Editing Long Beach, California (section)

==Sports==

[[File:LBGP05.jpg|thumb|right|2005 [[Grand Prix of Long Beach]], showing turn 10 and the Long Beach skyline]]

===Grand Prix of Long Beach===
{{Main|Grand Prix of Long Beach}}

The Grand Prix of Long Beach in April is the single largest event in Long Beach. It started in 1975 as a [[Formula 5000]] race on the streets of downtown, and became a [[Formula One]] race, the [[United States Grand Prix West]], the following year. From 1984 to 2008 it was a [[Champ Car]] event, and is now an [[IndyCar Series|IndyCar]] race. During the same weekend as the Grand Prix, there is also an [[WeatherTech SportsCar Championship|IMSA SportsCar Championship]] race, a [[Formula D]] round and the [[Pirelli World Challenge]].

The [[Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame]] is on South Pine Avenue in front of the Long Beach Convention Center adjacent to the Long Beach Grand Prix circuit. The Walk of Fame was created in 2006 to honor key contributors to motorsports and annually inducts new members in conjunction with the Long Beach Grand Prix. A {{convert|22|in|mm|adj=on}} bronze medallion is placed in the sidewalk for each new inductee. The medallion includes a rendition of the racer's car and lists top achievements in motor sports.

===Long Beach Marathon===
The Long Beach Marathon is run every year in October throughout the City of Long Beach. The annual event includes a variety of races including a Kids Fun Run, a Bike Tour, 5K, Half Marathon and Full Marathon. All races begin and end around the Shoreline Village area of downtown Long Beach. 25,000 runners and cyclists participated in the 2013 festivities drawing nearly 50,000 people attending the event overall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://runlongbeach.com/history-of-the-marathon/|title=Run Long Beach – History Of The Marathon|work=runlongbeach.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101012807/http://runlongbeach.com/history-of-the-marathon/|archive-date=January 1, 2014|date=April 25, 2017}}</ref> The full marathon is a fast Boston qualifying course passing through sandy beaches, Belmont Shore, and the [[Cal State Long Beach]] campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://runlongbeach.com|title=Run Long Beach – Long Beach International City Bank Marathon – October 12, 2014|work=runlongbeach.com|date=April 25, 2017|access-date=March 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101021733/http://runlongbeach.com/|archive-date=January 1, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Baseball===
The [[Long Beach State 49ers baseball|Long Beach State Dirtbags baseball]] team has been playing since 1954. They play at [[Blair Field]], across the street from [[Wilson Classical High School|Wilson High School]]. They are called the ''Dirtbags'' by many fans and is the team's official nickname.

===Basketball===
Long Beach was the home of the American Basketball League team [[Long Beach Chiefs]] during the 1962/1963 season. They played in the newly opened [[Long Beach Arena]].

The minor league [[American Basketball Association (2000-)|American Basketball Association]] team, the Long Beach Jam, played in the [[Walter Pyramid]] (a pyramid-shaped gym) on the Long Beach State campus) from 2003 to 2005.

The Southern California [[Summer Pro League]] is a showcase for current and prospective [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] basketball players, including recent draft picks, NBA players working on their skills and conditioning, and international professionals hoping to become NBA players. The league plays in the Pyramid-on the Long Beach State campus during July.

The Long Beach Blue Waves of [[The Basketball League]] (TBL) have played at [[Santiago High School (Garden Grove, California)|Santiago High School]] since 2022.

[[File:Marine Stadium Long Beach California.jpg|thumb|[[Long Beach Marine Stadium]], created to host the [[Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics|rowing]] events for the [[1932 Summer Olympics]]]]

===Sailing===
Since its inception in August 1964, the Congressional Cup has grown into one of the major international sailing events. Now held in April, it is the only grade 1 [[match race]] regatta held in the United States. The one-on-one race format is the same as the [[America's Cup]], and many of the winners of the Congressional Cup have gone on to win the America's Cup as well.

The Leeway Sailing and Aquatics Center on Alamitos Bay in [[Belmont Shore, Long Beach, California|Belmont Shore]] is a youth sailing program founded in 1929.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longbeach.gov/park/recreation-programs/aquatics/leeway-sailing-and-aquatics-center/|title=Leeway Sailing & Aquatics Center|publisher=City of Long Beach, CA|access-date=April 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609122914/http://www.longbeach.gov/Park/Recreation-Programs/Aquatics/Leeway-Sailing-and-Aquatics-Center/|archive-date=June 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Water skiing===
In July, there is the annual Catalina Ski Race, which starts from Long Beach Harbor and goes to [[Santa Catalina Island, California|Catalina Island]] and back to complete a {{convert|100|km|mi|0|sp=us|adj=on}} circuit. This race has been held annually since 1948 and features skiers from up to seventy teams from around the world.<ref>[http://www.catalinaskirace.net/forms/CSR_PressRelease.pdf Goldfinger Racing in conjunction with Phase One Productions presents the 2nd Annual Jumboscreen/DVD production and the FIRST EVER LIVE internet broadcast of THE 59TH ANNUAL CATALINA WATER SKI RACE] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405053020/http://www.catalinaskirace.net/forms/CSR_PressRelease.pdf |date=April 5, 2012 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.visitlongbeach.com/calendar/index.cfm?eventid=2162 65TH ANNUAL CATALINA SKI RACE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629030911/http://www.visitlongbeach.com/calendar/index.cfm?eventid=2162 |date=June 29, 2014 }} visitlongbeach.com. Retrieved July 22, 2012</ref>

===Surfing===
[[File:Long Beach from across the surf, showing the Hotel Bixby under construction in the distance at right, ca.1906 (CHS-2803).jpg|thumb|Waves at Long Beach and the Bixby Hotel under construction,<ref>{{cite web |title=PCAD – Bixby Hotel, Waterfront, Long Beach, CA |url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/11145/ |website=pcad.lib.washington.edu}}</ref> {{Circa|1906}}]]
Although California's surfing scene is said to have gotten its start in Long Beach when in 1911 two surfers returned from Hawaii and the city hosted the first National Surfing and Paddleboard Championships in 1938, surfing is now uncommon in Long Beach due to a {{convert|2.2|mi|km|adj=on}} long [[San Pedro Bay (California)#Breakwaters|breakwater built in 1949]] to protect the [[United States Pacific Fleet]]. The breakwater reduces "mighty waves to mere lake-like lapping along the city's beaches". The fleet [[Long Beach Naval Shipyard#Closure|left in the 1990s]], and now some residents are calling for it to be lowered or eliminated and the city has commissioned a $100,000 study for this purpose.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schoch |first=Deborah |title=Long Beach at sea over breakwater removal plan |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 30, 2008 |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-breakwater30-2008jun30,0,3801152.story |access-date=July 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701155434/http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-breakwater30-2008jun30,0,3801152.story |archive-date=July 1, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2019, the study concluded that any changes to the breakwater would be far too costly and could have potential impacts on the port of Long Beach, the port of Los Angeles, the oil islands, U.S. Naval Operations, Shoreline Marina, and the [[Peninsula, Long Beach, California|Peninsula]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=After years of study, Army Corps determines the breakwater must stay • Long Beach Post News|url=https://lbpost.com/news/army-corps-breakwater-study|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=lbpost.com|date=November 26, 2019 }}</ref>

===Rugby union===
The [[Belmont Shore RFC|Belmont Shore rugby team]] plays in the [[Rugby Super League (US)|US Rugby Super League]]. They have been in seven league finals, and have been champions three times.<ref>[https://www.belmontshorerfc.com/ Belmont Shore Rugby Club]</ref>

===College sports===
[[California State University, Long Beach|Long Beach State]]'s team mascot are the [[Long Beach State Beach|Beach]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Long Beach State Athletics – Official website of the 49ers|url=http://longbeachstate.cstv.com/index-main.html#00|access-date=January 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202083306/http://longbeachstate.cstv.com/index-main.html#00|archive-date=February 2, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> The school has participated in national championships in women's volleyball (5), men's volleyball (1), track and field (1), men's tennis (1; Division II), swimming (1; Division II), women's badminton (2), and women's field hockey (1). The school also has regularly appeared in NCAA tournaments in men's baseball, men's softball, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's golf, women's tennis, men's water polo, and women's water polo.<ref>[http://www.longbeachstate.com/history/champteams.html http://www.longbeachstate.com/history/champteams.html] ''longbeachstate.com'' {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213085547/http://www.longbeachstate.com/history/champteams.html |date=February 13, 2008 }}</ref> Their cheer team were national champions in 2003, 2004 and 2006.<ref>[http://www.beachpride.com/modules.php?name=Cheer_Team http://www.beachpride.com/modules.php?name=Cheer_Team] ''beachpride.com'' {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017055857/http://www.beachpride.com/modules.php?name=Cheer_Team |date=October 17, 2013 }}</ref> The D1 roller hockey team were the 2011 national champions after defeating Lindenwood University.

[[File:Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach).jpg|thumb|[[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]], home to the Long Beach City College football team]]
The other collegiate sports team in the city is that of [[Long Beach City College]]. The school has appeared in national championships in men's gymnastics (6), football (5), women's soccer (3), and men's doubles and singles tennis (1 each). They have also had state championships in numerous sports, including 2006–7 championships in men's and women's water polo.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Championship history|url=http://www.lbccvikings.com/athletics/champions/championships|journal=Long Beach City College Athletics|access-date=April 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417193947/http://www.lbccvikings.com/athletics/champions/championships|archive-date=April 17, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Archery====
The archery field in [[El Dorado Park, Long Beach, California#El Dorado Regional Park|El Dorado Regional Park]] was the site for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics archery competition.<ref>[http://longbeach.gov/park/business-operations/about/ http://longbeach.gov/park/business-operations/about/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609022128/http://www.longbeach.gov/Park/Business-Operations/About/ |date=June 9, 2015 }} ''longbeach.gov''</ref>

CSU Long Beach has one of the few remaining university varsity archery teams in California.

===2028 Summer Olympics===
Multiple sports will be held in Long Beach during the [[2028 Summer Olympics]], including [[BMX racing]], [[water polo]], [[triathlon]], [[open water swimming]], [[sailing]], [[rowing]], [[canoeing]] and [[handball]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://la24-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/pdf/LA2024-canditature-part2_english.pdf |title=Stage 2 funding brochure |website=la24-prod.s3.amazonaws.com |access-date=May 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012093308/http://la24-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/pdf/LA2024-canditature-part2_english.pdf |archive-date=October 12, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>