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1940 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates28–29 June (men)
7 July (women)
Host cityFresno, California (men)
Ocean City, New Jersey (women)
VenueRatcliffe Stadium (men)
Carey Stadium (women)
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The 1940 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 Ratcliffe Stadium in Fresno, California, and it took place 28–29 June. The women's meet was held separately at Carey Stadium in Ocean City, New Jersey, on 7 July.

At the men's championships, Dutch Warmerdam set a world record in the pole vault, becoming the second person in history to jump over 15 feet (4.6 m).[1] The women's competition was marked by the debut of Jean Lane, who won the 50 m and 100 m.[2]

Results

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m Harold Davis 10.3 Norwood Ewell 10.4[a] Billy Brown 10.6[b]
200 m straight Harold Davis 20.4 Norwood Ewell 20.8 e Leo Tarrant 21.3 e
400 m Grover Klemmer 47.0 Charles Belcher Cliff Bourland
800 m Charles Beetham 1:51.1 Campbell Kane Edward Burrowes
1500 m Walter Mehl 3:47.9 Glenn Cunningham 3:48.0 Paul Moore 3:48.5
5000 m Gregory Rice 14:33.4 Donald Lash Robert Madrid
10000 m Donald Lash 32:29.2 Lou Gregory James Rafferty
Marathon  Gerard Cote (CAN) 2:34:06.2 Lou Gregory 2:35:10.0 Leslie Pawson 2:40:05.0
110 m hurdles Fred Wolcott 13.9 Edward Dugger 14.0 Joe Batiste 14.1
400 m hurdles Carl McBain 51.6 Roy Cochran 52.1 Harry March 52.2
3000 m steeplechase Joseph McCluskey 9:16.6 Forrest Efaw George DeGeorge
High jump Lester Steers 2.05 m Adam Berry 1.97 m Humbert Smith 1.94 m
Pole vault Cornelius Warmerdam 4.60 m Kenneth Dills 4.37 m Bernard Deacon 4.11 m
Long jump Billy Brown 7.65 m Pat Turner 7.52 m Frank Freeman 7.12 m
Triple jump Billy Brown 15.31 m Hiney Kent 14.59 m Ray Atzet 14.45 m
Shot put Alfred Blozis 16.77 m Uell Stanley Anderson 15.93 m Herbert Michael 15.85 m
Discus throw Philip Fox 51.93 m Alfred Blozis 49.39 m Archie Harris 49.13 m
Hammer throw Stanley Johnson 55.66 m Robert Bennett 55.59 m Chester Cruikshank 53.73 m
Javelin throw Boyd Brown 68.01 m Lowell Todd 66.34 m Nick Vulmanic 65.74 m
Decathlon William Watson 7523 pts Lee Todd 6941 pts Joe Scott 6702 pts
200 m hurdles[3] Fred Wolcott 22.6
3000 m walk[3] Otto Kotraba 13:52.0
Pentathlon[3] Harry March 2981 pts
Weight throw for distance[3] Henry Dreyer 10.82 m

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m Jean Lane 6.6 Lucy Newell Jeanette Jones
100 m Jean Lane 12.0  Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) Lula Mae Hymes
200 m  Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) 26.1 Olive Hasenfus Edna Gustavson
80 m hurdles Sybil Cooper 13.1 Nancy Cowperthwaite Lillie Purifoy
High jump Alice Coachman 1.50 m Gerda Gottlieb Betty Henning
Long jump  Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) 5.37 m Lucy Newell Betty Charters
Shot put (8 lb) Catherine Fellmeth 11.67 m Ramona Harris  Frances Sobczak (POL)
Discus throw Catherine Fellmeth 35.02 m Evelyn Taylor  Frances Sobczak (POL)
Javelin throw Dorothy Dodson 38.43 m Miriam Melton Marie Sostar
Baseball throw[4] Angela Mica 241 ft 91⁄2 in (73.69 m)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Recorded as 10.34 using fully automatic timing
  2. ^ Recording as 10.59 using fully automatic timing

References

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  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. ^ a b c d "Podiums for usa track and field championships: 1940 usa track and field championships". Athletics Podium [d].
  4. ^ "USATF Outdoor Champions". USA Track & Field. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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