1860 in sports

Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
Years:	1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863

1860 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

[edit] Baseball

National Association of Base Ball Players champion – Brooklyn Atlantics
The Excelsior club from Brooklyn, led by the sensational fast pitcher Jim Creighton, tours as far as Buffalo, New York, spreading the game, advanced points of play and baseball fever.

17 April – one of the most famous fights of the bareknuckle era takes place at Farnborough, Hampshire, when English Champion Tom Sayers meets American Champion John C. Heenan in what is effectively a World Championship bout. After 42 rounds, the crowd breaks into the ring and the fight is stopped, both boxers having taken heavy punishment, although Heenan seemingly had the advantage. The result is a draw.
20 May – Sayers is awarded a special Silver Championship Belt to commemorate the fight and he now announces his retirement from boxing. Heenan is awarded a duplicate belt.
But the brutality of the fight is widely publicised and gives rise to condemnation of the sport by a public that is increasingly influenced by Victorian ethics and morality. The legacy of the Heenan-Sayers fight is that it will bring about the demise of bareknuckle fighting in England.
5 November – Tom Paddock fights Sam Hurst for the vacant Heavyweight Championship of England at a venue in Berkshire. Hurst wins in only five rounds and is awarded the championship belt by Tom Sayers. This is Paddock's final fight.

Events

Honours – England

Formation of TSV 1860 München as a physical fitness and gymnastics club. As a club, it is the world's oldest that is currently involved in senior professional association football, but in fact the club does not create a football department until 6 March 1899 or play its first matches until 1902.
The now defunct Lausanne Football and Cricket Club is founded in Switzerland, the first football club to be formed outside England, although it is believed to have been primarily a cricket club.
26 December – the earliest known inter-club association football match (i.e., under Sheffield Rules) is played and Sheffield FC defeats Hallam FC 2-0.
Formation of Manchester Football Club, now called Manchester Rugby Club, which is one of the oldest rugby union clubs

The inaugural British Open is won by Willie Park senior at Prestwick Golf Club. The tournament is initially limited to professional players but will be "open" in 1861.

Steeplechases

Flat races

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Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
Years:	1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863