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

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

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.

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.