1976 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships explained

1976 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Host City:	Westwood, California, United States
Dates:	June 10–12
Stadium:	Drake Stadium University of California, Los Angeles
Previous:	1975
Next:	1977

The 1976 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 10–12 at Drake Stadium on the campus of University of California, Los Angeles in Westwood, California. The decathlon took place on June 25–26 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon as part of the 1976 Olympic Trials where Bruce Jenner improved his own world record. This meet was organized by the AAU. It was the first such meet, a precedent that has been followed subsequently, where the women's division competed at the same venue concurrently with the men.

Results

Men track events

100 meters		10.39 10.41 10.43 10.44		10.45		10.47
200 meters		20.89		20.95 21.05		21.05
400 meters		44.82 CR		45.11		45.20
800 meters		1.46.63		1.46.86		1.47.25
1500 meters		3.42.41 3.42.70		3.42.82		3.42.95
5000 meters		13.31.2		13.41.0		13.43.8
10000 meters		28.46.0 28.58.6		29.09.8		29.14.0
Marathon (42.195 km.)		2.15.15 CR		2.20.25		2.21.38
110 meters hurdles		13.64		13.69		13.76
400 meters hurdles		48.55 CR		48.57		48.77
3000 meters steeplechase		8.26.71		8.33.48		8.35.07
5000 meters race walk		21:09.4		21:15.4		21:32.8

Men field events

High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple Jump		w		w		w
Shot Put
Discus Throw		CR
Hammer Throw
Javelin Throw
Decathlon		8542w WR*		8294		8004

Women track events

100 meters		11.34		11.43		11.49
200 meters		22.94 = CR		23.19		23.40
400 meters		52.30		52.52		52.53
800 meters		2.01.00		2.03.52		2.03.85
1500 meters		4.09.93 CR		4.10.8		4.14.14
3000 meters		8.57.17		9.19.55		9.22.65
Marathon Western Hemisphere Marathon, Culver City, California		2.55.38		3.10.32		3.25.46
100 meters hurdles		13.29		13.32		13.50
400 meters hurdles		57.24 AR		57.56		58.53
5000 meters race walk		25:28.4		25:55.4		26:29.8

Women field events

High Jump		CR
Long Jump		AR
Shot Put		CR
Discus Throw
Javelin Throw		AR
Pentathlon		4622		4417		4374

See also

• United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

References

• Results from T&FN
• results