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What was the world's first televised live sporting event?

Question #149684. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Aug 21 2023.
Originally posted Aug 21 2023 8:12 PM.

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The 1936 Berlin Summer Olympic Games.
The world's first televised sporting event was the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Seventy-two hours of live Olympics coverage went to viewing booths called "Public Television Offices" in Berlin and Potsdam
link https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/tv-and-culture/first-televised-sporting-event.htm
Aside from the Games' notoriety for being hosted by Nazi Germany, and for Jesse Owens winning four gold medals, the 1936 Summer Olympics was also the first ever Summer Olympics to be televised live.
link https://lostmediawiki.com/1936_Summer_Olympics_(lost_television_coverage_of_Berlin_Games;_1936)
In total, 162,000+ people were able to watch the Games via television live across both Berlin and Potsdam. Jesse Owens himself was known to be one such viewer.

Response last updated by psnz on Aug 21 2023.
Aug 21 2023, 8:17 PM
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