1970 in sports

1970 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

  • Alpine Skiing World Cup
    • Men's overall season champion – Karl Schranz, Austria
    • Women's overall season champion – Michèle Jacot, France

American football

Artistic gymnastics

Athletics

  • 26 December – death from cancer of Lillian Board (22), British middle-distance runner
  • July – 1970 Commonwealth Games held at Edinburgh
  • December – 1970 Asian Games held at Bangkok

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

  • 15 February – Carlos Cruz, Featherweight Boxing Champion died in a plane crash
  • 16 February – Joe Frazier wins the undisputed World Heavyweight title with the knock out of Jimmy Ellis in five rounds.
  • 30 December – death of Sonny Liston (38), former heavyweight champion

Canadian football

Cricket

Cycling

Field hockey

  • Men's European Nations Cup held in Brussels and won by West Germany

Figure skating

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Harness racing

  • Fresh Yankee was named "Horse of the Year" by the U.S. Trotting Association and the U.S. Harness Writers Association.
  • Most Happy Fella won the United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
    1. Cane Pace – Most Happy Fella
    2. Little Brown Jug – Most Happy Fella
    3. Messenger Stakes – Most Happy Fella
  • United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
    1. Hambletonian – Timothy T.
    2. Yonkers Trot – Victory Star
    3. Kentucky Futurity – Timothy T.
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Bold David

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey

Lacrosse

  • STX is founded by Richard B.C. Tucker Sr.
  • The New Westminster Salmonbellies win the Mann Cup.
  • The Whitby Transporters win the Castrol Cup.
  • The Lakeshore Maple Leafs win the Minto Cup.

Rugby league

Snooker

Speed skating

  • First ISU Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men and Ladies held in West Allis, U.S.A.

Swimming

  • 22 August – US swimmer Mark Spitz breaks his own, nearly three-year-old world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) with a time of 2:05.4. At the same meet and on the same day in Los Angeles, California he loses it to Gary Hall Sr., who swims 2:05.0.

Tennis

Volleyball

  • 1970 FIVB Men's World Championship held in Sofia and won by East Germany

Yacht racing

Multi-sport events

Awards

References

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  3. "Our Games | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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