1996 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1996 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 29−June 1 at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.

1996 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	May 29−June 1, 1996
Host city	Eugene, Oregon
Venue	Hayward Field University of Oregon
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These were the 74th annual men's championships and the 15th annual women's championships. This was the Ducks' eighth time hosting the event and the first since 1991.^[1][2]

In a repeat of the previous four years' results, Arkansas and LSU topped the men's and women's team standings, respectively; it was the Razorbacks' sixth men's team title and the tenth for the Lady Tigers. This was the fifth of eight consecutive titles for Arkansas. The Lady Tigers, meanwhile, won their tenth consecutive title and, ultimately, the tenth of eleven consecutive titles they won between 1987 and 1997.

Team results

• Note: Top 10 only
• (H) = Hosts
• Full results^[3]

Men's standings Rank Team Points Arkansas 55 George Mason 40 UCLA 37 4 North Carolina 30 5 Texas 27 6 Wisconsin 26 7 LSU 24 8 Arizona Wake Forest 20 10 Colorado Iowa State Nebraska SMU USC Tennessee 19

Women's standings Rank Team Points LSU 81 Texas 52 SMU 50 4 Illinois 43 5 North Carolina 35 6 Georgetown 34 7 USC 31 8 Nebraska 29 9 South Carolina UCLA 26