1956 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1956 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates22–23 June (men)
17-18 August (women)
27 October (pentathlon)
Host cityBakersfield, California (men)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (women)
Pasadena, California (pentathlon)
VenueMemorial Stadium (men)
Franklin Field (women)
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The 1956 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 Memorial Stadium in Bakersfield, California, and it took place 22–23 June. The women's meet was held separately at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 17-18 August while the pentathlon was held on 27 October in Pasadena, California.

Both the men's and women's championships were held one week before their corresponding 1956 United States Olympic trials. At the men's meet, two world records were equaled (Bobby Morrow in the 100 m heats and Thane Baker in the 200 m on a curve) and one was set outright, by Jack Davis in the 110 m hurdles.[1] In the women's competitions, four American records were broken despite the meets taking place so far before the 1956 Olympics.[2][3]

Results

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m Bobby Morrow10.3 Leamon King10.45 Thane Baker10.52
200 m Thane Baker20.6 Andrew Stanfield20.63 Theodius Bush20.93
400 m Thomas Courtney45.8 m Charles Jenkins Sr.46.5 Reggie Pearman46.7
800 m Arnold Sowell1:47.6 Eugene Maynard1:48.14 Malvin Whitfield1:48.18
1500 m Jerome Walters3:48.4 Fred Dwyer3:48.8 Joe Villareal3:49.2
5000 m Richard Hart14:47.4 Mal Robertson14:53.4 Gordon McKenzie14:58.4
10000 m Max Truex30:52.0 Richard Hart31:06.3 Gordon McKenzie31:06.8
Marathon John J. Kelley2:24:52.2 Dean Thackwray2:31:14.0 Nick Costes2:31:52.0
110 m hurdles Lee Calhoun13.6 Joel Shankle13.80 Jack Davis13.84
200 m hurdles[4] Charles Pratt22.8
400 m hurdles Glenn Davis50.9 Edward Southern51.5 Willie Atterberry51.6
3000 m steeplechase Horace Ashenfelter9:04.1 William Ashenfelter9:11.7 Philip Coleman9:12.7
3000 m walk[5] Henry Laskau13:39.0
High jump Charles Dumas2.08 m Bernard Allard2.04 m none awarded
Donald Stewart
Ernest Shelton
Vernon Wilson
Pole vault Bob Richards4.57 m Donald Bragg4.43 m none awarded
Fred Barnes
Long jump Ernest Shelby7.95 m George Brown7.75 m Gregory Bell7.71 m
Malachi Andrews
Triple jump Willie Hollie15.09 m  Elles West (RSA)15.02 m none awarded
 Jack Smyth (CAN)
Shot put Kenneth Bantum18.02 m Parry O'Brien17.97 m Stan Lampert17.41 m
Discus throw Ron Drummond54.94 m Fortune Gordien54.40 m Desmond Koch53.06 m
Hammer throw Hal Connolly62.75 m Albert Hall62.32 m John Morefield59.84 m
Javelin throw Cyrus Young75.58 m Leo Long72.02 m Benny Garcia70.80 m
Weight throw for distance[5] Bob Backus43 ft 0 in (13.1 m)
Pentathlon[4] Howard Smith3034 pts
All-around decathlon[5] Charles Stevenson7612 pts
Decathlon Rafer Johnson7755 pts Milt Campbell7559 pts Bob Richards7054 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m Isabell Daniels6.4 Barbara Jones Lucinda Williams
100 m Mae Faggs11.7 Isabell Daniels  Charlotte Gooden (PAN)
200 m Mae Faggs24.6 Wilma Rudolph Elaine Ellis
80 m hurdles  Bertha Diaz (CUB)11.2 Shirley Eckel Constance Darnowski
High jump Mildred McDaniel1.62 m Ann Flynn none awarded
Verneda Thomas
Long jump Margaret Matthews5.89 m Willye White Phyllis Logan
Shot put Earlene Brown13.71 m  Jackie MacDonald (CAN) Lois Ann Testa
Discus throw Pamela Kurrell42.95 m  Jackie MacDonald (CAN) Earlene Brown
Javelin throw Karen Anderson48.49 m Amelia Wershoven Marjorie Larney
Baseball throw[5] Pamela Kurrell269 ft 51⁄2 in (82.13 m)
Women's pentathlon Barbara Mueller4154 pts  Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL)3565 pts Irene Robertson3507 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. ↑ "AAU summaries". Baltimore Afro-American. 25 August 1956. p. 14. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Podiums for usa track and field championships: 1956 usa track and field championships ". Athletics Podium.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "USATF Outdoor Champions". USA Track & Field. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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