1971 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships explained

1971 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Host City:	Eugene, Oregon Bakersfield, California, United States
Dates:	June 25–27
Stadium:	Hayward Field Memorial Stadium
Previous:	1970
Next:	1972

The 1971 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 25–27 at Hayward Field on the campus of University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. The Women's Championships took place at Memorial Stadium on the campus of Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, California. The meet was organized by the Amateur Athletic Union. The women's pentathlon took place at Los Alamos, New Mexico on June 12.

This is the meet where John Smith set the still standing world record in the 440 yard dash, an event now essentially discontinued on the international scene.

Results

Men track events

100 yards	9.0w	9.0w	9.1w (9.24) 9.1w
220 yards	20.2w 20.5w	20.6w	20.7w
440 yards	44.5 WRy	44.7	45.7
880 yards	1.47.1	1.47.3 1.47.6	1.47.6
1 Mile	3.56.5	3.57.7	3.59.8
3 Miles	12.58.6 MRy	13.00.4	13.02.4
6 Miles	27.27.2	27.28.2	27.37.0 27.46.4
Marathon	2.16.48.6 MR	2.17.44.6	2.19.16.8
120 yard hurdles	13.1w	13.3w	13.4w
440 yard hurdles	49.3 MRy	49.3	50.0
3000 meters steeplechase	8.26.4 NR	8.27.6	8.29.6
2 mile racewalk	13:49.50	14:03.56	14:10.57

Men field events

High jump	MR
Pole vault
Long jump	w	w
Triple jump	MR
Shot put
Discus Throw
Hammer Throw
Javelin Throw
Decathlon	7989	7957	7805

Women track events

100 meters	11.2	11.3 11.5	11.5
200 meters	23.1 23.3	23.8	23.9
400 meters	53.3	53.8	54.0
800 meters	2.04.3	2.05.3	2.06.9
1500 meters	4.19.2	4.23.0	4.23.8
2 miles	10.07.0	10.34.1	10.34.4
100 meters hurdles	13.5	13.6	13.6
200 meters hurdles^[1]	26.1	27.1 27.6	27.8
One mile walk	7:53.8	8:22.2	8:22.3

Women field events

High jump
Long jump
Shot put
Discus Throw
Javelin Throw
Pentathlon	4731	4525	4392

References

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

Results from T&FN
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