1936 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1936 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
1936 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	3–4 July (men); 4 July (women)
Host city	Princeton, New Jersey (men); Providence, Rhode Island (women)
Venue	Palmer Stadium (men); Brown University Field (women)
	← 1935 1937 →

Last updated January 12, 2025

The 1936 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 competition was held as a separate event from the 1936 United States Olympic trials, but the women's event doubled as the Olympic trials for Olympic disciplines. At the men's championships, George Varoff set a world record in the pole vault.^[1] In the women's competition, Helen Stephens won the 100 m, shot put, and discus throw, but could not contest the shot put at the Olympics as it wasn't part of the programme.^[2]

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Jesse Owens	10.4	Ralph Metcalfe	10.6 e	Samuel Stoller
200 m straight	Ralph Metcalfe	21.2	Robert Packard	2 ft behind	Robert Rodenkirchen (GER)	2 yards behind 2nd
440 yards	Harold Smallwood	47.3	James LuValle	47.4 e	Archie Williams	47.4 e
800 m	Charles Beetham	1:50.3	John Woodruff	1:50.4	Charles Hornbostel	1:50.8
1500 m	Glenn Cunningham	3:54.2	Archie San Romani		Gene Venzke
5000 m	Donald Lash	15:04.8	Norman Bright		James Smith
10,000 m	Donald Lash	31:06.9	Eino Pentti		Stanley Wudyka
Marathon	Billy McMahon	2:38:14.2	John A. Kelley	2:40:07.0	Melvin Porter	2:43:49.0
110 m hurdles	Forrest Towns	14.2	Philip Cope		Alvin Moreau
400 m hurdles	Glenn Hardin	51.6	Dale Schofield		Lorin Benke
3000 m steeplechase	Harold Manning	9:15.1	Glen Dawson	20 yards behind	Joseph McCluskey
High jump ^[a]	Cornelius Johnson	2.03 m	Melvin Walker	2.03 m	David Albritton	2.03 m
Pole vault	George Varoff	4.43 m	Earle Meadows	4.34 m	William Sefton	4.27 m
Long jump	Jesse Owens	8.00 m	Kermit King	7.75 m	Milton Green	7.56 m
Triple jump	Billy Brown	14.98 m	Rolland Romero	14.88 m	Dudley Wilkins	14.87 m
Shot put	Dimitri Zaitz	15.44 m	Jack Torrance	15.42 m	Gordon Dunn	15.33 m
Discus throw	Ken Carpenter	50.65 m	Gordon Dunn	50.63 m	Paul Halleck	48.12 m
Hammer throw	William Rowe	53.52 m	Irving Folwartshny	50.91 m	Henry Dreyer	50.67 m
Javelin throw	John Mottram	65.42 m	Horace O'Dell	63.81 m	Donald Johnson	58.68 m
Decathlon	Glenn Morris	7880 pts	Robert Clark	7598 pts	Jack Parker	7290 pts
200 m hurdles ^[3]	James Hucker	23.8
3000 m walk ^[3]	Harry Hinkel	13:36.8
Pentathlon ^[3]	Arkie Trenko	2899 pts
Weight throw for distance ^[3]	Louis Lepis	10.69 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m	Ivy Wilson	6.7	Genevieve Brick		Marguerite Jones
100 m	Helen Stephens	11.7	Annette Rogers	12.1 e	Harriet Bland	12.3 e
200 m	Beverly Hobbs	26.6	Cora Gaines		Marion Thompson
80 m hurdles	Anne Vrana-O'Brien	12.0	Tidye Pickett		Simone Schaller
High jump	Annette Rogers	1.59 m	Alice Arden	1.56 m	Kathlyn Kelly	1.53 m
Long jump	Mabel Smith	5.48 m	Etta Tate	5.31 m	Sylvia Broman	5.18 m
Shot put (8 lb)	Helen Stephens	12.71 m	Florence Wright	11.89 m	Catherine Fellmeth	11.26 m
Discus throw	Helen Stephens	37.04 m	Gertrude Wilhelmsen	35.58 m	Evelyn Ferrara	35.40 m
Javelin throw	Martha Worst	38.10 m	Betty Burch	36.46 m	Gertrude Wilhelmsen	36.35 m
Baseball throw ^[4]	Josephine Lally	247 ft 3 in (75.36 m)

Notes

↑ Johnson won the high jump in a jump-off against Walker and Albritton. Walker was given 2nd place after winning a coin toss.

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References

↑ "Sites/Dates Of The U.S. Men's Nationals, 1876–2023". Track & Field News . 19 October 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
↑ "Sites & Dates Of The U.S. National Women's Championships". Track & Field News . Retrieved 4 December 2024.
1 2 3 4 "Podiums for usa track and field championships: 1936 usa track and field championships ". Athletics Podium [ d ].
↑ "USATF Outdoor Champions". USA Track & Field . Retrieved 4 December 2024.

Results

"U.S. National Championships History 1876–2023: Results by Event". Track & Field News . Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1936 Men, Track". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1936 Men, Field". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1936 Women, Track". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1936 Women, Field". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

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[3] Johnson won the high jump in a jump-off against Walker and Albritton. Walker was given 2nd place after winning a coin toss.

[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.

[ap-4] 1 2 3 4 "Podiums for usa track and field championships: 1936 usa track and field championships ". Athletics Podium [ d ].

[usatf-5] "USATF Outdoor Champions". USA Track & Field . Retrieved 4 December 2024.

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