemann, German field hockey goalkeeper
• January 6 — Howie Long, American football player
• January 25 — Annelies Maas, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• January 29 — Sean Kerly, English field hockey striker
• January 29 — Greg Louganis, American gold medalist in diving
• January 30 — Chris Brown, New Zealand field hockey player

February

• February 2 — Sadiq Abdullahi, Nigerian tennis player
• February 9 — Bernardo José Pinango, Venezuelan boxer
• February 13 — Pierluigi Collina, Italian football referee
• February 21 — Wendy Banks, British field hockey goalkeeper
• February 21 — Rolf Falk-Larssen, Norwegian speed skater
• February 25 — Stefan Blöcher, German field hockey player
• February 27 — Pär Arvidsson, Swedish butterfly swimmer

March

• March 2 — Roald van Noort, Dutch water polo player
• March 3 — Orlando Romero, Peruvian boxer
• March 4 — John Mugabi, Ugandan boxer
• March 8 — Max Metzker, Australian long distance swimmer
• March 9 — Thierry Vigneron, French pole vaulter
• March 14 — Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (d. 2006)
• March 20 — Robertas Žulpa, Lithuanian swimmer
• March 21 — Ayrton Senna, Brazilian automobile racer (d. 1994)
• March 26 — Marcus Allen, American football player
• March 26 — Damir Keretic, Yugoslavian-German tennis player
• March 30 — Peter Maher, Canadian marathon runner

April

• April 1 — Frank Leistra, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
• April 6 — Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova, Bulgarian canoer
• April 13 — Olaf Ludwig, East German racing cyclist
• April 21 — Eric Noordegraaf, Dutch water polo player

May

• May 8 — Mary Clinton, New Zealand field hockey player
• May 11 — Jürgen Schult, German track and field athlete
• May 15 — Kip Hladky, Canadian field hockey player
• May 26 — Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter
• May 26 — Romas Ubartas, Lithuanian discus thrower
• May 31 — Greg C. Adams, Canadian ice hockey forward

June

• June 3 — Anett Pötzsch, German figure skater
• June 12 — Diane Edelijn, Dutch backstroke swimmer
• June 12 — Hagen Stamm, German water polo player
• June 15 — Didier Courrèges, French equestrian
• June 15 — Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey midfielder
• June 23 — Andy Tenbult, Canada-born ice hockey player and coach from The Netherlands
• June 28 — John Elway, American football player

July

• July 4 — Anton Heiden, Dutch water polo player
• July 8 — Susanne Nielsson, Danish swimmer
• July 12 — Ismail Mustafov, Bulgarian boxer
• July 18 — Peter Daji, New Zealand field hockey player

August

• August 2 — Wilfredo Vázquez, Puerto Rican boxer
• August 13 — Phil Taylor, English darts player

September

• September 26 — Lesley Elliott, New Zealand field hockey player
• September 27 — Leonardo David, Italian alpine skier (d. 1985)

October

• October 30 — Diego Maradona, Argentine football player

November

• November 3 — Karch Kiraly, US volleyball player
• November 18 — Ivans Klementjevs, Latvian flatwater canoer
• November 24 — Cameron Henning, Canadian backstroke swimmer
• November 28 — Andrew Ritchie, English footballer

December

• December 12 — Val Hallam, British field hockey goalkeeper

Deaths

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• January 2 — Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist
• September 15 — Héctor Castro (54), Uruguayan football player and coach (b. 1904)
• November 11 — Monte Attell, bantamweight world boxing champion

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