1940 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1940 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States.

1940 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	28–29 June (men) 7 July (women)
Host city	Fresno, California (men) Ocean City, New Jersey (women)
Venue	Ratcliffe Stadium (men) Carey Stadium (women)
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The men's edition was held at Ratcliffe Stadium in Fresno, California, and it took place 28–29 June. The women's meet was held separately at Carey Stadium in Ocean City, New Jersey, on 7 July.

At the men's championships, Dutch Warmerdam set a world record in the pole vault, becoming the second person in history to jump over 15 feet (4.6 m). The women's competition was marked by the debut of Jean Lane, who won the 50 m and 100 m.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Harold Davis	10.3	Norwood Ewell	10.4	Billy Brown	10.6
200 m straight	Harold Davis	20.4	Norwood Ewell	20.8 e	Leo Tarrant	21.3 e
400 m	Grover Klemmer	47.0	Charles Belcher		Cliff Bourland
800 m	Charles Beetham	1:51.1	Campbell Kane		Edward Burrowes
1500 m	Walter Mehl	3:47.9	Glenn Cunningham	3:48.0	Paul Moore	3:48.5
5000 m	Gregory Rice	14:33.4	Donald Lash		Robert Madrid
10000 m	Donald Lash	32:29.2	Lou Gregory		James Rafferty
Marathon	Gerard Cote (CAN)	2:34:06.2	Lou Gregory	2:35:10.0	Leslie Pawson	2:40:05.0
110 m hurdles	Fred Wolcott	13.9	Edward Dugger	14.0	Joe Batiste	14.1
400 m hurdles	Carl McBain	51.6	Roy Cochran	52.1	Harry March	52.2
3000 m steeplechase	Joseph McCluskey	9:16.6	Forrest Efaw		George DeGeorge
High jump	Lester Steers	2.05 m	Adam Berry	1.97 m	Humbert Smith	1.94 m
Pole vault	Cornelius Warmerdam	4.60 m	Kenneth Dills	4.37 m	Bernard Deacon	4.11 m
Long jump	Billy Brown	7.65 m	Pat Turner	7.52 m	Frank Freeman	7.12 m
Triple jump	Billy Brown	15.31 m	Hiney Kent	14.59 m	Ray Atzet	14.45 m
Shot put	Alfred Blozis	16.77 m	Uell Stanley Anderson	15.93 m	Herbert Michael	15.85 m
Discus throw	Philip Fox	51.93 m	Alfred Blozis	49.39 m	Archie Harris	49.13 m
Hammer throw	Stanley Johnson	55.66 m	Robert Bennett	55.59 m	Chester Cruikshank	53.73 m
Javelin throw	Boyd Brown	68.01 m	Lowell Todd	66.34 m	Nick Vulmanic	65.74 m
Decathlon	William Watson	7523 pts	Lee Todd	6941 pts	Joe Scott	6702 pts
200 m hurdles	Fred Wolcott	22.6
3000 m walk	Otto Kotraba	13:52.0
Pentathlon	Harry March	2981 pts
Weight throw for distance	Henry Dreyer	10.82 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m	Jean Lane	6.6	Lucy Newell		Jeanette Jones
100 m	Jean Lane	12.0	Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL)		Lula Mae Hymes
200 m	Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL)	26.1	Olive Hasenfus		Edna Gustavson
80 m hurdles	Sybil Cooper	13.1	Nancy Cowperthwaite		Lillie Purifoy
High jump	Alice Coachman	1.50 m	Gerda Gottlieb		Betty Henning
Long jump	Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL)	5.37 m	Lucy Newell		Betty Charters
Shot put (8 lb)	Catherine Fellmeth	11.67 m	Ramona Harris		Frances Sobczak (POL)
Discus throw	Catherine Fellmeth	35.02 m	Evelyn Taylor		Frances Sobczak (POL)
Javelin throw	Dorothy Dodson	38.43 m	Miriam Melton		Marie Sostar
Baseball throw	Angela Mica	241 ft 91⁄2 in (73.69 m)

See also

• List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (men)
• List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (women)

References

Results

• "U.S. National Championships History 1876–2023: Results by Event". Track & Field News. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
• "Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1940 Men, Track". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
• "Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1940 Men, Field". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
• "Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1940 Women, Track". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
• "Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1940 Women, Field". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 4 December 2024.