| 1959 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet | |
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| Host City: | Philadelphia, United States |
| Dates: | July 18–19, 1959 |
| Level: | Senior |
| Type: | Outdoor |
| Previous: | 1958 |
| Next: | 1961 |
The 1959 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet was an international track and field competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. The second in a series of meetings between the nations, it was held on July 18–19 in Philadelphia, United States, and finished with Soviet Union beating the United States 175 to 167. The meet marked an unusual head-to-head for the nations during the Cold War. The men's 10,000 meters drew attention as the American competitor Bob Soth collapsed in the heat mid-race – an event which was filmed and presented in the Soviet documentary Sport, Sport, Sport (Russian: Спорт, спорт, спорт).[1] [2]
| Class | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 108 | 121 | |
| Women | 67 | 40 | |
| Total | 175 | 167 |
| 100 m | Ray Norton | 10.3 | ||
| 200 m | Ray Norton | 20.7 | ||
| 400 m | Eddie Southern | 46.2 | ||
| 800 m | Tom Murphy | 1:48.5 | ||
| 1500 m | Dyrol Burleson | 3:49.4 | ||
| 5000 m | Aleksandr Artynyuk | 14:17.8 | ||
| 10,000 m | Aleksey Desyatchikov | 31:40.6 | ||
| 110 m hurdles | Hayes Jones | 13.6 | ||
| 400 m hurdles | Josh Culbreath | 50.5 | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase | Semyon Rzhishchin | 7:51.6 | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | ||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:07.0 | |||
| 20 kilometres walk | Volodymyr Holubnychy | 1:38:20.2 | ||
| High jump | Robert Shavlakadze | 2.06 m | ||
| Pole vault | Don Bragg | 4.64 m | ||
| Long jump | Greg Bell | 8.10 m | ||
| Triple jump | Konstantin Tsigankov | 15.95 m | ||
| Shot put | Parry O'Brien | 19.27 m | ||
| Discus throw | Al Oerter | 57.53 m | ||
| Hammer throw | Vasily Rudenkov | 66.76 m | ||
| Javelin throw | Al Cantello | 79.99 m |
| 100 metres | Barbara Jones | 11.7 | ||
| 200 metres | Lucinda Williams | 23.4 | ||
| 800 metres | Lyudmila Lysenko | 2:11.3 | ||
| 80 metres hurdles | Galina Bystrova | 11.0 | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 44.8 | |||
| High jump | Taisia Chenchik | 1.778 m | ||
| Long jump | Vera Krepkina | 6.17 m | ||
| Shot put | Tamara Press | 16.94 m | ||
| Discus throw | Nina Ponomaryova | 55.21 m | ||
| Javelin throw | Birutė Zalogaitytė | 55.37 m |