1983 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships explained

1983 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Host City:	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Dates:	June 18–20
Stadium:	IUPUI Track and Soccer Stadium
Previous:	1982
Next:	1984

The 1983 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 18–20 at IUPUI Track and Soccer Stadium on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana. The meet was organized by The Athletics Congress.

The Marathon championships were the San Francisco Marathon for men and the Avon International Marathon for women.

In addition to being the National Championship, it was the selection meet to international teams including for the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.

This meet is famous for Carl Lewis' 200 meters, where after clearly separating from his competitors. he began celebrating more than 10 meters from the finish. Presumed to have slowed because of the celebration, Lewis missed Pietro Mennea's altitude assisted world record by .03. While he won the Olympic gold medal the following year, Lewis would never run faster.

Results

Men track events

100 meters (-2.4 m/s)	Carl Lewis	10.27	Emmit King	10.33	Calvin Smith	10.42
200 meters (+1.5 m/s)	Carl Lewis	19.75 AR, CR	Larry Myricks	20.03	Calvin Smith	20.13
400 meters	Sunder Nix	45.15	Eliot Tabron	45.31	Michael Franks	45.49
800 meters	David Patrick	1:44.70	David Mack	1:44.78	James Robinson	1:44.78
1500 meters	Steve Scott	3:36.67	Tom Byers	3:36.77	Sydney Maree	3:36.78
5000 meters	Doug Padilla	13:25.14	Jim Spivey	13:26.09	Jim Hill	13:27.63
10,000 meters	Alberto Salazar	28:11.64	Craig Virgin	28:13.06	Mark Nenow	28:14.37
110 meters hurdles (-0.6 m/s)	Greg Foster	13.26	Sam Turner	13.62	Willie Gault	13.67 MRm
400 meters hurdles	Edwin Moses	47.84	David Lee	49.5	Andre Phillips	50.02
3000 meters steeplechase	Henry Marsh	8:21.05	Brian Diemer	8:22.13	Ricky Pittman	8:23.66
20,000 metres race walk (track)	Jim Heiring	1:26:54.2	Marco Evoniuk	1:27:44.8	Dan O'Connor	1:29:37.2

Men field events

High jump
Pole vault
Long jump	CR		w
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Decathlon	8152	7998	7877

Women track events

	Evelyn Ashford^[1]	11.24		11.29	11.31
		21.88		21.99	22.23
		50.99		51.58	51.72
		1.59.00		2.00.82	2.01.07
		4.03.50		4.09.62	4.10.92
		8.38.36		8.48.09	8.49.96
5000 meters^[2]	Judi St Hilaire	16:02.16	Amy Harper	16:08.17	16:08.73
10,000 meters^[3]	Katie Ishmael	33:24.71	Beth Farmer	33:30.44	33:35.19
		2:26:26		2:33:22 2:33:45	2:34:19 2:34:39 2:35:15
		12.97		13.14	13.16
		56.07		56.51	56.64

Women field events

High Jump	Louise Ritter^[4]
Long Jump			w w
Shot Put
Discus Throw
Javelin Throw
Heptathlon		6457	6372	6152

References

Results from T&FN
results

Notes and References

Web site: Track and Field Statistics. 2023-06-10. 2022-05-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20220521133704/http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1983&Gender=W&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count=. dead.
Web site: ARRS - Race: TAC/Mobil Championships.
Web site: ARRS - Race: TAC/Mobil Championships.
Web site: Track and Field Statistics . 2018-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160310061605/http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1983&Gender=W&TF=F&P=F&By=Y&Count= . 2016-03-10 . dead .