Japanese sports in 1959
1/6 – Chichibunomiya Sports Museum opens
April – Chichibunomiya Memorial Sports Library established
5/1 – 9 people, including Isoo Abe, enter the 1st Japan Baseball Hall of Fame
5/18 – Crown Prince’s wedding anniversary sports festival held
5/26 – 55th IOC General Assembly, 1964 Olympics decided to be held in Tokyo
June 2 – 1st Asian Recreation Games held in Tokyo
6/12 – Japan Baseball Hall of Fame, Baseball Physical Education Museum opens
6/25 – Shigeo Nagashima makes a goodbye home run in the first Japanese professional baseball game, the Giants vs. Hanshin Tigers.
7/2 – NTV, the first color broadcast at a professional baseball night game
7/12 – Satoko Tanaka sets a world record of 2:37.1 in the 200m backstroke
7/26 – Takeshi Yamanaka holds the world record of 4:16.6 in the 400m freestyle
August 27 – 1st Universiade opens in Turin
10/2 – West German Olympic Association, “Golden Plan: Der Goldene Plan” announced
multi-sport competition
4th International Deaf Winter Games (Montanabuhunara, Switzerland, January 27-31)
1st Universiade (Torino, Italy, August 27-September 6)-Japan won medals: 2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze
14th Tokyo National Athletic Meet (Winter Skating – Hokkaido, January 22-25, Winter Skiing – Yamagata Prefecture, February 21-24, Summer – Tokyo, September 20-23, Autumn – Tokyo , Saitama Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, October 25-30)
Emperor’s Cup ranking: Winner Tokyo, 2nd Kanagawa, 3rd Osaka
Empress’s Cup ranking: Winner Tokyo, 2nd Shizuoka, 3rd Osaka
Ice hockey
Stanley Cup Final (1958-1959 season)
Montreal Canadiens (4-1) Toronto Maple Leafs
American Football
nfl championship game
Baltimore Colts (West) 31-16 New York Giants (East)
sumo wrestling
January place (Kuramae Kokugikan, 11th to 25th)
Best Makuuchi victory: Kanji Wakanohana (14 wins, 1 loss, 5th time)
Juryo champion: Toyokazu Wakasugiyama (12 wins, 3 losses)
March place (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, 8th to 22nd)
Best Makuuchi victory: Kiyotaka Tochinishiki (14 wins, 1 loss, 8th time)
Juryo Champion: Shigeo Yasome (13 wins, 2 losses)
May Place (Kuramae Kokugikan, 3rd to 17th)
Best Makuuchi victory: Kanji Wakanohana (14 wins, 1 loss, 6th time)
Juryo Champion: Teruo Wakanokuni (12 wins, 3 losses)
July Place (Nagoya City Kanayama Gymnasium, 5th to 19th)
Best makuuchi win: Kiyotaka Tochinishiki (15 wins, 9th)
Juryo Champion: Yoshio Hoshiko (12 wins and 3 losses)
September place (Kuramae Kokugikan, 13th to 27th)
Best Makuuchi victory: Kanji Wakanohana (14 wins, 1 loss, 7th time)
Juryo Champion: Katsutaro Udagawa (14 wins, 1 loss)
November Place (Fukuoka Sports Center, 8th to 22nd)
Best Makuuchi victory: Tomoaki Wakahaguro (13 wins, 2 losses, first)
Juryo Champion: Koki Taiho (13 wins, 2 losses)
golf
World Grand Slam Tournament (Men)
Masters Winner: Art Wall Jr. (USA)
US Open Winner: Billy Casper (USA)
British Open Winner: Gary Player (South Africa)
PGA PGA Winner: Bob Rothberg (USA)
Football
39th Emperor’s Cup All Japan Football Championship (May 3-6)
Final: Kangaku Club 1-0 Chuo University
bicycle race
Road race
42nd Giro d’Italia
Overall winner: Charlie Gaul (Luxembourg)
46th Tour de France
Overall winner: Federico Vermontes (Spain)
tennis
grand slam
Australian Championship Men’s Single Winner: Alex Olmedo (Peru), Women’s Single Winner: Mary Carter Reitano (Australia)
French Open Championship Men’s single winner: Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy), Women’s single winner: Christine Truman (Great Britain)
Wimbledon men’s single winner: Alex Olmedo (Peru), women’s single winner: Maria Bueno (Brazil)
US National Championship Men’s single winner: Neil Fraser (Australia), Women’s single winner: Maria Bueno (Brazil)
basketball
NBA Finals (1958-1959 season)
Boston Celtics (East) (4 games 0) St. Louis Hawks (West)
volleyball
See 1959 Volleyball
baseball
Main article: Baseball in 1959
Minoru Murayama makes his debut. As a newcomer, he received the Best Pitcher Award and the Sawamura Award.
The first baseball tournament is held.
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