1970 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships explained

1970 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Host City:	Bakersfield, California Westwood, California United States
Dates:	June 26–28
Stadium:	Memorial Stadium, Bakersfield College Drake Stadium University of California, Los Angeles
Previous:	1969
Next:	1971

The 1970 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships men's competition took place between June 26–28 at Memorial Stadium on the campus of Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, California. The women's division held their championships separately a little over a hundred miles south at Drake Stadium on the campus of University of California, Los Angeles in Westwood, California.

Results

Men track events

100 yards		9.3		9.3		9.3
220 yards		20.8		20.8		20.9
440 yards		45.7		45.7		45.8
880 yards		1.47.4		1.47.4		1.47.9
1 Mile		4.01.8		4.02.1 4.02.4		4.02.5
3 miles		13.24.2		13.24.4		13.25.0
6 miles		27.24.0		27.24.0		27.30.8
Marathon		2.24.10.6		2.29.44.6		2.33.43.6
120 yard hurdles		13.39		13.40		13.4
440 yard hurdles		49.8 MRy		50.2		51.2
3000 meters steeplechase		8.34.8		8.36.4		8.38.6
2 mile racewalk		13:44.0		14:14.8		14:21.8

Men field events

High jump
Pole vault
Long jump		w		w		w
Triple jump
Shot put		MR
Discus Throw
Hammer Throw
Javelin Throw
Decathlon		8026		7886		7750

Women track events

100 yards		10.2 10.4		10.4		10.6
220 yards		22.4w 23.6w		23.7w		23.8w
440 yards		52.9		53.4		53.5
880 yards		2.05.1		2.05.3		2.05.5
1500 meters		4.20.8		4.24.3		4.29.2
3000 meters		9.48.1
100 meters hurdles		13.4		13.5		13.6
200 meters hurdles^[1]		26.1		26.7		27.3

Women field events

High jump
Long jump
Shot put
Discus Throw
Javelin Throw
Pentathlon		4735		4542		4533

See also

• United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

References

• Results from T&FN
• results

Notes and References

1. Book: American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 Through 1980. 9780786402199. Tricard. Louise Mead. January 1996.