1966 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | |
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Dates | June 25-26 |
Host city | New York City, New York Frederick, Maryland United States |
Venue | Downing Stadium, Randalls Island |
← 1965 1967 → |
The 1966 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships men's competition took place between June 25-26 at Downing Stadium on Randalls Island in New York City, New York. The women's division held their championships separately in Frederick, Maryland. Both venues were dirt tracks.
The Marathon championships were run in October at the Yonkers Marathon for the final time after being designated the National Championships 18 times in succession.
Jim Ryun was the star of the show, running the first four minute mile in the northeastern United States.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards | Charles Greene | 9.4 | Jim Hines | 9.4 | Harold Busby | 9.5 |
220 yards | Jim Hines | 20.5w | Adolph Plummer | 20.5w | Tom Jones | 20.6w |
440 yards | Lee Evans | 45.9 | Theron Lewis | 46.2 | Robert Frey | 46.3 |
880 yards | Thomas Farrell | 1.47.6 | Ted Nelson | 1.48.0 | David Patrick | 1.48.8 |
1 Mile | Jim Ryun | 3.58.6 | Dyrol Burleson | 4.00.0 | Jim Grelle | 4.00.6 |
3 miles | George Young | 13.27.4 | Tracy Smith | 13.27.4 | Tom Laris | 13.28.4 |
6 miles | Tracy Smith | 28.02.0 | Billy Mills | 28.34.2 | Dave Ellis Canada John Lawson | 28.52.6 29.06.4 |
Marathon | Norman Higgins | 2.22.50.8 | Robert Scharff | 2.26.14.0 | Louis Castagnola | 2.28.47.0 |
120 yard hurdles | Willie Davenport | 13.44 | Don Shy | 13.61 | Earl McCullouch | 13.88 |
440 y hurdles | Jim Miller | 50.26 | Geoff Vanderstock | 50.30 | Bob Steele | 50.44 |
3000 meters steeplechase | Pat Traynor | 8.40.6 CR m | Ray Barrus | 8.43.4 | Michael Manley | 8.47.6 |
2 mile racewalk | Ron Laird | 13:52.7 | Don DeNoon | 14:07.7 | Ron Daniel | 14:29.8 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump | Otis Burrell | 2.18 m (7 ft 1+3⁄4 in) =CR | John Hartfield | 2.18 m (7 ft 1+3⁄4 in) =CR | Stan Albright | 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) |
Pole vault | Bob Seagren | 5.18 m (16 ft 11+3⁄4 in) =CR | Paul Wilson | 5.08 m (16 ft 8 in) | John Pennel | 5.08 m (16 ft 8 in) |
Long jump | Ralph Boston | 8.01 m (26 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | Charlie Mays | 8.01 m (26 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | Darrell Horn | 7.86 m (25 ft 9+1⁄4 in) |
Triple jump | Art Walker | 16.36 m (53 ft 8 in) CR | Darrell Horn | 15.54 m (50 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | Charlie Craig | 15.35 m (50 ft 4+1⁄4 in) |
Shot put | Randy Matson | 19.56 m (64 ft 2 in) | Neal Steinhauer | 19.52 m (64 ft 1⁄2 in) | Parry O'Brien | 18.93 m (62 ft 1+1⁄4 in) |
Discus Throw | Alfred Oerter | 59.05 m (193 ft 8 in) | Rink Babka | 58.27 m (191 ft 2 in) | Randy Matson | 58.14 m (190 ft 8 in) |
Hammer Throw | Ed Burke | 67.05 m (219 ft 11 in) | Hal Connolly | 66.67 m (218 ft 8 in) | Tom Gage | 65.58 m (215 ft 1 in) |
Javelin Throw | John Tushaus | 79.45 m (260 ft 7 in) | Ed Red | 78.31 m (256 ft 11 in) | Jim Stevenson | 75.89 m (248 ft 11 in) |
Decathlon | Bill Toomey | 8234 WR* | Russ Hodge | 8130 | Dave Thoreson | 7520 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards | Wyomia Tyus | 10.5 | Edith McGuire | 10.8 | Barbara Ferrell | 10.9 |
220 yards | Wyomia Tyus | 23.8 | Barbara Ferrell | 23.9 | Edith McGuire | 24.0 |
400 meters | Charlette Cooke | 53.4 | Dolores Stoneback | 55.7 | Chris Iverson | 55.7 |
800 meters | Charlette Cooke | 2.05.0 | Madeline Manning | 2.06.2 | Frances Kraker | 2.10.9 |
1500 meters | Doris Brown Heritage | 4.20.2 | Marie Mudler | 4.36.6 | Frances Kraker | 4.37.3 |
80 meters hurdles | Cherrie Sherrard | 10.7 | Mamie Rallins | 11.0 | Tammy Davis | 11.1 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump | Eleanor Montgomery | 1.70 m (5 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | Estelle Baskerville | 1.65 m (5 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | Patricia Clark | 1.62 m (5 ft 3+3⁄4 in) |
Long jump | Willye White | 6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) | Martha Watson | 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in) | Beth McBride | 5.83 m (19 ft 1+1⁄2 in) |
Shot put | Lynn Graham | 14.62 m (47 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Carol Moseke | 13.54 m (44 ft 5 in) | Maren Seidler | 13.26 m (43 ft 6 in) |
Discus Throw | Carol Moseke | 48.66 m (159 ft 7 in) | Cynthia Wyatt | 44.35 m (145 ft 6 in) | Nancy Norberg | 43.81 m (143 ft 8 in) |
Javelin Throw | RaNae Bair | 53.29 m (174 ft 10 in) | Barbara Friedrich | 53.11 m (174 ft 2 in) | Louise Gerrish | 48.59 m (159 ft 4 in) |
Pentathlon | Pat Daniels | 4496 | Denise Paschal | 4384 | Cherrie Sherrard | 4366 |
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