1977 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Drake Stadium

The 1977 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 9–10 at Drake Stadium on the campus of University of California, Los Angeles in Westwood, California. The decathlon took place on July 9–10 in Bloomington, Indiana. This meet was organized by the AAU.

Results[]

Men track events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters	Donald Quarrie  Jamaica Steve Williams	10.12 10.24		10.27	Steve Riddick	10.36
200 meters		20.6	James Gilkes  Guyana William Collins	20.6 20.7	Cliff Wiley	20.8
400 meters	Robert E. Taylor	45.44	Tony Darden	45.60	Maxie Parks	45.81
800 meters	Mark Belger	1.45.81	Seymour Newman  Jamaica James Robinson	1.45.90 1.46.04	Mark Enyeart	1.46.11
1500 meters	Steve Scott	3.37.3 MRm	Wilson Waigwa  Kenya	3.37.3 3.37.5		3.39.4
5000 meters	Martin Liquori	13.41.6		13.42.9		13.43.6
10,000 meters	Frank Shorter	28.19.8		28.50.6		29.01.2
Marathon (42.195 km.)	Hakan Spik  Finland	2.17.49 2.18.11		2.20.13		2.20.38
110 meters hurdles	Charles Foster	13.49	James Owens	13.49	Willie Davenport	13.56
400 meters hurdles	Edwin Moses	47.45 WR	Tom Andrews	49.03	James Walker	49.21
3000 meters steeplechase	James Munyala  Kenya George Malley	8.21.6 MR 8.22.54 AR		8.22.8	Henry Marsh	8.25.8

Men field events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High Jump	Dwight Stones	2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) MR	Franklin Jacobs	2.27 m (7 ft 5+1⁄4 in)		2.27 m (7 ft 5+1⁄4 in)
Pole Vault	Mike Tully	5.54 m (18 ft 2 in) MR	Dan Ripley	5.43 m (17 ft 9+3⁄4 in)		5.43 m (17 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
Long Jump	Arnie Robinson	8.24 m (27 ft 1⁄4 in)	Charlton Ehizuelen  Nigeria	8.15 m (26 ft 8+3⁄4 in)w 8.14 m (26 ft 8+1⁄4 in)w	James Lofton	8.11 m (26 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
Triple Jump	Caleb Abdul Rahman	17.38 m (57 ft 1⁄4 in)w	James Butts	17.00 m (55 ft 9+1⁄4 in)w		16.93 m (55 ft 6+1⁄2 in)w
Shot Put	Terry Albritton	20.50 m (67 ft 3 in)	Al Feuerbach	20.47 m (67 ft 1+3⁄4 in)	Peter Shmock	20.24 m (66 ft 4+3⁄4 in)
Discus Throw	Mac Wilkins	69.19 m (227 ft 0 in)		66.42 m (217 ft 10 in)	John Powell	65.68 m (215 ft 5 in)
Hammer Throw		67.84 m (222 ft 6 in)	Peter Farmer  Australia Boris Djerassi	67.64 m (221 ft 10 in) 66.57 m (218 ft 4 in)	George Frenn	63.65 m (208 ft 9 in)
Javelin Throw	Bruce Kennedy  Rhodesia Rod Ewaliko	79.93 m (262 ft 2 in) 79.50 m (260 ft 9 in)	Anthony Hall	79.12 m (259 ft 6 in)	Richard George	77.80 m (255 ft 2 in)
Decathlon	Fred Dixon	8037		8031		7748

Women track events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters	Evelyn Ashford	11.14w	Brenda Morehead	11.19w	Chandra Cheeseborough	11.36w
200 meters	Evelyn Ashford	22.62	Deborah Jones  Bermuda Chandra Cheeseborough	23.05 23.20	Brenda Morehead	23.33
400 meters	Sharon Dabney	51.55 MR	Lorna Forde  Barbados Rosalyn Bryant	52.00 53.44		53.58
800 meters		2.03.8	Julie Brown	2.04.0	Kenya Cyndy Poor	2.07.7 2.04.7
1500 meters	Francie Larrieu	4.08.2	Janice Merrill	4.09.3	Cindy Bremser	4.11.8
3000 meters	Janice Merrill	9.00.2	Cindy Bremser	9.04.0	Francie Larrieu	9.16.7
10000 meters		33.15.1 WR		34.27.9		34.40.5
Marathon Minneapolis		2.46.34		2.49.11	Nina Kuscsik	2.50.22
100 meters hurdles	Patricia Van Wolvelaere	13.15w	Debbie LaPlante	13.21w	Modupe Oshikoya  Nigeria	13.45w 13.75w
400 meters hurdles		56.61 AR	Debbie Esser	56.90		57.90

Women field events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High Jump	Joni Huntley	1.85 m (6 ft 3⁄4 in)	Louise Ritter	1.80 m (5 ft 10+3⁄4 in)	Paula Girven	1.80 m (5 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
Long Jump	Jodi Anderson	6.63 m (21 ft 9 in)	Kathy McMillan	6.53 m (21 ft 5 in)		6.46 m (21 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
Shot Put	Maren Seidler	16.49 m (54 ft 1 in)	Jane Frederick	15.55 m (51 ft 0 in)		15.10 m (49 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
Discus Throw	Jane Haist  Canada Lynne Winbigler	58.98 m (193 ft 6 in) 57.06 m (187 ft 2 in) AR	Jan Svendsen	53.59 m (175 ft 9 in)		51.28 m (168 ft 2 in)
Javelin Throw	Kathy Schmidt	61.14 m (200 ft 7 in)	Sherry Calvert	58.27 m (191 ft 2 in)		57.43 m (188 ft 5 in)
Pentathlon		3919		3719		3708

See also[]

• United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

References[]

• Results from T&FN
• results