1960 in sports

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

Alpine skiing

The men's Olympic Gold Medal:
- Downhill: Jean Vuarnet, France
- Slalom: Ernst Hinterseer, Austria
- Giant Slalom: Roger Staub, Switzerland
- The women's Olympic Gold Medal:
- Downhill: Heidi Biebl, West Germany
- Slalom: Ann Heggtveit, Canada
- Giant Slalom: Yvonne Rüegg, Switzerland
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships:
- Men's combined champion: Guy Périllat, France
- Women's combined champion: Ann Heggtveit, Canada, who becomes the first non-European to win a world championship title in Alpine skiing.

NFL Championship: the Philadelphia Eagles won 17–13 over the Green Bay Packers at Franklin Field in Philadelphia
Cotton Bowl Classic (1959 season):
- The Syracuse Orangemen won 23–17 over the Texas Longhorns to win the college football national championship.
National Football League names Pete Rozelle commissioner of the league. The league expands to Dallas for the 1960 season and Minneapolis-St.Paul for the 1961 season. The Chicago Cardinals relocate to St. Louis.
The American Football League (AFL) played its first season
First black pro football placekicker: Gene Mingo (Denver Broncos, AFL)
First Hispanic pro football quarterback: Tom Flores (Oakland Raiders, AFL)
AFL Championship: Houston Oilers won 24–16 over the Los Angeles Chargers

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.