1951 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1951 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	22–23 June (men) 12 August (women) 14 July (pentathlon)
Host city	Berkeley, California (men, pentathlon) Waterbury, Connecticut (women)
Venue	Edwards Stadium (men) Municipal Stadium (women)
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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.

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. In the women's competition, Tuskegee Institute won the team title.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	James Golliday	10.3	Robert Work	10.5	Rafael Fortun (CUB)	10.6
200 m straight	James Ford	20.8	Walt McKibben	21.0 e	Charles Thomas	21.1 e
400 m	George Rhoden (JAM)	46.0	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	2:37:36.0	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	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	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 m	none 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 m	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	Henry Dreyer	41 ft 63⁄4 in (12.66 m)
Pentathlon	Brayton Norton	3452 pts
All-around decathlon	John Voight	5600 pts
Decathlon	Bob Richards	7834 pts	Floyd Simmons	7361 pts	Otey Scruggs	7178 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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 m	none awarded
			Oral Lee Allen
			Nancy Phillips
Long jump	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	Francis Kaszubski (POL)	36.89 m	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	Amelia Wershoven	239 ft 13⁄4 in (72.89 m)
Women's pentathlon	Stella Walasiewicz (POL)	1932 pts	Doris Sutter	1394 pts	Norrine Westby	1204 pts

See also

• List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (men)
• List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (women)

References

Results

• "U.S. National Championships History 1876–2023: Results by Event". Track & Field News. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
• "Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1951 Men, Track". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
• "Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1951 Men, Field". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
• "Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1951 Women, Track". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
• "Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1951 Women, Field". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.