Sports year 1966

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badminton

The highlights of the badminton year 1966 were the Uber Cup 1966 as well as the All England , the Irish Open , the Scottish Open , the German Open , the Dutch Open , the Denmark Open , the Asian Games , the British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the French Open .

International events

event Men's singles Ladies singles Men's doubles Ladies doubles Mixed
All of England MalaysiaMalaysia Tan Aik Huang United StatesUnited States Judy Hashman MalaysiaMalaysia Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan
MalaysiaMalaysia
United StatesUnited States Judy Hashman Sue Devlin Peard
IrelandIreland
DenmarkDenmark Finn Kobberø Ulla Strand
DenmarkDenmark
French Open IndonesiaIndonesia Ang Tjin Siang NetherlandsNetherlands Imre Rietveld IndonesiaIndonesia Ang Tjin Siang Wong Pek Shen
IndonesiaIndonesia
EnglandEngland Julie Charles Imre Rietveld
NetherlandsNetherlands
DenmarkDenmark Erland Kops Marianne Svensson
DenmarkDenmark
German Open DenmarkDenmark Erland Kops GermanyGermany Irmgard Latz DenmarkDenmark Per Walsøe Poul-Erik Nielsen
DenmarkDenmark
United StatesUnited States Judy Hashman Sue Peard
IrelandIreland
DenmarkDenmark Morten Pommergaard Ulla Beach
DenmarkDenmark
Malaysia Open MalaysiaMalaysia Tan Aik Huang IndonesiaIndonesia Minarni Sudaryanto MalaysiaMalaysia Eddy Choong Tan Aik Huang
MalaysiaMalaysia
IndonesiaIndonesia Retno Koestijah Minarni Sudaryanto
IndonesiaIndonesia
IndonesiaIndonesia AP Unang Retno Koestijah
IndonesiaIndonesia
Swedish Open DenmarkDenmark Svend Pri United StatesUnited States Judy Hashman DenmarkDenmark Henning Borch Jørgen Herlevsen
DenmarkDenmark
United StatesUnited States Judy Hashman Eva Twedberg
SwedenSweden
DenmarkDenmark Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard Hansen
DenmarkDenmark

athletics

  • July 5 - Ron Clarke , Australia , ran the men's 5000 meters in 13: 16.6 minutes.
  • July 7th - Ludvík Danek , Czechoslovakia , reached 66.07 meters in the men's discus throw.
  • July 10 - Jim Ryun , USA , ran the men's 800 meters in 1: 44.9 minutes.
  • July 14th - Bob Seagren , USA , reached 5.32 meters in the men's pole vault.
  • July 17th - FJ Kemper - WJ Schulte - Hillen - H. Norpoth Germany , ran the 3 x 1000 meter relay at the DM in 7: 01.2 minutes.
  • July 23 - Roberta Picco , Canada , ran the women's 3000 meters in 9: 44.0 minutes.
  • August 5 - Ron Clarke , Australia , ran the men's 5000 meters in 13: 16.6 minutes.
  • August 12 - Bob Seagren , USA , reached 5.32 meters in the men's pole vault.
  • August 23 - John Pennel , USA , reached 5.34 meters in the men's pole vault.
  • August 24 - Russ Hodge , USA , scored 8,230 points in the men's decathlon.
  • September 10 - Wendell Mottley ran the men's 400 meters in 44.82 seconds.

Orienteering

Table tennis

  • European table tennis championship 1966 April 13th to 20th in London
  • Internationals of Germany (friendlies)
    • February: Bad Homburg: D. - Hungary 5: 3 (men)
    • March 1: Bremen: D. - CSSR 1: 3 (women)
    • March 8: Osnabrück: D. - Japan 1: 5 (men)
    • March 8: Osnabrück: D. - Japan 0: 3 (women)
    • October 28: Mödling: D. - Austria 5-0 (men)
    • October 28: Mödling: D. - Austria 5-0 (women)
    • Bremen: D. - CSSR 1: 5 (men)
    • Bad Homburg: D. - Hungary 1: 3 (women)
    • February: Hoyerswerda: GDR - Yugoslavia 0: 5 (men)
    • February: Hoyerswerda: GDR - Yugoslavia 3-1 (women)
    • April: GDR - Hungary 3: 5 (men)
    • April: GDR - Hungary 1: 3 (women)
    • November Hungary: GDR 1-5 Hungary (men)
    • November Hungary: GDR 3-0 Hungary (women)

Born

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September

October

November

December

Died

See also

Portal: Sport  - Overview of Wikipedia content on sport

Web links

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