1975 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The Men's 1975 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 25–27 at Hayward Field on the campus of University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. The Women's Championships took place in less elegant conditions at White Plains High School in White Plains, New York.^[1] The meet was organized by the Amateur Athletic Union. This was the last edition to segregate genders.

The men's marathon championships were held at the in Culver City, California, on December 7, 1975.^[2] The women's Marathon championships were held in the New York Marathon, September 28, 1975.^[3]

Results[]

Men's track events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters	Donald Quarrie  Jamaica Steve Williams	10.16 10.21	James Gilkes Guyana	10.27 10.37		10.42
200 meters	Donald Quarrie  Jamaica James Gilkes  Guyana Reggie Jones	20.12 CR 20.39 20.59	Steve Williams	20.66	Larry Brown	20.86
400 meters	David Jenkins  United Kingdom Fred Newhouse	44.93 CR 45.22		45.24	Robert E. Taylor	45.26
800 meters	Mark Enyeart	1.44.87	Rick Wohlhuter	1.45.28		1.46.06
1500 meters	Leonard Hilton	3.38.3		3.38.4		3.38.9
5000 meters	Martin Liquori	13.29.0 CR	Richard Buerkle	13.31.6		13.33.2
10,000 meters	Frank Shorter	28.02.17 CR		28.32.70	Garry Bjorklund	28.36.6
Marathon	Gary Tuttle	2.17.27	Kirk Pfeffer	2.19.07		2.19.16
110 meters hurdles		13.38 CR		13.69		13.71
400 meters hurdles	Ralph Mann	48.74 CR	Jim Bolding	48.82	James King	49.22
3000 meters steeplechase		8.28.2		8.28.8		8.33.2

Men's field events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Tom Woods	2.27 m (7 ft 5+1⁄4 in) CR		2.23 m (7 ft 3+3⁄4 in)	Dwight Stones	2.23 m (7 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
Pole vault	Don Baird  Australia Terry Porter	5.33 m (17 ft 5+3⁄4 in)		5.33 m (17 ft 5+3⁄4 in)	Earl Bell	5.33 m (17 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
Long jump	Arnie Robinson	8.05 m (26 ft 4+3⁄4 in)		7.93 m (26 ft 0 in)	Randy Williams	7.93 m (26 ft 0 in)
Triple jump		16.71 m (54 ft 9+3⁄4 in)	Caleb Abdul Rahman	16.64 m (54 ft 7 in)	Tommy Haynes	16.47 m (54 ft 1⁄4 in)
Shot put	Al Feuerbach	21.00 m (68 ft 10+3⁄4 in)	Terry Albritton	20.52 m (67 ft 3+3⁄4 in)	Peter Shmock	20.07 m (65 ft 10 in)
Discus throw	John Powell	63.65 m (208 ft 9 in)	Mac Wilkins	63.40 m (208 ft 0 in)		62.58 m (205 ft 3 in)
Hammer throw	Boris Djerassi	67.92 m (222 ft 10 in)	Lawrence Hart	67.54 m (221 ft 7 in)		66.60 m (218 ft 6 in)
Javelin throw	Richard George	83.18 m (272 ft 10 in)		81.71 m (268 ft 0 in)	Sam Colson	81.15 m (266 ft 2 in)
Decathlon	Fred Samara	8061		7971		7918

Women's track events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters	Rosalyn Bryant	11.6	Martha Watson	11.6		11.6
200 meters	Debra Armstrong	23.0	Rosalyn Bryant	23.2	Pamela Jiles	23.5
400 meters	Debra Sapenter	51.6 =AR	Lorna Forde  Barbados Robin Campbell	52.6 52.7		53.3
800 meters	Madeline Manning	2.00.5 AR	Kathy Weston	2.02.9	Cheryl Toussaint	2.03.1
1500 meters	Julie Brown	4.13.5 CR	Janice Merrill	4.14.4	Cindy Bremser	4.15.0
3000 meters	Lynn Bjorklund	9.10.6 AR	Cindy Bremser	9.13.4		9.17.4
Marathon	Kim Merritt	2.46.14.8	Miki Gorman	2.53.02.8	Gayle Barron	2.57.22
100 meters hurdles	Jane Frederick	13.8	Debbie LaPlante	13.9	Pat Donnelly	14.3
400 meters hurdles	Debbie Esser	57.3 AR	Barbados	57.4 59.3	Trinidad and Tobago	59.4 1:00.5

Women's field events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Joni Huntley	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)		1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Pam Spencer	1.75 m (5 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
Long jump	Martha Watson	6.48 m (21 ft 3 in)	Kathy McMillan	6.26 m (20 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	Sherron Walker	6.23 m (20 ft 5+1⁄4 in)
Shot put	Maren Seidler	16.22 m (53 ft 2+1⁄2 in)		14.97 m (49 ft 1+1⁄4 in)		14.96 m (49 ft 3⁄4 in)
Discus throw	Jean Roberts  Australia Jan Svendsen	48.69 m (159 ft 8 in) 47.47 m (155 ft 8 in)	Canada	47.22 m (154 ft 11 in) 46.18 m (151 ft 6 in)		45.67 m (149 ft 10 in)
Javelin throw	Kathy Schmidt	63.88 m (209 ft 6 in) AR	Sherry Calvert	54.51 m (178 ft 10 in)	Karin Smith	54.30 m (178 ft 1 in)
Pentathlon	Jane Frederick	4676	Diane Jones  Canada Gale Fitzgerald	4442 4334		3884

See also[]

• United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

References[]

• Results from T&FN
• results