1961 in sports

• USSR Boxing Championship 1961 ;
• 1961 Sambo Championship of the USSR ;
• USSR Classic Wrestling Championship 1961 ;
• USSR Championship in Athletics 1961 ;
• USSR Championship in Russian drafts 1961 ;
• USSR Championship in hockey with the ball 1960/1961 ;
• USSR Chess Championship 1961 (November - December) ;
• USSR Chess Championship 1961 (January-February) ;

Volleyball

• USSR Women's Volleyball Championship 1961 ;
• USSR men's volleyball championship 1961 ;
• 1961/1962 USSR Volleyball Men's Championship ;

Football

• 1961 USSR Football Championship ;
• 1961 USSR Cup ;
• Created clubs:
  • " Bulat-AMT ";
  • "Crystal" (Kherson) ;
  • MOIK ;
  • "Mordovia" ;
  • Narzan ;
  • "North" ;
  • "Sodovik" ;
  • Spartak (Cuba) ;
  • Torpedo (Pavlovo) ;
  • Torpedo-BelAZ ;
  • Tyumen ;
  • Torch-Strela ;
  • "Miner" (Soligorsk) ;

Ice Hockey

• USSR Ice Hockey Championship 1960/1961 ;
• 1961/1962 USSR Ice Hockey Championship ;
• The Neftyanik club (Leninogorsk) was created ;

Created club "Salavat Yulaev" "Ufa"

• The crash of Boeing 707 near Brussels ;
• FIBA Champions Cup 1960/1961 ;
• FIBA Champions Cup 1961/1962 ;
• Summer Universiade 1961 ;
• European Boxing Championship 1961 ;
• European Figure Skating Championship 1961 ;
• South American Women's Volleyball Championship 1961 ;
• South American Men's Volleyball Championship 1961 ;

World Championships

• 1961 Biathlon World Championships ;
• World Speed ​​Skating Championships in classic all-around 1961 ;
• World Clay Shooting and Shooting Championships 1961 ;
• 1961 World Bandy World Championship ;
• 1961 World Ice Hockey Championship ;

Football

• The tragedies of ibrox ;
• Matches of the USSR national football team 1961 ;
• European Cup 1960/1961 ;
• European Cup 1961/1962 ;
• Copa Libertadores 1961 ;
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1961/1962 ;
• Fair Cup 1960/1961 ;
• 1961/1962 fair cup ;
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1960/1961 ;
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1961/1962 ;
• International Football Cup 1961/1962 ;
• European Cup Final 1961 ;
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final 1961 ;

Chess

• European Team Chess Championship 1961 ;
• The match for the title of world chess champion 1961 ;
• Chess Challenger Tournament 1961 ;

Born

• Haybulaev, Huseyn Asadulaevich - Soviet and Russian Dagestan sambo fighter and judo wrestler ;
• February 23 - Ahmed Atavov , Soviet freestyle wrestler , world champion in the absolute weight category;
• June 1 - Ahmad Achichaev , a Soviet weightlifter .