| 1990 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | |
| Host City: | Norwalk, California, United States |
| Dates: | June 16–19 |
| Stadium: | Falcon Stadium, Cerritos College |
| Previous: | 1989 |
| Next: | 1991 |
The 1990 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 16–19 at Falcon Stadium on the campus of Cerritos College. The portion of the campus where the track lies is in the city of Norwalk, California. The meet was organized by The Athletics Congress.
| 100 meters (+0.6 m/s) | Carl Lewis | 10.05 | Mark Witherspoon | 10.25 | Dennis Mitchell | 10.26 | |
| 200 meters (+0.3 m/s) | Michael Johnson | 19.9 | Danny Everett | 20.08 | Daron Council | 20.39 | |
| 400 meters | Steve Lewis | 44.75 | Tim Simon | 44.89 | Clarence Daniel | 44.95 | |
| 800 meters | Mark Everett | 1:45.01 | George Kersh | 1:45.21 | Johnny Gray | 1:45.32 | |
| 1500 meters | Joe Falcon | 3:37.49 | Maurice Smith | 3:38.56 | Steve Ave | 3:39.41 | |
| 5000 meters | Doug Padilla | 13:41.85 | Bob Kennedy | 13:42.80 | Reuben Reina | 13:43.63 | |
| 10,000 meters | Steve Plasencia | 28:11.41 | Aaron Ramirez | 28:11.99 | Ed Eyestone | 28:16.20 | |
| 110 meters hurdles (+1.5 m/s) | Roger Kingdom | 13.29 | Anthony Dees | 13.33 | Cletus Clark | 13.36 | |
| 400 meters hurdles | David Patrick | 48.79 | Kevin Young | 49.56 | George Porter | 49.77 | |
| 3000 meters steeplechase | Brian Diemer | 8:24.79 | Mark Croghan | 8:25.99 | Brian Abshire | 8:31.19 | |
| 20 kilometres race walk | Tim Lewis | 1:27:28 | Doug Fournier | 1:28:27 | Steve Pecinovsky | 1:29:02 |
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| Decathlon | 8600w | 8483w | 8301w |
| 100 meters (+1.0 m/s) | Michelle Finn | 11.20 | Carlette Guidry | 11.25 | Evelyn Ashford | 11.30 | |
| 200 meters (+0.5 m/s) | 222.48 | Dannette Young-Stone | 22.55 | 22.75 | |||
| 400 meters | Maicel Malone | 51.51 | Rochelle Stevens | 51.60 | Lillie Leatherwood | 51.69 | |
| 800 meters | Meredith Valmon | 2:00.70 | Julie Jenkins | 2:00.91 | Joetta Clark Diggs | 2:01.14 | |
| 1500 meters | Suzy Favor Hamilton | 4:13.47 | PattiSue Plumer | 4:13.68 | Alisa Harvey | 4:15.44 | |
| 3000 meters | Lynn Jennings | 8:51.97 | Annette Peters | 8:54.64 | 8:57.73 | ||
| 5000 meters | PattiSue Plumer | 15:45.67 | Sabrina Dornhoefer | 15:46.20 | Sammie Gdowski | 15:51.54 | |
| 10,000 meters | Colette Murphy | 32:20.92 | Cathy O'Brien | 32:25.93 | Sylvia Mosqueda | 32:41.06 | |
| 100 meters hurdles (-0.7 m/s) | LaVonna Martin | 12.90 | Candy Young | 13.16 | Lynda Goode | 13.18 | |
| 400 meters hurdles | Janeene Vickers | 54.80 | Sandra Farmer-Patrick | 55.18 | Schowonda Williams | 55.61 | |
| 20 kilometres race walk | Debbi Lawrence | 46:14.4, CR | Teresa Vaill | 46:54.2 | Sara Standley | 47:08.5 |
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| Heptathlon | 6292w | 6135w | 6030 |