The 1987 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 26–27 at Jaguar Stadium on the campus of San Jose City College in San Jose, California. The meet was organized by The Athletics Congress.

As recently as six years before this meet, only two individuals had ever long jumped . Here, three different individuals jumped further.

Results

Men track events 100 meters (+1.8 m/s) Mark Witherspoon 10.04 Carl Lewis 10.05 Lee McRae 10.08 200 meters (+0.4 m/s) Carl Lewis 20.12 Wallace Spearmon 20.33 Calvin Smith 20.34400 meters Butch Reynolds 44.46 Roddie Haley 44.83 Antonio McKay 45.24 800 meters Johnny Gray 1:45.15 Stanley Redwine 1:45.47 David Mack 1:46.491500 meters Jim Spivey 3:43.66 Steve Scott 3:44.10 Charles Marsala 3:44.735000 meters Sydney Maree 13:51.45 Doug Padilla 13:52.61 Terry Brahm 13:56.8010,000 meters Gerard Donakowski 28:25.10 Steve Plasencia 28:27.57 Ed Eyestone 28:28.85110 meters hurdles(+2.8 m/s) Greg Foster 13.15 Cletus Clark 13.28 Jack Pierce 13.29 400 meters hurdles Edwin Moses 47.99 Danny Harris 48.7 David Patrick 48.76 3000 meters steeplechase Henry Marsh 8:20.26 Brian Abshire 8:20.83 Brian Diemer 8:20.9520 kilometres race walk Tim Lewis 1:24:12 Carl Schueler 1:26:10 Ray Sharp 1:27:00

Men field events High jump Jerome Carter Lee Balkin Thomas McCants Pole vault Joe Dial =CR Earl Bell Billy Olson Long jump Carl Lewis Larry Myricks Mike Conley w Triple jump Mike Conley Willie Banks w Charlie Simpkins w Shot put John Brenner Gregg Tafralis Garry Frank Discus throw John Powell Randy Heisler John Brenner Hammer throw Jud Logan ,CR Bill Green Ken Flax Javelin throw Duncan Atwood Tom Petranoff Mark Babich Decathlon Tim Bright 8340 Rob Muzzio 8134 Gary Kinder 8053

Women track events 100 meters (+2.8 m/s) Diane Williams 10.93w Alice Brown 10.95w Pam Marshall 10.99w 200 meters (+1.3 m/s) Pam Marshall 21.6hw Florence Griffith 21.7hw Grace Jackson Juliet Cuthbert Evelyn Ashford 21.8hw21.8hw21.9hw 400 meters Lillie Leatherwood 50.62 Diane Dixon 51.02 Denean Hill 51.28 800 meters Essie Washington 1:59.07 Delisa Floyd 1:59.20 Joetta Clark-Diggs 1:59.451500 meters Regina Jacobs 4:03.70 Linda Sheskey 4:05.80 Angela Chalmers Chris Pfitzinger Diana Richburg 4:06.434:06.474:07.323000 meters Mary Knisely 8:57.60 Cindy Bremser 8:58.80 Leslie Seymour 9:02.64 5000 meters Nan Davis 15:57.46 Maureen Cogan 16:08.81 Sylvia Mosqueda 16:34.5010,000 meters Lynn Jennings 32:19.95 Francie Larrieu Smith 32:45.43 Lynn Nelson 32:52.55 100 meters hurdles(-1.2 m/s) LaVonna Martin-Floreal 12.80 CR Stephanie Hightower 12.99 Sophia Hunter 13.05400 meters hurdles Judi Brown-King 54.45 CR Sandra Farmer-Patrick LaTanya Sheffield 54.6955.05 Schowonda Williams 55.3 10 kilometres race walk Maryanne Torrellas 47:23.8 , CR Lynn Weik 47:36.5 Debbi Lawrence 48:30.3

Women field events High jump Coleen Sommer Louise Ritter Phyllis Bluntson Long jump Jackie Joyner-Kersee Jennifer Inniss Sheila Echols Triple jump Sheila Hudson WR, , CR Wendy Brown Terri Turner-Hairston Shot put Ramona Pagel Pam Dukes Bonnie Dasse Discus throw Connie Price-Smith Carol Cady Ramona Pagel Javelin throw Karin Smith Lynda Sutfin Cathie Wilson Heptathlon Jackie Joyner-Kersee 6979 CR Jane Frederick 6389 Cindy Greiner 6275

See also United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

References

Results from T&FN results