1954 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1954 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates18–19 June (men)
30-31 July (women)
9 October (pentathlon)
Host citySt. Louis, Missouri (men)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (women)
Cleveland, Ohio (pentathlon)
VenueSt. Louis Public Schools Stadium (men)
Fager Field (women)
← 1953
1955 →

The 1954 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 St. Louis Public Schools Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, and it took place 18–19 June. The women's meet was held separately at Fager Field in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 30-31 July. The women's pentathlon was held on 9 October in Cleveland, Ohio.

The men's championships were described as hot and humid with little wind.[1] In the women's competition, the shot put weight was changed from 8 pounds (3.6 kg) to the international standard 4 kilograms (8.8 lb) for the first time.[2]

Results

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Arthur Bragg9.5 Willie Williams9.58 Dean Smith9.61
220 yards Arthur Bragg21.1 Charles Thomas21.10 Andrew Stanfield21.19
440 yards James Lea46.6 Louis Jones46.68 Jesse Mashburn46.98
880 yards Malvin Whitfield1:50.8 Bill Tidwell1:51.2 Eugene Maynard1:51.4
1 mile Fred Dwyer4:09.5 Lowell Zellers4:09.8 Leonard Simpson4:11.0
3 miles Horace Ashenfelter14:18.5 Gordon McKenzie14:21.6 Gene Matthews14:23.0
6 miles Curt Stone31:39.4 Fred Wilt31:54.8 Richard Hart32:05.0
Marathon Theodore Corbitt2:46:13.9 Nick Costes2:47:59.0 Aldo Scandurra2:50:19.0
120 yards hurdles Jack Davis14.0 Willard Thomson14.36 Willard Wright14.42
220 yards hurdles[3] Jack Davis23.2
440 yards hurdles Joshua Culbreath52.0 Burl McCoy53.77 Roy Thompson53.93
2 miles steeplechase William Ashenfelter10:08.2 Warren Dreutzler10:13.6 Horace Ashenfelter10:16.6
2 miles walk[4] Henry Laskau14:23.3
High jump Ernest Shelton2.07 m Floyd Jeter2.05 m Doug Spainhower2.02 m
Pole vault Bob Richards4.66 m Donald Laz4.48 m none awarded
Bobby Smith
Long jump John Bennett7.57 m George Brown7.56 m  Neville Price (RSA)7.40 m
Triple jump  Claudio Cabrejas (CUB)14.40 m Pat Lochiatto14.33 m Kent Floerke14.28 m
Shot put Parry O'Brien17.98 m Tom Jones16.55 m Bill Bangert16.37 m
Discus throw Fortune Gordien55.52 m Parry O'Brien54.11 m James Dillion53.44 m
Hammer throw Robert Backus57.68 m Martin Engel56.51 m Gilbert Borjeson54.18 m
Javelin throw Bud Held76.11 m William Miller71.77 m Leo Long68.93 m
Weight throw for distance[4] Bob Backus42 ft 51⁄4 in (12.93 m)
Pentathlon[3] Brayton Norton3400 pts
All-around decathlon[4] Merwin Carter5330 pts
Decathlon Bob Richards6501 pts Aubrey Lewis6118 pts Rafer Johnson5874 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m Mabel Landry6.5 Barbara Lee Dolores Dwyer
100 m Barbara Jones12.0 Mabel Landry Delores Queary
200 m Mae Faggs24.5 Betty MacDonnell Alfrances Lyman
80 m hurdles Constance Darnowski12.2 Lula Bell Barbara Mueller
High jump Verneda Thomas1.55 m none awarded Mildred McDaniel1.48 m
Jeanette CantrellLula Bell
Veronica Lewis
Billie Jo Jackson
Long jump Mabel Landry5.46 m Barbara Jones5.42 m Elvira Siksnius5.08 m
Shot put Lois Ann Testa12.79 m Paula Deubel12.72 m Joan Stouffer
Discus throw Marjorie Larney36.87 m Janet Dicks32.76 m Lois Ann Testa30.87 m
Javelin throw Karen Anderson38.73 m Amelia Wershoven37.59 m Lula Bell37.02 m
Baseball throw[4] Marion Brown Young245 ft 01⁄2 in (74.68 m)
Women's pentathlon  Stella Walsh (POL)1738 pts Betty MacDonnell1546 pts Dolores Dwyer1516 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: 1954 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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