1939 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1939 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates3–4 July (men)
4 September (women)
Host cityLincoln, Nebraska (men)
Waterbury, Connecticut (women)
VenueMemorial Stadium (men)
Municipal Stadium (women)
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The 1939 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 Lincoln, Nebraska, and it took place 3–4 July. The women's meet was held separately at Municipal Stadium in Waterbury, Connecticut, on 4 September.

The men's championships were held in unusually hot 100 °F (38 °C) weather.[1] In the women's competition, Dorothy Dodson won the first of her 11 consecutive javelin throw titles and Alice Coachman won the first of what would be her 10 consecutive long jump titles.[2]

Results

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m Clyde Jeffrey 10.2 w Herbert Thompson 10.3 e w Norwood Ewell 10.3 e w
200 m straight[a] Norwood Ewell 21.0 Clyde Jeffrey 21.1 e Perrin Walker
400 m Erwin Miller 48.3 John Woodruff 48.6 e Jim Herbert 49.8 e
800 m Charles Beetham 1:51.7 Campbell Kane Kirman Storli
1500 m Blaine Rideout 3:51.5 Charles Fenske 3:52.0 e Louis Zamperini 3:52.6 e
5000 m Gregory Rice 14:50.9 Ralph Schwarzkopf Forrest Efaw
10000 m Lou Gregory 33:11.5 James Whittaker Joseph Sullivan
Marathon Pat Dengis 2:33:45.2  Gerard Cote (CAN) 2:35:33.0 John A. Kelley 2:37:08.0
110 m hurdles Joe Batiste 14.1 w Fred Wolcott 14.1 e w Allan Tolmich 14.2 e w
400 m hurdles Roy Cochran 51.9 Robert Simmons 52.0 e Carl McBain
3000 m steeplechase Joseph McCluskey 9:23.1 George DeGeorge James Rafferty
High jump Lester Steers 2.04 m William Stewart 2.00 m David Albritton 2.00 m
Melvin Walker
Pole vault George Varoff 4.37 m Cornelius Warmerdam 4.34 m Milton Padway 4.11 m
Dick Ganslen
Kenneth Dills
Long jump William Lacefield 7.76 m w William Watson 7.66 m w Ed Gordon 7.65 m w
Triple jump Herschel Neil 14.56 m Dick Ganslen 14.20 m Oral Hairston 14.04 m
Shot put Lilburn Williams 16.33 m William Watson 16.31 m Uell Standley Andersen 16.23 m
Discus throw Philip Fox 52.54 m Peter Zagar 48.95 m Alfred Blozis 48.57 m
Hammer throw Chester Cruikshank 53.07 m John McLaughry 52.02 m William McKeever 51.91 m
Javelin throw Boyd Brown 65.80 m Herb Grote 64.97 m Nick Vukmanic 62.89 m
Decathlon Joe Scott 6671 pts Kenneth Rathbun 6226 pts Alphonso Gavrilavicz 6071 pts
200 m hurdles[3] Fred Wolcott 22.9
3000 m walk[3] Otto Kotraba 14:04.7
Pentathlon[3] John Borican 2947 pts
Weight throw for distance[3] Stanley Johnson 10.53 m

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m Gertrude Johnson 6.7 Ivy Wilson Jeanette Jones
100 m Olive Hasenfus 12.6 Lucy Newell Elizabeth Kinnard
200 m  Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) 25.5 Esther Brown Hilda Plepis
80 m hurdles Marie Cottrell 12.5 Sybil Cooper Leila Perry
High jump Alice Coachman 1.57 m  Mary Haydon (CAN) 1.55 m Barbara Howe 1.47 m
Long jump  Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) 5.89 m Lula Mae Hymes 5.52 m Lucy Newell 5.28 m
Shot put (8 lb) Catherine Fellmeth 12.54 m Ramona Harris 11.50 m Florence Wright 11.30 m
Discus throw Catherine Fellmeth 34.63 m Hattie Hall 31.73 m Florence Wright 30.29 m
Javelin throw Dorothy Dodson 39.62 m Rose Auerbach 37.62 m Jeanette McGunnegle 37.26 m
Baseball throw[4] Catherine O'Connell 233 ft 31⁄2 in (71.1 m)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Race was held with a slight turn

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. ^ a b c d "Podiums for usa track and field championships: 1939 usa track and field championships ". Athletics Podium [d].
  4. ^ "USATF Outdoor Champions". USA Track & Field. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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