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1953 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates26–27 June (men)
24-25 July (women)
18 October (pentathlon)
Host cityDayton, Ohio (men)
San Antonio, Texas (women)
Berkeley, California (pentathlon)
VenueWelcome Stadium (men)
Alamo Heights Stadium (women)
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The 1953 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 Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio, and it took place 26–27 June. The women's meet was held separately at Alamo Heights Stadium in San Antonio, Texas, on 24–25 July. The women's pentathlon was held on 18 October in Berkeley, California.

At the men's championships, imperial distances were used for the first time since 1931, and they would continue to be used until conversion back to metric in the 1970s. Walter Davis broke the high jump world record as 9,500 spectators attended on the first day and 7,500 on the final day.[1] In the women's competition, no meet records were set due to decreased participation following the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]

Results

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Arthur Bragg 9.5 Thane Baker 9.6 James Golliday 9.6
220 yards Andrew Stanfield 21.2 Arthur Bragg 21.3 Thane Baker 21.4
440 yards Jesse Mashburn 47.1 James Lea 48.0  Herbert McKenley (JAM) 48.2
880 yards Malvin Whitfield 1:51.5 Henry Cryer 1:51.7 Jerome Walters 1:52.9
1 mile Wesley Santee 4:07.6 Fred Dwyer 4:12.1 Bruce Drummond 4:14.1
3 miles Charles Cappozzoli 14:28.2 Gordon McKenzie 14:46.1  Kikuo Moriya (JPN) 15:08.0
6 miles Curt Stone 31:18.2 Bob Kelly 31:39.3 Robert Lippemeier 31:52.8
Marathon  Gösta Leandersson (SWE) 2:48:12.5 John Lafferty 2:50.31 John A. Kelley 2:55.14
120 yards hurdles Jack Davis 13.9 Milt Campbell 14.1 Willard Thomson 14.2
220 yards hurdles[3] Jack Davis 23.7
440 yards hurdles Joshua Culbreath 52.5 William Johnson 53.7 Harry Bright 54.5
2 miles steeplechase Horace Ashenfelter 10:02.5 Warren Dreutzler 10:29.7 Philip Coleman 10:41.5
2 miles walk[4] Henry Laskau 14:23.4
High jump Walter Davis 2.13 m Ernest Shelton 2.02 m none awarded
J.Lewis Hall
Pole vault Donald Laz 4.29 m none awarded Van Zimmerman 4.20 m
George Mattos Donald Bragg
Fred Barnes
Len Eilers
Long jump George Brown 7.89 m Ron Soble 7.43 m Meredith Gourdine 7.38 m
Triple jump George Shaw 14.53 m Glenn Beerline 14.39 m Moses Hunter 14.22 m
Shot put Parry O'Brien 17.66 m Bernard Mayer 16.77 m Tom Jones 16.33 m
Discus throw Fortune Gordien 56.02 m Simeon Iness 54.62 m Jack Ellis 52.49 m
Hammer throw Martin Engel 56.92 m Samuel Felton 55.24 m Hal Connolly 53.62 m
Javelin throw Bud Held 73.94 m Cyrus Young 73.61 m William Miller 70.09 m
Weight throw for distance[4] Bob Backus 37 ft 23⁄4 in (11.34 m)
Pentathlon[3] Brayton Norton 3278 pts
All-around decathlon[4] Bob Richards 7031 pts
Decathlon Milt Campbell 7232 pts Bob Richards 6425 pts James Cooke 6084 pts

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m Mabel Landry 6.6 Annie McDonald  Esther Villalon (MEX)
100 m Barbara Jones 11.9 Dolores Dwyer Mabel Landry
200 m Dolores Dwyer 24.4 Barbara Jones Calpurnia Jackson
80 m hurdles Nancy Phillips 12.2 Constance Darnowski Barbara Mueller
High jump Mildred McDaniel 1.56 m Lula Bell 1.47 m none awarded
Jeanette Cantrell
Long jump Mabel Landry 5.68 m Nancy Phillips 5.31 m Arlene Pugh 5.21 m
Shot put (8 lb) Amelia Bert 12.25 m Paula Deubel 12.12 m Donnis Thompson 11.94 m
Discus throw Janet Dicks 37.54 m Marjorie Larney 36.02 m  Concepcion Villaneuva (MEX) 33.07 m
Javelin throw Amelia Wershoven 37.97 m Marjorie Larney 37.16 m Janet Dicks 35.98 m
Baseball throw[4] Marion Brown Young 268 ft 9 in (81.91 m)
Women's pentathlon  Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) 1911 pts Dolores Dwyer 1540 pts Elizabeth Coll 1159 pts

See also

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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 "Podiums for usa track and field championships: 1953 usa track and field championships". Athletics Podium [d].
  4. ^ a b c d "USATF Outdoor Champions". USA Track & Field. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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