1. American football

2. Association football

3. Athletics

4. Australian rules football

5. Bandy

6. Baseball

7. Boxing

8. Canadian football

9. Cricket

10. Cycling

11. Figure skating

12. Golf

13. Horse racing

14. Ice hockey

15. Motorsport

16. Olympic Games

17. Rowing

18. Rugby league

19. Rugby union

20. Speed skating

21. Tennis

22. References

1912 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

• College football national championship – Harvard Crimson

Association football

• Santos FC, officially founded on April 14.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

• The Football League – Blackburn Rovers 49 points, Everton 46, Newcastle United 44, Bolton Wanderers 43, The Wednesday 41, Aston Villa 41
• 20 April: FA Cup final – Barnsley 1–0 West Bromwich Albion at Crystal Palace, London (replay following 0–0 draw at Crystal Palace)

• National Championship – Holstein Kiel 1–0 Karlsruher FV at Hamburg-Hoheluft

• Iceland's premier division, now known as Landsbankadeild, is established with KR winning the inaugural title.

• 19 January — formation of the All-Russian Football Union (VRS) which is now the Russian Football Union; from 1935 to 1992 it is subsumed by the Football Federation of USSR.

• Scottish Football League – Rangers
• Scottish Cup – Celtic 2–0 Clyde at Ibrox Park

Athletics

• The first world record in the 100 metres for men is recognised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), after Donald Lippincott (USA) runs a time of 10.6 at Stockholm.

• The first world record in the 1500 metres for men is recognised by the IAAF after Abel Kiviat (USA) runs a time of 3:55.8 at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Australian rules football

• Essendon wins the 16th VFL Premiership: Essendon 5.17 (47) d South Melbourne 4.9 (33) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Bandy

• Championship final – IFK Uppsala 1–1 Djurgårdens IF (declared a tie; no replay played)

Baseball

• 8–16 October — Boston Red Sox (AL) defeats New York Giants (NL) to win the 1912 World Series by 4 games to 3 with one tie

• 20 April — Boston Red Sox open the new Fenway Park with a 7–6 11-inning win over New York Yankees before 27,000. Minutes later, the Detroit Tigers open the remodelled Navin Park (later named Tiger Stadium) with a 6–5 11-inning win over Cleveland Indians before 24,384.
• Winnipeg Maroons win the Northern League championship

Boxing

• 22 February — Johnny Kilbane wins the World Featherweight Championship when he defeats Abe Attell over 20 rounds at Vernon, California. Attell has held the title since 1903; Kilbane will hold it until 1923.
• 28 November — Ad Wolgast loses his World Lightweight Championship to Willie Ritchie following a 16th round foul at Colma, California. Ritchie holds the title until 1914.

• World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
• World Middleweight Championship – vacant
• World Welterweight Championship – vacant
• World Lightweight Championship – Ad Wolgast → Willie Ritchie
• World Featherweight Championship – Abe Attell → Johnny Kilbane
• World Bantamweight Championship – Johnny Coulon

Canadian football

• 30 November — 4th Grey Cup – Hamilton Alerts 11–4 Toronto Argonauts

Cricket

• A triangular Test tournament is played in England between England, Australia and South Africa. England wins with Australia second.

• County Championship – Yorkshire
• Minor Counties Championship – in abeyance
• Most runs – David Denton 2127 @ 42.54 (HS 221)
• Most wickets – Colin Blythe 178 @ 12.26 (BB 8–36)
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year – no award

• Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
• Most runs – Wilfred Rhodes 1098 @ 54.90 (HS 179)
• Most wickets – Frank Foster 62 @ 20.19 (BB 7–36)

• Bombay Triangular – Parsees

• Plunket Shield – Auckland

• Currie Cup – not contested

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – Barbados

Cycling

• Odile Defraye (Belgium) wins the 10th Tour de France

Figure skating

• World Men's Champion – Fritz Kachler (Austria)
• World Women's Champion – Opika von Méray Horváth (Hungary)
• World Pairs Champions – Phyllis Johnson / James H. Johnson (Great Britain)

Golf

• British Open – Ted Ray
• US Open – John McDermott

• British Amateur – John Ball
• US Amateur – Jerome Travers

Horse racing

• Grand National – Jerry M
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Tagalie
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Sweeper II
• The Derby – Tagalie
• The Oaks – Mirska
• St. Leger Stakes – Tracery

• Melbourne Cup – Piastre

• Queen's Plate – Heresy

• Irish Grand National – Small Polly
• Irish Derby Stakes – Civility

• Kentucky Derby – Worth
• Preakness Stakes – Colonel Holloway
• Belmont Stakes – not contested due to anti-betting legislation in New York State

Ice hockey

• Quebec Bulldogs wins the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship and the Stanley Cup. Quebec then defeats Moncton in a Cup challenge.

• March — Winnipeg Victorias repeats as Allan Cup winners
• March — New Westminster Royals wins the inaugural Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championship
• December — Toronto NHA teams, the Blueshirts and Tecumsehs, join the NHA

Motorsport

Olympic Games

• The 1912 Summer Olympics takes place in Stockholm
• First usage of electronic timing and public address systems
• Sweden wins the most medals (65) and United States the most gold medals (25)

Rowing

• 1 April — Oxford wins the 69th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

• Championship – Huddersfield
• Challenge Cup final – Dewsbury 8–5 Oldham at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds
• Lancashire League Championship – Wigan
• Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
• Lancashire County Cup – Rochdale Hornets 12–5 Oldham
• Yorkshire County Cup – Huddersfield 22–10 Hull Kingston Rovers

• The Ashes are won by Australia as they defeat Great Britain 33–8 in the 3rd Test of the 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain at Villa Park before a crowd of 4,000.

• NSW Premiership – Eastern Suburbs (outright winner)

Rugby union

• 30th Five Nations Championship series is shared by England and Ireland

Speed skating

• Men's All-round Champion – Oscar Mathisen (Norway)

Tennis

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – James Cecil Parke (GC) defeats Alfred Beamish (GB) 3–6 6–3 1–6 6–1 7–5

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Anthony Wilding (New Zealand) defeats Arthur Gore (GB) 6–4 6–4 4–6 6–4
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Ethel Thomson Larcombe defeats Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6–3 6–1

• French Men's Singles Championship – Max Decugis defeats André Gobert: details unknown
• French Women's Singles Championship – Jeanne Matthey defeats Danet: details unknown

• American Men's Singles Championship – Maurice McLoughlin defeats Wallace Johnson 3–6 2–6 6–2 6–4 6–2
• American Women's Singles Championship – Mary Browne defeats Eleonora Sears 6–4 6–2

• 1912 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – {{davis|GBR|name=British Isles}} 3–2 {{davis|Australasia}} at Albert Ground (grass) Melbourne, Australia

References

• Paphiopedilum sanderianum
• Paphiopedilum sangii
• Paphiopedilum sangii var. ayubianum
• Paphiopedilum sargentianum
• Paphiopedilum schlimii
• Paphiopedilum smaragdinum
• Paphiopedilum socco
• Paphiopedilum spicerianum
• Paphiopedilum spicerianum f. immaculatum
• Paphiopedilum sriwanae
• Paphiopedilum stonei
• Paphiopedilum sukhakulii
• Paphiopedilum sukhakulii f. aureum
• Paphiopedilum superbiens
• Paphiopedilum superbiens ssp. ciliolare
• Paphiopedilum topperi
• Paphiopedilum tranlienianum
• Paphiopedilum tranlienianum f. alboviride
• Paphiopedilum venustum
• Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae
• Paphiopedilum victoria-regina ssp. chamberlainianum
• Paphiopedilum victoria-regina ssp. glaucophyllum
• Paphiopedilum victoria-regina ssp. liemianum
• Paphiopedilum victoria-regina ssp. primulinum
• Paphiopedilum victoria-regina var. kalinae