The 1980 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 14–15 at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the campus of Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California. The 20K racewalk was held April 20 in Redmond, Washington. The decathlon was held at Hayward Field, University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon on June 22–23. This was the first time the meet was organized by the newly formed organization The Athletics Congress (TAC).

In addition to being the National Championship, it was the selection meet to international teams including, in the women's 400 meters hurdles and 3000 meters, for the 1980 World Championships in Athletics.

Results

Men track events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters	Stanley Floyd	10.19	James Gilkes  Guyana Houston McTear	10.19 10.25	William Mullins	10.28
200 meters	LaMonte King	20.08 MRm	Millard Hampton	20.37	Frederick Taylor	20.48
400 meters	Willie Smith	45.36	Tony Darden	45.49	Charles Oliver	45.84
800 meters	James Robinson	1.46.2	David Korir  Kenya Randy Wilson	1.46.3 1.46.4	Dan Futrell	1.46.9
1500 meters	Steve Lacy	3.40.86	Michael Durkin	3.41.12	Kevin Ryan	3.41.33
5000 meters	Matt Centrowitz	13.33.61	Steve Plasencia	13.34.83	Craig Virgin	13.35.65
10000 meters	Rodolfo Gomez  Mexico Garry Bjorklund	28.44.0 28.49.4	Gary Tuttle	29.19.9	Barry Brown	29.23.7
Marathon (42.195 km.)	Frank Richardson	2.13.55	Hatsuo Okubo  Japan Dave Smith	2.14.09 2.15.42	Keiichi Shimokutaki  Japan Mark Sisson	2.16.32 2.16.32
110 meters hurdles	Renaldo Nehemiah	13.49	Dedy Cooper	13.56	Tonie Campbell	13.70
400 meters hurdles	David Lee	49.38	James King	49.43	Tim Hanlon	49.88
3000 meters steeplechase	Douglas Brown	8.26.2	Henry Marsh	8.34.6	Solomon Chebor  Kenya Greg Meyer	8.41.8 8.45.5

Men field events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High Jump	Franklin Jacobs	2.24 m (7 ft 4 in)	Nat Page	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)	Dwight Stones	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
Pole Vault	Tom Hintnaus	5.55 m (18 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Dan Ripley	5.55 m (18 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Greg Woepse	5.45 m (17 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Long Jump	Larry Myricks	8.26 m (27 ft 1 in)w	Larry Doubley	8.15 m (26 ft 8+3⁄4 in)	Arnie Robinson	8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)w
Triple Jump	Willie Banks	17.36 m (56 ft 11+1⁄4 in)w	Doug Garner	16.94 m (55 ft 6+3⁄4 in)w	Greg Caldwell	16.63 m (54 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Shot Put	Brian Oldfield	21.82 m (71 ft 7 in) CR	Colin Anderson	21.09 m (69 ft 2+1⁄4 in)	Peter Shmock	20.62 m (67 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
Discus Throw	Mac Wilkins	68.35 m (224 ft 2 in)	John Powell	67.79 m (222 ft 4 in)	Knut Hjeltnes  Norway Ben Plucknett	65.83 m (215 ft 11 in) 65.25 m (214 ft 0 in)
Hammer Throw	Giampaolo Urlando  Italy Richard Olsen  Norway Andy Bessette	76.58 m (251 ft 2 in) CR 74.47 m (244 ft 3 in) 70.53 m (231 ft 4 in)	Peter Farmer  Australia Dave McKenzie	70.23 m (230 ft 4 in) 69.95 m (229 ft 5 in)	John McArdle	69.52 m (228 ft 1 in)
Javelin Throw	Duncan Atwood	83.46 m (273 ft 9 in)	Tom Petranoff	83.39 m (273 ft 7 in)	Bob Roggy	82.73 m (271 ft 5 in)
Decathlon	Bobby Coffman	8184	Lee Palles	8159	Fred Dixon	8154

Women track events

Women field events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High Jump	Colleen Reinstra	1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in)	Louise Ritter	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Pam Spencer	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Long Jump	Jodi Anderson	6.65 m (21 ft 9+3⁄4 in)	Kathy McMillan	6.63 m (21 ft 9 in)w	Shonel Ferguson  Bahamas Patricia Johnson	6.47 m (21 ft 2+1⁄2 in) 6.35 m (20 ft 10 in)w
Shot Put	Maren Seidler	18.01 m (59 ft 1 in)	Lorna Griffin	16.42 m (53 ft 10+1⁄4 in)	Mary Jacobson	15.53 m (50 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
Discus Throw	Lorna Griffin	58.44 m (191 ft 8 in)	Denise Wood	54.84 m (179 ft 11 in)	Lisa Vogelsang	52.80 m (173 ft 2 in)
Javelin Throw	Karin Smith	60.68 m (199 ft 0 in)	Kathy Schmidt	60.20 m (197 ft 6 in)	Donna Mayhew	50.82 m (166 ft 8 in)
Pentathlon	Themis Zambrzycki  Brazil Linda Waltman	4299 4187	Marilyn King	4169	Marlene Harmon	4142