1938 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | |
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Dates | 2–3 July (men) 4 August (women) |
Host city | Buffalo, New York (men) Naugatuck, Connecticut (women) |
Venue | Civic Stadium (men) Recreation Field (women) |
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The 1938 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 Civic Stadium in Buffalo, New York, and it took place 2–3 July (the men's 10,000 m was the only event held on 2 July). The women's meet was held separately at Recreation Field in Naugatuck, Connecticut, on 4 August.
At the men's championships, high winds caused slow winning times in most events. [1] In the women's competition, the original host Waterbury, Connecticut withdrew at the last minute causing the meet to be moved. Lula Mae Hymes won the 100 m and long jump. [2]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50 m | Claire Isicson | 6.6 | Ivy Wilson | Olive Hasenfus | ||
100 m | Lula Mae Hymes | 12.4 | Olive Hasenfus | Claire Isicson | ||
200 m | Fanny Vitale | 26.7 | Esther Brown | Marie Cottrell | ||
80 m hurdles | Marie Cottrell | 13.0 | Cora Gaines | Sylvia Rothenberg | ||
High jump | Margarete Bergman | 1.57 m | Mildred Pufundt | Beulah Clark | ||
Frances Sobczak | ||||||
Mildred Kosick | ||||||
Long jump | Lula Mae Hymes | 5.23 m | Dorothy Catocci | Esther Dennis | ||
Shot put | Catherine Fellmeth | 11.73 m | Florence Wright | Margarete Bergman | ||
Discus throw | Catherine Fellmeth | 38.41 m | Frances Sobczak | Elizabeth Lindsay | ||
Javelin throw | Rose Auerbach | 37.05 m | Margaret Barnes | Rose Cea | ||
Baseball throw [4] | Betsy Jochum | 261 ft 7 in (79.73 m) |