1960 in sports

1960 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

World Series – Pittsburgh Pirates win 4 games to 3 over the New York Yankees. The Series MVP is New York's Bobby Richardson.
October 13 – 1960 World Series Game 7 at Forbes Field – Pittsburgh Pirates player Bill Mazeroski becomes the first person to end a World Series with a home run, and still the only player to do it in the decisive seventh game.
The Winnipeg Goldeyes win the Northern League championship.

March 16 – Flash Elorde won the world junior lightweight title with a seventh-round knockout of Harold Gomes in Quezon City, Philippines.
June – Floyd Patterson recovered the world heavyweight title from Ingemar Johansson, becoming the first-ever boxer to do so.
September 5 – Cassius Clay wins the gold medal in boxing at the Rome Olympic Games.^[2]

Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Rome, Italy^[4]
- Gold Medal: Pakistan
- Silver Medal: India
- Bronze Medal: Spain

January 30 - US Figure Skating championship Civic Ice Arena in Seattle January 30
- US female championship won by Carol Heiss
- US male championship won by David Jenkins
- The Pairs won Nancy Ludington / Ron Ludington
- Ice dancing won Margie Ackles / Charles Phillips

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

The American Olympic men's ice-hockey team won the United States' first Olympic hockey gold medal with a record of 7–0–0 during the tournament.
Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks
Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 0 over the Toronto Maple Leafs
World Hockey Championship
- Men's champion: Canada defeats the United States
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – University of Denver Pioneers defeat Michigan Technological University Huskies 5–3 in Boston

1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy
- USSR wins the most medals (103), and the most gold medals (43)
1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, United States
- USSR wins the most medals (21), and the most gold medals (7)
First Paralympic Games held in Rome, Italy
- Italy wins the most medals (80) and the most gold medals (29)
First Winter Universiade held in Chamonix, France

June 12 – Marianne Heemskerk from the Netherlands breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly during a meet in Leipzig, East Germany – 2:34.4.
July 10 – US swimmer Michael Troy breaks his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at a meet in Evansville, Indiana, clocking 2:15.0.
July 23 – Thirteen days after breaking his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) Troy once again betters the world's best time in that event, this time at a meet in Toledo, Ohio clocking 2:13.4.
August 4 – Less than a month before the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, Troy again breaks the world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course), when he clocks 2:13.2 at a meet in Detroit, Michigan.
September 2 – Michael Troy wins the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy by breaking his own world record – 2:12.8.