1958 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet
| 1958 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27–28 July 1958 |
| Host city | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
1959 → | |
The 1958 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet was an international track and field competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. The first in a series of meetings between the nations, it was held in 27 and 28 July in Moscow, Russian SFSR and finished with Soviet Union beating the United States 172–170. The meet marked an unusual head-to-head for the nations during the Cold War.
Results
[edit]Teams
[edit] Soviet Union |
 United States
| |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 109 | 126 |
| Women | 63 | 44 |
| Total | 172 | 170 |
Men
[edit]| Discipline | Winner | Result | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Ira Murchison | 10.2 | United States |
| 200 metres | Ed Collymore | 21.3 | United States |
| 400 metres | Glenn Davis | 45.6 | United States |
| 800 metres | Tom Courtney | 1:48.8 | United States |
| 1500 metres | Jim Grelle | 3:46.7 | United States |
| 5000 metres | Hubert Pärnakivi | 14:28.4 | USSR |
| 10,000 metres | Yevgeny Zhukov | 29:59.8 | USSR |
| 110 metres hurdles | Ancel Robinson | 13.9 | United States |
| 400 metres hurdles | Glenn Davis | 50.4 | United States |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Semyon Rzhishchin | 8:42.0 | USSR |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | 39.6 | United States | |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | 3:07.8 | United States | |
| 20 kilometres walk | Leonid Spirin | 1:33:43.2 | USSR |
| High jump | Yuri Stepanov | 2.12 | USSR |
| Pole vault | Vladimir Bulatov | 4.50 | USSR |
| Long jump | Ernie Shelby | 7.94 | United States |
| Triple jump | Oleg Ryakhovskiy | 16.59 WR | USSR |
| Shot put | Parry O'Brien | 19.14 | United States |
| Discus throw | Rink Babka | 57.00 | United States |
| Hammer throw | Hal Connolly | 67.48 | United States |
| Javelin throw | Vladimir Kuznetsov | 74.67 | USSR |
Women
[edit]| Discipline | Winner | Result | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Barbara Jones | 11.6 | United States |
| 200 metres | Lucinda Williams | 24.4 | United States |
| 800 metres | Yelizaveta Yermolayeva | 2:11.8 | USSR |
| 80 metres hurdles | Galina Bystrova | 11.8 | USSR |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | 44.8 | United States | |
| High jump | Taisia Chenchik | 1.65 | USSR |
| Long jump | Aida Chuyko | 5.95 | USSR |
| Shot put | Earlene Brown | 16.54 | United States |
| Discus throw | Nina Ponomaryeva | 51.84 | USSR |
| Javelin throw | Birutė Zalogaitytė | 50.16 | USSR |
References
[edit]- Turrini, Joseph M. "It Was Communism Versus the Free World": The USA-USSR Dual Track Meet Series and the Development of Track and Field in the United States, 1958–1985. Journal of Sport History, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Fall 2001), pp. 427–471. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- The Cold War Track Series 1958–1965. Racing Past. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- Лёгкая атлетика. Справочник / Составитель Р. В. Орлов. — М.: «Физкультура и спорт», 1983. — С. 155—178, 385.
- Матчи СССР — США // Лёгкая атлетика. Энциклопедия / Авторы-составители В. Б. Зеличёнок, В. Н. Спичков, В. Л. Штейнбах. — М.: «Человек», 2012. — Т. 1. — С. 623. — ISBN 978-5-904885-80-9.