1955 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1955 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates24–25 June (men)
17-18 June (women)
15 October (pentathlon)
Host cityBoulder, Colorado (men)
Ponca City, Oklahoma (women)
Morristown, New Jersey (pentathlon)
VenueFolsom Field (men)
Blaine Stadium (women)
← 1954
1956 →

The 1955 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 Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, and it took place 24–25 June. The women's meet was held separately at Blaine Stadium in Ponca City, Oklahoma, on 17-18 June. The women's pentathlon was contested on 15 October in Morristown, New Jersey.

Despite inclement weather, 14,500 fans attended the final day of men's competition. Arnie Sowell's time in the 880 yards was just one tenth off the world record.[1] Because the athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games were so early in the season, marks from the 1955 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were used to select the women's team for this event. The pentathlon competition decided the first official American record holder as it was the first U.S. competition to use the then-internationally recognized shot put, high jump, 80 m hurdles, 200 m, and long jump events.[2]

Results

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Bobby Morrow9.5 Rodney Richard9.5 Dean Smith9.5
220 yards Rodney Richard21.0 Dick Blair21.1 Andrew Stanfield21.2
440 yards Charles Jenkins Sr.46.7 James Lea46.9 Richard Maiocco47.1
880 yards Arnold Sowell1:47.6 Thomas Courtney1:48.0 Bill Tidwell1:48.1
1 mile Wesley Santee4:11.5 Fred Dwyer4:14.1 Bob Seaman4:14.8
3 miles Horace Ashenfelter14:45.2 Gordon McKenzie14:59.6 Bob Hunt15:13.7
6 miles Richard Hart31:58.4 Gordon McKenzie32:28.0 George King33:00.3
Marathon Nick Costes2:31:12.4 Rudolfo Mendez2:44:21.0 Theodore Corbitt2:49:37.0
120 yards hurdles Milt Campbell13.9 William Youkers14.2 Charles Pratt14.4
220 yards hurdles[3] Charles Pratt23.5
440 yards hurdles Joshua Culbreath52.0 Willie Atterberry52.4 James Luttrell52.8
2 miles steeplechase Ken Reiser10:20.7 Horace Ashenfelter10:28.9 Ed Shea10:35.0
2 miles walk[4] Henry Laskau15:09.4
High jump Charles Dumas2.08 m none awarded Vernon Wilson2.03 m
Ernest Shelton
Pole vault Bob Richards4.57 m Walt Levack4.42 m none awarded
Bobby Smith
Long jump Gregory Bell7.94 m John Bennett7.65 m Malachi Andrews7.62 m
Triple jump  Victor Hernandez (CUB)15.34 m Bill Sharpe14.79 m Kent Floerke14.76 m
Shot put Parry O'Brien17.82 m Tom Jones17.23 m William Nieder17.02 m
Discus throw Parry O'Brien53.52 m Fortune Gordien53.19 m Desmond Koch52.39 m
Hammer throw Hal Connolly60.86 m Robert Backus56.41 m Samuel Felton52.17 m
Javelin throw Bud Held79.32 m Cyrus Young76.80 m William Miller74.33 m
Weight throw for distance[4] Bob Backus43 ft 5 in (13.23 m)
Pentathlon[3] Des Koch3216 pts
All-around decathlon[4] Lyman Frasier6733 pts
Decathlon Bob Richards6873 pts Robert Lawson6501 pts Joel Shankle6455 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 yards Isabell Daniels6.0 Rebecca Ayars Lucinda Williams
100 yards Mae Faggs10.8 Martha Hudson Alfrances Lyman
220 yards Mae Faggs25.1 Alfrances Lyman Gayle Dierks
80 m hurdles  Bertha Diaz (CUB)11.5 Barbara Mueller Nancy Phillips
High jump Mildred McDaniel1.69 m Billie Jo Jackson1.54 m Verneda Thomas1.49 m
Long jump Nancy Phillips5.33 m Shirley Hereford5.04 m Anna Lois Smith5.00 m
Shot put Wanda Wejzgrowicz11.39 m Lois Ann Testa11.17 m Marjorie Larney10.85 m
Discus throw  Alejandra Herrera (CUB)35.86 m Marjorie Larney35.08 m Patricia Monsanto34.47 m
Javelin throw Karen Anderson45.75 m Amelia Wershoven41.25 m Marjorie Larney38.83 m
Baseball throw[4] Amelia Wershoven249 ft 11⁄4 in (75.92 m)
Women's pentathlon Barbara Mueller3539 pts  Stella Walsh (POL)3431 pts Nancy Phillips3388 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: 1955 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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