1982 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships explained

1982 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Colour:	A9F5A9
Host City:	Knoxville, Tennessee
Dates:	June 18–20
Stadium:	Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium
Level:	Senior
Type:	Outdoor
Previous:	1981
Next:	1983

The 1982 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships was held from June 18 to 20 at Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium, on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The three-day competition served as the national championships in track and field for the United States. The meet was organized by The Athletics Congress.

Results

Men track events

100 meters (-0.5 m/s)	Carl Lewis	10.11	Calvin Smith	10.16	Mike Miller	10.32
200 meters (-0.2 m/s)	Calvin Smith	20.47	James Butler	20.63	Jeff Phillips	20.71
400 meters	Cliff Wiley	45.05	Darrell Robinson	45.22	Michael Paul Sunder Nix	45.40 45.51
800 meters	James Robinson	1:46.12	Johnny Gray	1:46.77	Mike Solomon Jack McIntosh	1:47.31 1:47.46
1500 meters	Steve Scott	3:34.92 CR	Sydney Maree Ray Flynn Jim Spivey	3:36.29 3:36.47 3:37.34	Chuck Aragon	3:38.35
5000 meters	Matt Centrowitz	13:31.96	Ralph King	13:33.83	Doug Padilla	13:35.37
10,000 meters	Craig Virgin	28:33.02	Steve Ortiz	28:33.58	Robbie Perkins	28:35.04
110 meters hurdles (-0.7 m/s)	Willie Gault	13.15	Milan Stewart	13.48	Larry Cowling	13.55
400 meters hurdles	David Patrick	48.57	Andre Phillips	48.62	David Lee	48.96
3000 meters steeplechase	Henry Marsh	8:22.94	John Gregorek	8:23.62	Ricky Pittman	8:25.49
20 kilometres race walk	Jim Heiring	1:30:22	Ray Sharp	1:32:30	Marco Evoniuk	1:33:28

Men field events

High jump
Pole vault		AR, MR		AR, MR
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw		MR
Decathlon		8187/8138 8087/8071^[1]		8038/8017		7819/7757

Women track events

		10.96^[2]		11.06 11.15		11.18
200 meters		22.17 22.58		23.05		23.05
400 meters		50.87		51.34		51.89
800 meters		2.00.91		2.01.73 2.02.09		2.02.14
1500 meters		4.03.37		4.10.23		4.11.29
3000 meters		8.58.66		8.59.07		9.00.38
10000 meters		33.25.88		33.38.74		33.48.11
Marathon (San Francisco)		2.36.13 2.38.31.7 2.39.45.5		2.42.59		2.43.32 2.43.42
100 meters hurdles		12.86 MR		13.01		13.14
400 meters hurdles		56.55		57.43		57.49

Women field events

		^[3]
Long Jump
Shot Put
Discus Throw
Javelin Throw
Heptathlon		6041		5950		6902

References

• Results from T&FN
• results

Notes and References

1. Note: Due to an autotimer malfunction, some scores are hybrids with hand times to arrive at the official scores. The second score is the automatic timed score, or, in some cases, an estimated automatic score
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20220521020349/http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1982&Gender=W&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count=
3. Web site: Track and Field Statistics . August 30, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150415065240/http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1982&Gender=W&TF=F&P=F&By=Y&Count= . April 15, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .