1957 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1957 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships men's competition took place between June 20–22 at Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio. The high jump apron at Welcome Stadium was made of asphalt to the surprise of Olympic Champion Charles Dumas who brought long spikes. After a visit to a local shoe store, Dumas went on to win at 6'10¼"^[1]

1957 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	June 20–22
Host city	Dayton, Ohio Shaker Heights, Ohio United States
Venue	Welcome Stadium
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Welcome Stadium hosted the men's championships

The men's edition was described as "one of the worst-organized meets in AAU history" by Track & Field News, with many officiating errors, timing errors, incorrect staggers in the 220 and 440 yards, and poor weather.^[2]

Results

Men track events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards (-1.7 m/s)	Leamon King	9.7	David Sime	9.7	Ira Murchison	9.8
220 yards (+1.3 m/s) Lanes improperly measured	Ollan Cassell	21.0 (214 2/3 yds)	Ed Collymore	21.0 (217 1/3 yds)	Preston Griffin	21.2 (216 yds)
440 yards (+1.3 m/s) Lanes improperly measured	Reginald Pearman	46.4 (432 yds)	John Telford	46.5 (430 2/3 yds)	Charles Jenkins	46.7 (436 yds)
880 yards	Thomas Courtney	1:50.1	Arnold Sowell	1:50.6	Lang Stanley	1:51.1
Mile run	Merv Lincoln  Australia Bob Seaman	4:06.1 CRy 4:07.1	Don Bowden	4:07.2	Burr Grim	4:07.2
3 miles	John Macy	13:55.0	Max Truex	14:03.0	Bill Dellinger	14:04.5
6 miles	Douglas Kyle  Canada Jerry Smartt	29:22.8 CRy 29:48.3	John Kelley	30:01.0	Mal Robertson	30:16.8
Marathon	John Kelley	2:24:55.2	Alfred Confalone	2.34.11	Theodore Corbitt	2.34.17
120 yard hurdles	Lee Calhoun	13.8	Elias Gilbert	14.1	Charles Pratt	14.3
220 yards hurdles[3]	Elias Gilbert	22.5
440 yard hurdles	Glenn Davis	50.9 CRy	Josh Culbreath	51.2	Cliff Cushman	53.0
2 mile steeplechase	Charles Jones	9:49.6 CRy	Horace Ashenfelter	9:54.8	Lew Stieglitz	10:05.6
2 miles walk[4]	Henry Laskau	14:28.3
20 kilometres race walk	Rudy Haluza	1:49:16	Adolph Weinacker	1:50:08	Carl Kurr	1:51:14

Men field events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Charles Dumas	6 ft 101⁄4 in (2.08 m)	Phil Reavis Ernie Shelton	6 ft 9 in (2.05 m)
Pole vault	Bob Richards	15 ft 11⁄2 in (4.61 m)	Don Bragg	14 ft 101⁄2 in (4.53 m)	Ron Morris George Mattos Dave Kenly Jerry Welbourn	14 ft 71⁄4 in (4.45 m)
Long jump	Ernie Shelby	25 ft 21⁄2 in (7.68 m)	John Bennett	24 ft 71⁄4 in (7.49 m)	Frank Herrmann	24 ft 5 in (7.44 m)
Triple jump	Bill Sharpe	50 ft 41⁄4 in (15.34 m)	Kent Floerke	50 ft 23⁄4 in (15.3 m)	George Shaw	49 ft 13⁄4 in (14.97 m)
Shot put	Bill Nieder	61 ft 61⁄2 in (18.75 m) CR	Dave Owen	57 ft 0 in (17.37 m)	Don Vick	56 ft 111⁄4 in (17.35 m)
Discus throw	Al Oerter	181 ft 6 in (55.32 m)	Rink Babka	180 ft 31⁄2 in (54.95 m)	Fortune Gordien	174 ft 3 in (53.11 m)
Javelin throw	Bob Voiles	Note: All marks, with the exception of Fromm’s, were made in qualifying on June 21 251 ft 51⁄2 in (76.64 m)	Bud Held	248 ft 6 in (75.74 m)	John Fromm	243 ft 3 in (74.14 m)
Hammer throw	Hal Connolly	216 ft 3 in (65.91 m) CR	Al Hall	213 ft 0 in (64.92 m)	John Lawlor  Ireland Marty Engel	199 ft 11 in (60.93 m) 197 ft 1 in (60.07 m)
Weight throw for distance[4]	Bob Backus	44 ft 81⁄2 in (13.62 m)
Pentathlon[3]	Howard Smith	3362 pts
All-around decathlon[4]	Tom Pagani	6741 pts
Decathlon	Charles Pratt	7164	Dave Edstrom	6981	Bob Lawson	6910

Women track events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 yards	Barbara Jones	6.2	Martha Hudson		Annetta Anderson
100 yards	Barbara Jones	10.9	Isabelle Daniels		Alfrances Lyman
220 yards	Isabelle Daniels	24.7	Margaret Matthews		Alfrances Lyman
80 metres hurdles	Shirley Crowder	12.4	Doris McCaffey		Lauretta Foley

Women field events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Hazel Ulmer Neomia Rogers Verneda Thomas	4 ft 11 in (1.49 m)
Long jump	Margaret Matthews	19 ft 51⁄2 in (5.93 m)	Anna Lois Smith	19 ft 31⁄4 in (5.87 m)	Willye White
Shot put	Earlene Brown	43 ft 0 in (13.1 m)	Lois Ann Testa	41 ft 11⁄4 in (12.52 m)	Marjorie Larney	38 ft 10 in (11.83 m)
Discus throw	Olga Connolly	147 ft 81⁄4 in (45.01 m)	Earlene Brown	141 ft 61⁄2 in (43.14 m)	Marjorie Larney	136 ft 51⁄4 in (41.58 m)
Javelin throw	Marjorie Larney	187 ft 8 in (57.2 m)	Amelia Wershoven	132 ft 1 in (40.25 m)	Annette Jenkins	116 ft 7 in (35.53 m)
Baseball throw[4]	Earlene Brown	271 ft 10 in (82.85 m)
Pentathlon	Ann Roniger	3803	Barbara Mueller	3721	Betty Scott	3450

See also

• United States Olympic Trials (track and field)