1951 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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1951 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates22–23 June (men)
12 August (women)
14 July (pentathlon)
Host city Berkeley, California (men, pentathlon)
Waterbury, Connecticut (women)
Venue Edwards Stadium (men)
Municipal Stadium (women)
George C. Edwards Stadium (Berkeley, CA).jpg
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The 1951 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.

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The men's edition was held at Edwards Stadium in Berkeley, California, and it took place 22–23 June. The women's meet was held separately at Municipal Stadium in Waterbury, Connecticut, on 12 August. The pentathlon was held on 14 July also at Berkeley.

About 15,000 spectators attended the men's edition, which was one of the largest crowds in AAU history to that point. [1] In the women's competition, Tuskegee Institute won the team title. [2]

Results

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m James Golliday 10.3 Robert Work 10.5Flag of Cuba.svg  Rafael Fortun  (CUB)10.6
200 m straight James Ford 20.8 Walt McKibben 21.0 e Charles Thomas 21.1 e
400 m Flag of Jamaica.svg  George Rhoden  (JAM)46.0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Herbert McKenley  (JAM)46.6 Richard Maiocco 47.0
800 m Malvin Whitfield 1:52.9 Roscoe Browne 1:53.0 Bob Chambers 1:54.0
1500 m Leonard Truex 3:52.0 Warren Dreutzler 3:52.5 Jim Newcomb 3:52.8
5000 m Fred Wilt 14:47.5 Wesley Santee 14:52.4 Herb Semper 14:55.1
10000 m Curt Stone 32:30.7 Fred Wilt 32:30.9 Armand Osterberg 32:35.8
Marathon Jesse Van Zant 2:37:12.5 John Lafferty 2:37:36.0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Walter Fedorick  (CAN)2:40.02
110 m hurdles Richard Attlesey 13.8 Jack Davis 14.1 Craig Dixon 14.3
200 m hurdles straight [3] Ralph Person 23.2
400 m hurdles Charley Moore 51.4 Robert DeVinney 51.8 Jack Greenwood 53.8
3000 m steeplechase Horace Ashenfelter 9:24.5 Curt Stone 9:54.1 Robert Kelly 10:03.1
3000 m walk [4] Henry Laskau 13:13.2
High jump Jay Lewis Hall 2.03 m Herman Wyatt 2.00 m Fred Pratley 1.93 m
Sid Ward
Herb Neff
Ernest Shelton
Eric Roberts
Connie Varneck
Charles Holding
Charles Hanger
Bernard Allard
Barney Dyer
Arnold Webb
Robert Gorden
Pole vault Bob Richards 4.37 m Walter Jensen 4.27 mnone awarded
Donald Laz
Bobby Smith
Long jump George Brown 7.53 m Gaylord Bryan 7.36 m Jesse Thomas 7.30 m
Triple jump Gaylord Bryan 14.31 m Sal Mazzoca 14.03 mFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Francisco Castro  (PUR)13.87 m
Shot put Parry O'Brien 17.00 m James Fuchs 16.81 m Darrow Hooper 16.19 m
Discus throw Richard Doyle 53.50 m Victor Frank 52.54 m Taylor Lewis 49.97 m
Hammer throw Samuel Felton 56.15 m Henry Dreyer 55.68 m Thomas Bane 52.06 m
Javelin throw Bud Held 73.47 m William Miller 71.27 m Steve Seymour 69.70 m
Weight throw for distance [4] Henry Dreyer 41 ft 63⁄4 in (12.66 m)
Pentathlon [3] Brayton Norton 3452 pts
All-around decathlon [4] John Voight 5600 pts
Decathlon Bob Richards 7834 pts Floyd Simmons 7361 pts Otey Scruggs 7178 pts

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m Mary McNabb 6.6 Catherine Hardy Dolores Dwyer
100 m Mary McNabb 12.2 Catherine Hardy Jean Patton
200 m Jean Patton 25.4 Mae Faggs Nell Jackson
80 m hurdles Nancy Phillips 12.2 Evelyn Lawler Constance Darnowski
High jump Marion Boos 1.47 m Lolita Mauer 1.45 mnone awarded
Oral Lee Allen
Nancy Phillips
Long jump Flag of Poland.svg  Stanislawa Walasiewicz  (POL)5.26 m Nancy Phillips 5.24 m Evelyn Lawler 4.95 m
Shot put (8 lb) Amelia Bert 12.57 m Janet Dicks 11.01 m Ramona Massey 10.89 m
Discus throw Flag of Poland.svg  Francis Kaszubski  (POL)36.89 mFlag of Poland.svg  Stanislawa Walasiewicz  (POL)33.32 m Janet Dicks 33.27 m
Javelin throw Francis Licata 36.59 m Amelia Bert 36.09 m Margaret Mates 34.22 m
Baseball throw [4] Amelia Wershoven 239 ft 13⁄4 in (72.89 m)
Women's pentathlon Flag of Poland.svg  Stella Walasiewicz  (POL)1932 pts Doris Sutter 1394 pts Norrine Westby 1204 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: 1951 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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