1967 in sports

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

Alpine skiing

  • The first Alpine Skiing World Cup is organised for the three ski events: Downhill, Slalom and Giant Slalom:

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 Final, thus becoming the first team to complete a domestic and European quadruple.

England

Athletics

  • August – Athletics at the 1967 Pan American Games held at Winnipeg

Australian rules football

Bandy

  • 1967 Bandy World Championship is held in Finland and won by  Soviet Union.

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

  • Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    • Gold Medal: Argentina
    • Silver Medal: Trinidad & Tobago
    • Bronze Medal: United States
  • March 11 – In an international women's field-hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. England beat Ireland 7–1.

Figure skating

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Harness racing

  • United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
    1. Cane Pace – Meadow Paige
    2. Little Brown Jug – Best Of All
    3. Messenger Stakes – Romulus Hanover
  • United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
    1. Hambletonian – Speedy Streak
    2. Yonkers Trot – Speed Model
    3. Kentucky Futurity – Speed Model
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Binshaw

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey

Lacrosse

Radiosport

Rugby league

  • 1967 New Zealand rugby league season
  • 1967 NSWRFL season
  • 1966–67 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1967–68 Northern Rugby Football League season
  • 17 December – first Sunday play in professional rugby league.[4]

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

France

USA

Davis Cup

Volleyball

  • 1967 Men's European Volleyball Championship won by the USSR
  • 1967 Women's European Volleyball Championship won by the USSR
  • Volleyball at the 1967 Pan American Games won by USA (both men's and women's tournaments)

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

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  2. "Foinavon's sensational Grand National win 50 years on: 'It was like a battlefield'". The Guardian. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  3. "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. 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.
  5. "FAQ: What are the Pan American Games?". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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