1980 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
1980 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | |
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Dates | June 14–15 |
Host city | Walnut, California, United States |
Venue | Hilmer Lodge Stadium Mt. San Antonio College |
← 1979 1981 → |
![HilmerLodgeStad1.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HilmerLodgeStad1.jpg/220px-HilmerLodgeStad1.jpg)
The 1980 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 14–15 at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the campus of Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California. The 20K racewalk was held April 20 in Redmond, Washington. The decathlon was held at Hayward Field, University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon on June 22–23. This was the first time the meet was organized by the newly formed organization The Athletics Congress (TAC).
In addition to being the National Championship, it was the selection meet to international teams including, in the women's 400 meters hurdles and 3000 meters, for the 1980 World Championships in Athletics.
Results[]
Men track events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 meters | Stanley Floyd | 10.19 | James Gilkes![]() Houston McTear |
10.19 10.25 |
10.28 | |
200 meters | 20.08 MRm | Millard Hampton | 20.37 | 20.48 | ||
400 meters | Willie Smith | 45.36 | Tony Darden | 45.49 | 45.84 | |
800 meters | James Robinson | 1.46.2 | ![]() |
1.46.3 1.46.4 |
1.46.9 | |
1500 meters | Steve Lacy | 3.40.86 | Michael Durkin | 3.41.12 | 3.41.33 | |
5000 meters | Matt Centrowitz | 13.33.61 | Steve Plasencia | 13.34.83 | Craig Virgin | 13.35.65 |
10000 meters | Rodolfo Gomez![]() Garry Bjorklund |
28.44.0 28.49.4 |
Gary Tuttle | 29.19.9 | 29.23.7 | |
Marathon (42.195 km.) | Frank Richardson | 2.13.55 | ![]() |
2.14.09 2.15.42 |
![]() Mark Sisson |
2.16.32 2.16.32 |
110 meters hurdles | Renaldo Nehemiah | 13.49 | Dedy Cooper | 13.56 | Tonie Campbell | 13.70 |
400 meters hurdles | David Lee | 49.38 | James King | 49.43 | 49.88 | |
3000 meters steeplechase | Douglas Brown | 8.26.2 | Henry Marsh | 8.34.6 | ![]() Greg Meyer |
8.41.8 8.45.5 |
Men field events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High Jump | Franklin Jacobs | 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in) | Nat Page | 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) | Dwight Stones | 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) |
Pole Vault | Tom Hintnaus | 5.55 m (18 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Dan Ripley | 5.55 m (18 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Greg Woepse | 5.45 m (17 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
Long Jump | Larry Myricks | 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in)w | 8.15 m (26 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | Arnie Robinson | 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)w | |
Triple Jump | Willie Banks | 17.36 m (56 ft 11+1⁄4 in)w | 16.94 m (55 ft 6+3⁄4 in)w | 16.63 m (54 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||
Shot Put | Brian Oldfield | 21.82 m (71 ft 7 in) CR | 21.09 m (69 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | Peter Shmock | 20.62 m (67 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | |
Discus Throw | Mac Wilkins | 68.35 m (224 ft 2 in) | John Powell | 67.79 m (222 ft 4 in) | Knut Hjeltnes![]() Ben Plucknett |
65.83 m (215 ft 11 in) 65.25 m (214 ft 0 in) |
Hammer Throw | Giampaolo Urlando![]() Richard Olsen ![]() |
76.58 m (251 ft 2 in) CR 74.47 m (244 ft 3 in) 70.53 m (231 ft 4 in) |
Peter Farmer![]() |
70.23 m (230 ft 4 in) 69.95 m (229 ft 5 in) |
69.52 m (228 ft 1 in) | |
Javelin Throw | Duncan Atwood | 83.46 m (273 ft 9 in) | Tom Petranoff | 83.39 m (273 ft 7 in) | Bob Roggy | 82.73 m (271 ft 5 in) |
Decathlon | Bobby Coffman | 8184 | 8159 | Fred Dixon | 8154 |
Women track events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 meters | Alice Brown | 11.21 | Brenda Morehead | 11.30 | Karen Hawkins | 11.40 |
200 meters | Karen Hawkins | 22.80w | Brenda Morehead | 22.80w | Chandra Cheeseborough | 23.04w |
400 meters | Sherri Howard | 51.51 | Sharon Dabney | 52.35 | Gwen Gardner | 52.35 |
800 meters | Madeline Manning | 1.58.8 | Robin Campbell | 2.01.6 | Mary Decker | 2.02.3 |
1500 meters | Francie Larrieu | 4.12.8 | Cindy Bremser | 4.13.7 | 4.14.2 | |
3000 meters | Julie Brown | 9.07.9 | 9.11.4 | 9.26.1 | ||
10000 meters | Judi St.Hilaire | 33.31.1 | 33.33.1 | Betty Springs | 33.34.9 | |
Marathon Cupertino, CA | Sue Munday | 2.43.18 | 2.47.29 | Sue Peterson | 2.49.32 | |
100 meters hurdles | Stephanie Hightower | 13.14 | Benita Fitzgerald | 13.23 | 13.59 | |
400 meters hurdles | 56.3 | 57.2 | 58.2 |
Women field events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High Jump | 1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in) | Louise Ritter | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Pam Spencer | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |
Long Jump | Jodi Anderson | 6.65 m (21 ft 9+3⁄4 in) | Kathy McMillan | 6.63 m (21 ft 9 in)w | Shonel Ferguson![]() Patricia Johnson |
6.47 m (21 ft 2+1⁄2 in) 6.35 m (20 ft 10 in)w |
Shot Put | Maren Seidler | 18.01 m (59 ft 1 in) | Lorna Griffin | 16.42 m (53 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | 15.53 m (50 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | |
Discus Throw | Lorna Griffin | 58.44 m (191 ft 8 in) | 54.84 m (179 ft 11 in) | 52.80 m (173 ft 2 in) | ||
Javelin Throw | Karin Smith | 60.68 m (199 ft 0 in) | Kathy Schmidt | 60.20 m (197 ft 6 in) | Donna Mayhew | 50.82 m (166 ft 8 in) |
Pentathlon | Themis Zambrzycki![]() |
4299 4187 |
Marilyn King | 4169 | 4142 |
See also[]
References[]
Categories:
- USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
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- 1980 in American sports
- Track and field in California
- 1980 in sports in California
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