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Revision as of 09:02, 27 June 2009
1896 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 |
England
- The Football League – Aston Villa 45 points, Derby County 41, Everton 39, Bolton Wanderers 37, Sunderland 37, Stoke FC 30
- FA Cup final – The Wednesday 2 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers at Crystal Palace, London.
Scotland
- Scottish Football League – Glasgow Celtic
- Scottish Cup final – Hearts 3 - 1 Hibernian at Logie Green
- Baltimore Orioles win the third of three successive National League championships
- Temple Cup – Baltimore Orioles 4 - 0 Cleveland Spiders
Events
Lineal world champions[1]
- World Heavyweight Championship – James J. Corbett
- World Middleweight Championship – title vacant
- World Welterweight Championship – Tommy Ryan
- World Lightweight Championship – vacant → George "Kid" Lavigne
- World Featherweight Championship – George Dixon
- World Bantamweight Championship – Jimmy Barry
Events
Honours – England
- County Championship – Yorkshire
- Minor Counties Championship –
- Most runs –
- Most wickets –
- Wisden –
Honours – Australia
- Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
- Most runs – Harry Donnan 626 @ 69.55 (HS 160)
- Most wickets – Tom McKibbin 46 @ 23.86 (BB 8-93)
- First World Figure Skating Championships (open to men only) held in Saint Petersburg
Events
Great Britain
- British Open – Harry Vardon (the first of Vardon's six British Open titles)
- British Amateur – Freddie Tait
USA
Steeplechases
- Grand National – The Soarer
Flat races
- Australia: Melbourne Cup – Newhaven
- Canada: Queen's Plate – Millbrook
- Ireland: Irish Derby Stakes – Gulsalberk
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – St. Frusquin
- Epsom Derby – Persimmon
- St. Leger Stakes – Persimmon
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- Kentucky Derby – Lieut. Gibson
- Preakness Stakes – Margrave
- Belmont Stakes – Hastings
- 1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Games, takes place in Athens
- 13 nations compete in the Games, most from Greece, Germany and France.
- 16 April - American James Connolly wins the triple jump, becoming the first Olympic champion in over 1,500 years.
- Winners receive a silver medal and a crown of olive branches.
- Greece wins the most medals (46), and the United States wins the most gold medals (11).
- Challenge Cup competition instituted for the 1896-97 season.
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Harold Mahoney (Ireland) defeats Wilfred Baddeley (GB) 6-2 6-8 5-7 8-6 6-3
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Charlotte Cooper Sterry (GB) defeats Alice Simpson-Pickering (GB) 6-2 6-3
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – André Vacherot (France) defeats Gérard Brosselin (France) 6-1 7-5
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – Robert Wrenn defeats Fred Hovey 7-5 3-6 6-0 1-6 6-1
- American Women's Singles Championship – Elisabeth Moore defeats Juliette Atkinson 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-2
References
- ^ "Cyber Boxing Zone". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
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