1942 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

American athletics championship event December 2024 1942 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 200px New York City, New York (men)Ocean City, New Jersey (women) 19–20 June (men)4 July (women) Downing Stadium (men)Carey Stadium (women) 1941 1943 The 1942 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. The men's edition was held at Downing Stadium in New York City, New York, and it took place 19–20 June. The women's meet was held separately at Carey Stadium in Ocean City, New Jersey, on 4 July. At the men's championships, only the pole vault and weight throw meet records were broken due to World War II.Sites/Dates Of The U.S. Men's Nationals, 1876–2023 https://trackandfieldnews.com/sites-of-the-national-mens-championships/ Track & Field News 4 December 2024 19 October 2020 The women's competition also suffered due to gas rationing from the war, although Stella Walsh won the maximum number of events in the 200 m, long jump, and discus throw.Sites & Dates Of The U.S. National Women's Championships https://trackandfieldnews.com/sites-dates-of-the-national-womens-championships/ Track & Field News 4 December 2024 Results Men 100 m Harold Davis 10.5 Edward Greenidge 10.7 e Herbert Thompson 200 m straight Harold Davis 20.9 Edward Greenidge Charles Shaw 400 m Cliff Bourland 46.7 John Wachtler 47.3 Hubert Kerns 800 m John Borican 1:51.2 William Lyda 1:51.5 Lewis Smith 1:53.8 1500 m Gilbert Dodds 3:50.2 Leroy Weed 3:51.4 Leslie MacMitchell 3:52.5 5000 m Gregory Rice 14:39.7 Art Cazares Robert Madrid 10000 m Joseph McCluskey 32:38.3 Fred Wilt Herman Goffberg Marathon Fred McGlone 2:37.54 John A. Kelley 2:42.21 Gerard Cote CAN 2:43.59 110 m hurdles Bill Cummins 14.1 Joe Batiste Robert Wright 400 m hurdles Walter Smith 52.0 Bill Cummins 52.2 Oris Erwin 52.3 3000 m steeplechase George DeGeorge 9:16.5 Forrest Efaw Joseph McCluskey High jump Adam Berry 2.00 m Richmond Morcom 1.98 m Joshua Williamson 1.93 m Pole vault Cornelius Warmerdam 4.63 m Jack DeField 4.37 m Earle Meadows 4.27 m Harold Hunt Long jump Billy Brown 7.40 m William Steele 7.32 m Clarence Lewis 7.27 m Triple jump Billy Brown 14.92 m Ruudi Toomsalu 13.73 m Clarence Lewis 13.75 m Shot put Alfred Blozis 16.37 m Carl Merritt 15.23 m Thomas Montgomery 15.10 m Discus throw Robert Fitch 50.85 m Philip Fox 49.68 m Archie Harris 49.34 m Hammer throw Chester Cruikshank 52.94 m Irving Folwartshny 51.40 m Edmund Styrna 50.01 m Javelin throw Boyd Brown 66.03 m Martin Biles 65.63 m Robert Biles 65.02 m Decathlon William Terwilliger 6802 pts William Watson 6076 pts Herbert Matter 5963 pts 200 m hurdles Robert Wright 23.5 3000 m walk John Connolly 14:16.3 Weight throw for distance Frank Berst 11.97 m All-around decathlon Joshua Williamson 6031 pts Women 50 m Jeanette Jones 6.7 Janet Ellicott CAN Mamie Taylor 100 m Alice Coachman 12.1 Rowena Harrison Jean Lowe 200 m Stanislawa Walasiewicz POL 25.4 Jean Kaplan Katherine Geary 80 m hurdles Lillie Purifoy 12.6 Nancy Cowperthwaite Leila Perry High jump Alice Coachman 1.42 m Norma Jeffrey Frances Gorn-Sobczak POL Long jump Stanislawa Walasiewicz POL 5.46 m Rowena Harrison Betty Moore Shot put (8 lb) Ramona Harris 37 10.5STELLA WALSH STAR OF NATIONAL MEET https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-courier-stella-walsh-star-of-nat/160893595/ Evening Courier 14 December 2024 19 6 Jul 1942 Dorothy Dodson Frances Gorn-Sobczak POL Discus throw Stanislawa Walasiewicz POL 33.82 m Frances Gorn-Sobczak POL Anne Pallo Javelin throw Dorothy Dodson 37.45 m Marie Sostar Marian Twining Baseball throw Irene Romano 259 7 See also List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (men) List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (women) References USATF Outdoor Champions USA Track & Field https://www.usatf.org/resources/statistics/usatf-champions/usatf-outdoor-champions 4 December 2024 usa-track-and-field-championships/1942-usa-track-and-field-championships Results U.S. National Championships History 1876–2023: Results by Event https://trackandfieldnews.com/u-s-national-championships-history/ Track & Field News 4 December 2024 Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1942 Men, Track http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1942&Gender=M&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count= trackfield.brinkster.net 4 December 2024 Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1942 Men, Field http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1942&Gender=M&TF=F&P=F&By=Y&Count= trackfield.brinkster.net 4 December 2024 Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1942 Women, Track http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1942&Gender=W&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count= trackfield.brinkster.net 4 December 2024 Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1942 Women, Field http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1942&Gender=W&TF=F&P=F&By=Y&Count= trackfield.brinkster.net 4 December 2024 Category:USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships USA Outdoor Track And Field Championships, 1942 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Category:Track and field competitions in New York City Category:Track and field competitions in New Jersey Category:Ocean City, New Jersey Category:Sports in Cape May County, New Jersey Category:Women's sports in New Jersey Category:1942 in American women's sports Category:1942 in women's sport of athletics