Sports year 1938
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Events
British Empire Games 1938
- February 5th to 12th : The British Empire Games 1938 are taking place in Sydney parallel to the 150th anniversary of the city . 15 countries take part in the third edition of the Empire Games .
badminton
The climax of the badminton year 1938 were the All England , the Irish Open , the Scottish Open and the French Open .
International events
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basketball
billiards
fencing
Soccer
International football events
- April: The European Cup of the national soccer teams has to be canceled after the annexation of Austria to the German Reich. Hungary tops the table at this point.
- April 3 : The " follow-up game " between a German and an Austrian soccer team takes place in the Prater Stadium in Vienna . The team from the “Ostmark”, which plays in red-white-red instead of the traditional black and white dress, wins against the “Altreich” with goals from Matthias Sindelar and Karl Sesta 2-0.
- June 4th to 19th : Italy defends its title at the 1938 World Cup in France. The Brazilian Leônidas da Silva is the top scorer of the tournament with seven goals .
- June 26th to September 11th : Slavia Prague wins the Mitropa Cup 1938 .
- 3rd to 5th September : Estonia wins the Baltic Cup 1938 .
- Men's Nordic Football Championship 1937–47
National football championships
- January 9 : The FC Schalke 04 won the 1937 tschammerpokal with a 2: 1 against Fortuna Dusseldorf and after the championship and the Double .
- April 14th : By order of the National Socialist Football Department , the competing Bochum sports clubs Turnverein 1848 , TuS 1908 and Germania 1906 have to merge to form VfL Bochum 1848 .
- July 3 : Hannover 96 becomes German soccer champion for the first time .
Handball
- February 5th / 6th : The 1st men's handball world championship takes place with a tournament everyone against everyone in Germany. Participating nations are Denmark, the German Empire, Austria and Sweden. The German Reich becomes the first world champion.
- 7th to 10th July : The German Reich also becomes world champion at the men's field handball world championship in Germany.
athletics
European championships
- 3rd to 5th September : 1938 European Athletics Championships for men in Paris
- 17 / 18 September : 1938 European Athletics Championships women in Vienna
World records
Running disciplines
- May 29 : Taisto Mäki , Finland, runs the men's 10,000 meters in 30: 02.0 min.
- August 20 : Sydney Wooderson , Great Britain, runs the men's 800 meters in 1: 48.4 minutes.
Throwing disciplines
- July 17th : Erika Matthes , German Reich, reaches 47.80 m in the women's javelin .
- August 25 : Yrjö Nikkanen , Finland, throws 77.87 m in the men's javelin throw.
- August 27 : Erwin Blask , German Empire, throws 59 meters in the men's hammer throw .
- October 16 : Yrjö Nikkanen , Finland, throws 78.7 m in the men's javelin.
Roller sports
- Probably the world's first inline hockey game will be played in Vienna , as it was recorded in a weekly report by the Giornale Luce on November 3, 1938. Artistic skating also took place with single-barrel inline skates.
Motorsport
Motorcycling
European motorcycle championship
- At the European motorcycle championship, which for the first time consisted of several races, the German Ewald Kluge on a DKW won the title in the quarter-liter class ahead of his fellow countrymen and brand colleagues Bernhard Petruschke and Hermann Gablenz .
- In the 350s, the British Velocette factory driver Ted Mellors wins ahead of his compatriot John White ( Norton ) and the German Siegfried Wünsche (DKW).
- In the half- liter class , the German BMW factory driver Georg Meier prevailed against the two British Norton drivers Harold Daniell and Freddie Frith .
German motorcycle road championship
- German champions are Ewald Kluge ( DKW , 250 cm³), Walfried Winkler (DKW, 350 cm³) and Georg Meier ( BMW , 500 cm³).
Cycling
The eventual winner Gino Bartali on July 19th at the Tour de France
- May 7th to June 2nd : Giovanni Valetti wins the Giro d'Italia 1938 .
- June 9th to 25th : Hermann Schild wins the 1938 International Tour of Germany .
- 5. bis 31 July : Gino Bartali wins 1938 Tour de France .
- August 27 to September 4 : UCI Track World Championships 1938 in Amsterdam
- September 5th : UCI Road World Championships 1938 in Valkenburg in the Netherlands
Wrestling
rugby
chess
- AVRO tournament in the Netherlands
swim
European Swimming Championships
- 6th to 13th August : The 1938 European Swimming Championships in London include competitions in swimming , art and high diving as well as the men's water polo tournament.
Swimming records
Breaststroke
- November 12th : Joachim Balke , German Reich, swims the 100 meter chest in Bremen in 01: 09.5.
Freestyle swimming
- January 16 : Ragnhild Hveger , Denmark, swims the women's 400 meter freestyle in Copenhagen in 05: 08.2.
- March 15 : The Danish women's swimming relay with E. Svendsen, Gunvor Kraft, Birte Ove-Petersen and Ragnhild Hveger swims the 4 × 100 meter freestyle in Copenhagen in 04: 29.7.
- February 26th : Rie van Veen , Netherlands, swims the 200 meters freestyle women in Rotterdam in 02: 24.6.
- March 15 : The swimming relay of the Bremer Schwimmverein (BSV) with Hermann Heibel , Hans Freese , Eduard Askamp and Helmuth Fischer swims the 4 × 100 meter freestyle in Bremen in the record time of 04: 03.6.
- April 1st : The swimming relay of the German Reich with Otto Wille, Werner Birr, Werner Plath and Kurt von Eckenbrecher swims the 4 × 100 meter freestyle in Copenhagen in 04: 02.4.
- July 3rd : Ragnhild Hveger , Denmark, swims the women's 1500 meter freestyle in Helsingør in 21: 45.7.
- March 15 : The Hungarian swimming relay with Gyula Zolyomi , Ferenc Csik , Istvan Korosi and Ödön Gróf swims the 4 × 100 meter freestyle in Budapest in 04: 02.0.
- August 1st : Ragnhild Hveger , Denmark, swims the women's 400 meter freestyle in Copenhagen in 05: 06.1.
- August 10 : Tomikatsu Amano , Japan, swims the men's 1500 meter freestyle in Tokyo in 18: 58.8.
- August 20 : The USA's swimming relay with T. Hirose, O. Jaretz, Paul Wolf and Peter Fick swims the 4 × 100 meter freestyle in Berlin with 3: 59.2 for the first time under four minutes.
- September 11th : Ragnhild Hveger , Denmark, swims the women's 200 meter freestyle in Aarhus in 02: 21.7.
Backstroke
- April 17th : Cor Kint , the Netherlands, swims the 200 meters back of the women in Aarhus in 02: 41.0.
- October 26 : Iet van Feggelen , Netherlands, swims the 200 meters back of the women in Düsseldorf in 02: 40.6.
- November 1st : Cor Kint , the Netherlands, swims the 100 meters back of the women in Copenhagen in 01: 13.5.
- November 10th : Iet van Feggelen , Netherlands, swims the 100 meters back of the women in Amsterdam in 01: 13.2.
- November 12th : Iet van Feggelen , Netherlands, swims the 100 meters back of the women in The Hague in 01: 13.0.
- November 26th : Iet van Feggelen , Netherlands, swims the 100 meters back of the women in Antwerp in 01: 12.9.
- December 18th : Iet van Feggelen , Netherlands, swims the 200 meters back of the women in Amsterdam in 02: 39.0.
Table tennis
- January 24th to 29th : World Table Tennis Championships 1938 in London
- Internationals of Germany (friendlies)
- January: Rheinhausen: D. - Yugoslavia 4: 2 (men)
- May 5: Munich: D. - Sweden 4: 1 (men)
- May 6: Munich: D. - CSR 2: 3 (men)
do gymnastics
- At the Gymnastics World Championships 1938 in Prague four nations are taking part. The host country Czechoslovakia won the most medals.
Winter sports
- February 1 : 1938 Bobsleigh World Championship in St. Moritz
- February 4th / 5th / 18th / 19th : World Figure Skating Championships 1938 in Stockholm (women) and Berlin (men and couples)
- February 11th to 20th : Ice Hockey World Championship 1938 in Prague
- 25th to 28th February : Nordic World Ski Championships 1938 in Lahti
- 5 ./ March 6 : FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1938 in Engelberg
- May 19 : The Mannheimer Eis- und Rollsport-Club (MERC), from which the Adler Mannheim later emerged, is founded.
- European Figure Skating Championships 1938 in St. Moritz
Born
January to March
- January 3 : Kel Carruthers , Australian motorcycle racer
- January 5th : Keith Greene , British racing car driver
- January 5 : Jim Otto , American football player
- January 6th : Jozef Golonka , Slovak ice hockey player and coach
- January 6th : Karl-Heinz Kunde , German racing cyclist († 2018 )
- January 7th : Rauno Aaltonen , Finnish rally driver
- January 12th : Alan Rees , British racing car driver and team manager
- January 18 : Werner Olk , German soccer player and soccer coach
- January 24th : Gyula Török , Hungarian boxer, Olympic champion 1960 flyweight († 2014 )
- January 27 : Viktor Zhdanovich , Russian fencer who won three Olympic gold medals for the Soviet Union with the foil
- January 28 : Leonid Schabotinsky , Soviet weightlifter and Olympic champion († 2016 )
- January 29th : Shūji Tsurumi , Japanese gymnast
- February 11 : Mohamed Gammoudi , Tunisian athlete
- February 19 : Oliver Taylor , Australian boxer
- February 22nd : Predrag Ostojić , Yugoslav chess master († 1996 )
- February 25th : Herb Elliott , Australian middle distance runner
- February 25 : Reinhold Wosab , German soccer player
- February 26 : Horst Lohr , German enduro athlete
- March 7th : Aristide Guarneri , Italian football player
- March 8 : Giorgio Puia , Italian football player and coach
- March 10 : Ron Mix , American football player and lawyer
- March 16 : Ray Pickrell , British motorcycle racer († 2006 )
- March 24 : Larry Wilson , American football player
- March 25th : Fritz d'Orey , Brazilian racing car driver
- March 28th : Jean-François Piot , French rally and lap track driver († 1980 )
- March 31 : Jimmy Johnson , American football player
April to June
- April 2nd : Lothar Schünemann , German enduro athlete
- April 7 : Nikolai Pusanow , Soviet-Russian biathlete and Olympic champion († 2008 )
- April 13th : Klaus Lehnertz , German athlete
- April 18 : Roberto Anzolin , Italian football player († 2017 )
- April 20 : Betty Cuthbert , Australian athlete
- April 20 : Manfred Kinder , German athlete
- May 5th : Barbara Wagner , Canadian figure skater
- May 10 : Manuel Santana , Spanish tennis player
- May 14th : Clive Rowlands , Welsh rugby player and coach
- May 18 : Erich Arndt , German table tennis player
- May 20th : Christina Baas-Kaiser , Dutch speed skater
- May 20th : Hanna Eigel , Austrian figure skater
- May 25 : John Davies , New Zealand middle distance runner († 2003 )
- May 26 : Peter Westbury , British racing car driver († 2015 )
- May 28 : Jerry West , American basketball player
- May 28 : Eppie Wietzes , Canadian racing car driver
- June 5 : Karin Balzer , German athlete († 2019 )
- June 15 : Antanas Bagdonavičius , Soviet rower who won nine international medals in the 1960s
- June 22nd : Virginio De Paoli , Italian football player and coach († 2009 )
- June 24th : Boris Lagutin , Soviet-Russian boxer and Olympic champion in 1964 and 1968
- June 29th : Giampaolo Menichelli , Italian football player
- June 30th : Billy Mills , American long distance runner
July to September
- July 4th : Ernest Pieterse , South African racing car driver († 2017 )
- July 4th : Velikton Barannikow , Soviet boxer († 2007 ).
- July 15th : Enrique Figuerola , Cuban athlete and Olympian
- July 18 : Renzo Pasolini , Italian motorcycle racer († 1973 )
- July 20 : Heinz Strehl , German soccer player († 1986 )
- July 21 : Karlheinz Wagner , German enduro athlete
- July 24 : José João Altafini , Brazilian soccer player
- August 2 : Brunhilde Hendrix , German athlete († 1995 )
- August 2 : Friedhelm Konietzka , German soccer player († 2012 )
- August 9 : Rod Laver , Australian tennis player
- August 9 : Otto Rehhagel , German soccer coach and player
- August 26th : Erwin Schmider , German enduro athlete
- August 28 : Mario Martiradonna , Italian football player († 2011 )
- August 29 : Alberto Pagani , Italian motorcycle racer († 2017 )
- August 30 : Abel Laudonio , Argentine boxer († 2014 )
- September 8 : Larry Dickson , American racing car driver
- September 15 : Rafael Osuna , Mexican tennis player († 1969 )
- September 22nd : Boris Selizki , Soviet weightlifter and Olympic champion in 1968
- September 25 : Neville Lederle , South African racing car driver († 2019 )
- September 27 : Mo Nunn , English engineer and motorsport team owner († 2018 )
October to December
- October 1 : Leo Cella , Italian motorcycle, rally and automobile racing driver († 1968 )
- October 1st : Les Scheinflug , Australian football player and coach
- October 4th : Willi Schulz , German soccer player
- October 7th : Ann Haydon-Jones , British tennis and table tennis player
- October 8 : Fred Stolle , Australian tennis player
- October 18th : Guy Roux , French football coach
- October 23 : Eugenio Fascetti , Italian football player-coach
- October 24 : Fernand Goyvaerts , Belgian football player († 2004 )
- October 29 : Wilbert McClure , American Boxing Olympic Champion
- October 29 : Gerhard Neuser , German soccer player († 1993 )
- November 5 : César Luis Menotti , Argentine football player and coach
- November 11th : Ants Antson , Soviet speed skater and Estonian sports official († 2015 )
- November 18 : Karl Schranz , Austrian ski racer
- November 24 : Oscar Robertson , American basketball player
- November 29 : Vladimir Golovanov , Soviet weightlifter and Olympic champion 1964 († 2003)
- December 1st : Toni Schumacher , German soccer goalkeeper
- December 3 : Gernot Weser , German motorcycle racer († 2015 )
- December 5th : Heidi Schmid , German foil fencer
- December 9 : Deacon Jones , American football player
- December 12th : Luis "Artillero" Artime , Argentinian soccer player
- December 14 : Gennady Sarychev , Russian football coach and Soviet player
- December 15 : Billy Shaw , American football player
- December 17th : Peter Snell , New Zealand athlete († 2019 )
- December 23 : Siegfried Rauhut , German enduro athlete
- December 27th : Valentina Prudskowa , Soviet foil fencer
- December 27th : Rolf Wolfshohl , German racing cyclist
Exact date of birth unknown
- David Kantilla , Australian football player († 1978 )
Died
- January 28 : Bernd Rosemeyer , German automobile and motorcycle racing driver (* 1909 )
- April 16 : Steve Bloomer , English football player (* 1874 )
- April 23 : Eric Fernihough , British motorcycle racer (* 1905 )
- May 4th : Kanō Jigorō , founder of the martial art Judo (* 1860 )
- May 15 : Eugenio Siena , Italian racing car driver (* 1905 )
- May 16 : László Hartmann , Hungarian racing car driver (* 1901 )
- June 4 : John Flanagan , American policeman, track and field athlete and Olympic participant (* 1873 )
- August 2 : Fritz Held , German entrepreneur and racing car driver (* 1867 )
- September 6th : Johnny Hindmarsh , British automobile racing driver and aviator (* 1907 )
- September 14th : Dionys Schönecker , Austrian football player, coach and functionary (* 1888 )
- September 15 : Ferdinand Hueppe , German physician and first President of the DFB (* 1852 )
- October 2 : André Lagache , French racing driver and first winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (* 1885 )
- October 20 : Herbert Berg , German automobile racing driver (* 1910 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Sports Year 1938 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Esibizioni con speciali pattini a rotelle a Vienna" video of the Giornale Luce on Youtube.