1953 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1953 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates26–27 June (men)
24-25 July (women)
18 October (pentathlon)
Host cityDayton, Ohio (men)
San Antonio, Texas (women)
Berkeley, California (pentathlon)
VenueWelcome Stadium (men)
Alamo Heights Stadium (women)
← 1952
1954 →

The 1953 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 Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio, and it took place 26–27 June. The women's meet was held separately at Alamo Heights Stadium in San Antonio, Texas, on 24–25 July. The women's pentathlon was held on 18 October in Berkeley, California.

At the men's championships, imperial distances were used for the first time since 1931, and they would continue to be used until conversion back to metric in the 1970s. Walter Davis broke the high jump world record as 9,500 spectators attended on the first day and 7,500 on the final day.[1] In the women's competition, no meet records were set due to decreased participation following the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]

Results

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Arthur Bragg9.5 Thane Baker9.6 James Golliday9.6
220 yards Andrew Stanfield21.2 Arthur Bragg21.3 Thane Baker21.4
440 yards Jesse Mashburn47.1 James Lea48.0  Herbert McKenley (JAM)48.2
880 yards Malvin Whitfield1:51.5 Henry Cryer1:51.7 Jerome Walters1:52.9
1 mile Wesley Santee4:07.6 Fred Dwyer4:12.1 Bruce Drummond4:14.1
3 miles Charles Cappozzoli14:28.2 Gordon McKenzie14:46.1  Kikuo Moriya (JPN)15:08.0
6 miles Curt Stone31:18.2 Bob Kelly31:39.3 Robert Lippemeier31:52.8
Marathon  Gösta Leandersson (SWE)2:48:12.5 John Lafferty2:50.31 John A. Kelley2:55.14
120 yards hurdles Jack Davis13.9 Milt Campbell14.1 Willard Thomson14.2
220 yards hurdles[3] Jack Davis23.7
440 yards hurdles Joshua Culbreath52.5 William Johnson53.7 Harry Bright54.5
2 miles steeplechase Horace Ashenfelter10:02.5 Warren Dreutzler10:29.7 Philip Coleman10:41.5
2 miles walk[4] Henry Laskau14:23.4
High jump Walter Davis2.13 m Ernest Shelton2.02 m none awarded
J.Lewis Hall
Pole vault Donald Laz4.29 m none awarded Van Zimmerman4.20 m
George MattosDonald Bragg
Fred Barnes
Len Eilers
Long jump George Brown7.89 m Ron Soble7.43 m Meredith Gourdine7.38 m
Triple jump George Shaw14.53 m Glenn Beerline14.39 m Moses Hunter14.22 m
Shot put Parry O'Brien17.66 m Bernard Mayer16.77 m Tom Jones16.33 m
Discus throw Fortune Gordien56.02 m Simeon Iness54.62 m Jack Ellis52.49 m
Hammer throw Martin Engel56.92 m Samuel Felton55.24 m Hal Connolly53.62 m
Javelin throw Bud Held73.94 m Cyrus Young73.61 m William Miller70.09 m
Weight throw for distance[4] Bob Backus37 ft 23⁄4 in (11.34 m)
Pentathlon[3] Brayton Norton3278 pts
All-around decathlon[4] Bob Richards7031 pts
Decathlon Milt Campbell7232 pts Bob Richards6425 pts James Cooke6084 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m Mabel Landry6.6 Annie McDonald  Esther Villalon (MEX)
100 m Barbara Jones11.9 Dolores Dwyer Mabel Landry
200 m Dolores Dwyer24.4 Barbara Jones Calpurnia Jackson
80 m hurdles Nancy Phillips12.2 Constance Darnowski Barbara Mueller
High jump Mildred McDaniel1.56 m Lula Bell1.47 m none awarded
Jeanette Cantrell
Long jump Mabel Landry5.68 m Nancy Phillips5.31 m Arlene Pugh5.21 m
Shot put (8 lb) Amelia Bert12.25 m Paula Deubel12.12 m Donnis Thompson11.94 m
Discus throw Janet Dicks37.54 m Marjorie Larney36.02 m  Concepcion Villaneuva (MEX)33.07 m
Javelin throw Amelia Wershoven37.97 m Marjorie Larney37.16 m Janet Dicks35.98 m
Baseball throw[4] Marion Brown Young268 ft 9 in (81.91 m)
Women's pentathlon  Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL)1911 pts Dolores Dwyer1540 pts Elizabeth Coll1159 pts

See also

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. 1 2 "Podiums for usa track and field championships: 1953 usa track and field championships ". Athletics Podium.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "USATF Outdoor Champions". USA Track & Field. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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