1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
DatesJune 8–9
Host citySan Jose, California, United States
VenueJaguar Stadium San Jose City College
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The 1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 8–9 at Jaguar Stadium on the campus of San Jose City College in San Jose, California. The meet was organized by The Athletics Congress.

This meet was separate from the 1984 Olympic Trials, held in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum a week later. Among the notable events at this meet were Leslie Maxie's youth world best in the 400 metres hurdles that lasted more than 30 years. Also, then 47 year old Al Oerter was at this meet making one last attempt to get to the Olympics, 16 years after the end of his 4 successive gold medal streak in the discus. His hopes ended here when he was injured stepping into a crater left by a hammer during the preliminary round. Local rivals John Powell and Mac Wilkins instead threw their season bests at this meet before going on to the silver (Wilkins) and bronze (Powell) medals at the Olympics in Los Angeles.

Results

Men track events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters
(-0.4 m/s) 		Sam Graddy 10.28 Emmit King 10.34 Mel Lattany 10.35
200 meters
(+3.7 m/s) 		Brady Crain 20.09w Thomas Jefferson 20.26w Larry Myricks 20.34w
400 meters Mark Rowe 45.34 Walter McCoy 45.37 Bill Green 45.72
800 meters James Robinson 1:47.46 Don Paige 1:48.09 Brian Theriot 1:48.38
1500 meters Jim Spivey 3:40.54 Tim Hacker 3:41.77 Ross Donoghue 3:41.93
5000 meters Sydney Maree 13:51.31 Steve Plasencia 13:51.44 Bill Krohn 13:51.44
10,000 meters Jon Sinclair 28:42.54 Mark Stickley 28:45.97 Frank Shorter 29:03.40
110 meters hurdles Tonie Campbell 13.37 Roger Kingdom 13.49 Henry Andrade 13.59
400 meters hurdles David Patrick 49.08 Ray Smith 49.76 Lee McKenzie 49.85
3000 meters steeplechase Henry Marsh 8:26.7 Bret Hyde 8:30.0 Tom Stevens 8:30.5
20 kilometres race walk Ray Funkhouser 31:47.1 Gary Morgan 33:39.8 Ed Bouldin 38:03.1

Men field events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump Jimmy Howard 7 ft 71⁄4 in (2.31 m) CR Jerome Carter 7 ft 51⁄4 in (2.26 m) John Morris 7 ft 51⁄4 in (2.26 m)
Pole vault Earl Bell 19 ft 01⁄4 in (5.79 m) AR, CR Doug Lytle 18 ft 61⁄2 in (5.65 m) Billy Olson 18 ft 01⁄2 in (5.49 m)
Long jump Mike McRae 27 ft 13⁄4 in (8.27 m) Mike Powell 26 ft 81⁄4 in (8.13 m)w Ed Tave 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)w
Triple jump Al Joyner 55 ft 61⁄4 in (16.92 m) Ray Kimble 55 ft 61⁄4 in (16.92 m)w Mike Marlow 54 ft 51⁄2 in (16.59 m)w
Shot put August Wolf 70 ft 53⁄4 in (21.48 m) Brian Oldfield 69 ft 51⁄4 in (21.16 m) Mike Lehmann 68 ft 21⁄4 in (20.78 m)
Discus throw John Powell 233 ft 9 in (71.24 m) CR Mac Wilkins 231 ft 1 in (70.43 m) Art Burns 224 ft 6 in (68.42 m)
Hammer throw Jud Logan 240 ft 6 in (73.3 m) Bill Green 235 ft 11 in (71.9 m) John McArdle 231 ft 5 in (70.53 m)
Javelin throw Curt Ransford 276 ft 11 in (84.4 m) Rod Ewaliko 276 ft 0 in (84.12 m) Tom Jadwin 270 ft 9 in (82.52 m)
Decathlon John Crist 8102 Tim Bright 8098 Jim Wooding 8072

Women track events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
Alice Brown		 11.12
11.14 		Diane Williams 11.42 Wendy Vereen 11.54
200 meters Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
Grace Jackson  Jamaica
Pam Marshall		 22.20
22.33
22.67 		Diane Williams 23.08 Lori Smith 23.14
400 meters Valerie Brisco-Hooks 49.83 Lillie Leatherwood 51.45 Florence Griffith 51.56
800 meters Kim Gallagher 1.59.87 Ruth Wysocki 2.01.54 Doriane Lambelet 2.05.68
1500 meters Kim Gallagher 4.08.08 Francie Larrieu 4.09.74 Cindy Bremser 4.09.94
3000 meters Janice Merrill 9.01.31 Shelly Steely 9.07.56 Suzanne Girard 9.17.22
5000 meters[1][2][3] Katie Ishmael 16:07.5 Nan Davis 16:08.4 Glenys Quick New Zealand
Martha Cooksey		 16:11.5
16:14.8
10,000 meters Bonnie Sons 35.03.36
Marathon Katy Schilly-Laetsch 2.32.40 Gail Kingma 2.34.09 Monica Joyce  Ireland
Janis Klecker		 2.34.49
2.37.18
100 meters hurdles Stephanie Hightower 12.99 Benita Fitzgerald 13.12 Candy Young 13.14
400 meters hurdles Judi Brown 54.99 Leslie Maxie 55.2 Angela Wright 56.24

Women field events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High Jump Pam Spencer 1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in) Louise Ritter 1.90 m (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) Katrena Johnson 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Long Jump Shonel Ferguson  Bahamas
Jodi Anderson		 6.71 m (22 ft 0 in)
6.56 m (21 ft 6+1⁄4 in) 		Jackie Joyner 6.52 m (21 ft 4+1⁄2 in) Sabrina Douglas 6.43 m (21 ft 1 in)
Shot Put Ria Stalman  Netherlands
Lorna Griffin		 18.02 m (59 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
17.76 m (58 ft 3 in) 		Regina Cavanaugh 16.79 m (55 ft 1 in) Elaine Sobansky 16.20 m (53 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
Discus Throw Ria Stalman  Netherlands
Carol Cady		 67.59 m (221 ft 9 in)
62.86 m (206 ft 2+3⁄4 in) 		Kathy Picknell 59.21 m (194 ft 3 in) Julie Hansen 55.62 m (182 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
Javelin Throw Karin Smith 60.63 m (198 ft 11 in) Lynda Sutfin 58.49 m (191 ft 10+3⁄4 in) Kathy Schmidt 56.84 m (186 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
Heptathlon Cindy Greiner 6154 Jodi Anderson 5992 Debra Larsen 5856

See also

References

  1. ^ "ARRS - Race: TAC Championships".
  2. ^ "Track and Field Statistics". Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  3. ^ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:XZJIb6SrxPgJ:trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp%3FTourCode%3DN%26Year%3D1984%26Gender%3DW%26TF%3DT%26P%3DF%26By%3DY%26Count%3D+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us[dead link]

External links

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