1950 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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1950 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
DatesJune 23–25
Host cityCollege Park, Maryland
Freeport, Texas
United States
VenueByrd Stadium
Hopper Field
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The 1950 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships men's competition took place between June 23–25 at Byrd Stadium on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. The women's division held their championships separately at the newly opened Hopper Field in Freeport, Texas. The decathlon was held a week later in Tulare, California, where Olympic champion Bob Mathias set his first world record on his home track.

The Marathon championships were run in October at the Yonkers Marathon.

Results[]

Men track events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters Arthur Bragg 10.4 Lloyd LaBeach  Panama
 10.4e
10.5e 		James Golliday 10.5e
200 meters 21.1 Arthur Bragg 21.2 Lloyd LaBeach  Panama
 21.4
NT
400 meters George Rhoden  Jamaica
Herbert McKenley  Jamaica
 46.5
47.2
47.6 		Wilbur Cunningham 48.0 John Voight 48.8
800 meters Malvin Whitfield 1.51.8 William Brown 1.52.0 Roscoe Browne 1.53.4
1500 meters John Twomey 3.51.3 3.52.2  Sweden
 3.53.2
3.53.8
5000 meters Fred Wilt 15.19.4 Richard Hart 15.28.6 William Stauffer 15.34.4
10,000 meters Horace Ashenfelter 32.44.3 33.29.7 33.33.5
Marathon John A. Kelley 2.45.55.3 2.46.03 Thomas Jones 2.48.01
110 meters hurdles Richard Attlesey 13.6 CRm 13.9 14.1
400 meters hurdles Charley Moore 53.6 54.5 54.7
3000 meters steeplechase Warren Druetzler 9.33.6 Curtis Stone 9.36.7 Browning Ross 9.46.7

Men field events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump

Virgil Severns
David Albritton		 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Pole vault Robert Richards 4.27 m (14 ft 0 in) George Mattos

 4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)
Long jump 7.85 m (25 ft 9 in) Jerome Biffle 7.66 m (25 ft 1+1⁄2 in) 7.59 m (24 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
Triple jump Gaylord Bryan 14.60 m (47 ft 10+3⁄4 in) 14.37 m (47 ft 1+1⁄2 in) 13.95 m (45 ft 9 in)
Shot put James Fuchs 17.43 m (57 ft 2 in) =CR Otis Chandler 16.76 m (54 ft 11+3⁄4 in) 16.33 m (53 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
Discus Throw Fortune Gordien 52.79 m (173 ft 2 in) James Fuchs 51.48 m (168 ft 10 in) 49.89 m (163 ft 8 in)
Hammer Throw Samuel Felton 57.09 m (187 ft 3 in) CR Gil Borjeson 54.24 m (177 ft 11 in) Henry Dreyer 52.56 m (172 ft 5 in)
Javelin Throw Steve Seymour 69.76 m (228 ft 10 in) William Miller 66.91 m (219 ft 6 in) 65.21 m (213 ft 11 in)
Decathlon Robert Mathias 8042 WR Bill Albans 7361 7084

Women track events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 meters Dolores Dwyer 6.7 Jean Patton NT Janet Moreau NT
100 meters Jean Patton 13.3 Dolores Dwyer NT Janet Moreau NT
200 meters Nell Jackson
Stanislawa Walasiewicz  Poland		 25.0
NT 		NT NT
80 meters hurdles Evelyn Lawler 11.9 NT Constance Darnowski NT

Women field events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump 1.44 m (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) 1.34 m (4 ft 4+3⁄4 in) 1.34 m (4 ft 4+3⁄4 in)
Long jump Mabel Landry 5.33 m (17 ft 5+3⁄4 in) 5.20 m (17 ft 1⁄2 in) 5.05 m (16 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
Shot put Frances Kaszubski  Poland
Amelia Bert		 11.98 m (39 ft 3 in)
11.68 m (38 ft 3 in) 		11.17 m (36 ft 7 in) 10.09 m (33 ft 1 in)
Discus Throw Frances Kaszubski  Poland
Amelia Bert		 34.56 m (113 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
31.39 m (102 ft 11+3⁄4 in) 		30.34 m (99 ft 6+1⁄4 in) 30.03 m (98 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
Javelin Throw Amelia Bert 35.09 m (115 ft 1 in) 33.25 m (109 ft 1 in) Stanislawa Walasiewicz  Poland
 33.15 m (108 ft 9 in)
29.61 m (97 ft 1 in)
Pentathlon Stanislawa Walasiewicz  Poland
Dolores Dwyer		 1929
1824 		1418 Janet Moreau 1373

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