1961 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet explained

1961 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet
Colour:	E0ECF8
Host City:	Moscow, Soviet Union
Dates:	July 15–16, 1961
Stadium:	Lenin Stadium
Level:	Senior
Type:	Outdoor
Nations Participating:	2
Events:	32
Previous:	1959
Next:	1962

The 1961 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet was an international track and field competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. The third in a series of meetings between the nations, it was held on July 15–16 in Lenin Stadium, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, and finished with Soviet Union beating the United States 179 to 163. A total of 33 events were contested, 22 by men and 10 by women.

A total of five world records were broken at the competition – the most of any meeting in the series. Home athletes Valeriy Brumel, Tatyana Shchelkanova and Tamara Press set records in field events, while Ralph Boston and the American women's 4 × 100 meters relay team set world standards for the visitors.

World records

Date	Athlete	Nation	Sex	Event	Record
1961-07-15			Men	4 × 100 m relay	39.1
1961			Men	High jump	2.24 m
1961			Men	Long jump	8.28 m
1961			Women	4 × 100 m relay	44.3
1961			Women	Long jump	6.48 m
1961	Tamara Press		Women	Discus throw	57.43 m

Results

Team score

Team	Men	Women	Total
	111	68	179
	124	39	163

Men

Event	Result	Athlete	Nation
100 m	10.3
200 m	20.8
400 m	46.7
800 m	1:46.8
1500 m	3:43.8
5000 m	13:58.4
10,000 m	31:40.6
4 × 100 m relay	39.1
4 × 400 m relay	3:08.8
110 m hurdles	13.8
400 m hurdles	50.5
3000 m steeplechase	8:35.4
20 km walk	1:38:11.2
High jump	2.24 m
Pole vault	4.69 m
Long jump	8.28 m
Triple jump	16.68 m
Shot put	18.48 m
Discus throw	58.46 m
Hammer throw	66.34 m
Javelin throw	83.12 m
Decathlon	7615 pts

Women

Event	Result	Athlete	Nation
100 m	11.3
200 m	23.4
800 m	2:05.4
4 × 100 m relay	44.3
80 m hurdles	10.6
High jump	1.70 m
Long jump	6.48 m
Shot put	17.25 m
Discus throw	57.43 m
Javelin throw	54.79 m

References

• Turrini, Joseph M. "It Was Communism Versus the Free World": The USA-USSR Dual Track Meet Series and the Development of Track and Field in the United States, 1958-1985. Journal of Sport History, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Fall 2001), pp. 427–471. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
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