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Athletics (track and field)

Indoor Competition

• March 6 — Tom O'Hara sets a new world record for the indoor mile run by completing it in 3 minutes and 56.4 seconds.

Marathon

• December 6 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
  • Men's Winner: Toru Terasawa (JPN) 2:14:49

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Richard Petty won the Daytona 400 on February 23
  • NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty
• Indianapolis 500 - A.J. Foyt
• USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - John Surtees of Great Britain
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Jean Guichet / Nino Vaccarella won driving a Ferrari 275P
• Rally racing - the team of Paddy Hopkirk / Henry Liddon won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S
• Drag racing - Don Garlits won the NHRA, Top Fuel Championship

Baseball

• June 21: Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a perfect game in a 6-0 victory over the New York Mets.

• World Series: St. Louis Cardinals win 4 games to 3 over the New York Yankees. The Series MVP is pitcher, Bob Gibson of St. Louis.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • UCLA wins 97-83 over Duke

• NBA Finals|NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics won 4 games to 1 over the San Francisco Warriors

Boxing

• February 25 in Charlotte - Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston by TKO in the 8th round to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

• December 14 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Joey Giardello won a 15 round decision over Rubin "Hurricane" Carter to win the World Middleweight Title.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Jacques Anquetil of France
• Tour de France - Jacques Anquetil of France
• World Cycling Championship: Jan Janssen of Netherlands

Field Hockey

• Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Tokyo, Japan
  • Gold Medal: India
  • Silver Medal: Pakistan
  • Bronze Medal: Australia

Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships
  • Men's champion: Manfred Schnelldorfer, Germany
  • Ladies' champion: Sjoukje Dijkstra, Netherlands
  • Pair skating champions: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Germany
  • Ice dancing champions: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman, Czechoslovakia

Football (American)

• AFL Championship:1964 - Buffalo Bills win 11-7 over the San Diego Chargers
• NFL Championship:December, 27 1964 - Cleveland Browns win 27-0 over the Baltimore Colts

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Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League
  • Melbourne wins the 68th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 8.16 (64) d Collingwood 8.12 (60))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Gordon Collis (Carlton)

Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: B.C. Lions win 34-24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Football (Soccer)

For an extensive coverage see 1964 in football (soccer)

• England - FA Cup: West Ham United won 3-2 over Preston North End
• Spain beat the Soviet Union 2-1 to win the European Championship.
• In October during the celebration of the 1964 Summer Olympics FIFA gives the right to host the Football World Cup in 1970 to Mexico.

Golf

Men's professional

• April 9-12 - Masters Tournament - Arnold Palmer
• June 18-20 - U.S. Open - Ken Venturi
• July 7-10 - British Open - Tony Lema
• July 16-19 - PGA Championship - Bobby Nichols
• PGA Tour money leader - Jack Nicklaus - $113,285

Men's amateur

• British Amateur - Gordon Clark
• U.S. Amateur - William C. Campbell

Women's professional

• Women's Western Open - Carol Mann
• LPGA Championship - Mary Mills
• U.S. Women's Open - Mickey Wright
• Titleholders Championship - Marilynn Smith
• LPGA Tour money leader - Mickey Wright - $29,800

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Polo Prince
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Northern Dancer
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Prince Royal
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Santa Claus

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes - Baldric II
  2. Epsom Derby - Santa Claus
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Indiana

• United States Triple Crown Races: Northern Dancer is the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby
  1. May 2 - Kentucky Derby - Northern Dancer
  2. Preakness Stakes - Northern Dancer
  3. Belmont Stakes - Quadrangle(Held at Aqueduct)

Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Race Time
  2. Little Brown Jug - Vicar Hanover
  3. Messenger Stakes - Race Time

• Ayres won the United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Ayres
  2. Yonkers Trot - Ayres
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Ayres

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Minuteman

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens

• Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs won 4-3 over the Detroit Red Wings

• World Hockey Championship:
  • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden

• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - University of Michigan Wolverines defeat University of Denver Pioneers 6-3 in Denver, CO

Lacrosse

• The Guelph Mohawks win the first Castrol Cup.
• The Vancouver­ Carlings win the Mann Cup.
• The Oshawa Green Gaels win the Minto Cup.

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
• The men's Olympic Gold Medal:
  • Downhill: Egon Zimmermann, Austria
  • Slalom: Josef Stiegler, Austria
  • Giant Slalom: Francois Bonlieu, France

• • The women's Olympic Gold Medal:
  • Downhill: Christl Haas, Austria
  • Slalom: Christine Goitschel, France
  • Giant Slalom: Marielle Goitschel, France

• ISF World Championships:
  • Men's combined champion: Ludwig Leitner, Germany
  • Women's combined champion: Marielle Goitschel, France

Snooker

• The World Snooker Championship is revived in a challenge format:
  • John Pulman beats Fred Davis 19-16
  • John Pulman beats Rex Williams 40-33

Swimming

International tournaments

• XVIII Olympic Games, held in Tokyo, Japan (October 11 – October 18)

Records

• February 29 — In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the women's 100m freestyle (long course) competition: 58.9 seconds.

• March 29 — Australia's Kevin Berry sets a new world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at a meet in Sydney, clocking 2:06.9.

• July 12 — US swimmer Sharon Stouder breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) with one second, during a meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, clocking 2:28.1.

• August 2 — Sharon Stouder once again breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course), this time in Los Altos, California, clocking 2:26.4.

• October 18 — Kevin Berry breaks his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) on the last day of the swimming competition at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, with a time of 2:06.6.

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Roy Emerson
  2. French Open - Manuel Santana
  3. Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson
  4. US Open - Roy Emerson

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Margaret Smith
  2. French Open - Margaret Smith
  3. Wimbledon championships - Maria Bueno
  4. US Open - Maria Bueno

• Davis Cup: Australia wins 3-2 over the United States in world tennis.

Volleyball

• Summer Olympics
  • Women's Team Competition
    1. Japan
    2. Soviet Union
    3. Poland

Yacht racing

• The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Constellation defeats British challenger Sovereign, of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, 4 races to 0

Multi-sport events

• 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan
  • United States wins the most medals (90), and the most gold medals (36).
  • This Olympic opening ceremony is first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite.

• 1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria
  • USSR wins the most medals (25), and the most gold medals (11).

• Third Winter Universiade held in Špindlerův Mlýn, Czechoslovakia

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Don Schollander, Swimming
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Mickey Wright, LPGA golf
• ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Don Schollander, Swimming

Births

January

• January 1 — Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player
• January 2 — Pat Sutherland, English netballer
• January 2 — Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
• January 6 — Henry Maske, German boxer
• January 6 — Richard Nerurkar, British long-distance runner
• January 6 — Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan swimmer (d. 2005)
• January 7 — Reggie de Jong, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• January 10 — Jutta Niehaus, Germann female cyclist
• January 10 — José Pérez, Venezuelan boxer
• January 12 — Laura Gildemeister, Peruvian tennis player
• January 18 — Virgil Hill, American boxer
• January 21 — José Manuel Albentosa, Spanish long-distance runner
• January 21 — Aleksandar Šoštar, Yugoslav water polo player
• January 20 — Roger Smith, Bahamian tennis player
• January 22 — Nigel Benn, British boxer
• January 22 — Celia Correa, Spanish field hockey player
• January 27 — Baik Hyun-Man, South Korean boxer
• January 29 — Peter Borglund, Swedish javelin thrower

February

• February 4 — Ricardo Acioly, Brazilian tennis player
• February 5 — Rob Grabert, Dutch volleyball player
• February 5 — Jim Pugh, American tennis player
• February 8 — Karel David, Czech long-distance runner
• February 10 — Victor Davis, Canadian swimming champion (d. 1989)
• February 10 — Chris Sande, Kenyan boxer
• February 12 — Stéphane Franke, German long-distance runner
• February 12 — Tuihaleni Kayele, Namibian long-distance runner
• February 14 — Frédéric Delcourt, French backstroke swimmer
• February 16 — Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
• February 17 — Ingrid Wolff, Dutch field hockey forward
• February 18 — Jackie McWilliams, Irish field hockey player
• February 20 — An Young-Su, South Korean boxer
• February 20 — Romanas Brazdauskis, Lithuanian basketball player
• February 22 — Magnus Wislander, Swedish handball player
• February 23 — Daniel Colla, Argentine volleyball player
• February 23 — Bashir Varaev, Russian judoka
• February 24 — Ute Geweniger, German breaststroke and medley swimmer
• February 27 — Thomas Lange, German rower
• February 27 — Christian Penigaud, French beach volleyball player
• February 28 — Pilar Ramírez, Mexican synchronized swimmer
• February 29 — Paul Just, German-Canadian pole vaulter
• February 29 — Svilen Rusinov, Bulgarian boxer
• February 29 — Henrik Sundström, Swedish tennis player

March

• March 5 — Gerald Vanenburg, Dutch football (soccer) player
• March 6 — Robyn Toomey, New Zealand field hockey player
• March 10 — Wendy Baker, Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
• March 11 — Juantxo García-Mauriño, Spanish field hockey player
• March 11 — Carlos Scanavino, Uruguayan freestyle swimmer
• March 12 — Kym Carter, American heptathlete
• March 18 — Bonnie Blair, American speed skater
• March 21 — Frank Baltrusch, East German backstroke swimmer
• March 21 — Sean Murphy, Canadian backstroke swimmer
• March 31 — Kelly Jones, American tennis player
• March 31 — Monique Knol, Dutch cyclist

April

• April 2 — Nadezhda Wijenberg, Russian-Dutch long-distance runner
• April 5 — Steve Beaton, British darts player
• April 5 — Neil Eckersley, British judoka
• April 6 — Luíz Antônio dos Santos, Brazilian long-distance runner
• April 8 — Andrew Maynard, American boxer
• April 9 — Graham Reid, Australian field hockey player
• April 10 — Manon Bollegraf, Dutch tennis player
• April 12 — Josep Picó, Spanish water polo player
• April 13 — Steve McCrory, American boxer
• April 17 — William Mattus, Costa Rican football (soccer) referee
• April 18 — Paul Gonzales, American boxer
• April 21 — Alex Baumann, Czech-born Canadian swimmer
• April 21 — Ludmila Engquist, Russian-born Swedish athlete
• April 22 — Michelle Pearson, Australian medley and freestyle swimmer
• April 22 — Wilma van Velsen, Dutch butterfly and freestyle swimmer
• April 25 — Omar Catari, Venezuelan boxer
• April 26 — Aleksandr Miroshnichenko, Soviet boxer (d. 2003)
• April 27 — Sharon Creelman, Canadian field hockey player
• April 28 — Mark Hager, Australian field hockey player
• April 29 — Jürgen Evers, West German sprinter

May

• May 1 — Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater
• May 2 — Ricki Osterthun, German tennis player
• May 4 — Mark Leduc, Canadian boxer
• May 5 — Heike Henkel, German athlete
• May 7 — Patrick Faber, Dutch field hockey player
• May 13 — Sara Gomer, British tennis player
• May 13 — Robert Marland, Canadian rower
• May 17 — Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (d. 1999)
• May 20 — Miodrag Belodedici, Romanian football (soccer) defender
• May 22 — Virginia Ramírez, Spanish field hockey player
• May 25 — Vladimir Inozemtsev, Ukrainian triple jumper
• May 27 — Natalya Kovtun, Russian sprinter
• May 28 — Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer
• May 31 — Stéphane Caristan, French hurdler

June

• June 3 — Matthew Ryan, Australian equestrian
• June 4 — Desi Reijers, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• June 8 — Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (d. 2007)
• June 11 — Kim Gallagher, American athlete (d. 2002)
• June 11 — Martine Ohr, Dutch field hockey striker
• June 14 — Randall Thompson, Canadian boxer
• June 16 — Michael Metz, German field hockey player
• June 19 — Michael Kenny, New Zealand boxer
• June 20 — Deyan Kirilov, Bulgarian boxer
• June 21 — Rick Duff, Canadian boxer
• June 23 — Lou Yun, Chinese gymnast
• June 25 — Robert Muzzio, American decathlete
• June 28 — Gheorghe Boroi, Romanian hurdler
• June 30 — Tania Dangalakova, Bulgarian breaststroke swimmer

July

• July 1 — Denisse Fajardo, Peruvian volleyball player
• July 1 — Bernard Laporte, French rugby player and coach
• July 1 — Francisco Maciel, Mexican tennis player
• July 4 — Luisa Cervera, Peruvian volleyball player
• July 10 — Martin Laurendeau, Canadian tennis player
• July 10 — Jon Root, American volleyball player
• July 14 — Marcelino Bolivar, Venezuelan boxer
• July 17 — Earl Jones, American track and field athlete
• July 22 — Thierry Brusseau, French track and field athlete
• July 24 — Barry Bonds, American baseball player
• July 24 — Erminia Russo, Canadian volleyball player
• July 25 — Helen van der Ben, Dutch field hockey player and coach
• July 25 — Angus Waddell, Australian freestyle swimmer
• July 27 — Hellen Boering, Dutch water polo goalkeeper
• July 28 — Aleksandar Hristov, Bulgarian boxer
• July 28 — Sybille Schönrock, East German butterfly swimmer
• July 30 — Roland Lee, English freestyle swimmer

August

• August 1 — Maria Usifo, Nigerian athlete
• August 3 — Elles Voskes, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• August 4 — Anita Protti, Swiss track and field athlete
• August 8 — Nicolae Juravschi, Moldovan canoer
• August 9 — Michael Heath, American swimmer
• August 14 — Sammy Lelei, Kenyan long-distance runner
• August 14 — Hussain Shah Syed, Pakistani boxer
• August 19 — Mikko Kolehmainen, Finnish flatwater canoer
• August 20 — Giuseppe Giannini, Italian football (soccer) player
• August 20 — Sachiko Yamashita, Japanese long-distance runner
• August 22 — Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
• August 27 — Frank Tate, American boxer
• August 28 — Borut and Darjan Petrič, Yugoslav twins and freestyle swimmers
• August 29 — Jordi Arrese, Spanish tennis player
• August 29 — Massimo Barbolini, Italian volleyball coach
• August 30 — Milena Gaiga, Canadian field hockey player
• August 31 — Mike West, Canadian backstroke swimmer

September

• September 3 — Robinsón Pitalúa, Colombian boxer (d. 1985)
• September 4 — Maryse Ewanjé-Epée, French high jumper
• September 4 — Robson da Silva, Brazilian athlete
• September 5 — Michael Bentt, English-American boxer
• September 5 — Carlos Gabriel Salazar, Argentine boxer
• September 7 — Natik Bagirov, Belarusian judoka
• September 7 — Richard Matuszewski, American tennis player
• September 12 — Zsolt Gyulai, Hungarian canoer
• September 12 — Dirk Richter, East German swimmer
• September 14 — Terrence Paul, Canadian rower
• September 16 — Glenn Beringen, Australian breaststroke swimmer
• September 18 — Kelly-Ann Way, Canadian track cyclist and road bicycle racer
• September 22 — Wayne Yearwood, Canadian basketball player and coach
• September 23 — Diana Dutra, Canadian female boxer
• September 25 — Christopher Jacobs, American swimmer
• September 25 — Ray Lazdins, Canadian discus thrower
• September 29 — Tadashi Fukushima, Japanese long-distance runner

October

• October 1 — Marcia Pankratz, American field hockey forward
• October 2 — Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
• October 2 — Raimundo Yant, Venezuelan boxer
• October 5 — Seiko Hashimoto, Japanese ice speed skater
• October 5 — Letitia Vriesde, Surinamese track and field athlete
• October 9 — Carlos Patrício, Portuguese long-distance runner
• October 11 — Uwe Ampler, East German track and road cyclist
• October 19 — Carlos di Laura, Peruvian tennis player
• October 21 — Christian Eminger, Austrian ice speed skater
• October 23 — David Penfold, New Zealand field hockey player
• October 25 — Johan de Kock, Dutch football (soccer) defender
• October 26 — Lawson Duncan, American tennis player
• October 26 — Elisabeta Lipă, Romanian rower
• October 27 — Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer
• October 29 — May Allison, Canadian long-distance runner
• October 29 — Anthony Mosse, New Zealand swimmer
• October 29 — Jackie Pereira, Australian field hockey striker

November

• November 9 — Leah Pells, Canadian track and field athlete
• November 14 — Silken Laumann, Canadian rower
• November 18 — Markus Hacksteiner, Swiss middle distance runner
• November 23 — Lars Myrberg, Swedish boxer
• November 23 — Drake Thadzi, Malawian boxer
• November 24 — Hendrie Krüzen, Dutch football (soccer) midfielder
• November 25 — Bert van Vlaanderen, Dutch long-distance runner
• November 26 — Vreni Schneider, Swiss alpine ski racer
• November 30 — Henk-Jan Zwolle, Dutch rower

December

• December 5 — Pablo Morales, American swimmer
• December 6 — Marat Ganeyev, Russian track cyclist
• December 8 — Nikola Jerkan, Croatian football (soccer) player
• December 9 — Peter Blangé, Dutch volleyball player and coach
• December 11 — Jacqueline Toxopeus, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
• December 11 — Carolyn Waldo, Canadian synchronized swimmer
• December 12 — Cristina Fink, Mexican high jumper
• December 12 — Suzanne Landells, Australian medley swimmer
• December 12 — Davide Milesi, Italian long-distance runner
• December 13 — Dieter Eilts, German football (soccer) player
• December 16 — Heike Drechsler, German track and field athlete
• December 16 — Marieke van Drogenbroek, Dutch rower
• December 17 — Barbara Daniels, English cricketer
• December 19 — Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
• December 23 — Lacy Barnes-Mileham, American discus thrower
• December 24 — Shahid Ali Khan, Pakistani field hockey goalkeeper
• December 25 — Anil Kaul, Indian-Canadian badminton player
• December 28 — Rick Leach, American tennis player

Deaths

• January 19 — Joe Weatherly, NASCAR grand national champion
• February 15 — Ken Hubbs (22), MLB baseball player, Chicago Cubs
• July 2 — Fireball Roberts, American stock car driver
• July 23 — Frederick Grace (80), English lightweight boxer (b. 1884)
• December 3 — Nils Backlund (68), Swedish water polo player (b. 1896)