1979 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1979 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 16–17 at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the campus of Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California. The decathlon took place on June 3–4. This was the last time the meet was organized by the AAU. Their status as the national governing body was terminated at the end of the year as a result of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978. They were replaced by the newly formed organization The Athletics Congress, hosting the meet at this same location.

Results[]

Men track events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters	James Sanford	10.07	Harvey Glance	10.15	Emmit King	10.16
200 meters	Dwayne Evans	20.27		20.39	Cliff Wiley	20.44
400 meters	Willie Smith	45.10	Tony Darden	45.14	Bill Green	45.51
800 meters	James Robinson	1.45.82	Agberto Guimarães  Brazil	1.46.5h 1.47.06	Mark Enyeart	1.47.4h
1500 meters	Steve Scott	3.36.40 MRm	Don Paige	3.37.33		3.40.20
5000 meters	Matt Centrowitz	13.40.8	Wilson Waigwa  Kenya Herb Lindsay	13.42.1 13.42.5	Stan Mavis	13.43.1
10000 meters	Craig Virgin	27.39.4 AR		28.24.2	Frank Shorter	28.26.6
Marathon (42.195 km.)		2.15.28		2.16.21		2.17.25
	Renaldo Nehemiah	13.19 MRm	Dedy Cooper	13.46	Charles Foster	13.59
	Edwin Moses	47.89	Quentin Wheeler	48.39	James Walker	49.13
	Henry Marsh	8.33.1		8.33.8	Greg Meyer	8.35.8

Men field events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High Jump	Franklin Jacobs	2.26 m (7 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Ben Fields	2.26 m (7 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Reynaldo Brown	2.20 m (7 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Pole Vault	Mike Tully	5.50 m (18 ft 1⁄2 in)	Billy Olson	5.50 m (18 ft 1⁄2 in)	Greg Woepse	5.40 m (17 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Long Jump	Larry Myricks	8.28 m (27 ft 1+3⁄4 in)w	Carl Lewis	8.09 m (26 ft 6+1⁄2 in)w	Randy Williams	8.05 m (26 ft 4+3⁄4 in)w
Triple Jump		17.56 m (57 ft 7+1⁄4 in)w	Willie Banks	17.43 m (57 ft 2 in)w	James Butts	16.91 m (55 ft 5+1⁄2 in)w
Shot Put	Dave Laut	21.11 m (69 ft 3 in)	Al Feuerbach	20.64 m (67 ft 8+1⁄2 in)		20.43 m (67 ft 1⁄4 in)
Discus Throw	Mac Wilkins	70.66 m (231 ft 9 in) CR		69.26 m (227 ft 2 in)	Knut Hjeltnes  Norway John Powell	68.88 m (225 ft 11 in) 67.33 m (220 ft 10 in)
Hammer Throw	Scott Neilson  Canada Boris Djerassi	72.06 m (236 ft 5 in) CR 68.73 m (225 ft 5 in)		67.31 m (220 ft 10 in)		67.10 m (220 ft 1 in)
Javelin Throw	Duncan Atwood	81.86 m (268 ft 6 in)	Rod Ewaliko	80.47 m (264 ft 0 in)	Bill Schmidt	80.14 m (262 ft 11 in)
Decathlon	Bobby Coffman	8154	John Crist	8149	John Whitson	7798

Women track events[]

Women field events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High Jump	Deborah Brill  Canada Louise Ritter	1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in)MR 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄4 in)	Pam Spencer	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)		1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Long Jump	Kathy McMillan	6.49 m (21 ft 3+1⁄2 in)w	Jane Frederick	6.44 m (21 ft 1+1⁄2 in)w	Patricia Johnson	6.35 m (20 ft 10 in)w
Shot Put	Maren Seidler	19.09 m (62 ft 7+1⁄2 in) AR		17.00 m (55 ft 9+1⁄4 in)		16.06 m (52 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
Discus Throw	Lynne Winbigler	57.73 m (189 ft 4+3⁄4 in)	Lorna Griffin	56.56 m (185 ft 6+3⁄4 in)	Ria Stalman  Netherlands	55.42 m (181 ft 9+3⁄4 in) 52.53 m (172 ft 4 in)
Javelin Throw	Kathy Schmidt	62.81 m (206 ft 3⁄4 in)	Cathy Sulinski	54.63 m (179 ft 2+3⁄4 in)		52.83 m (173 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
Pentathlon	Jane Frederick	4506	Themis Zambrzycki  Brazil Jodi Anderson	4445 4354		4123

See also[]

• United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

References[]

• Results from T&FN
• results