1950 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships explained

1950 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Host City:	College Park, Maryland Freeport, Texas United States
Dates:	June 23–25
Stadium:	Byrd Stadium Hopper Field
Previous:	1949
Next:	1951

The 1950 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships men's competition took place between June 23–25 at Byrd Stadium on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. The women's division held their championships separately at the newly opened Hopper Field in Freeport, Texas. The decathlon was held a week later in Tulare, California, where Olympic champion Bob Mathias set his first world record on his home track.

The Marathon championships were run in October at the Yonkers Marathon.

Results

Men track events

100 meters		10.4		10.4e 10.5e		10.5e
		21.1		21.2		21.4
400 meters		46.5 47.2 47.6		48.0		48.8
800 meters		1.51.8		1.52.0		1.53.4
1500 meters		3.51.3		3.52.2		3.53.2 3.53.8
5000 meters		15.19.4		15.28.6		15.34.4
10,000 meters		32.44.3		33.29.7		33.33.5
Marathon		2.45.55.3		2.46.03		2.48.01
110 meters hurdles		13.6 CRm		13.9		14.1
400 meters hurdles		53.6		54.5		54.7
3000 meters steeplechase		9.33.6		9.36.7		9.46.7

Men field events

High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Shot put		=CR
Discus Throw
Hammer Throw		CR
Javelin Throw
Decathlon		8042 WR		7361		7084

Women track events

50 meters		6.7
100 meters		13.3
200 meters		25.0
80 meters hurdles		11.9

Women field events

High jump
Long jump
Shot put
Discus Throw
Javelin Throw
Pentathlon		1929 1824		1418		1373

See also

• United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

References

• results from Track & Field News
• women's results
• men's results