1967 in sports

1967 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Years in sports: 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years: 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970

Alpine skiing

  • The first Alpine Skiing World Cup is organised for the three ski events: Downhill, Slalom and Giant Slalom:
    • Men's overall champion: Jean-Claude Killy, France
    • Women's overall champion: Nancy Greene, Canada

American football

Association football

European Cup

  • Celtic win the European Cup Final 2-1 against Internazionale in Lisbon, earning the team the nickname of the Lisbon Lions. The team also won the Scottish League Championship and Scottish Cup and the Scottish league Cup, thus becoming the first team to complete a domestic and European quadruple.

England

Athletics

Australian rules football

Bandy

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

  • May 9 – Muhammad Ali was stripped of his World Heavyweight Champion titles and was banned from boxing by the various commissions for his refusal to be inducted into the United States Army.
  • October 27 – death of Robert Carmody (29), American boxer, in the Vietnam War

Canadian football

Cycling

Field hockey

Figure skating

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Harness racing

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey

Lacrosse

Motorsport

Radiosport

  • Fifth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Cervena, Czechoslovakia.

Rugby league

Rugby union

Snooker

Swimming

  • July 26 – American swimmer Mark Spitz breaks Kevin Berry's nearly three-year-old world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a time of 2:06.4.
  • August 30 – John Ferris captures the world record from fellow-American Mark Spitz in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) by swimming 2:06.0 at a meet in Tokyo, Japan.
  • October 8 – Mark Spitz regains his world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at a meet in West Berlin, West Germany, clocking 2:05.7.

Tennis

Australia

England

  • Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – John Newcombe (Australia) defeats Wilhelm Bungert (West Germany) 6–3, 6–1, 6–1
  • Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Billie Jean King (USA) defeats Ann Haydon-Jones (Great Britain) 6–3, 6–4

France

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

USA

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

Davis Cup

Volleyball

Water sports

  • January 4 – death of Donald Campbell (45), British land and water speed record holder, who was trying to extend the record on Coniston Water, Cumbria

Yacht racing

Multi-sport events

Awards

References

  1. Baker, Andrew (1995-08-20). "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". Independent, The. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
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