1940 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1940 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates28–29 June (men)
7 July (women)
Host cityFresno, California (men)
Ocean City, New Jersey (women)
VenueRatcliffe Stadium (men)
Carey Stadium (women)
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The 1940 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States.

The men's edition was held at Ratcliffe Stadium in Fresno, California, and it took place 28–29 June. The women's meet was held separately at Carey Stadium in Ocean City, New Jersey, on 7 July.

At the men's championships, Dutch Warmerdam set a world record in the pole vault, becoming the second person in history to jump over 15 feet (4.6 m).[1] The women's competition was marked by the debut of Jean Lane, who won the 50 m and 100 m.[2]

The women's events were to be used as the Olympic trials for the 1940 Summer Olympics before they were canceled due to World War II.[3]

Results

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m Harold Davis10.3 Norwood Ewell10.4[a] Billy Brown10.6[b]
200 m straight Harold Davis20.4 Norwood Ewell20.8 e Leo Tarrant21.3 e
400 m Grover Klemmer47.0 Charles Belcher Cliff Bourland
800 m Charles Beetham1:51.1 Campbell Kane Edward Burrowes
1500 m Walter Mehl3:47.9 Glenn Cunningham3:48.0 Paul Moore3:48.5
5000 m Gregory Rice14:33.4 Donald Lash Robert Madrid
10000 m Donald Lash32:29.2 Lou Gregory James Rafferty
Marathon  Gerard Cote (CAN)2:34:06.2 Lou Gregory2:35:10.0 Leslie Pawson2:40:05.0
110 m hurdles Fred Wolcott13.9 Edward Dugger14.0 Joe Batiste14.1
400 m hurdles Carl McBain51.6 Roy Cochran52.1 Harry March52.2
3000 m steeplechase Joseph McCluskey9:16.6 Forrest Efaw George DeGeorge
High jump Lester Steers2.05 m Adam Berry1.97 m Humbert Smith1.94 m
Pole vault Cornelius Warmerdam4.60 m Kenneth Dills4.37 m Bernard Deacon4.11 m
Long jump Billy Brown7.65 m Pat Turner7.52 m Frank Freeman7.12 m
Triple jump Billy Brown15.31 m Hiney Kent14.59 m Ray Atzet14.45 m
Shot put Alfred Blozis16.77 m Uell Stanley Anderson15.93 m Herbert Michael15.85 m
Discus throw Philip Fox51.93 m Alfred Blozis49.39 m Archie Harris49.13 m
Hammer throw Stanley Johnson55.66 m Robert Bennett55.59 m Chester Cruikshank53.73 m
Javelin throw Boyd Brown68.01 m Lowell Todd66.34 m Nick Vulmanic65.74 m
Decathlon William Watson7523 pts Lee Todd6941 pts Joe Scott6702 pts
200 m hurdles[4] Fred Wolcott22.6
3000 m walk[4] Otto Kotraba13:52.0
Pentathlon[4] Harry March2981 pts
Weight throw for distance[4] Henry Dreyer10.82 m

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m Jean Lane6.6 Lucy Newell Jeanette Jones
100 m Jean Lane12.0  Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) Lula Mae Hymes
200 m  Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL)26.1 Olive Hasenfus Edna Gustavson
80 m hurdles Sybil Cooper13.1 Nancy Cowperthwaite Lillie Purifoy
High jump Alice Coachman1.50 m Gerda Gottlieb Betty Henning
Long jump  Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL)5.37 m Lucy Newell Betty Charters
Shot put (8 lb) Catherine Fellmeth11.67 m Ramona Harris  Frances Sobczak (POL)
Discus throw Catherine Fellmeth35.02 m Evelyn Taylor  Frances Sobczak (POL)
Javelin throw Dorothy Dodson38.43 m Miriam Melton Marie Sostar
Baseball throw[5] Angela Mica241 ft 91⁄2 in (73.69 m)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Recorded as 10.34 using fully automatic timing
  2. ↑ Recording as 10.59 using fully automatic timing

References

  1. ↑ "Sites/Dates Of The U.S. Men's Nationals, 1876–2023". Track & Field News. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Sites & Dates Of The U.S. National Women's Championships". Track & Field News. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Non-Staging Of 1940 Olympiad Is Severe Blow To Tuskegee, 'Force". Atlanta Daily World. 17 July 1940. p. 5. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Podiums for usa track and field championships: 1940 usa track and field championships ". Athletics Podium.
  5. ↑ "USATF Outdoor Champions". USA Track & Field. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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