1964 in South African sport

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Years in South African sport: | 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967

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Centuries: | 19th century * 20th century * 21st century
Decades: | 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years: | 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967

This article is an incomplete list of sporting events relevant to South Africa in 1964.

## Football (Rugby Union)

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* 23 May – South Africa national rugby union team beat the touring Welsh side 24 to 3
* 25 July - South Africa national rugby union team beat the touring France team 8 to 3

## Golf

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* Sewsunker "Papwa" Sewgolum, wins the Dutch Open for the third time
* Cobie Legrange, wins the Dunlop Masters

## Athletics

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* March-Peter Snell (New Zealand) becomes the first athlete to run a 4 minute mile in Africa, with a time of 4min.39.6sec. This is on Kings Park cinder track, Durban, Natal. Peter Snell also wins both the 880 yards (1.50.4 sec) & one mile (4.06.2sec) at the South African Athletic championships.

## See also

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