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Latest revision as of 15:13, 18 December 2024

American athletics championship event

International athletics championship event

1939 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	3–4 July (men) 4 September (women)
Host city	Lincoln, Nebraska (men) Waterbury, Connecticut (women)
Venue	Memorial Stadium (men) Municipal Stadium (women)

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The 1939 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States.

The men's edition was held at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it took place 3–4 July. The women's meet was held separately at Municipal Stadium in Waterbury, Connecticut, on 4 September.

The men's championships were held in unusually hot 100 °F (38 °C) weather. In the women's competition, Dorothy Dodson won the first of her 11 consecutive javelin throw titles and Alice Coachman won the first of what would be her 10 consecutive long jump titles.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Clyde Jeffrey	10.2 w	Herbert Thompson	10.3 e w	Norwood Ewell	10.3 e w
200 m straight	Norwood Ewell	21.0	Clyde Jeffrey	21.1 e	Perrin Walker
400 m	Erwin Miller	48.3	John Woodruff	48.6 e	Jim Herbert	49.8 e
800 m	Charles Beetham	1:51.7	Campbell Kane		Kirman Storli
1500 m	Blaine Rideout	3:51.5	Charles Fenske	3:52.0 e	Louis Zamperini	3:52.6 e
5000 m	Gregory Rice	14:50.9	Ralph Schwarzkopf		Forrest Efaw
10000 m	Lou Gregory	33:11.5	James Whittaker		Joseph Sullivan
Marathon	Pat Dengis	2:33:45.2	Gerard Cote (CAN)	2:35:33.0	John A. Kelley	2:37:08.0
110 m hurdles	Joe Batiste	14.1 w	Fred Wolcott	14.1 e w	Allan Tolmich	14.2 e w
400 m hurdles	Roy Cochran	51.9	Robert Simmons	52.0 e	Carl McBain
3000 m steeplechase	Joseph McCluskey	9:23.1	George DeGeorge		James Rafferty
High jump	Lester Steers	2.04 m	William Stewart	2.00 m	David Albritton	2.00 m
High jump	Lester Steers	2.04 m	William Stewart	2.00 m	Melvin Walker	2.00 m
Pole vault	George Varoff	4.37 m	Cornelius Warmerdam	4.34 m	Milton Padway	4.11 m
					Dick Ganslen
					Kenneth Dills
Long jump	William Lacefield	7.76 m w	William Watson	7.66 m w	Ed Gordon	7.65 m w
Triple jump	Herschel Neil	14.56 m	Dick Ganslen	14.20 m	Oral Hairston	14.04 m
Shot put	Lilburn Williams	16.33 m	William Watson	16.31 m	Uell Standley Andersen	16.23 m
Discus throw	Philip Fox	52.54 m	Peter Zagar	48.95 m	Alfred Blozis	48.57 m
Hammer throw	Chester Cruikshank	53.07 m	John McLaughry	52.02 m	William McKeever	51.91 m
Javelin throw	Boyd Brown	65.80 m	Herb Grote	64.97 m	Nick Vukmanic	62.89 m
Decathlon	Joe Scott	6671 pts	Kenneth Rathbun	6226 pts	Alphonso Gavrilavicz	6071 pts
200 m hurdles	Fred Wolcott	22.9
3000 m walk	Otto Kotraba	14:04.7
Pentathlon	John Borican	2947 pts
Weight throw for distance	Stanley Johnson	10.53 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m	Gertrude Johnson	6.7	Ivy Wilson		Jeanette Jones
100 m	Olive Hasenfus	12.6	Lucy Newell		Elizabeth Kinnard
200 m	Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL)	25.5	Esther Brown		Hilda Plepis
80 m hurdles	Marie Cottrell	12.5	Sybil Cooper		Leila Perry
High jump	Alice Coachman	1.57 m	Mary Haydon (CAN)	1.55 m	Barbara Howe	1.47 m
Long jump	Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL)	5.89 m	Lula Mae Hymes	5.52 m	Lucy Newell	5.28 m
Shot put (8 lb)	Catherine Fellmeth	12.54 m	Ramona Harris	11.50 m	Florence Wright	11.30 m
Discus throw	Catherine Fellmeth	34.63 m	Hattie Hall	31.73 m	Florence Wright	30.29 m
Javelin throw	Dorothy Dodson	39.62 m	Rose Auerbach	37.62 m	Jeanette McGunnegle	37.26 m
Baseball throw	Catherine O'Connell	233 ft 31⁄2 in (71.1 m)

Notes

Race was held with a slight turn

References

"Sites/Dates Of The U.S. Men's Nationals, 1876–2023". Track & Field News. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Sites & Dates Of The U.S. National Women's Championships". Track & Field News. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
^ "Podiums for usa track and field championships: 1939 usa track and field championships ". Athletics Podium [d].
"USATF Outdoor Champions". USA Track & Field. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

Results

"U.S. National Championships History 1876–2023: Results by Event". Track & Field News. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1939 Men, Track". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1939 Men, Field". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1939 Women, Track". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
"Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1939 Women, Field". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

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