1972 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Husky Stadium

The Men's 1972 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 16-18 at Husky Stadium on the campus of University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. It is the only time this championship has been held in the state of Washington. The Women's Championships took place at Citizens Field in Canton, Ohio. The meet was organized by the Amateur Athletic Union.

Results[]

Men track events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters	Robert Taylor	10.2	Delano Meriwether	10.3	Herb Washington	10.3
200 meters	Chuck Smith	20.7	David Jenkins  United Kingdom	20.8 21.1		21.1
400 meters	Lee Evans	45.0	Vince Matthews	45.1	Fred Newhouse	45.3
800 meters	David Wottle	1.47.3	Rick Wohlhuter	1.47.5		1.47.6
1500 meters		3.38.2		3.38.3	Canada	3.39.7 3.40.0
5000 meters	Mike Keogh  Ireland Richard Buerkle	13.51.8 13.54.8	Ireland	13.55.8 13.56.2		13.59.8
10000 meters		28.08.0 NR	Frank Shorter	28.12.0	Tom Laris	28.12.6
Marathon		2.24.42.8		2.25.30.0		2.26.23.0
110 meters hurdles	Rod Milburn	13.4 =CRm	Willie Davenport	13.6	Thomas Hill	13.6
400 meters hurdles	Dick Bruggeman	50.0	Jim Bolding	50.0		50.3
3000 meters steeplechase		8.33.8	Steve Savage	8.34.8	Cliff Clark	8.36.4
5000 meters racewalk	Larry Young	21:39.8		22:29.8		22:33.8

Men field events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump		2.18 m (7 ft 1+3⁄4 in)		2.18 m (7 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	Ron Jourdan	2.13 m (6 ft 11+3⁄4 in)
Pole vault	Dave Roberts	5.49 m (18 ft 0 in)CR		5.18 m (16 ft 11+3⁄4 in)		5.18 m (16 ft 11+3⁄4 in)
Long jump	Arnie Robinson	8.07 m (26 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Jacques Pani  France James McAlister	8.02 m (26 ft 3+1⁄2 in)w 7.61 m (24 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Ron Coleman	7.56 m (24 ft 9+1⁄2 in)w
Triple jump	John Craft	16.71 m (54 ft 9+3⁄4 in)w	Art Walker	16.45 m (53 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Milan Tiff	16.31 m (53 ft 6 in)w
Shot put	Randy Matson	21.19 m (69 ft 6+1⁄4 in)CR		20.14 m (66 ft 3⁄4 in)	Brian Oldfield	20.13 m (66 ft 1⁄2 in)
Discus Throw	Jay Silvester	64.92 m (212 ft 11 in)CR	Tim Vollmer	64.64 m (212 ft 0 in)		61.54 m (201 ft 10 in)
Hammer Throw	Al Schoterman	69.52 m (228 ft 1 in)	Harold Connolly	66.34 m (217 ft 7 in)	Albert Hall	66.32 m (217 ft 7 in)
Javelin Throw	Fred Luke	84.55 m (277 ft 4 in)	Milt Sonsky	80.41 m (263 ft 9 in)		78.38 m (257 ft 1 in)
Decathlon	Jeff Bennett	7910	Jeff Bannister	7890		7807

Women track events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters	Alice Annum  Ghana Rose Allwood  Jamaica Iris Davis	11.5=CR 11.5=CR 11.5	Mildrette Netter	11.5	Barbara Ferrell	11.5
200 meters	Alice Annum  Ghana Rose Allwood  Jamaica Pamela Greene	23.4CR 23.7 23.8	Jacqueline Thompson	24.0	Pat Hawkins	24.1
400 meters	Kathy Hammond	52.3	Mable Fergerson	54.2		54.6
800 meters		2.06.7	Cheryl Toussaint	2.06.7		2.07.5
1500 meters	Francie Larrieu	4.18.4		4.24.0		4.28.2
3000 meters		9.42.6 NR		9.50.3		9.59.3
100 meters hurdles	Mamie Rallins	13.5	Patricia Johnson	13.6		13.6
200 meters hurdles[1]	Pat Hawkins	26.3	Patricia Johnson	27.3		28.0
1500 meters walk		6:59.1	Lynn Olson	7:06.0		7:14.1

Women field events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Audrey Reid  Jamaica	6 ft 01⁄2 in (1.84 m) 5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)	Sandi Goldsberry	5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)		5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Long jump	Willye White	20 ft 61⁄4 in (6.25 m)	Martha Watson	20 ft 41⁄4 in (6.2 m)	Brenda Bryan	19 ft 113⁄4 in (6.08 m)
Shot put	Maren Seidler	52 ft 9 in (16.07 m)	Lynn Graham	50 ft 71⁄4 in (15.42 m)		49 ft 61⁄4 in (15.09 m)
Discus Throw	Josephine de la Viña  Philippines Olga Connolly	172 ft 0 in (52.42 m) 170 ft 8 in (52.01 m)		152 ft 10 in (46.58 m)		150 ft 10 in (45.97 m)
Javelin Throw	Sherry Calvert	184 ft 10 in (56.33 m)	Roberta Brown	181 ft 6 in (55.32 m)	Kathy Schmidt	180 ft 0 in (54.86 m)
Pentathlon	Jennifer Meldrum  Canada  Canada Jane Frederick	4251 4202 4169	Marilyn King	4064		4034

See also[]

• United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

References[]

• Results from T&FN
• results