1938 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1938 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.

1938 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	2–3 July (men) 4 August (women)
Host city	Buffalo, New York (men) Naugatuck, Connecticut (women)
Venue	Civic Stadium (men) Recreation Field (women)
← 1937 1939 →

The men's edition was held at Civic Stadium in Buffalo, New York, and it took place 2–3 July (the men's 10,000 m was the only event held on 2 July). The women's meet was held separately at Recreation Field in Naugatuck, Connecticut, on 4 August.

At the men's championships, high winds caused slow winning times in most events.^[1] In the women's competition, the original host Waterbury, Connecticut withdrew at the last minute causing the meet to be moved. Lula Mae Hymes won the 100 m and long jump.^[2]

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Ben Johnson	10.7	Wilbur Greer		Mozel Ellerbe
200 m	Mack Robinson	21.3	Perrin Walker		Clyde Jeffrey
400 m	Ray Malott	47.6	Jim Herbert		William Fritz (CAN)
800 m	Howard Borck	1:51.5	John Marion	1:51.9	Charles Beetham
1500 m	Glenn Cunningham	3:52.5	Charles Fenske	3:52.7	Archie San Romani
5000 m	Gregory Rice	15:15.0	Walter Mehl		Raymond Sears
10000 m	Eino Pentti	32:15.6	Robert Rankine (CAN)		Errol Vaughn
Marathon	Pat Dengis	2:39:38.2	Gerard Cote (CAN)	2:43:30.0	Melvin Porter	2:44:05.0
110 m hurdles	Fred Wolcott	14.3	Allan Tolmich		Harvey Woodstra
400 m hurdles	Jack Patterson	52.8	John Borican		Grover Bradley
3000 m steeplechase	Joseph McCluskey	9:23.3	Forrest Efaw		Thomas Deckard
High jump	Melvin Walker	2.00 m	David Albritton	2.00 m	Gilbert Cruter	1.94 m
Pole vault	Cornelius Warmerdam	4.41 m	George Varoff	4.27 m	none awarded
			Kenneth Dills
Long jump	William Lacefield	7.62 m	Arnold Nutting	7.40 m	Jackie Robinson	7.38 m
Triple jump	Herschel Neil	14.77 m	Eulace Peacock	14.66 m	Billy Brown	14.64 m
Shot put	Francis Ryan	15.89 m	William Watson	15.51 m	Woodrow Strode	15.40 m
Discus throw	Peter Zagar	50.98 m	Phil Levy	50.23 m	Hugh Cannon	50.03 m
Hammer throw	Irving Folwartshny	54.63 m	William Lynch	53.06 m	Henry Dreyer	51.71 m
Javelin throw	Nick Vulmanic	66.64 m	Lowell Todd	65.76 m	Charles Soper	62.22 m
Decathlon	Joe Scott	6486 pts	Hamilton Morningstar	5419 1/2 pts	Allen Scisco	5354 2/3 pts
200 m hurdles[3]	Fred Wolcott	23.6
3000 m walk[3]	Harry Cieman (CAN)	13:39.9
Pentathlon[3]	John Borican	3304 pts
Weight throw for distance[3]	Louis Lepis	10.70 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m	Claire Isicson	6.6	Ivy Wilson		Olive Hasenfus
100 m	Lula Mae Hymes	12.4	Olive Hasenfus		Claire Isicson
200 m	Fanny Vitale	26.7	Esther Brown		Marie Cottrell
80 m hurdles	Marie Cottrell	13.0	Cora Gaines		Sylvia Rothenberg
High jump	Margarete Bergman	1.57 m	Mildred Pufundt		Beulah Clark
					Frances Sobczak
					Mildred Kosick
Long jump	Lula Mae Hymes	5.23 m	Dorothy Catocci		Esther Dennis
Shot put	Catherine Fellmeth	11.73 m	Florence Wright		Margarete Bergman
Discus throw	Catherine Fellmeth	38.41 m	Frances Sobczak		Elizabeth Lindsay
Javelin throw	Rose Auerbach	37.05 m	Margaret Barnes		Rose Cea
Baseball throw[4]	Betsy Jochum	261 ft 7 in (79.73 m)

See also

• 1938 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
• List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (men)
• List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (women)