1958 in sports

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1958 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football[edit]

Artistic gymnastics[edit]

Association football[edit]

FIFA World Cup[edit]

Europe[edit]

England[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Australian rules football[edit]

Baseball[edit]

Basketball[edit]

Boxing[edit]

  • December 10 – Light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore is knocked down three times in the first round and once more in the fifth round by Yvon Durelle but Moore held on to come back to knock out Durelle in the 11th round.

Canadian football[edit]

Cycling[edit]

Figure skating[edit]

Golf[edit]

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Harness racing[edit]

Horse racing[edit]

  • Tim Tam, who had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, fractured a sesamoid bone and lost his chance for the Triple Crown when he hobbled across the finish line in second place at the Belmont Stakes.

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey[edit]

Motorsport[edit]

Pétanque[edit]

  • The sport's international federation is founded in Marseille

Rugby league[edit]

Rugby union[edit]

Skiing[edit]

Swimming[edit]

  • June 29 – US swimmer Nancy Ramey sets the first official world record in the women's 200m butterfly at a meet in Los Angeles, clocking 2:40.5.
  • September 13 – Tineke Lagerberg from the Netherlands takes over the world record in the women's 200m butterfly during a meet in Naarden, the Netherlands – 2:38.9.

Tennis[edit]

Australia

England

France

USA

Davis Cup

Yacht racing[edit]

Multi-sport events[edit]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ASK Riga write history as first FIBA European Champions Cup winners". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Our Games | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.