Note — many sporting events did not take place because of World War II

1941 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

NBL Championship

Events

Events

  • The highlight of the year is the World Heavyweight title fight between two current world champions, Joe Louis and Billy Conn, won by Louis with a 13th-round knockout.

Lineal world champions[1]

England and South Africa

India

Australia

  • During the 1940–41 season, although the Sheffield Shield is not contested, a number of interstate cricket matches are played for patriotic funding. For the 1941–42 season, seven three-day interstate matches are scheduled but only one is played before the urgency of the Pacific War puts an end to Australian first-class cricket until November 1945.

New Zealand and West Indies

  • New Zealand abandons the Plunket Shield for 1940–41 but here, and in the West Indies, a small number of first-class matches are arranged and played each season until after the war without being part of an official competition.

Tour de France

  • not contested due to World War II[2]

Giro d'Italia

  • not contested due to World War II

World Figure Skating Championships

  • not contested due to World War II

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Steeplechases

Hurdle races

Flat races

The Boat Race

Speed Skating World Championships

  • not contested due to World War II

Australia

England

France

USA

Davis Cup

  • 1941 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – not contested

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Cyber Boxing Zone
  2. ^ "Cycling-Tour de France list of winners". Eurosport UK. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  3. ^ Young, William H.; Young, Nancy K. (17 September 2010). World War II and the Postwar Years in America: A Historical and Cultural Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: A Historical and Cultural Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 361. ISBN 978-0-313-35653-7.
  4. ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.