1982 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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1982 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
DatesJune 18–20
Host cityKnoxville, Tennessee
VenueTom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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The 1982 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships was held from June 18 to 20 at Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium, on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The three-day competition served as the national championships in track and field for the United States. The meet was organized by The Athletics Congress.

Results[]

Men track events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters
(-0.5 m/s) 		Carl Lewis 10.11 Calvin Smith 10.16 Mike Miller 10.32
200 meters
(-0.2 m/s) 		Calvin Smith 20.47 James Butler 20.63 20.71
400 meters Cliff Wiley 45.05 Darrell Robinson 45.22 Michael Paul  Trinidad and Tobago
Sunder Nix		 45.40
45.51
800 meters James Robinson 1:46.12 Johnny Gray 1:46.77 Mike Solomon  Trinidad and Tobago
 1:47.31
1:47.46
1500 meters Steve Scott 3:34.92 CR Sydney Maree  South Africa
Ray Flynn  Ireland
Jim Spivey		 3:36.29
3:36.47
3:37.34 		Chuck Aragon 3:38.35
5000 meters Matt Centrowitz 13:31.96 13:33.83 Doug Padilla 13:35.37
10,000 meters Craig Virgin 28:33.02 28:33.58 28:35.04
110 meters hurdles
(-0.7 m/s) 		Willie Gault 13.15 13.48 13.55
400 meters hurdles David Patrick 48.57 Andre Phillips 48.62 David Lee 48.96
3000 meters steeplechase Henry Marsh 8:22.94 John Gregorek 8:23.62 8:25.49
20 kilometres race walk Jim Heiring 1:30:22 1:32:30 Marco Evoniuk 1:33:28

Men field events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump Milt Ottey  Canada
Benn Fields		 7 ft 53⁄4 in (2.27 m)
7 ft 41⁄2 in (2.24 m) 		Nat Page 7 ft 41⁄2 in (2.24 m) Dwight Stones 7 ft 41⁄2 in (2.24 m)
Pole vault Dan Ripley 18 ft 91⁄4 in (5.72 m) AR, MR Billy Olson 18 ft 91⁄4 in (5.72 m) AR, MR Dave Volz 18 ft 51⁄4 in (5.61 m)
Long jump Carl Lewis 27 ft 10 in (8.48 m) Jason Grimes 26 ft 81⁄2 in (8.14 m) Larry Myricks 26 ft 71⁄4 in (8.1 m)
Triple jump Robert Cannon 55 ft 03⁄4 in (16.78 m) 54 ft 103⁄4 in (16.73 m) Willie Banks 54 ft 101⁄4 in (16.71 m)
Shot put 69 ft 91⁄2 in (21.27 m) 69 ft 11⁄2 in (21.06 m) Dave Laut 68 ft 73⁄4 in (20.92 m)
Discus throw Luis Delis  Cuba
Mac Wilkins		 225 ft 5 in (68.7 m)
223 ft 9 in (68.19 m) 		John Powell 218 ft 9 in (66.67 m) Art Burns 217 ft 3 in (66.21 m)
Hammer throw 235 ft 2 in (71.67 m) Ed Burke 234 ft 11 in (71.6 m) Bill Green 230 ft 1 in (70.12 m)
Javelin throw Bob Roggy 289 ft 9 in (88.31 m) MR Rod Ewaliko 278 ft 2 in (84.78 m) Tom Petranoff 273 ft 10 in (83.46 m)
Decathlon  West Germany
John Crist		 8187/8138
8087/8071[1] 		8038/8017 7819/7757

Women track events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters Evelyn Ashford 10.96[2] Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
Florence Griffith		 11.06
11.15 		Diane Williams 11.18
200 meters Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
Florence Griffith		 22.17
22.58 		Randy Givens 23.05 Chandra Cheeseborough 23.05
400 meters Denean Howard 50.87 Rosalyn Bryant 51.34 51.89
800 meters Delisa Walton 2.00.91  Finland
Joetta Clark		 2.01.73
2.02.09 		2.02.14
1500 meters Mary Decker Tabb 4.03.37 4.10.23 Cindy Bremser 4.11.29
3000 meters Francie Larrieu 8.58.66 Janice Merrill 8.59.07 Cindy Bremser 9.00.38
10000 meters 33.25.88 Julie Shea 33.38.74 33.48.11
Marathon (San Francisco) Lorraine Moller  New Zealand
Carey May  Ireland
Laurie Binder		 2.36.13
2.38.31.7
2.39.45.5 		2.42.59  Spain
 2.43.32
2.43.42
100 meters hurdles Stephanie Hightower 12.86 MR Benita Fitzgerald 13.01 Candy Young 13.14
400 meters hurdles 56.55 57.43 57.49

Women field events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump Deborah Brill  Canada
 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in)
1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[3] 		Coleen Sommer 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Joni Huntley 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Long Jump Carol Lewis 6.81 m (22 ft 4 in) Jodi Anderson 6.67 m (21 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Shonel Ferguson  Bahamas
Jennifer Inniss  Guyana
 Jamaica
Kathy McMillan		 6.65 m (21 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
6.61 m (21 ft 8 in)
6.57 m (21 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
6.54 m (21 ft 5+1⁄4 in)
Shot Put Maria Elena Sarria  Cuba
 Canada
 18.80 m (61 ft 8 in)
16.96 m (55 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
16.48 m (54 ft 3⁄4 in) 		16.2 m (53 ft 1+3⁄4 in) Lorna Griffin 16.12 m (52 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Discus Throw Ria Stalman  Netherlands
Leslie Deniz		 62.13 m (203 ft 10 in)
58.21 m (190 ft 11 in) 		56.79 m (186 ft 3 in) Lorna Griffin 56.11 m (184 ft 1 in)
Javelin Throw 61.64 m (202 ft 2 in) Karin Smith 60.83 m (199 ft 6 in)  Cuba
Kathy Schmidt		 59.99 m (196 ft 9 in)
59.69 m (195 ft 10 in)
Heptathlon Jackie Joyner 6041 Cindy Greiner 5950 6902

References[]

  1. ^ Note: Due to an autotimer malfunction, some scores are hybrids with hand times to arrive at the official scores. The second score is the automatic timed score, or, in some cases, an estimated automatic score
  2. ^ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qCiQ0yW1VnsJ:trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp%3FTourCode%3DN%26Year%3D1982%26Gender%3DW%26TF%3DT%26P%3DF%26By%3DY%26Count%3D+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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