1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | |
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Dates | June 8–9 |
Host city | San Jose, California, United States |
Venue | Jaguar Stadium San Jose City College |
← 1983 1985 → |
The 1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 8–9 at Jaguar Stadium on the campus of San Jose City College in San Jose, California. The meet was organized by The Athletics Congress.
This meet was separate from the 1984 Olympic Trials, held in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum a week later. Among the notable events at this meet were Leslie Maxie's youth world best in the 400 metres hurdles that lasted more than 30 years. Also, then 47 year old Al Oerter was at this meet making one last attempt to get to the Olympics, 16 years after the end of his 4 successive gold medal streak in the discus. His hopes ended here when he was injured stepping into a crater left by a hammer during the preliminary round. Local rivals John Powell and Mac Wilkins instead threw their season bests at this meet before going on to the silver (Wilkins) and bronze (Powell) medals at the Olympics in Los Angeles.
Results[]
Men track events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 meters (-0.4 m/s) |
Sam Graddy | 10.28 | Emmit King | 10.34 | Mel Lattany | 10.35 |
200 meters (+3.7 m/s) |
20.09w | Thomas Jefferson | 20.26w | Larry Myricks | 20.34w | |
400 meters | Mark Rowe | 45.34 | Walter McCoy | 45.37 | Bill Green | 45.72 |
800 meters | James Robinson | 1:47.46 | Don Paige | 1:48.09 | 1:48.38 | |
1500 meters | Jim Spivey | 3:40.54 | 3:41.77 | Ross Donoghue | 3:41.93 | |
5000 meters | Sydney Maree | 13:51.31 | Steve Plasencia | 13:51.44 | Bill Krohn | 13:51.44 |
10,000 meters | 28:42.54 | 28:45.97 | Frank Shorter | 29:03.40 | ||
110 meters hurdles | Tonie Campbell | 13.37 | Roger Kingdom | 13.49 | Henry Andrade | 13.59 |
400 meters hurdles | David Patrick | 49.08 | 49.76 | 49.85 | ||
3000 meters steeplechase | Henry Marsh | 8:26.7 | 8:30.0 | 8:30.5 | ||
20 kilometres race walk | 31:47.1 | Gary Morgan | 33:39.8 | 38:03.1 |
Men field events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump | Jimmy Howard | 7 ft 71⁄4 in (2.31 m) CR | Jerome Carter | 7 ft 51⁄4 in (2.26 m) | 7 ft 51⁄4 in (2.26 m) | |
Pole vault | Earl Bell | 19 ft 01⁄4 in (5.79 m) AR, CR | Doug Lytle | 18 ft 61⁄2 in (5.65 m) | Billy Olson | 18 ft 01⁄2 in (5.49 m) |
Long jump | Mike McRae | 27 ft 13⁄4 in (8.27 m) | Mike Powell | 26 ft 81⁄4 in (8.13 m)w | 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)w | |
Triple jump | Al Joyner | 55 ft 61⁄4 in (16.92 m) | Ray Kimble | 55 ft 61⁄4 in (16.92 m)w | 54 ft 51⁄2 in (16.59 m)w | |
Shot put | August Wolf | 70 ft 53⁄4 in (21.48 m) | Brian Oldfield | 69 ft 51⁄4 in (21.16 m) | 68 ft 21⁄4 in (20.78 m) | |
Discus throw | John Powell | 233 ft 9 in (71.24 m) CR | Mac Wilkins | 231 ft 1 in (70.43 m) | Art Burns | 224 ft 6 in (68.42 m) |
Hammer throw | Jud Logan | 240 ft 6 in (73.3 m) | Bill Green | 235 ft 11 in (71.9 m) | 231 ft 5 in (70.53 m) | |
Javelin throw | 276 ft 11 in (84.4 m) | Rod Ewaliko | 276 ft 0 in (84.12 m) | 270 ft 9 in (82.52 m) | ||
Decathlon | John Crist | 8102 | Tim Bright | 8098 | Jim Wooding | 8072 |
Women track events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 meters | Merlene Ottey Jamaica Alice Brown |
11.12 11.14 |
Diane Williams | 11.42 | Wendy Vereen | 11.54 |
200 meters | Merlene Ottey Jamaica Grace Jackson Jamaica Pam Marshall |
22.20 22.33 22.67 |
Diane Williams | 23.08 | 23.14 | |
400 meters | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | 49.83 | Lillie Leatherwood | 51.45 | Florence Griffith | 51.56 |
800 meters | Kim Gallagher | 1.59.87 | Ruth Wysocki | 2.01.54 | 2.05.68 | |
1500 meters | Kim Gallagher | 4.08.08 | Francie Larrieu | 4.09.74 | Cindy Bremser | 4.09.94 |
3000 meters | Janice Merrill | 9.01.31 | Shelly Steely | 9.07.56 | 9.17.22 | |
5000 meters[1][2][3] | 16:07.5 | Nan Davis | 16:08.4 | Glenys Quick New Zealand Martha Cooksey |
16:11.5 16:14.8 | |
10,000 meters | 35.03.36 | |||||
Marathon | Katy Schilly-Laetsch | 2.32.40 | 2.34.09 | Monica Joyce Ireland Janis Klecker |
2.34.49 2.37.18 | |
100 meters hurdles | Stephanie Hightower | 12.99 | Benita Fitzgerald | 13.12 | Candy Young | 13.14 |
400 meters hurdles | Judi Brown | 54.99 | Leslie Maxie | 55.2 | 56.24 |
Women field events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High Jump | Pam Spencer | 1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in) | Louise Ritter | 1.90 m (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | |
Long Jump | Shonel Ferguson Bahamas Jodi Anderson |
6.71 m (22 ft 0 in) 6.56 m (21 ft 6+1⁄4 in) |
Jackie Joyner | 6.52 m (21 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | 6.43 m (21 ft 1 in) | |
Shot Put | Ria Stalman Netherlands Lorna Griffin |
18.02 m (59 ft 1+1⁄4 in) 17.76 m (58 ft 3 in) |
16.79 m (55 ft 1 in) | 16.20 m (53 ft 1+3⁄4 in) | ||
Discus Throw | Ria Stalman Netherlands Carol Cady |
67.59 m (221 ft 9 in) 62.86 m (206 ft 2+3⁄4 in) |
59.21 m (194 ft 3 in) | 55.62 m (182 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | ||
Javelin Throw | Karin Smith | 60.63 m (198 ft 11 in) | Lynda Sutfin | 58.49 m (191 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Kathy Schmidt | 56.84 m (186 ft 5+3⁄4 in) |
Heptathlon | Cindy Greiner | 6154 | Jodi Anderson | 5992 | 5856 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "ARRS - Race: TAC Championships".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
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