1960 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | |
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Dates | 24–25 June (men) 8–9 July (women) 5 August (pentathlon) |
Host city | Bakersfield, California (men) Corpus Christi, Texas (women) Emporia, Kansas (pentathlon) |
Venue | Memorial Stadium (men) Buccaneer Stadium (women) |
← 1959 1961 → |
The 1960 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 24–25 June. The women's meet was held separately at the Buccaneer Stadium in Corpus Christi, Texas, on 8–9 July, and the women's pentathlon was held on 5 August in Emporia, Kansas.
Both the men's and women's editions were held just one week before their respective 1960 United States Olympic trials. At the men's championships, John Thomas set a world record in the high jump. [1] In the women's competitions, Jo Ann Terry broke Barbara Mueller's American pentathlon record. [2]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m | Wilma Rudolph | 11.5 | Barbara Jones | 11.7 | Martha Hudson | 11.7 |
200 m | Wilma Rudolph | 22.9 | Lucinda Williams | 23.4 | Lacey O'Neal | 23.4 |
400 m | Irene Robertson | 57.1 | Rose Lovelace | 57.6 | Ruth Ann Brand | 59.0 |
800 m | Billie Pat Daniels | 2:17.5 | Rose Lovelace | 2:18.2 | Ruth Ann Brand | 2:20.2 |
80 m hurdles | JoAnn Terry | 11.4 | Irene Robertson | 11.5 | Shirley Crowder | 11.6 |
High jump | Liz Josefsen (DEN) | 1.66 m | Neomia Rogers | 1.62 m | Jean Gaertner | 1.58 m |
Long jump | Willye White | 5.83 m | Sandra Smith | 5.81 m | JoAnn Terry | 5.71 m |
Shot put | Earlene Brown | 15.15 m | Sharon Shepherd | 14.19 m | Cynthia Wyatt | 12.38 m |
Discus throw | Olga Connolly | 48.63 m | Earlene Brown | 46.42 m | Pamela Kurrell | 44.60 m |
Javelin throw | Marjorie Larney | 46.29 m | Karen Mendyka | 45.86 m | Peggy Scholler | 45.07 m |
Women's pentathlon | JoAnn Terry | 4249 pts | Billie Pat Daniels | 4172 pts | Shirley Crowder | 4027 pts |
Billie Patricia "Pat" Daniels is a retired female pentathlete and track and field coach from the United States, who was the U.S. track and field national champion in the 800 m in 1960 and 1961 and in the pentathlon from 1961 to 1967 and in 1970. She was national long jump champion in 1967. She won the gold medal in the pentathlon at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. A three-time Olympian, she placed seventh in 1964 and sixth in 1968. She first represented the US in 1960, running just five days after her 17th birthday, days before beginning her senior year at Capuchino High School in San Bruno, California.
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