The 1940 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the 19th NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at the University of Minnesota's Memorial Stadium in June 1940. The University of Southern California won its sixth consecutive team title.
The meet took place during a two-day downpour that flooded the stadium and forced the field events to be moved indoors at the Minnesota field house.
Team result Rank Team Points USC 44 Stanford CaliforniaPenn State 24 LSU 22 IndianaTexas 20 Michigan 19 Nebraska Washington StateTuftsRice 18
Track events 100-yard dash Barney Ewell, Penn State - 9.6 seconds Clyde Jeffrey, Stanford Bill Brown, LSU Harold Stickel, Pitt Leo Tarrant, Alabama State
120-yard high hurdles Ed Dugger, Tufts - 13.9 seconds (NCAA record, tied American record) Fred Wolcott, Rice Boyce Gatewood, Texas Frank Fuller, Virginia Jim McGoldrick, Washington
220-yard dash Barney Ewell, Penn State - 21.1 seconds (American record) Billy Brown, LSU Mickey Anderson, USC Leo Tarrant, Alabama State George Koettel, Oklahoma
220-yard low hurdles Fred Wolcott, Rice - 23.1 seconds Ed Dugger, Tufts Boyce Gatewood, Texas Jim Buck, Oregon Harold Stickel, Pitt
440-yard dash Lee Orr, Washington State - 47.3 seconds Gene Littler, Nebraska Howard Upton, USC Warren Breidenbach, Michigan Fred Alliniece, Prairie View Texas State
880-yard run Campbell Kane, Indiana - 1:51.5 Ed Burrowes, Princeton Paul Moore, Stanford James Kehoe, Maryland Denzil Wiedil, California
One-mile run John Munski, Missouri Leslie MacMitchell, NYU Lou Zamperini, USC Mason Chronister, Maryland Max Lenover, Loyola of Chicago
Two-mile run Roy Fehr, Michigan State - 9 minutes, 18.9 seconds Dixon Garner, Washington State Ralph Scwarzkopf, Michigan Tom Quinn, Michigan Normal Ray Harris, Kansas
Field events Long jump 1. Jackie Robinson, UCLA - 24 feet, inches 2. Billy Brown, LSU 3. Welles Hodgson, Minnesota 4. Pat Turner, UCLA 5. William Lacefield, UCLA
High jump 1. Don Canham, Michigan - 6 feet, inches 1. John Wilson, USC - 6 feet, inches 3. Alfred Flechner, Idaho 4. Don Boydston, Oklahoma A&M 4. Joshua Williamson, Xavier of New Orleans 4. Russell Wulff, Stanford
Pole vault 1. Kenny Dills, USC - 13 feet, 10 inches 2. Quinn Smith, California 3. George Hoffman, Fresno State 4. Ralph Ross, Army 5. William Williams, Wisconsin
Discus throw 1. Archie Harris, Indiana - 162 feet, inches 2. Jack Hughes, Texas - 161 feet, 6 inches 3. Al Blozis, Georgetown - 161 feet, 5 inches 4. A. Cornet, Stanford 5. Edsel Wibbels, Nebraska
Javelin 1. Martin Biles, California - 204 feet, 10 inches 2. Herbert Grote, Nebraska 3. Boyd Brown, Oregon 4. Nick Vukmanic, Penn State 5. Clarence Gehrke, Utah
Shot put 1. Al Blozis, Georgetown - 56 feet, 1/2 inch 2. Stan Anderson, Stanford 3. Herb Michael, California 4. Don McNeil, USC 5. John Mazyk, Pitt
See also NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship 1939 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships
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