The 1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 8–9 at Jaguar Stadium on the campus of San Jose City College in San Jose, California. The meet was organized by The Athletics Congress.
This meet was separate from the 1984 Olympic Trials, held in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum a week later. Among the notable events at this meet were Leslie Maxie's youth world best in the 400 metres hurdles that lasted more than 30 years. Also, then 47 year old Al Oerter was at this meet making one last attempt to get to the Olympics, 16 years after the end of his 4 successive gold medal streak in the discus. His hopes ended here when he was injured stepping into a crater left by a hammer during the preliminary round. Local rivals John Powell and Mac Wilkins instead threw their season bests at this meet before going on to the silver (Wilkins) and bronze (Powell) medals at the Olympics in Los Angeles.
Results
Men track events 100 meters (-0.4 m/s)Sam Graddy 10.28 Emmit King 10.34 Mel Lattany 10.35 200 meters (+3.7 m/s) Brady Crain 20.09w Thomas Jefferson 20.26w Larry Myricks 20.34w400 meters Mark Rowe 45.34 Walter McCoy 45.37 Bill Green 45.72800 meters James Robinson 1:47.46 Don Paige 1:48.09 Brian Theriot 1:48.381500 meters Jim Spivey 3:40.54 Tim Hacker 3:41.77 Ross Donoghue 3:41.935000 meters Sydney Maree 13:51.31 Steve Plasencia 13:51.44 Bill Krohn 13:51.4410,000 meters Jon Sinclair 28:42.54 Mark Stickley 28:45.97 Frank Shorter 29:03.40110 meters hurdles Tonie Campbell 13.37 Roger Kingdom 13.49 Henry Andrade 13.59400 meters hurdles David Patrick 49.08 Ray Smith 49.76 Lee McKenzie 49.85 3000 meters steeplechase Henry Marsh 8:26.7 Bret Hyde 8:30.0 Tom Stevens 8:30.520 kilometres race walk Ray Funkhouser 31:47.1 Gary Morgan 33:39.8 Ed Bouldin 38:03.1
Men field events High jump Jimmy Howard CR Jerome Carter John Morris Pole vault Earl Bell AR, CR Doug Lytle Billy Olson Long jump Mike McRae Mike Powell w Ed Tave w Triple jump Al Joyner Ray Kimble w Mike Marlow w Shot put August Wolf Brian Oldfield Mike Lehmann Discus throw John Powell CR Mac Wilkins Art Burns Hammer throw Jud Logan Bill Green John McArdle Javelin throw Curt Ransford Rod Ewaliko Tom Jadwin Decathlon John Crist 8102 Tim Bright 8098 Jim Wooding 8072
Women track events 100 meters Merlene Ottey Alice Brown 11.12 11.14 Diane Williams 11.42 Wendy Vereen 11.54200 meters Merlene Ottey Grace Jackson Pam Marshall 22.2022.3322.67 Diane Williams 23.08 Lori Smith 23.14400 meters Valerie Brisco-Hooks 49.83 Lillie Leatherwood 51.45 Florence Griffith 51.56800 meters Kim Gallagher 1.59.87 Ruth Wysocki 2.01.54 Doriane Lambelet 2.05.681500 meters Kim Gallagher 4.08.08 Francie Larrieu 4.09.74 Cindy Bremser 4.09.943000 meters Janice Merrill 9.01.31 Shelly Steely 9.07.56 Suzanne Girard 9.17.225000 meters Katie Ishmael 16:07.5 Nan Davis 16:08.4 Glenys QuickMartha Cooksey 16:11.516:14.810,000 meters Bonnie Sons 35.03.3610,000 m walk Debbi Lawrence 51:00.3Marathon Katy Schilly-Laetsch 2.32.40 Gail Kingma 2.34.09 Monica Joyce Janis Klecker 2.34.492.37.18100 meters hurdles Stephanie Hightower 12.99 Benita Fitzgerald 13.12 Candy Young 13.14400 meters hurdles Judi Brown 54.99 Leslie Maxie 55.2 Angela Wright 56.24
Women field events High Jump Pam Spencer Louise Ritter Katrena Johnson Long Jump Shonel Ferguson Jodi Anderson Jackie Joyner Sabrina Douglas Shot Put Ria Stalman Lorna Griffin Regina Cavanaugh Elaine Sobansky Discus Throw Ria Stalman Carol Cady Kathy Picknell Julie Hansen Javelin throw Karin Smith Lynda Sutfin Kathy Schmidt Heptathlon Cindy Greiner 6154 Jodi Anderson 5992 Debra Larsen 5856
See also United States Olympic Trials (track and field)
References
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