1973 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1973 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships men's competition took place between June 15–17 at Memorial Stadium on the campus of Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, California. This was Bakersfield's third and last time to host the men's division in a sequence every three years since 1967. At this time, Memorial Stadium still had a finely crushed brick surface, the last time the championships was held on a dirt track. They would host the women's division the following year, as they had in 1971. This was also the last time the men's division would compete at imperial distances (though the women would continue for another year). The women's division held their championships separately a little over a hundred fifty miles south at Anteater Stadium on the campus of University of California, Irvine in Irvine, California.

1973 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	June 15–17
Host city	Bakersfield, California Irvine, California United States
Venue	Memorial Stadium, Bakersfield College Anteater Stadium, University of California, Irvine
← 1972 1974 →

Bakersfield Memorial Stadium

Results

Men track events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters	Steve Williams	9.4	Herb Washington	9.4	Ivory Crockett	9.4
220 yards	Steve Williams	20.4	Mark Lutz	20.5	Marshall Dill	20.5
440 yards	Maurice Peoples	45.2	Carl Farmer	45.8	Benny Brown	45.9
880 yards	Rick Wohlhuter	1.45.6 CR	David Wottle	1.46.2	Skip Kent	1.46.5
1 Mile	Leonard Hilton	3.55.9	Martin Liquori	3.56.8	Chuck LaBenz	3.58.0
3 miles	Steve Prefontaine	12.53.4 CRy	Richard Buerkle	12.59.8	John Hartnett  Ireland Paul Geis	13.06.4 13.09.2
6 miles	Gordon Minty  United Kingdom Ted Castaneda	27.20.8 27.22.4	Jeff Galloway	27.22.6	Scott Bringhurst	27.23.0
Marathon held in San Mateo, California	Douglas Schmenk	2.15.48 CR	John Vitale	2.19.52	Don Kennedy	2.19.58
110 meters hurdles	Thomas Hill	13.52	Tommy Lee White	13.70	Charles Foster	13.72
440 yard hurdles	Jim Bolding	49.2 CRy	Ralph Mann	49.6	Robert Primeaux	50.2
3000 m steeplechase	Douglas Brown	8.26.8	Barry Brown	8.27.2	Jim Johnson	8.33.6
5000 meters racewalk	John Knifton	21:36.4	Ron Laird	21:45.4	Bill Ranney	21:49.0

Men field events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Dwight Stones	2.26 m (7 ft 4+3⁄4 in) MR	Tom Woods	2.22 m (7 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	Chris Dunn	2.18 m (7 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
Pole vault	Mike Cotton	5.28 m (17 ft 3+3⁄4 in)	Vic Dias	5.18 m (16 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	Robert Pullard Ronald Mooers Jonathan Vaughn Frank Rock Dave Hamer Vince Struble Terry Porter	5.03 m (16 ft 6 in)
Long jump	Randy Williams	7.95 m (26 ft 3⁄4 in)	Al Lanier	7.90 m (25 ft 11 in)	James McAlister	7.85 m (25 ft 9 in)
Triple jump	John Craft	16.98 m (55 ft 8+1⁄2 in) MR	Barry McClure	16.57 m (54 ft 4+1⁄4 in)	Milan Tiff	16.45 m (53 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Shot put	Al Feuerbach	20.75 m (68 ft 3⁄4 in)	Ron Semkiw	19.40 m (63 ft 7+3⁄4 in)	Samuel Walker	19.30 m (63 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
Discus Throw	Mac Wilkins	64.59 m (211 ft 10 in)	John Powell	63.83 m (209 ft 4 in)	Tim Vollmer	62.08 m (203 ft 8 in)
Hammer Throw	Ted Bregar	65.63 m (215 ft 3 in)	Albert Hall	64.90 m (212 ft 11 in)	Steve DeAutremont	64.90 m (212 ft 11 in)
Javelin Throw	Cary Feldmann	80.85 m (265 ft 3 in)	Fred Luke	80.26 m (263 ft 3 in)	Bob Kouvolo	79.93 m (262 ft 2 in)
All-around decathlon[1]	Norm Cyprus	6756 pts
Pentathlon[2]	Rick Wanamaker	3499 pts
Decathlon	Jeff Bennett	8121	Steve Gough	7938	Ron Evans	7751

Women track events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Iris Davis	10.3	Martha Watson	10.4	Fran Sichting	10.4
220 yards	Mable Fergerson	23.4	Fran Sichting	23.5	Jacqueline Thompson	23.6
440 yards	Mable Fergerson	54.1	Marilyn Neufville  Jamaica Kathy Hammond	54.5 54.9	Chris A'Harrah	55.4
880 yards	Wendy Koenig	2.04.7 CR	Mary Decker	2.05.6	Cheryl Toussaint	2.06.7
1 Mile	Francie Larrieu	4.40.4 CR	Kathy Gibbons	4.40.5	Eileen Claugus	4.40.7
2 miles	Eileen Claugus	10.19.4	Kathy Gibbons	10.33.0	Tena Anex	10.34.0
100 meters hurdles	Patricia Johnson	12.9w	Debbie Lansky	13.5w	Pat Donnelly	13.8w
400 meters hurdles	Gail Fitzgerald	61.1 CR	Clydine Crowder	61.9	Janet Reusser	63.0
Mile walk	Esther Marquez	7:54.6 NR	Sue Brodock	7:59.0	Cheryl Dotseth	8:06.2

Women field events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	DeAnne Wilson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Audrey Reid  Jamaica Karen Moller	5 ft 8 in (1.72 m) 5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)	Pamela Blackburn Joni Huntley	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Long jump	Martha Watson	21 ft 43⁄4 in (6.52 m)w	Willye White	20 ft 51⁄4 in (6.22 m)w	Jane Frederick	20 ft 11⁄4 in (6.12 m)w
Shot put	Maren Seidler	51 ft 81⁄4 in (15.75 m)	Denise Wood	49 ft 03⁄4 in (14.95 m)	Jean Roberts  Australia Jan Svendsen	48 ft 113⁄4 in (14.92 m) 47 ft 43⁄4 in (14.44 m)
Discus Throw	Jean Roberts  Australia Josephine de la Viña  Philippines Monette Driscoll	173 ft 3 in (52.8 m) 169 ft 9 in (51.73 m) 158 ft 10 in (48.41 m)	Joan Pavelich  Canada Carol Frost	157 ft 0 in (47.85 m) 156 ft 3 in (47.62 m)	Vivian Turner	151 ft 7 in (46.2 m)
Javelin Throw	Kathy Schmidt	59.28 m (194 ft 5 in)	Barbara Friedrich	56.77 m (186 ft 3 in)	Lynn Cannon	52.09 m (170 ft 10 in)
Pentathlon	Jane Frederick	4281	Gail Fitzgerald	4273	Mitzi McMillin	4109

See also

• United States Olympic Trials (track and field)